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* Berserkers in the ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from the first game.
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* Berserkers in the ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from [[VideoGame/QuakeI the first game.game]].
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* In the third game, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crusaders.]] Is able to sprint through half of the battlefield in one sweep(or even the whole with the right enhancements), packs high ATK/DEF stats, decent 35 points of hp and attacks ''twice''. You can also usually get them as fast as on Day 2. On the other hand, they're pretty expensive.
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* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'': In the third game, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crusaders.]] Crusader. Is able to sprint through half of the battlefield in one sweep(or even the whole with the right enhancements), packs high ATK/DEF stats, decent 35 points of hp and attacks ''twice''. You can also usually get them as fast as on Day 2. On the other hand, they're pretty expensive.
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* By virtue of jetpacks, the Assault class in GlobalAgenda alternates between a fast tank (flying) and a slow or even stationary death star (using minigun). Once you get the Combat or Crescent jetpacks, however... you can do both at the same time. FEAR HIM.
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* By virtue of jetpacks, the Assault class in GlobalAgenda ''GlobalAgenda'' alternates between a fast tank (flying) and a slow or even stationary death star (using minigun). Once you get the Combat or Crescent jetpacks, however... you can do both at the same time. FEAR HIM.
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* Berserkers in the ''{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from the first game.
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* Berserkers in the ''{{Quake}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from the first game.
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** A recent addition to the VideoGame/MassEffect3 Multiplayer is the Krogan Vanguard. Start with their crazy durability and their melee-boosting rage powers inherent to all Krogan classes, then give him the Barrier power and the trademark Vanguard Charge, and you have the [[FanNickname Murder Train]].
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** A recent addition to the VideoGame/MassEffect3 Multiplayer is the Krogan Vanguard. Start with their crazy durability and their melee-boosting rage powers inherent to all Krogan classes, then give him the Barrier power and the trademark Vanguard Charge, [[FlashStep Vanguard]] [[FoeTossingCharge Charge]], and you have the [[FanNickname Murder Train]].
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* Iron Tager from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' was a MightyGlacier, but speed buffs in ''Continuum Shift'' are shifting him in this direction. Similarly for Hakumen. Then the trailer for the PSP version came out, showing Unlimited Tager crossing the screen at least as fast as Kokonoe wanted...
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has a few examples.
** Iron Tagerfrom ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' was a MightyGlacier, MightyGlacier in ''Calamity Trigger'', but speed buffs in ''Continuum Shift'' are shifting him in this direction. Similarly for Hakumen. Then the trailer for the PSP version came out, showing out with Unlimited Tager crossing Tager...
--->''"I told you I can get him across the screenat least in thirty frames."''
** Whereas Ragna the Bloodedge is normally a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks. His health was nerfed to more tolerable levels in ''Continuum Shift'', but that's all the downgrading he got.
** [[WeaksauceWeakness Aside from the reach issues inherent in boxing compared to weapon wielders and limited ranged options due to low ars magus aptitude]], [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]] is a queen of all trades - the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster, the damage potential of a GlassCannon, and decent health and defense. She was downgraded from being a goddess of war asfast as Kokonoe wanted...of ''Continuum Shift Extend'', but [[SuperMode Galaxian Impact]] and ''Chronphantasma'' Unlimited Makoto push her back in that direction.
** Iron Tager
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** Whereas Ragna the Bloodedge is normally a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks. His health was nerfed to more tolerable levels in ''Continuum Shift'', but that's all the downgrading he got.
** [[WeaksauceWeakness Aside from the reach issues inherent in boxing compared to weapon wielders and limited ranged options due to low ars magus aptitude]], [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]] is a queen of all trades - the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster, the damage potential of a GlassCannon, and decent health and defense. She was downgraded from being a goddess of war as
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* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s survivable speedster group we have Unlimited Ragna. Where normal Ragna is a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks.
** There's also [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]], who has the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster and the damage potential of a GlassCannon, but also has surprisingly decent health and defence. Lucky for us, [[WeaksauceWeakness her reach and capacity for dealing damage from longer ranges is severely limited]].
** There's also [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]], who has the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster and the damage potential of a GlassCannon, but also has surprisingly decent health and defence. Lucky for us, [[WeaksauceWeakness her reach and capacity for dealing damage from longer ranges is severely limited]].
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* The upgraded Eidelweiss in ''Videogame/ValkyriaChronicles'' can move farther than most enemy tanks, has a powerful main cannon that can oneshot them if it hits a weak point and possesses enough armor to shrug off alot of return fire.
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* The upgraded Eidelweiss Edelweiss in ''Videogame/ValkyriaChronicles'' can move farther than most enemy tanks, has a powerful main cannon that can oneshot them if it hits a weak point and possesses enough armor to shrug off alot of return fire.
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* Before anything else, TheHero of an EasternRPG is usually the team LightningBruiser due to protagonist rights.
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* Deathclaws in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.
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* Deathclaws in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series. The Alpha Male and Mother variants in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' take this trope to its logical conclusion, being twice as fast, able to [[DeadlyLunge leap large distances]], and [[OneHitKill kill even high-level players in a single swipe]].
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* Big Daddies from ''Franchise/BioShock''. Really big, but also fast and able to dish it out.
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* Big Daddies from ''Franchise/BioShock''. Really big, but also fast and able to dish it out. Especially the [[MascotMook Bouncers]].
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* ''TheOldRepublic'' has a pair of options for this in each faction. Operatives and scoundrels (Imperial/Republic respectively) can both wear medium armor and have high mobility coupled with hard-hitting damage output at close range. Sith Assassins and Jedi Shadows are also extremely fast and have a sprint ability, while focusing on burst damage with dual-bladed lightsabers.
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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has protagonist [[BadassLonghair Yuri Lowell]] who is very fast and can deal out hard damage as well as take it. He's also one of the most broken characters in the Tales Series. See GameBreaker for details.
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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has protagonist [[BadassLonghair Yuri Lowell]] Lowell who is very fast and can deal out hard damage as well as take it. He's also one of the most broken characters in the Tales Series. See GameBreaker for details.
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*** Assassins in the original ''GuildWars'' would more fall under PaperRam territory. They have no problem dealing out damage, but they aren't known for their ability to take it, and in fact this is why many players find them difficult to play as. However, Warriors who use Assassin skills, such as [[FlashStep shadow stepping]] and dagger combos, in combination with their naturally heavy armor, would definitely quality as a LightningBruiser.
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*** Assassins in the original ''GuildWars'' would more fall under PaperRam territory. They have no problem dealing out damage, but they aren't known for their ability to take it, and in fact this is why many players find them difficult to play as. However, Warriors who use Assassin skills, such as [[FlashStep shadow stepping]] and dagger combos, in combination with their naturally heavy armor, would definitely quality qualify as a LightningBruiser.
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*** Assassins in the original ''GuildWars'' would more fall under PaperRam territory. They have no problem dealing out damage, but they aren't known for their ability to take it, and in fact this is why many players find them difficult to play as. However, Warriors who use Assassin skills, such as [[''FlashStep'' shadow stepping]] and dagger combos, in combination with their naturally heavy armor, would definitely quality as a LightningBruiser.
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*** Assassins in the original ''GuildWars'' would more fall under PaperRam territory. They have no problem dealing out damage, but they aren't known for their ability to take it, and in fact this is why many players find them difficult to play as. However, Warriors who use Assassin skills, such as [[''FlashStep'' [[FlashStep shadow stepping]] and dagger combos, in combination with their naturally heavy armor, would definitely quality as a LightningBruiser.
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*** Assassins in the original ''GuildWars'' would more fall under PaperRam territory. They have no problem dealing out damage, but they aren't known for their ability to take it, and in fact this is why many players find them difficult to play as. However, Warriors who use Assassin skills, such as [[''FlashStep'' shadow stepping]] and dagger combos, in combination with their naturally heavy armor, would definitely quality as a LightningBruiser.
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* {{Arc the Lad}} I has Choko, who can move about twice as far as other units, deals at level 1 about as much melee damage as [[GlassCannon Tosh]] at level 60, and, although the maximum HP is [[RedemptionDemotion not as high as expected]], her defense is also the best from the playable characters in the game. However, she has no magic, and thus is unable to make use of the game's broken [[ReducedManaCost Romancing Stone]] accessories. Plus, she [[ObviousRulePatch cannot be used]] in battles that advance the story.
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* {{Arc the Lad}} I ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad'' has Choko, who can move about twice as far as other units, deals at level 1 about as much melee damage as [[GlassCannon Tosh]] at level 60, and, although the maximum HP is [[RedemptionDemotion not as high as expected]], her defense is also the best from the playable characters in the game. However, she has no magic, and thus is unable to make use of the game's broken [[ReducedManaCost Romancing Stone]] accessories. Plus, she [[ObviousRulePatch cannot be used]] in battles that advance the story.
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** There's also the Janissaries from AssassinsCreedRevelations and the Jagers in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII.
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* ''ArxFatalis'' has the heavily armored Ylsides who dash around with super speed as well as strength, and if that's not bad enough, they will [[TakingYouWithMe self-detonate on death.]]
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* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses, as well as Samus' most hated enemy. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
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* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses, as well as Samus' [[PlayerCharacter Samus Aran's]] most hated enemy. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran.Samus. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
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* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
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* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses.corpses, as well as Samus' most hated enemy. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
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** Normal Cazadors are already quite fast, hard-hitting, and durable, but Specimen 74 from ''Old World Blues'' puts the "lightning" in this trope.
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** Normal Cazadors are already quite fast, hard-hitting, and durable, but Specimen 74 from ''Old World Blues'' puts the "lightning" in this trope.
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* The {{Game Breaker}}s of ''RaidenFighters'': Judge Spear, Ixion, and certain versions of the Slave. All of them have ridiculous firepower and ridiculous speed.
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* The {{Game Breaker}}s of ''RaidenFighters'': ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters'': Judge Spear, Ixion, and certain versions of the Slave. All of them have ridiculous firepower and ridiculous speed.
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* [=NCR=] Veteran Rangers and Caesar's Legion Praetorian Guards in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the most elite of EliteMooks; they have more health than a (non-Quarry Junction) Deathclaw and are armed with the absolute best weapons in the game and can kill even a level 30 tank character with just a few hits.
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* [=NCR=] Veteran Rangers and Caesar's Legion Praetorian Guards Legionary Assassins in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the most elite of EliteMooks; they have more health than a (non-Quarry Junction) Deathclaw and are armed with the absolute best weapons in the game and can kill even a level 30 tank character with just a few hits.
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* {{Arc the Lad}} I has Choko, who can move about twice as far as other units, deals at level 1 about as much melee damage as [[GlassCannon Tosh]] at level 60, and, although the maximum HP is [[RedemptionDemotion not as high as expected]], her defense is also the best from the playable characters in the game. However, she has no magic, and thus is unable to make use of the game's broken [[ReducedManaCost Romancing Stone]] accessories. Plus, she [[ObviousRulePatch cannot be used]] in battles that advance the story.
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* The Ceph [[spoiler:Guardians]] of ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 2'' have the speed of [[FragileSpeedster Stalkers]] and the durability of [[MightyGlacier Devastators]] (multiple JAW or C4 needed). To make matters worse, you fight [[FourIsDeath four at once.]]
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** With the release of [[TheWarSequence Mann vs Machine]] mode its [[PowerAtAPrice upgrade station system]], with the right upgrades and weaponry, Scout can deal ''a lot'' of damage and yet still exceed the health of an over-healed [[MightyGlacier Heavy]] while remaining the fastest class in the game. This is because the Scout gains health for any money he picks up. When you have a robotic hoard ''all'' dropping wads of cash, some Scouts have been known to get to ''700'' health, in comparison to their usual 125. The hard part [[UnstableEquilibrium is getting enough health to keep getting health.]]
*** Upgrades also include up to a 30% speed bonus and as much as 75% resistance to most damage types. These can end up turning any offensive class into a LightningBruiser, besides the Heavy, as there are no upgrades to increase his minigun spinup time or [[DoNotRunWithAGun walking speed.]] Demoman in particular can take this to a crazy degree as said upgrades stack with the speed and health boost from the Eyelander, which is much easier to get kills with due to the large number of robots and being able to shield charge more often with upgrades (which ''also'' lets him get around faster).
*** Upgrades also include up to a 30% speed bonus and as much as 75% resistance to most damage types. These can end up turning any offensive class into a LightningBruiser, besides the Heavy, as there are no upgrades to increase his minigun spinup time or [[DoNotRunWithAGun walking speed.]] Demoman in particular can take this to a crazy degree as said upgrades stack with the speed and health boost from the Eyelander, which is much easier to get kills with due to the large number of robots and being able to shield charge more often with upgrades (which ''also'' lets him get around faster).
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* With the release of [[TheWarSequence Mann vs Machine]] mode in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and it's [[PowerAtAPrice upgrade station system]], with the right upgrades and weaponry, Scout can deal ''a lot'' of damage and yet still exceed the health of an over-healed [[MightyGlacier Heavy]] while remaining the fastest class in the game. This is because the Scout gains health for any money he picks up. When you have a robotic hoard ''all'' dropping wads of cash, some Scouts have been known to get to ''700'' health, in comparison to their usual 125. The hard part [[UnstableEquilibrium is getting enough health to keep getting health.]]
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* The Rex Wheelie from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Air Ride Star'' is a Bulk Star with more speed and acceleration, doesn't have the need to refuel, has a lot of HP, Defense and attack and is HUGE. Also, being a wheel based Machine and therefore always on the ground, it jumps high off ramps and automatically activates the special buttons and panels (i.e. Boost Panels) on the floor.
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* The Rex Wheelie from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Air Ride Star'' is a Bulk Star with more speed and acceleration, doesn't have the need to refuel, has a lot of HP, Defense and attack and is HUGE. Also, being a wheel based Machine and therefore always on the ground, it jumps high off ramps and automatically activates the special buttons and panels (i.e. Boost Panels) on the floor. Balanced by being quite hard to steer.
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** Let's show you how to make a Lightning Bruiser out of any Pokémon! Here's how:
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** Valzacard. Size LL means it takes less damage and hits damn hard, but because its main pilot spent a lot of the game in the RealRobot Valhawk, there's a good chance it dodges at least as well as some of the tiny Gundams on the team. And half its pilots have the dodging and damage-dealing spells of a RealRobot while the other half have the support and defensive spells of a CoolShip.
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** Valzacard. Size LL means it takes less damage and hits damn hard, but because its main pilot spent a lot of the game in the RealRobot Valhawk, there's a good chance it dodges at least as well as some of the tiny Gundams on the team. And half its pilots have the dodging and damage-dealing spells Spirit Commands of a RealRobot while the other half have the support and defensive spells Spirit Commands of a CoolShip.
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** One of the first genuinely super robots you get in ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' - Grungust. In the early levels when you have it, it can one-shot most non-boss enemy mechs in its Wing Gust form - which otherwise possesses crappy weapons - by using [[strike:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]]]] Spiral Attack. If you're dealing with something durable, it can then shift forms into its humanoid mode and begin wailing on whatever it hit with Darkness Slash and Final Beam. Oh, and it has a ton of HP. And its default pilot, Irm, develops the Love power, which is approximately 80% of the buffs in the game happening all at once.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it ''moving three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it ''moving three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
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** One of the first genuinely super robots you get in ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' - Grungust. In the early levels when you have it, it can one-shot most non-boss enemy mechs in its Wing Gust form - which otherwise possesses crappy weapons - by using [[strike:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]]]] Spiral Attack. If you're dealing with something durable, it can then shift forms into its humanoid mode and begin wailing on whatever it hit with Darkness Slash and Final Beam. Oh, and it has a ton of HP. And its default pilot, Irm, develops learns the Love power, Spirit Command, which is approximately 80% of the buffs offensive Spirit Commands in the game happening all at once.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it''moving ''acting three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it
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* [[TitleDrop Bruiser]] class champions in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' are melee champions designed after the developers realised their melee DPS champions would get annihilated before they could do significant damage. Between naturally high defense and magic resist that scales with level, high amounts of health (and usually a form of life steal), very fast movement speed, a charge or teleport ability or other gap closer and still decent amounts of damage, they are vastly more powerful than any equivalent ranged DPS in terms of stats. Their main disadvantage is that if the enemy DPS is correctly positioned they have to force their way through the entire enemy team and probably die in the process, but this disadvantage only comes into play at high skill levels where players work together as a team, leaving bruisers free to trample [[{{Noob}} unskilled]] and moderately skilled players.
** Jarvan and Lee Sin are the prime examples. The former has a gap closer that spawns a circular wall to trap enemies, a shield that also slows all nearby enemies, a defense and damage buff that affects his entire team, an armor pierce ability that hits multiple targets and doubles as another gap closer (which goes through walls and stuns enemies in its path), and a passive that deals percentage based damage on auto attacks. The latter has a ranged nuke that can also be used as a gap closer and deals bonus damage against weak enemies, a shield that is also a teleport in the direction of an ally and shields him as well and can be reactivated to grant lifesteal and armor, an area effect nuke and stealth reveal that also slows enemies and reduces their attack speed, a knockback that potentially disables multiple enemies and deals major damage, and free auto attack damage after each of his abilities. Considering each champion nominally has only 4 abilities and a passive, the amount of overloading is impressive.
*** [[BearsAreBadNews Volibear]] is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot huge, electrically-charged polar bear,]] whose first ability allows him to chase down enemies with ease, tossing them over his head, along with a skill that makes his attacks progressively faster with each successive attack, a roar that damages and slows enemies around him [[BrownNote (and fears minions and monsters)]], and his ultimate gives all his attacks a chain lightning effect. He's also arguably the [[NighInvulnerable most durable champion in the game,]] due to a combination of his outrageously high health and his passive ability, [[HealingFactor which rapidly heals him once his health gets low enough.]]
* Whether he's fighting [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry evil crocodiles]] or [[SuperSmashBros other video game heroes]], Franchise/DonkeyKong is portrayed as a powerful, agile juggernaut. [[JustifiedTrope He's a gorilla, after all]]. His nemesis, King K. Rool, is also formidable (if rather clumsy) for an overweight bipedal crocodile.
* In several ''SuperMarioBros'' games, Bowser has been seen getting around quite fast when he wants to. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', not only can he outrun Mario, but he actually ''backflips'' around the arena.
** In the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'', he and his functional equal Donkey Kong Jr. are the top speed record holders.
** His kin share his agility, most especially Roy and Morton who can leap WHILE within their shells.
** Mario, as well. He's quite agile, he can pound through bricks, and swing Bowser by the tail! He's considered the JackOfAllStats because other characters in his series generally outclass and fall short of him in other areas like strength and speed.
** On the subject of Luigi, he has been this in games where he plays equally to Mario, and in some where he doesn't. WordOfGod has even said that he may be more talented than his more famous brother, thanks to his higher jumps and longer recovery from his runs. Like Mario, he's considered to be a JackOfAllStats because other characters in his series generally outclass and fall short of him in other areas like strength and speed. However, his LightningBruiser tendencies did carry over into his karts in ''MarioKart'' for NintendoDS, featuring good-to-great speed, acceleration, and handling.
* In the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series, Wario is able to break huge blocks of stone, yet he is still able to dash quickly and jump high.
* The Deer Haunter from ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'' was a particularly annoying miniboss because it was both fast, strong, and confined to a small room ([[OutsideTheBoxTactic until you figure out that he can't hit you in the room he starts in]]).
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', the Iron Knuckles become this once their armor has been removed, retaining their old strength but gaining more speed albeit still slower than Link. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', the Iron Knuckles can become faster than Link sans armor.
** The tradition is carried on in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' with the Darknut.
** Possibly played more straight by ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' incarnation as the Darknuts move fairly fast in their armor and don't gain much speed from losing it.
** However, something somehow often overlooked, when he sheds his armor, he becomes susceptible to arrows/boomerangs/etc (with added hitstun), whereas his armored form is completely invincible to these.
** The Goron form in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''. It's the biggest shape you've got and it has the slowest walking speed, but when you start rolling you're the fastest thing in the game.
** Ganondorf in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' in his boar form, in which he's the size of an elephant, smashes through the stone pillars in area you fight when running, and runs much faster than you do.
* Fatman from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. He rolls around on [[RollerBladeGood skates]], has an impenetrable bomb suit, and wields a fully automatic Glock 18. Plus he is a MadBomber.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'''s Vulcan Raven is a seven foot tall Inuit/Alaskan Native American who is capable of not only lifting a twenty millimeter Vulcan cannon, a gun normally mounted on ''fighter jets'', and carrying the refrigerator-sized ammunition barrel on his back while in the middle of the permafrost layer [[WalkingShirtlessScene without a shirt]], he is able to run while doing so. Not only that, but he's ''[[GeniusBruiser smart]]''. Needless to say, he's quite a challenge to defeat.
* Berserkers from ''GearsOfWar'' are capable of outrunning you in a mad sprint, and turning you into paste if they actually catch up.
* The small colossi from ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' are some of the most frightening and difficult bosses as they are much, much faster than the player and not any less dangerous than the big ones.
* The MightyGlacier characters from some of Capcom's 90's beat-em-ups (notably Perceval from ''Knights of the Round'' and Mess from ''Cadillacs & Dinosaurs'') would have the ability to dash, enabling them to easily keep up with the JacksOfAllStats and [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]] of the group without sacrificing any power.
* Dr. Zan from ''[[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Streets of Rage 3]]'' also qualifies.
* Edmond Honda from ''StreetFighter'', a sumotori, has some of the fastest attacks in the game.
** Alex from the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' games, a grappler who can headbutt an opponent so fast he can stun them.
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' introduces Rufus, a man whose very rotund body shape belies his attack speed.
** When Akuma isn't a GlassCannon, he's a LightningBruiser. When he's a LightningBruiser, he's a GameBreaker.
** Ditto for M. Bison.
* Most [[SNKBoss bosses]] in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' tend to be this.
* Zappa's Raoh ghost in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series. Raoh is capable of [[OneHitKill taking out 100% of the opponent's health]], and his attacks are fast and his exclusive super "Bellows Malice" can send the guard bar straight flying to the max.
** Justice when she's in Gold Mode.
** Potemkin, also, especially when you use his dash. Sol also becomes a ''frighteningly'' fast and durable opponent in Gold, and can easily spam his specials, as well as regenerates health constantly.
* Many raid bosses from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. The most extreme example is Patchwerk, whose Hateful Strike ability will OneHitKill all but the most well geared and buffed tanks (and you're cutting it close). He uses Hateful Strike approximately once a second.
** Warriors are also this, especially Fury warriors. They have skills that allow them to dash insanely fast to an opponent and then cut them down. Druids, as a result, also have similar skills that mimic Warriors.
** Way back in the original ''Warcraft'' RTS, the two EliteMook units, the human Knight and the orcish Raider, both filled this role. They had 5 Armor, the best anyone of their species could have, 90 HP, and moved about the battlefield swiftly on their mount.
** With the Mists of Pandaria expansion pack and the addition of the Monk class, Tauren can be this. We're talking 8 feet tall, 400 pounds of muscle, fists the size of sledgehammers, and they're on the upper echelon of dexterity.
* Bob from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. In his own words: Speed and weight!
** Ogre (pre-OneWingedAngel) and Jinpachi, and the boss versions of Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin.
* Elvis in ''GodHand'' gets ridiculously fast in demon form, and his human form has several fast dash attacks as well.
* Berserker in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Insane strength, surprisingly fast, and has natural armor that can't be penetrated by anything but the most powerful attacks.
** The FightingGame, on the other hand, turns him into a MightyGlacier.
** Rider from ''Literature/FateZero'' is the most massive Servant and a BoisterousBruiser. Off his chariot he's fast for his size, not necessarily a match for other Servants, but he can move and fight quite dexterously from his car.
* The Assassin in ''VideoGame/GuildWars''. Properly built for [=PvE=], it deals attacks more quickly than any other class, deals more damage than any other class, and is extremely hard to kill. It is capable of doing all of [=PvE=] with minimum effort and best time and uses most weapons better than the classes designed to use those weapons -- though it is also one of the harder classes to play for non-powergamers. In ''[=PvP=]'' it loses the resilience aspect to a degree but remains potent.
** Addendum: the spirit changes have turned the Ritualist into something like this. It has the second highest damage in the game, can gain a frontline quality armour level, and can shift the spirits constantly to the best position on the battlefield.
** Shiro plays this role as a boss in ''Nightfall''. He moves slightly faster than players and can dish out a large amount of damage quickly.
* Big Daddies from ''Franchise/BioShock''. Really big, but also fast and able to dish it out.
** Brute splicers (in [[VideoGame/BioShock2 the sequel]]) are just as big, fast and able to dish it out like the Big Daddies.
** The Big Sisters in ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' are much faster and more agile than the Big Daddies, and able to dish out a [[WaifFu surprising amount of hurt]]. They are also probably the most terrifying enemy you face in the game...and this is RAPTURE we're talking about.
** Handymen in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', being similar to Big Daddies, also qualify. They are terrifyingly agile, deal loads of damage, and are ridiculously hard to kill. When you see a Handyman leap across an entire street block in a single bound to get in your face, you know ThisIsGonnaSuck.
* Duster in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has the highest physical attack in the game and also very high HP, and is one of the fastest characters. He even has a special ability that occasionally allows him to get a hit in before anyone else, even if you don't manage a first strike. Balanced by not having any PSI, though depending on your viewpoint [[BadassNormal that just makes him even cooler]].
** Not just that, he has another ability where if the enemy catches you from behind, there's a chance he'll flip over them before they can act and attack them from behind instead.
** What's really strange is that he walks with a limp. Imagine how fast he'd be with two good legs.
** Given the fact that he's a thief (albeit an [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything ineffectual one]]) and therefore almost expected to be speedy, he might even go in the other category as well.
* For any ''{{Pokemon}}'' to be considered eligible for [[{{Metagame}} competitive matches]], they must be either this, a [[MightyGlacier hard and very bulky hitter]], or a StoneWall with lots of StandardStatusEffects. Several direct examples exist:
** Garchomp (especially in Gen IV): Better defenses than Swampert, faster than most of its supposed "counters", sky-high Attack, great typing (Yache Berry in conjunction with Garchomp's bulk prevents one-hit KOs with Ice moves, sorry Mamoswine), crazy movepool which allows a lot of attacks ForMassiveDamage...
** Scizor (in Gen IV/V): Steel/Bug typing means that it has plenty of resists (which artificially increase its bulk), it is rather strong, and it can use Bullet Punch to get over its lackluster Speed.
** Mewtwo: Absurd Special Attack and Speed, but also some sizable bulk. Despite getting the mother of all nerfs starting in ''[[Videogame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gold and Silver]]'', it's still a threat in Ubers to this very day. There's a reason it's usually banned from competitive play.
** Due to the nature of Pokemon's in-battle stat change system, it's possible for a Pokemon who fits another build trope to become this with the right moveset and/or field condition. Example: Metagross, a MightyGlacier, can use Agility to become absurdly fast and fit this trope. More absurd examples include Baton Passing Speed and Attack boosts to Bibarel, whose ability lets it double stat boosts it gets (up to +3, which makes Bibarel technically +6; after that, stat boosts don't count anymore).
** Let's show you how to make a Lightning Bruiser out of any Pokémon! Here's how:
** "Several" doesn't even begin to describe it, as there is a large number of Pokémon that could qualify. For starters, every "uber" legendary aside from Deoxys has outstanding scores in every stat. Other notable Lightning Bruisers, relative to their respective [[CharacterTiers tiers]], include Leafeon, Miltank, Raikou, Zapdos, Celebi, Jirachi, Starmie, and Latios/Latias. On top of that, there's still a myriad of other Pokémon that can [[StatusBuff become faster/stronger/sturdier]] through certain moves, traits, and items: Tyranitar, Scizor, Metagross, Gyarados, Gliscor, Kingdra, Feraligatr, Hitmontop, Ludicolo, Sigilyph, etc. Considering the sheer amount of other strong Pokémon that can be made faster via Choice Scarf, Trick Room, or Baton Pass, the examples become far too numerous to all be listed here.
** And then there's [[OlympusMons Arceus]]. Having 120 in EVERY stat (which makes it either faster, stronger or more resistant than every other Pokemon), an insane movepool (only bested by Mew, who can learn every TM/HM, and Smeargle, who can learn all but two moves), and, most importantly, can take on any of the 17 types. In short, you can tweak your Arceus to counter, duplicate or best any of the other 648 Pokemon.
* Necrid in ''[[SoulSeries Soul Calibur 2]]'' had high attack speed, and power. When he isn't attacking however, he is slow combo fodder. Nightmare also becomes one when he is split from Sigfried in the 3rd game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'''s [[SuperSoldier Spartan-II]]s, at least in the fluff. Your average Spartan is proficient with all weapons, ridiculously strong, can shrug off terrible wounds, and has reflexes so fast they enter a BulletTime-like state when in combat -- and that's without wearing their trademark [[PoweredArmor Mjolnir Armor]], which increases their strength and speed even more. In-game, however, GamePlayAndStorySegregation results in Spartan characters being {{Glass Cannon}}s who move only slightly faster than regular humans and can only take a handful of shots before dying messily.
** Play the game on Legendary difficulty. Everything that ever appears on screen is going to end up dead, with the exception of the Chief. Those bits where you get human allies? Generally, they'll be dead in under 60 seconds. The Chief is BadAss.
** Ingame Brutes would probably count. They can move really fast and jump really high when they berserk despite being over 8 feet tall.
** The new multiplayer Elite in Halo Reach. Not only are they bigger and have more health and shields than the Spartans, but they also are faster which is supplemented by their new evasion moves.
** Hunters started as {{Mighty Glacier}}s (or {{Glass Cannon}}s if you attack their weak point), but got faster and more evasive as the series progressed, taking this trope to its logical conclusion in ''HaloReach''.
* Although in theory the right mix of items from the (in)famous ''{{Warcraft}} III'' map ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' allows any of its player characters to become one of these, only a few really fit conceptually. Amongst these are the Chaos Knight, who has the highest base movespeed and can summon unusually powerful illusions via his [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] as tanking and DPS; the Lycanthrope, whose SuperMode maxes his movespeed and lets him make better use of attackspeed bonuses as well as giving a damage multiplier; finally the Slithereen Guard, whose Sprint move nearly maxes movespeed and whose armor-reducing [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] lets him gain a large edge over his targets. These three happen to have Strength as their dominant attribute, giving higher un-enhanced health maximum and regeneration compared to most.
** Any agility based hero in a map where you can buy infinite stat-up items. Agility gives attack speed, armor, and if they're agi-based, attack power. So one of these heroes will, when buffed up, high attack power, an absurd attack speed, and high armor. Eventually it reaches the point where the only thing stopping them from instantly killing things is their attack animation, which apparently reaches some sort of attack speed limit.
** Syllabear, while being an agility hero, can almost double his HP with his ultimate and attack extremely fast using rabid. The only trade off is his range attack for melee. Medusa also qualifies as an agility hero with mana shield boosting her effective HP.
** Bloodlust. Orcs. Just make sure your army has a mass buff dispel ability.
** ''Warcraft 2'', Knights and Ogres filled this role. Good damage, good armor, good hit points, fastest ground units. Then consider Orcs had the Haste and Bloodlust spells. With a good click speed, you could turn your ogres group into a mass of death.
* The Tank from ''Left4Dead''. At 6000 hp it has the most health of anything and can give a good pummeling, while also being much faster than it looks. The Witch is also an example, in that despite looking as fragile as a standard zombie, it can withstand multiple autoshotgun blasts, is frightfully fast and will one-hit-down any of the survivors.
* Deathclaws in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.
** Some of the super-mutants in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', especially Behemoths and Overlords, which are very fast in spite of being the largest enemies in the game.
*** ''Broken Steel'' also introduces Feral Ghoul Reavers (the most fearsome enemy in the game hands down) and Albino Radscorpions as part of the quartet of new DemonicSpiders. Both have the same HP as Mutant Overlords but are even faster, have [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing]] melee attacks on par with Deathclaws, and the former throws explosive gore projectiles.
*** Some of the Swampfolk in ''Point Lookout'', notably the Trackers and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bruisers]].
** Investing points in Strength, Agility and Endurance can lead to the PlayerCharacter becoming this, especially if you have the top-tier weapons and armour. Strength allows you to hit harder and effectively wield bigger and better weapons, Agility allows you to run faster, jump higher and swing melee weapons faster, and Endurance makes you tougher. This is highly recommended for melee/fist centred characters.
** See also X-com and ''JaggedAlliance'', both of which use a similar AP system. Focusing on training speed alone whenever mercs have some downtime will make even revolver-packing mercs as deadly as machine gunners, with better accuracy when "spraying and praying".
** Grandma Lily Bowen in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', like the rest of the Nightkin, is made and trained for speed and stealth. She towers over other characters, wields a BFS made out of the [[ImprovisedWeapon vertibird rotor blade]], and is the only character with maximum agility, giving her ''all'' the AP.
** Veronica goes from GlassCannon to this if you give her Power Armor (which due to being from the Brotherhood of Steel, she's more likely to wear) and the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Ballistic]] [[PowerFist Fist]]. She becomes powerful enough to even take on [[FinalBoss Legate]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Lanius]] (who himself is this trope) by herself and ''win''.
* Saren (in his final form at the end) in ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' certainly fits this trope.
** Krogan are also like this. Especially Wrex.
** A recent addition to the VideoGame/MassEffect3 Multiplayer is the Krogan Vanguard. Start with their crazy durability and their melee-boosting rage powers inherent to all Krogan classes, then give him the Barrier power and the trademark Vanguard Charge, and you have the [[FanNickname Murder Train]].
** Harbinger. He moves faster than ordinary Collectors, has high barriers/shields, and spams a blast of yellow-black energy that deals significant damage.
** [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] him/herself in [=ME2=], depending on your class. [[BadassNormal Soldiers]] have Adrenaline Rush, which slows down time around you, and [[MagicKnight Vanguards]] have Biotic Charge, which uses [[AppliedPhlebotinum mass effect fields]] (the same things that starships use to travel faster than light) to hurl you across the battlefield through anything in between you and your unlucky target. Both of them can use a shotgun that can shatter a regular human's arms if he/she tried to fire it, and the Soldier can use an ''anti-tank rifle'' or a light machine gun. [[BadassBlink Infiltrators]] can also use an anti-tank sniper rifle, while receiving significant damage bonuses for stealth and being able to slow time when aiming through the scope, allowing you to empty your magazine into some poor guy's head within seconds. They aren't all that squishy, either.
** [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] of Sovereign's class all fit this trope. Sovereign was an enormous and [[NighInvulnerability incredibly powerful being that almost wiped out a fleet before it was destroyed.]] It was also very fast and agile, with Joker at one point saying that it "made a turn that would shear any other ship in half."
*** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3's'' codex notes, however, that there are tradeoffs made for Reaper capital ships to pull off such maneuvers. Such tight turns require use of the ship's eezo core to reduce the ship's mass to a level that is unsafe in combat conditions. Citadel dreadnoughts are comparatively smaller and faster and can frequently bring their guns to bear faster than the Reaper can, provided the Citadel ship gets the drop on the Reaper.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', the SSV ''Normandy'' SR-2 when fully upgraded. By default she's a stealth recon frigate, so she's very fast and agile for a capital ship. Your squadmates can add upgraded kinetic barriers and armor, as well as a main gun reverse-engineered from [[spoiler:the weapon Sovereign used to one-shot Citadel capital ships at the climax of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'']]. Altogether, she's a frigate that hits like a dreadnought or better, with shields and armor to match.
* The bosses in ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' and its sequels. Particularly the Sandman from the Wii game, who stands at 285 lbs, ~6 feet 5 inches, and can punch in the blink of an eye, especially in the second playthrough.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Demoman's [[{{BFS}} Eyelander.]] It [[CastFromHitPoints takes off a chunk of your health]] at the outset, but you get more health and better speed after you behead someone. After two, you're up to above-normal HP and a goodly running speed, and at the maximum of 4, you've got more health than a Soldier and a little less speed than a [[FragileSpeedster Scout.]] Normally, the Eyelander is paired with a shield that reduces certain damage and allows guaranteed crits (which is handy because the Eyelander never gets random crits), but if you take the default Sticky-Bomb launcher and still manage to get 4 heads, you're unstoppable.
** The Tomislav originally let a Heavy slow down his firing rate by just 1/5 to cut ''70%'' of its startup time (and making no noise), making him [[GameBreaker rather excessively]] good at ambushing, before the spin-up time was {{nerf}} to a somewhat more reasonable amount.
** With most people a Soldier is a JackOfAllStats erring on the side of MightyGlacier, with the RocketJump letting him become temporarily become a FragileSpeedster. [[DifficultButAwesome For the people who can Rocket Jump with extreme efficiency]]--mastering both attacking while in midflight and using a mobility increasing technique called "airstrafing"--one Rocket Jump lets him successfully cut off or flee from any other class in almost any direction while attacking at the same time and still maintaining above average health. To add to this, the mobility also makes him very good at reaching medical packs and the team's Medic. If he ''is'' too low on health to RocketJump, the Escape Plan's speed boost give him a good chance of escaping to recover more health anyway.
* In the first ''DungeonKeeper'' game, the Horned Reaper is almost universally assumed to be the strongest monster available, and it only takes a few levels of training before it gains the Speed Monster ability as well. Their drawback is that they're extremely hard to get your hands on, and they require a lot of monitoring to stop them flipping out and attacking your own creatures.
* The Brute archetype in ''CityOfHeroes'' has high {{Hit Point}}s, self-sufficient defenses, and very strong attack sets. The archetype's special attribute is doing more damage the more it attacks or is attacked, making both quick frequent attacks and slow powerful ones beneficial (the former to power up the character so the latter hit extra-hard). It's essentially a class of playable Comicbook/{{Incredible Hulk}}s.
** This is boosted even more by taking powers that boost recharge (Hasten, Lightning Reflexes...) or using powersets that recharge quickly like Claws or Dual Blades. The Brute Playstyle amounts to AttackAttackAttack while popping the occasional insp or clicky power. Oh, and sometimes holding aggro is involved.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}} 2: Dark Prophecy'', the Defender of Faith, one of the Empire's most powerful fighter units, is a DualWielding heavily armoured knight mounted on a heavily armoured horse (poor horse...). Despite this, thanks to its high Initiative stat, it usually strikes first in each round of battle. He also hits ''hard''. High HP, decent armor, strikes hard, strikes ''fast'', and only takes up one space in the party? The only reason he's not a GameBreaker is that it takes a ridiculous amount of exp and gold to get them in most scenarios.
** Another example would be Overlord, from Legions Of The Damned's support tree after his buff in ''Rise of the Elves''. Despite taking two places in a party(Legions run on big units though) and an absurd amount of exp and gold, he's durable, hits like a truck, deals additional fire damage and moves at speed of a warrior(50 Initiative).
** The Legion's Gargoyle units are just as big as their support units, but they are also just as fast as the other factions' archer units (initiative 60), hit hard, and have heavy armor ratings (Onyx Gargoyle has 65 armor), poison immunity, and mind wards. A party with an Overlord and an Onyx Gargoyle is bad news for any enemy.
** There's also Son of Ymir, even more broken than Defender of Faith and Overlord combined. First of all, he's level ''four'' as opposed to previous two level five which means he will level up faster. While he takes two places, he has an excellent hp, absurd damage with additional frostbite(sort of poison, but with ice) and, worst of all, ''the'' highest initiative in Clans, 50. Only summons and supportive mages tree have higher IN.
** Summons from higher levels for all races also lean toward this.
** Though they're vastly inferior comparing to afromentioned examples, both Bears deserve a mention. They have quite an hp(260 for normal and 300 for Polar variety respectively), attack hard enough to make you take notice and act fast enough to seriously weaken your front line. On the other hand, Hordes and their paralyzing Ghosts just love them.
* Though all of the superdragons could count, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crystal Dragon]] is probably the best example, mostly because it's unable to fly. Don't worry though, it's still fast enough to out-speed almost everything in the game, is insanely difficult to kill and packs an obscene amount of damage. The only saving grace is that - unlike most dragons - those aren't immune to magic, which allows you to cripple them down and make fight noticeably easier.
** From Tier 6, we have Cavaliers(who are like this from ''III'' onwards) and Black Knights belonging to Castle and Necropolis respectively. The former gains bonus damage for each hex crossed, up to ''50% extra'', which allows him to simply blow enemy unit's socks off before the real fight even starts. The latter, on the other hand, is much more durable, can Curse his opponent(which minimalizes damage done) and is able to randomly Death Strike an enemy ForMassiveDamage(namely, the double). ''V'' incarnations of these two are ''even worse''(Cavalier gains bonus from each square crossed ''for the whole fight'', while Death Knight is capable of wiping down half of unit's stack in one slash).
* You know Elvis, the [[GeniusBruiser massive, muscle-bound, fist-fighting Professor]] in ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}''? Looking at how huge he is, surely he must be the MightyGlacier of the villain team, right? Nope! He's the fastest of the four Sentinels you face, barely beating the resident ninja Fereydoon by a few speed points.
* All types of Skaarj from ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' (not so much in the [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament Tourna]][[VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004 ment]] series, where they could be [=PCs=] and so were retooled into the MightyGlacier for game-balance reasons). Taken to ridiculous extremes by the [[AttackAttackAttack Berserkers]], [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Lords]] and [[FlyingBrick Warlords]].
* Venom from the ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan'' game is at least twice as bulky as Spider-Man, attacks with brutal claw and tentacle strikes and throws and can pick up and toss cars with ease. He's also nearly as agile as Spider-Man and possesses a "locomotion jump" that lets him leap HUGE distances in a single bound.
* [[Videogame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]] in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' is a heavy-hitting brawler with some of the longest, strongest combo attacks in the game. In contrast to Mighty Glaciers like Cloud and Garland though, Jecht moves pretty quickly and his attacks come out very fast as well.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Gabranth's]] gimmick is to charge his EX Gauge so he can enter [[SuperMode EX Mode]] quickly. "Lightning Bruiser" doesn't describe Gabranth's EX Mode accurately enough though, a better term would be ''primal force of destruction''. He moves and attacks quickly and his combos are incredibly powerful, and in addition to brute strength a lot of his attacks can crush guards, combo without hitting, or deflect projectiles. This is all on top of the normal EX Mode bonuses of regenerating HP, increased chance to land critical hits, and the ability to use an [[LimitBreak EX Burst]].
** Golbez is not to be forgotten, while his movement speed is amongst the slower in the game, he's the only one who gets a teleport for his dodge, and his attacks come out rather fast, are hard to block due to coming from multiple directions, and leave him with frighteningly little lag. Once he does hit you, usually with a critical hit, he'll hit just as hard as Jecht and will chain it into a HP attack instantly. Really, the only thing that separates him from Jecht, is a more varied moveset, the lack of Jeckt Block, the increased range on attacks, and the fact that you don't have to rely on careful button inputs. Though he does lack Jecht's guard crushing and charged attack capabilities.
* This is Akira Yuki's niche in ''VirtuaFighter''. Most of his attacks come out incredibly fast with high power. However, many have a very short optimum range, and many of his attacks and combos have strict timings. One of the most extreme examples would be his knee attack, which is pulled off by pressing Guard+ Kick, then letting go of Guard exactly one frame (1/60th of a second) later. The faster ones also have a long lag at the end of them, leaving an opening if they miss or are blocked. Since most of his attacks do their best damage at close range, the opponent will likely be close enough to return with a damaging throw. However, his movement and basic attacks don't match the speed of Pai, Kagemaru, Sarah, or Lion.
* Iron Tager from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' was a MightyGlacier, but speed buffs in ''Continuum Shift'' are shifting him in this direction. Similarly for Hakumen. Then the trailer for the PSP version came out, showing Unlimited Tager crossing the screen at least as fast as Kokonoe wanted...
* The Rex Wheelie from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Air Ride Star'' is a Bulk Star with more speed and acceleration, doesn't have the need to refuel, has a lot of HP, Defense and attack and is HUGE. Also, being a wheel based Machine and therefore always on the ground, it jumps high off ramps and automatically activates the special buttons and panels (i.e. Boost Panels) on the floor.
* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
** Samus herself counts. She's a power armored badass that can soak up damage like a sponge, is death at both melee and range, and is capable of reaching mach 1.
** Hit [[SuperMetroid Crocomire]] with a Power Bomb. Go on, do it.
* Hunters from ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} Episode 2''. Large tripod-ish killing ''things'' with impressive speed (they can outrun you, period), an array of deadly weapons, and a lot of hit points - it can take multiple rockets to kill one, depending on difficultly, although the Pulse Rifle altfire is a nice one-hit-kill solution.
** Antlion Guards from [=HL2=] and its Episodes, though unable to jump like lesser Antlions, are the size of [=APCs=] - and just as fast.
** Dog. He can charge at incredible speed, and hurl freaking cars through the air. Fortunately, he's on your side.
* The Tyrants from the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series; with the Nemesis as their undisputed king. Generally, they start off slow, hard hitting, and resilient. Then, when you piss them off enough, they get a speed boost. And they are faster than you.
** Mendez, TheBrute in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' can also flash step, bend metal, kick the crap out of Leon like a ragdoll, and is resistant to bullets. The Mercenaries minigame has Super Salvador, who is as fast as the player, can leap rooftops in a single bound, and will instantly decapitate you with his flailing double chainsaw the moment you get in punching range. Verdugo, the illegitemate love child of Tyrant and the {{Predator}}, is even faster and deadlier than the Tyrants, and is NighInvulnerable unless [[KillItWithIce frozen with liquid nitrogen]].
** We can now add the Ustanak from VideoGame/ResidentEvil6. Fast, nigh invulnerable and a {{Determinator}} to get his target, Jake. [[spoiler: It takes being thrown into lava just to so much as expose its heart, then one last shot with the Magnum to finally kill it!]]
** Series BigBad Wesker can move faster than the eye can see, punch straight through a man and regenerates fast enough to be almost immortal. Best shown in his boss fight where he will block an rpg coming from his blindspot to a standstill and the thing exploding in his face only disorients him for a few seconds.
** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. Although not to the same extent as his father [[BigBad Wesker]], Jake Muller is incredibly strong and agile. He is the only playable character who has hand-to-hand melee instead of a knife. His melee is also faster, stronger than the others, has powerful counters, and is the only one that can combo. [[spoiler: He is also strong and fast enough to dodge and trade blows with fellow LightningBruiser Ustanak.]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', the Zerg Ultralisk is one of the most powerful melee units in the game, and by far the toughest, even without the armor upgrade. It's balanced out mostly by being insanely expensive to build. ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' Ultralisks, however, are more like {{Mighty Glacier}}s.
** Only when off-creep. On-creep, Ultralisks are faster than stimmed marines. Their appeal comes from the fact that they are the only Zerg unit that can cost-effectively assault an enemy strongpoint head-on, can crush Protoss Forcefields, are immune to pretty much ''all'' of the [[DemonicSpider Infestor]]'s [[MindControl abil]][[AcidAttack ities]], and are large enough that siegetank fire doesn't do any AOE damage. You pretty much need significant air-to-ground or a very narrow choke point to deal with a large group. That said, if you let your enemy get a large group of them, you're most likely extremely behind economically.
* Many end game creatures in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''. Perhaps the best example is the dragon units, which are always the strongest units and among the fastest.
** The [[MiniMecha Dragon Golem]] deserves a special mention. It's the fastest walking unit in the game, and the strongest [[TheMagocracy Academy]] unit, slightly stronger than the Titan. To top this, it has both the First Strike and Negate First Strike special abilities, making it able to strike any opponent before it has an opportunity to react. Also, if you attack the Dragon Golem, the chances are fairly high that you'll be killed by the retaliation from the attack you never were able to make.
* VideoGame/{{Doom}} has many units that fit different parts on the scale of CompetitiveBalance but also has Hell Knights, Barons of Hell and Cyberdemons. Hard hitting on ranged and melee, good health and also surprisingly fast.
** And then there's the player character, Doomguy himself; he's blisteringly fast (so much so that he can outrun everything including ''rockets''), and if health and armour are maxed out he's also easily durable enough to survive any single attack that any enemy can perform.
* Hell Knights in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'', according to at least one expedition team member into Hell. You can hear his terrified ramblings on them in an audio log.
* Guardians in ''{{Uncharted}} 2: Among Thieves'' are one of the most unfair examples of this trope. Not only are they big, strong, fast, and capable of leaping absurd distances, they're also ImmuneToBullets when you first meet them. Even when you do get the opportunity to actually kill them, they still absorb enough rounds to turn a small army into salsa and ask for seconds. Oh, and they also fire some of the most accurate and damaging weapons in the game. Good thing you never have to face more than three of them at a time.
* Juggernauts from ''ModernWarfare 2''. Heavily armoured enough to need multiple hits from otherwise-OneHitKill weapons like the [[{{BFG}} Barret .50 cal]] or [[GameBreaker grenade launcher]], carrying a [[MoreDakka M240 machine gun]] which they use with near-aimbot accuracy, while also being able to charge at a fast clip. They are very much DemonicSpiders.
* [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Blizzard_Buffalo Blizzard Buffalo]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManX 3''. He's an eight-foot-tall robotic bison-man who skids across icy surfaces at high speeds.
* Kain from ''LegacyOfKain''. A vampire with superhuman strength sufficient to move boulders weighing several tons, superior speed, agility, and reflexes to mortals, and skin tougher than a suit of armor.
* ''RiseOfTheKasai'' features Rau and Baumusu; two huge guys who fight with a variety of weapons at a blur of speeds, but can also move with amazing silence and stealth.
* Bacchus from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'', His strafing attack moves him quickly along the ground and hits twice. If you add MoreDakka through Item creation, it actually becomes more powerful than his special attacks (which are already some of the best). He also has high Defense and HP. As well a skill that lets him heal 50% of his hp instantly.
* The [[MightyGlacier Retri]][[HolyHandGrenade bution]] Paladin in WoW is shaping up to be like this (sort of) in the next expansion, seeing as though a talent allows them to decrease the cooldown of their main instant-attack the more haste they stack and they do their damage as light-infused berserkers.
* The ''AdvanceWars'' series past the second installment has the dreaded Neotank, an arachnidian monstrosity that hits harder than a [[MightyGlacier Md. Tank]], yet has the mobility of a regular tank. Makes you wonder why they even bothered with the Megatank in ''Dual Strike''.
* Thanks to {{Koei}}, ''DynastyWarriors'' and ''SamuraiWarriors'' end up with quite a few of these. Often times they end up being ThatOneBoss. A few notable examples:
** ''DynastyWarriors'' gives us the most obvious example in Lu Bu. Where to start with Lu Bu? He's large, powerful, a lot faster than someone who can dwarf 80% of the cast has any right to be. His attack power is through the roof (quite often he's one of a very small number of characters who can flatly max out that stat at the maximum levels), his moveset is usually full of powerful, long-ranged sweeping blows, and just to make things worse you can bet good money that he's got an unblockable attack somewhere in his move pool. There's a reason a lot of ''Dynasty Warriors'' games make him the boss battle from hell, but also offer sweet rewards to those who can beat him when he's in his 'rage mode.'
** Fortunately, this mainly applies in each game's Hu Lao Gate ("Coalition vs. Dong Zhuo") stage, as Lu Bu may be bypassed, where a somewhat weaker version is the end boss of the Xia Pi stage in some of the game... that is, somewhat weaker ''if'' you don't [[BerserkButton take out his love interest Diao Chan first]].
** ''SamuraiWarriors'' gives us more than a few contenders, ranging from merely stupidly powerful to outright GameBreaker. These include Keiji Maeda, Tadakatsu Honda, and Kenshin Uesugi. Between them you can count on extremely varied movesets, frightening hitting power, some way to break blocks or cause stuns, Musou attacks that come out quickly and painfully, and a good chance of being given in-game status buffs. Keiji and Tadakatsu are clearly designed to be big, burly guys with weapons taller than they are, but they can swing with considerable speed and reach, and very often end up launching foes quite a few yards distant with a good power hit.
** Finally, ''WarriorsOrochi'' gives us Orochi himself, who is a GameBreaker on so many levels that they deliberately deny unlocking him (and his upgrade, Orochi X) until the very end of the game. He's large, powerful, moves fast, hits hard, and unlike almost every other character in the game, has automatic immunity frames in some of his moves where he can pummel the opposition without worry or cost.
* Every ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' in existence after the first generation is one, fifth and sixth generations being the most prominent. A fight between an Armored Core and anything but another Armored Core is a CurbStompBattle turned UpToEleven. Some Arms Forts, giant mobile fortresses that can be several kilometres in length, are exceptions, but many like Stigro get massacred, as do huge numbers of mooks. Oh, and mooks in this game range from tanks to Mechwarrior style mechs, to battleships, to modern and futuristic aerial vehicles of any type you can imagine, and all are mercilessly and effortlessly slaughtered by Armored Cores in the later games.
* All the ghouls in ''VideoGame/GhoulsVsHumans'', as well as the preceding ''The Ghouls' Forest'' series of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' [[GameMod WADs]]. Huge floating undead heads which not only glide around at ludicrous speeds (one of them takes it a step further and moves via permanent FlashStep!), but can kill you within seconds if they hit you. That's part of the reason why they're so damn scary.
* [[PraetorianGuard Papal Guards]] in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' pack more armour than [[MightyGlacier Brutes]], run almost as fast as [[FragileSpeedster Agiles]], can use all the weapon types, have their own unblockable pistol attack, and are {{Kung Fu Proof|Mook}} to boot. Fortunately they don't appear often.
** There's also the Janissaries from AssassinsCreedRevelations and the Jagers in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII.
* Black Breeze and his two Werewolf allies from the bonus mission of ''{{Vindictus}}''' first boat, which doesn't unlock until after you've beaten the third. And to make things even worse for the player, they fight together in one of the most evil WolfpackBoss fights ever.
* Laharl for ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Adell for ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', and Champloo for ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''; all 3 of these characters sport exceptional close combat strength, a good set of specials, and exceptional power, defense, movement range, and, for the really exotic on their specials, decent intelligence and resistance to magic. If played right, all one would ever need to complete Disgaea 1 is Laharl, a sword, and a few decent playthroughs of the item world, and he could take on the entire game himself save for a few team oriented stages. Adell can match Laharl (mainly due to his ability that gives him added attack power for units stronger than him) and while Champloo falls a tad short of both, he is almost still guaranteed kills when just within a few levels of his opponent let alone even or higher.
* The Purr-lin in ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 2'', especially the [[BossInMookClothing Juggernauts]]. Also, Lords of the Flesh.
* Heavy Hover Tanks in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
** The Boss Tank (who has literal tank treads for a lower body) in ''VideoGame/QuakeII'', despite its bulk, is the fastest of all the boss and GiantMook-type enemies.
* The Armored Knights in the lower levels of ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestI Dragon Quest/Warrior]]'''s FinalDungeon were the second toughest and most damaging (after the Red Dragon) {{Mook}} in the game, as well as being equipped with both Healmore and Hurtmore.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', Carver very much fits the fast+hard hitting+can take damage description.
* Arem, the BigBad and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} IV: The Dawn of Ys'', is very fast for his size especially in his second form, has many hard-hitting attacks, [[MarathonBoss takes a long time to wear down]] even if your EXP is [[{{Cap}} maxed out]], and can [[RegeneratingHealth regenerate his HP]].
* Honda Tadakatsu is also this in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', especially as an {{NPC}}. His offense is the highest in the game. He has more HP than most other bosses put together, and is near immune to stunning and knockback. His running and attack speed is a little above average, with his only weakness being a tendency to telegraph attacks (which, given his fearsome range and stun-immunity, is not as much a handicap as you'd hope) and the fact that his attacks continually move him forward, making it difficult to focus on a single target. Defeating him is usually an optional objective.
** OdaNobunaga is another example; he has the second-highest HP, attack and defence in the game (after Tadakatsu), almost as good movement speed, and attacks much faster than Tadakatsu with non-telegraphed attacks that don't move him. He also uses the powerful Shadow element, and his special arts are much more powerful than Tadakatsu's, including a super art that renders him invulnerable. Nobunaga is only unlocked as a BraggingRightsReward and is PurposefullyOverpowered.
* Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is a great example. He has a rather bulky frame, and with six arms, would seem rather slow, right? Nope, he can engage in RapidFireFisticuffs that can destroy planet sized beings, and can move quick enough to [[TheJuggernaut mow down anything in his way.]] His master Augus is very much one of these as well. Both have some speedster traits as well.
** The final chapter of the DLC takes this even further. How far? Asura activates a Mantra Reactor and becomes ''larger than Earth'', and then proceeds to fly at faster-than-light speeds to deliver a single, epic punch to the face of a being larger than ''a galaxy''.
* Doc Robot's impersonation of Quick Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' is just as fast as his predecessor, but bigger and tougher.
* ''GoldenSunDarkDawn'' gives us [[{{Badass}} Sveta]], a young beastwoman. Ordinarily, she's one of the faster party members, and also quite hard hitting. If you transform her, however, she takes this trope up to eleven, getting an immense power and speed boost. And if you get [[ShrineMaiden Himi]] to cast Weapons Graces on her, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill well!]]
* Sasquatch from Capcom's ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' series. Though he possesses the second-highest health in the game, deals heavy damage, and has a large hurtbox, the Canadian yeti also boasts some excellent mobility in the form of "shorthops," canceling his dash (a hop) short of finishing. This grants him some frightening mixup games that lead to devastating, yet simple, combos, and is a large reason why he is arguably the best character in Vampire Savior (the most commonly played title in the series) and Night Warriors.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has the Football Zombie, who moves twice as fast as a normal zombie, eats your plants twice as fast, and can take as much damage as a [[HeavilyArmoredMook Buckethead zombie]]. There's also the Zomboni- tons of health, moves faster than most enemies, and it [[OneHitKill crushes your plants instantly]]!
* Doku from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''. A towering AnimatedArmor with a fair bit of health, his slashes come out fast and hurt a lot, and while his DeadlyLunge is telegraphed, if you don't immediately evade he'll eat the distance like a glutton at a buffet and make you pay. His spirit form is even worse.
** Also Genshin from the sequel.
* Hercules in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar III'' starts off as a MightyGlacier, and grows more agile as Kratos strips away the various pieces of armor he wears. In the last phase of the fight, when he's been stripped of his [[PowerFist Nemean Cestus]] and is forced into pummeling Kratos with his bare fists, he gains the ability to FlashStep.
* Letho, the Kingslayer, from TheWitcher2. He's a bulky mountain of muscle but has the speed and superhuman reflexes to rival any other witcher.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has Ayla, a thoroughly {{badass}} cavewoman. To make up for the fact that she can't [[BareFistedMonk equip weapons]] or [[BadassNormal use magic]], she has an ''insane'' attack stat and is one of the fastest characters in the game.
** Glenn from ''VideoGame/Chronocross'', once he gets his hands on the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Dual Einlanzers]], will outdamage everyone else while still having good defenses and speed.
* The FinalBoss of ''SyphonFilter 2'' wears [[NighInvulnerability nigh-impenetrable]] full body armor, but it doesn't seem to hinder his agility.
* In ''CityOfHeroes'', nothing's stopping mighty [[TheBrute Brutes]] and [[StoneWall Tankers]] from taking the Super Speed power pool, which includes Superspeed (to make you run fast) and Hasten (to make your attacks recharge faster). The Stone Armour powerset does slow the user, but that can be overcome with teleportation!
** Then there are the Electrical Armor and Electrical Melee powersets for Brutes (and Stalkers). The armor set includes a power that boosts your movement and recharge speeds while the melee set has Lightning Rod, a top-tier attack that involves you ''turning into a bolt of lightning and teleporting to your target to hit them''. Power Surge temporarily turns you into a [[EnergyBeing person made of lighting]] for extra damage resistance.
* In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius ninth and tenth installments]] of ''FireEmblem'', Ike is a pretty straight example of this. In ''Path of Radiance,'' he starts out a FragileSpeedster, but about halfway through, he becomes almost as strong and well armored as the {{Mighty Glacier}}s, but also retains his initial speed advantage. He ''starts out'' this way in ''Radiant Dawn'', and only gets better (barring slight speed issues).
** Many late-game bosses in FireEmblem fit either this or MightyGlacier. Case in point, Ike above's recurring enemy the Black Knight is repeatingly described as abnormally fast for a guy in heavy armor and the strength to match. He is more of a MightyGlacier in the sequel but that is only relative.
** Many EleventhHourSuperpower characters can also hit hard and take a hit well.
** In the 10th game Haar (And Jill, if leveled) has stats that range from "good" to "more defense then most specialist" leading him to clear endless legions of enemies by himself with no support. Incidentally, he dies quickly when facing lightning. Haar starts off as a LightningBruiser, but towards Part IV his speed dwindles a bit and becomes a MightyGlacier. His strength and defense are still pretty high however, essentially making him a flying tank. Meanwhile, if one levels Jill up enough, she starts off as a FragileSpeedster and then grows into this. Her caps are THE best Beorc caps. Case in point, she can reach up to 35 Str, Speed, and Luck. Then, she could reach 38 in Skill and 36 in Defense. She has the growths to reach them, as well.
** As is Sety (who actually has the possibility of getting enemies a 0% chance to hit him) and the swordmaster class.
** Many of the "Mercenary/Hero" class characters throughout ''FireEmblem'' gain great speed and strength gains. And are strong enough to wield the heavier swords [[FragileSpeedster myrmidons cannot.]]
** ''FireEmblem'' is full of these. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones,'' you could do this easily with Amelia, who had excellent speed growths and, if promoted into a Knight, access to the mighty General class.
** Trueblades, the class that Swordmasters turn into after level 20 in ''Radiant Dawn'', could also count, especially Mia. They have a ridiculous evasion rate, hit their target most of the time, and between all of their offensive stats you'd be hard-pressed to find anything short of a mini-boss or boss that can survive more than a single round with one; usually they'll end up getting killed by critical hits or their Astra ability.
* Knuckles from ''SonicTheHedgehog''. He's the strongest character in the Sonic [[TheVerse universe]] AND is capable of moving at super speeds (although not to the extent of Sonic, Tails, and Shadow). Some of the 3D games have {{flanderiz|ation}}ed him into being portrayed as insanely slow, but ''[[SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' and ''Anime/SonicX'' show he's still got some speed post-''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** In ''SonicChronicles'', Sonic is the JackOfAllStats except for being the fastest character in the game. In the usual gaming fare, he's a FragileSpeedster and somewhat of a GlassCannon but it really just depends on whether you can hold on to a single ring. In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he does indeed play this straight, as he is able to move fast, destroy tough enemies, and lose only 20 rings per hit.
** All of the "Power" characters in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' (Knuckles, Big, Omega, Vector) are this. They can break huge blocks of stone but have no trouble navigating loops and corkscrews as the "Speed" characters do. When [[CompetitiveBalance balanced for competition]], however, they're {{Mighty Glacier}}s instead.
** Sonic's "Sonic boost" ability makes him into one of these.
* [[SociopathicHero Alex Mercer]] of ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' just seems like a guy in a hoodie and jacket. But he can run fast enough to scale buildings and outrun helicopters. And can lift cars above his head, dropkick people to send them flying a block away. And let's not even go into his [[LovecraftianSuperpower blades, tentacles, claws, clubs, or shapeshifting powers]].
** It helps that he has a ''ton'' of mass, to the point where a four-foot drop to the ground will result in cracked pavement and simply standing on a '''tank''' will noticeably slow it down; ''definitely'' a hard-hitting speedster.
** ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' has the Supreme Hunter who is as large as a tank and has most of Alex's powers as an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist Alex Mercer who is a hard-hitting speedster. For that matter, standard Hunters are pretty damn speedy for their power, and on Blackwatch's side their {{Super Soldier}}s both have the physical brutishness to fight Alex in melee and the agility to LeParkour while in pursuit of him.
** [[VideoGame/{{Prototype2}} The sequel]] gives protagonist James Heller similar powers, and a comparison between the two reveals that Mercer is stronger, but Heller is ''much'' faster.
* Oswald the Shadow Knight, from ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. Strongest, toughest character in the game, with good speed and jumping power. Also hits even harder and moves faster when he uses his [[SuperMode Shadow Form]]. Other characters in the game are capable of blocking for highly increased damage resistance or have ranged normal attacks, and some special double-jump power, like flight. Oswald's just meant to rush in and rip things to pieces.
* ''BackyardSports'': Pablo Sanchez. There's a reason why he's a MemeticBadass.
* Citan from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. He starts off as a BareFistedMonk, with the highest speed and HP of all the characters (plus, enough attack power to compete with a weapon user). But then, as if he wasn't [[GameBreaker broken]] already, he eventually gets a sword, making him the strongest character BY FAR.
* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' looks like a built human but can take a beating from giant demons, strike fast and hard and his SuperMode increases his speed and strength and gives him a HealingFactor. Many of his bosses follow his hit hard, fast and take a beating skills, particularly the MirrorBoss of the game.
* {{Ratchet|AndClank}} is a pretty good example. He's a quick, nimble hero capable of {{platform|Game}}ing his way around the levels. Yet he is also able to [[MadeOfIron shrug off rockets to the face]] and carries [[OneManArmy more firepower than the entire U.S. Military]] could possibly ever dream of.
* Marisa Kirisame of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. Her bullets fire mainly in front of her, dishing out narrow but concentrated damage, and she moves faster than Reimu, who in many games is the only other playable character.
** Marisa [[GoodBadBugs B]] aka [[FanNickname Marisa Bugged]], aka [[FanNickname Marisa Broken]] from ''Mountain Of Faith'' (and ''Subterranean Animism'', though to a lesser extent, which makes one wonder whether the bug may have been intended) takes this to ridiculous extremes. The game contains a bug that causes Marisa to dish out simply ludicrous amounts of damage as long as her energy remains between 3 and 3.95. Marisa Broken is powerful enough to cut long spellcards to a fraction of their length, and to end non-spellcard attacks before the first bullets fired even reach her.
* Beat from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' moves around a lot on his screen to attack, and his non-finishing attacks do the most damage of those of the secondary characters.
* In ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto]] [[DynastyWarriors Musou]]'' Kenshiro is more of a [[GlassCannon Glass Ninja]] early on, but definitely this once he's been upgraded.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s survivable speedster group we have Unlimited Ragna. Where normal Ragna is a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks.
** There's also [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]], who has the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster and the damage potential of a GlassCannon, but also has surprisingly decent health and defence. Lucky for us, [[WeaksauceWeakness her reach and capacity for dealing damage from longer ranges is severely limited]].
* ''FinalFantasyVII'': Not so much in the original game due to game mechanics, but the other entries in the Compilation show that many, if not all, of the [[BioAugmentation bioaugmented]] [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] or test subjects in the series tend to fall into this category.
** Blatantly obvious in ''AdventChildren'' with Cloud, Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, and Sephiroth. Cloud is ridiculously fast both on and off that oversized motorcycle of his, and is easily capable of carrying [[TheBigGuy Barret]] with one hand ''without slowing down.'' As for hitting power, he has quite an array of ImplausibleFencingPowers, including the ability to slice apart huge chunks of rubble and smack down a giant monster out of the sky.
** Loz is strong enough to break and throw almost anything around (his "Dual Hound" weapon sometimes assisting), yet he also can [[FlashStep speed between locations]] so rapidly that he has virtual teleportation. If he were only a bit smarter and ruthless...
** ''CrisisCore'' shows that Sephiroth, Genesis, and [=SOLDIERs=] like Zack are not only brutally hard-hitting and insanely durable, but in some cases, [[DodgeTheBullet bullet-dodgingly]] fast. The same with Vincent (at least in the [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cutscenes]]) in ''DirgeOfCerberus''.
** In the OVA Last Order, Zack is shown easily dodging machine gun fire from multiple shooters and causing the shooters to hit each other.
* The junction system in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' allows the player to boost any character's Strength, Stamina, and Speed dramatically by linking the stats to the right kinds of magic, but [[PintSizedPowerhouse Zell]] deserves particular mention; his stat growth is naturally designed to make him hit fast and hard. At higher levels and with good junctions, his ATB speed becomes noticeably faster than the rest of the party's.
* Defying the common expectations of his job class, [[TheHero Zidane Tribal]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is a surprisingly hard hitter and has good HP, only balanced by his lack of heavy armor (of which only two characters in the game use anyway). And then he becomes a straight-up nuker in his SuperMode.
* Vaan from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', by virtue of him [[TheAce excelling in all stats]].
* Lightning from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' can become this. Her final stats and abilities make her the JackOfAllStats by default, and her strength is surpassed only by MightyGlacier Fang. However, Lightning is one of three characters (the others being [[TheRedMage Sazh]] and [[GlassCannon Hope]]) who can equip five pieces of equipment (one weapon and four accessories) that have a set bonus that increases ATB recovery rate, meaning she can attack more frequently. Furthermore, the weapon she equips as part of this set, the Axis/Enkindler, increases her ATB gauge with each attack. Slap on a Haste buff on her and she will easily live up to her name.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]] in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. His attacks come out fast and he moves pretty quick too. His Bravery combos are very strong, hitting multiple times and can instantly drain the opponent's Bravery. It gets even worse in [[SuperMode EX Mode]], where ''all'' of his Bravery attacks deal twice as many hits, instantly doubling his damage output, and ''then'' take into account that EX Mode raises the probability of landing a critical hit. Add in other critical hit-chance boosting abilities, and you realize about the only thing that keeps him from being a top-tier character is his slow HP attacks.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]] is normally speedy but not too powerful, his Bravery attacks not doing much damage but being very fast. However, Zidane has the impressive ability to cancel out his attacks and chain them into new ones in a variety of different ways, and a skilled Zidane player can produce combo attacks this variety rivaling the likes of Jecht and Golbez as detailed above. He also has the advantage of having equally fast HP attacks, such as Free Energy which takes InstantRunes to the literal extreme (almost instantaneous in execution), and many of his Bravery attacks can chain into HP attacks.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Prishe]] has fast attacks and high movement speed, and a unique combo gimmick that lets her chain attacks together, allowing her to strike with a fast-hitting attack and follow it up instantly with a slow-executing but very powerful charged attack. However, much like Squall she's held back by slow HP attacks.
* The most powerful and hardest-to-recruit character in the VanillaEdition of ''FreedomForce'' is Bullet, who has honest-to-goodness SuperSpeed. His most powerful attack is the same as his least powerful one, only it's done [[RapidFireFisticuffs six times in quick succession]].
* Sora and Riku play out this way in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Their magic plays second to their hard hitting fast combos.
** Xehanort plays this rather straight too. [[spoiler: Makes perfect sense, given how he's the Terra Master Xehanort performed GrandTheftMe on. Terra was very strong but obscenely slow, while [[BadassGrandpa Master Xehanort]] had good reflexes and could teleport.]]
** Sephiroth's appearances in the games count as well: he's got multiple health bars, beyond insane reach with that sword of his, is as fast if not faster than you, and swipes significant chunks of your health everytime he hits you - and he ''will'' hit you.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep's]]'' [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]] takes this trope up to ten thousand. Almost ''every'' hit he lands on you will knock you back to one HP- and that's only because of Second Chance and Once More. If you ''[[OneHitKO didn't]]'' have those abilities equipped....
* All three main player characters in the ''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R]]'' games (Point Man, Becket, and the unnamed Sergeant) have BulletTime-abilities that can make them extraordinary fast for a few seconds at a time. They still hit hard enough to [[OneHitKill instantly kill]] a cloned super-soldier by ''slide-tackling their ankles'', and their round-house kicks would put Chuck Norris to shame.
** ''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R: Perseus Mandate]]'' has the Nightcrawler Elite SuperpoweredMooks, who not only have the Pointman's [[FlashStep super-speed]] ability, but can also withstand nearly as much damage as a Heavy Armor GiantMook. Their leader, the Nightcrawler Commander, is armed with a BFG and can survive as much damage as a HumongousMecha.
** The main series has the Replica Assassins, who are both lightning-fast and [[MadeOfIron amazingly tough]] and [[PintSizedPowerhouse powerful for their small size]].
* [=NCR=] Veteran Rangers and Caesar's Legion Praetorian Guards in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the most elite of EliteMooks; they have more health than a (non-Quarry Junction) Deathclaw and are armed with the absolute best weapons in the game and can kill even a level 30 tank character with just a few hits.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', [[TheHero Lloyd]] is the fastest character, hits fairly hard, is your primary and best meat shield (even with [[GlacierWaif Presea]] on the field, unless she has [[ImplacableMan Glory]]), has the best Combo techs in the game, which complement well with spells, especially multi-hit ones and those with stopping power. The one thing he can't do is use magic, a trait he shares with Presea. However, he proves he doesn't need it. Also, nearly every boss with a humanoid shape counts, but especially [[spoiler: Kratos, after betraying you,]] who not only has a skill that allows him to chain Techs in any order, his casting speed is crazy fast, and he will ''randomly decide to shrug off your attacks and head straight for your mages.'' He never stops attacking, since he has ''very'' little recovery time from his techs. There's a reason you can lose this battle and not get a GameOver; it's meant to be a CurbStompBattle, and when you take into account [[WhamEpisode where in the game this event takes place,]] it makes sense. Especially since it is [[SequentialBoss preceded by]] ThatOneBoss [[spoiler: Remiel]] and [[SequentialBoss followed by]] a HopelessBossFight with [[spoiler: [[BigBad Yggdrasil]]]]
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has protagonist [[BadassLonghair Yuri Lowell]] who is very fast and can deal out hard damage as well as take it. He's also one of the most broken characters in the Tales Series. See GameBreaker for details.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has main heroine Sophie, who is a fast and very hard-hitting brawler character. She also is a major [[CombatMedic healer]] in the party.
* Berserkers in the ''{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from the first game.
* The [[DemonicSpiders Demon Knight]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' dished out massive damage, had high defense, was magic-proof, and had the highest agility of any enemy.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' has the protagonist Ashley Winchester who fits this trope like a glove. Even though his build is average, he's got a pretty good HP, can ''insanely'' be fast even without his Accelerator Force Action, can deal good damage, and yet wields a bayonet that looks like a {{BFS}}. And that's not even getting into his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
* Arch-Viles in the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' series are fast, can take tons of damage, are resistant to flinching, attack with a deadly line-of-sight fire spell, and can revive or summon enemies.
** The [[FanNickname Doomguy]] in the old games also qualifies. He carries an alarming number of heavy weapons and runs at something approaching highway speeds.
* Shadow Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' is similar to Quick Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but faster and tougher, and has the same sliding ability as Mega Man.
* The BigBad and FinalBoss of the first ''SoldierOfFortune'' totes a {{BFG}}, is extremely fast, and wears PoweredArmor that can withstand more damage than a tank.
* Yuuto and Etrangers in general function as this in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' which is why they are valued so highly. While Yuuto has no skill in combat to start, he's still a match for all but the most skilled and powerful of spirits. [[spoiler:Also, Eternals.]]
* The first ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' has Monica the Armed Secretary, who wears full body armor (requiring 3 headshots or two volleys of 10 chest shots) and is incredibly fast. The sequel has Sho & Kane the Lightning Bolts, who don't have armor, but are even faster than Monica, [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throw their swords]], and [[DoppelgangerSpin confuse you with doppelgangers]].
* Captain Falcon in the two first ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' games had the fastest running speed coupled with extremely fast, powerful attacks that lent themselves naturally to combos. He also had an average weight. In ''Brawl'', all his moves lost priority, nerfing his offense and making him more JackOfAllStats.
* ''PN03'''s Blackbird suit, unlocked on a NewGamePlus, has all its stats maxed out, making Vanessa one of these. To a lesser extent there's the Ultra Fusion, arguably the best non-secret suit.
* Lancer, also from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. He's the fastest hero and also the best defender, thinking nothing of fighting over several other heroes at once (though Assassin unnerves him somewhat). Also has a cheap instant kill attack, powerful magic and a primary limitation of being unable to win the Grail War because not only is he not a protagonist, his Master won't let him win either.
** Saber can go toe-to-toe with aforementioned Berserker, is Nigh Invulnerable to magecraft, agile enough to sprint on the side of skyscrapers, and she's one of the few wearing proper armor. And all of this is her at her weakest, low on energy and wounded. At full strength she is more or less a demi-god.
* In the third game, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crusaders.]] Is able to sprint through half of the battlefield in one sweep(or even the whole with the right enhancements), packs high ATK/DEF stats, decent 35 points of hp and attacks ''twice''. You can also usually get them as fast as on Day 2. On the other hand, they're pretty expensive.
** From the same game and castle, Halberdiers. Though they're only Tier 1, they pack an obscene amount of damage, they are resistant to damage, immune to Cavalier's charge bonus and pretty fast. Since AI prefers to attack other units(namely, ''everything else''), you can easily accumulate a vast amount of those guys and proceed to beat things into a bloody pulp.
* Built properly, [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Dovahkiin]] can be an incredibly fast, [[{{BFS}} greatsword-wielding]], [[KillItWithFire fire-spewing]], [[MadeOfIron unkillable]] [[OneManArmy murder machine]]. Both the Light Armor and Heavy Armor skill trees include perks that reduce weight of armor and let a character move at full speed in full armor, and two of the Dragon Shouts you can learn let you either [[BulletTime slow down time]] ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Slow Time]]) and move incredibly fast ([[FlashStep Whirlwind Sprint]]).
* In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' (specifically, [[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]]), [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] becomes this in [[SuperMode Turnabout Mode]] (kinda). Despite having average at best movement, his specials become faster & more powerful, his standing, crouching, and jumping heavies becomes uber powerful [[FingerPokeOfDoom Finger Pokes of Doom]], and he gets the best [[LimitBreak level 3 hyper]] in the game.
* Princess/Tsarevna Alena from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' can be considered this. Starts gaining a LOT of Strength and Agility early on, and maxes them out around level 52 or 53, and because of the way Resilience is gained in the early DQ games (namely, at precisely half the rate of Agility), she's got the highest base defense to boot. Whether or not her average HP and subpar equipment options put her here or in FragileSpeedster territory is up for debate, but she still hits MUCH harder than anyone else on the team with normal attacks. On the offense side of things, she's boosted even further by the fact that her best weapon lets her hit twice per turn.
* ''HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' has the protagonist Nepgear herself. She's pretty fast, deals a lot of damage, and can hold on her own ground because she can take a lot of punishment. The one thing that makes her a GameBreaker? She has to be placed ''in support role'' because the only way you can get rid of the [[{{Cap}} Damage Cap]] throughout the entire game (unless you defeat and acquire the [[BraggingRightsReward rare item from]] the highest leveled BonusBoss of the game) is by placing her as support.
* By virtue of jetpacks, the Assault class in GlobalAgenda alternates between a fast tank (flying) and a slow or even stationary death star (using minigun). Once you get the Combat or Crescent jetpacks, however... you can do both at the same time. FEAR HIM.
* With the release of [[TheWarSequence Mann vs Machine]] mode in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and it's [[PowerAtAPrice upgrade station system]], with the right upgrades and weaponry, Scout can deal ''a lot'' of damage and yet still exceed the health of an over-healed [[MightyGlacier Heavy]] while remaining the fastest class in the game. This is because the Scout gains health for any money he picks up. When you have a robotic hoard ''all'' dropping wads of cash, some Scouts have been known to get to ''700'' health, in comparison to their usual 125. The hard part [[UnstableEquilibrium is getting enough health to keep getting health.]]
* ''AceCombat'' late or endgame planes and the [[GameBreaker superfighters]] embody this trope. Fast, agile, able to take at least two missile hits (on Normal), armed with plenty of regular missiles and ''loaded to the gills'' with special weapons galore. In ''Ace Combat 6'' though, the early game [=A-10A=] can surprisingly fulfill this trope for some time, thanks to the highest Stability and Defense rating in the game, the FAEB being probably ''the'' best air-to-ground special weapon in the game (certainly the best unguided free-fall bomb) and a surprising ability in a(n early game) dogfight... at least within ''[[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammo]] tankbuster'' cannon range.
** The ADFX-01 Morgan from ''AceCombat Zero'' is blazingly fast, highly maneuverable, has excellent defense, and can mount as weapons a [[FrickinLaserBeams tactical laser system]] that can destroy even the most hardened targets in the game with as little as 2 seconds of sustained fire, an EMP jammer that when active will temporarily deflect ALL attacks, and a small-scale version of the Burst Missile from ''AceCombat 5'', which has a slow reload time and limited ammo but creates a wide-range explosion capable of killing ''entire squadrons'' in a single shot. "GameBreaker" doesn't even begin to cover it.
* And in response to those, competing series by Konami, ''AirForceDelta'' has their literal flagship, the Vic Viper, as an unlockable. Also, the crazy old man with the modified ww2 planes? Every bit as hardcore as Lou Gossett Jr.
* Ialdabaoth in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. It's a SuperRobot, which grants it a good dose of defense, yet it's fast and hits almost as hard as other big guns like the Dygenguard. The pilot can up the ante of damage 2.5 times.
** Valzacard. Size LL means it takes less damage and hits damn hard, but because its main pilot spent a lot of the game in the RealRobot Valhawk, there's a good chance it dodges at least as well as some of the tiny Gundams on the team. And half its pilots have the dodging and damage-dealing spells of a RealRobot while the other half have the support and defensive spells of a CoolShip.
** Either Angelg or Vysaga fits this, in the same vein of Ialdabaoth. They hit really hard, is quite tough, considered SuperRobot and have mirror image that lets them dodge, and activates often. Angelg is even noted to be one of the fastest mechas amongst the good guys.
** Baldios is a non-original example. Size LL, SuperRobot stats, and its own mirror image ability. Oh, and its a reality warper. Made even more [[BuffySpeak Lightningy]] in Z2, where Marin's Ace bonus increases the odds that the Double Image will activate to a fairly respectable 40% and Baldios's [[SetBonus Full Upgrade Bonus]] removes the previous morale restriction necessary to enable it.
** Speaking of Z2, {{Daitarn 3}}'s Full Upgrade Bonus is Mobility +50, a bonus so huge that the largest mech on your team (apart from the [[CoolShip Macross Quarter]]) starts outspeeding some of your [[FragileSpeedster reals]]. HilarityEnsues.
** So is ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. Protect Shade/Wall (and later Genesic Armor) let him handle armies of mooks, no trouble. Genesic Aura, Guy's stats, and the base power of Hell and Heaven/Goldion Hammer/Goldion Crusher let him deal tens of thousands of damage unaided. Brave and [[GameBreaker GaoFighGar/Genesic GaoGaiGar's stats]] let him dodge at percents that are poor for a Real, but ''ridiculous'' for a Super. Truly he is the Destruction God.
** Same case with MazinKaiser with Kaiser Scrander, in some game with it having ridiculous armor(it is after all the poster boy and go-to Tank in VideoGame/SuperRobotWars games) and like ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' dodge rate that is ridiculous for a Super but poor for a Real. For example in Alpha Gaiden it has absurd Armor that is only rivaled by some Battleship, Hp regeneration, and dodge rate higher than some Reals, and the highest among super, in fact Mazinkaiser is so powerful that alone, a properly equipped Mazinkaiser guarantees a stalemate during later stages (in this NintendoHard game thats saying A LOT). In SuperRobotWarsW the same game GaoGaiGar appeared, its stats is GaoGaiGar except instead of defense, its more focused on offense with [[SuperMode Mazinpower]] and Combination attacks instead of Map attacks. After all, it is the same SuperRobot that can become God or Devil depending on the pilot
** Also, the vast majority of bosses will have more HP and armor than any unit you'll have even when they possess high evasion and a small size. The ones that aren't generally being more MightyGlacier (because while high evade can be completely neutralized by Strike, Valor and Soul can only deal with high HP to a limited level).
** One of the first genuinely super robots you get in ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' - Grungust. In the early levels when you have it, it can one-shot most non-boss enemy mechs in its Wing Gust form - which otherwise possesses crappy weapons - by using [[strike:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]]]] Spiral Attack. If you're dealing with something durable, it can then shift forms into its humanoid mode and begin wailing on whatever it hit with Darkness Slash and Final Beam. Oh, and it has a ton of HP. And its default pilot, Irm, develops the Love power, which is approximately 80% of the buffs in the game happening all at once.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it ''moving three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
** Again, [[ZetaGundam The O]]. It's sometimes unlockable as well and it has very good armor, speed, and power for an MS.
** Aquarion in Z can be built into this by manipulating the Element system. The element mode activates at 130 will and [[GameBreaker gives the head pilot the sub-pilots' stats if they surpass the head in an area]]. Pick one stat from each pilot and pour into it. You can have an Apollo who hits like [[GlassCannon Getter]], [[FragileSpeedster dodges like a Gundam]], [[RuleOfThree and]] [[StoneWall tanks like a Mazinger]]. Give Apollo the Attack Again, Hit and Away, and E Save skills for more fun.
* Cage upgrades to one when the Testament's true form is unlocked. Kinda gamebreaker-y to give the main character something with such ludicrous power. ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: Fist of Mars'' gets a very Gundam feeling once the Testament and the Orcrist (not as fast but super long range) come out to play; they have the weapons that make the mooks fall down. In the same vein is Naked Jehuty from ''The Second Runner''. SuperSpeed is a given with [[FlashStep the Zero Shift]], but it can also take a lot more punishment and deal out more than the other Jehuty versions. That too is before considering the unlimited Subweapon energy available in NewGamePlus. Vic Viper is also very nasty.
* The B-Fkin-Gear from ''AceOnline''[=/=]''AirRivals'' is a definite bruiser, but even the level 27 engine makes it pretty faster than two other gear classes. The 86 engine makes it ''faster than the dedicated {{Fragile Speedster}}s'', all the while retaining said bruiser abilities. Level 86 engine build B-Gears would dominate battlefields populated by those below the level since most players [[DidntSeeThatComing doesn't expect a B-Gear that boosts faster and more agile than I-Gears]].
** On the flipside, the I-Gears, being FragileSpeedster as they are, aren't usually deemed too much of a threat when assaulting defended points. When the I-Gear gains [[MacrossMissileMassacre Berserker]] though, it suddenly becomes a top-notch DPS-disher that would make most DPS-dedicated tanks weep.
* The [[CoolStarship N-1]] [[CoolPlane Starfighter]] of ''StarWars: RogueSquadron''. It's probably closer to a GlassCannon due to its agility and speed, but being as tough as [[JackOfAllStats an X-Wing]] and more heavily armed kinda cuts into that. It got {{nerf}}ed in the sequel by reducing its proton torpedo count from ten to six, but it got buffed slightly in the third game by replacing the torpedoes with [[MacrossMissileMassacre cluster missiles]].
* Sentinel in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2''. The largest character of the game with a seemingly clunky walking animation but has a pretty fast ground dash and the fastest flight mode of the game. It can also enter and exit flight mode in a flash too resulting in expert Sentinel players going in an out of flight mode instantly just to cancel the animation for their air attack, making it a deadly giant terror in the sky. These are just few of the reason why he's a top tier character in the game and is referred as [[GameBreaker "one of the four gods".]]
* Any of the Aggression-class cars in ''{{Burnout}} Paradise''. Furthermore, due to the mechanics of Aggression boost, they actually get stronger and faster the more damage they dish out and take. The three kings of this trope in-game, though, are the Carson Inferno Van, the Hunter Takedown 4x4, and Hunter Olympus Governor; massive, fast, and eager to put your little car into the guardrail.
* The {{Game Breaker}}s of ''RaidenFighters'': Judge Spear, Ixion, and certain versions of the Slave. All of them have ridiculous firepower and ridiculous speed.
* Nineball from ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore''. It's the reason why it is so [[ThatOneBoss damned hard to beat him]].
* [[BoringYetPractical Basic tanks]] in the early ''CommandAndConquer'' series. In addition to being able to dish out and take far more damage than infantry, they were also much faster than them, which often led the games being all about massed tank rushes.
* ''CompanyOfHeroes''' Panther Tank counts as this, it's able to move at an equal pace of the '''much-lighter''' Panzer [=IVs=] and packs a lethal long-barreled 75mm Tank-killer cannon. In a game that isn't famous for realism when it comes to vehicles the Panther is well-depicted.
** To a lesser extent the Tiger I tank counts; just think of it as a slower version of the Panther with more armor and a gun that can gang-rape clusters of infantry and tear through enemy armor alike.
* Zero, especially in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. He's ''very'' quick and agile, but when he cuts loose with the Z-Saber, his enemies don't know what hit them. The only downside is that Zero traditionally [[GlassCannon lacks durability]], but you can make up for that with Sub-Tanks and Cyber-Elves if you like.
** Some games provide power-ups that enhance normal attributes, like running speed, attack speed, or attack power. With the right combination, your character can obtain this trope in a fashion. Though the best example aside from Zero would be Ultimate Armor X in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 8''. Some of the powers of that armor include increased running speed, and the [[OneHitKill Nova Strike]]. Zero comes close in the same game with his [[GameBreaker secret armor and secret sword]], but X has more durability and raw power.
* As per ''BattleTech'', Clan [=OmniMechs=] are heads and shoulders above their Inner Sphere peers in most ''MechWarrior'' games where they show up. Many players consider the Timber Wolf/Mad Cat to be a dream or a nightmare (depending on whether its guns are pointed towards or away from you), capable of either seriously messing up or outright stomping into the dirt anything it comes across. There's few direct counters to it in the games, short of having more 'Mechs on your side to gang up on it, and expect casualties. [[ZergRush A collection of lights and mediums swarming it?]] It can cripple or take down most smaller 'Mechs in one or two salvos, and usually does so far out of their own range. [[MightyGlacier Send an even bigger 'Mech to tackle it?]] It'll just run rings around anything slower than itself and hammer them. Bring in another Mad Cat to deal with it, then? Expect a slugging match with [[PyrrhicVictory the victor bloodied, battered, and vulnerable]]. The most common configuration of the Timber Wolf carries enough firepower to punch out a 95-ton Executioner, an ''even bigger'' Clan [=OmniMech=]. No wonder so many players aim to earn, purchase, or capture one for themselves in the course of the games.
* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' has finally introduced the Excelsior class cruiser from the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movies and TV shows. Whereas all other cruisers are best classified as The MightyGlacier with a slow turn rate, nigh unbreakable tank and moderate offensive abilities, the Excelsior can tank only slightly less effectively while it has access to much higher level offensive powers. It can also turn much faster than all other cruisers in its tier, making nearly as agile as an [[GlassCannon escort class]] (think Defiant) with almost as much firepower. This is after Cryptic planned to give it equal defensive abilities to other cruisers and higher level science abilities too which would have boosted its tank even more or given it crowd control abilities on par with science ships. Even fans of the ship complained that this would make it an utter GameBreaker, forcing Cryptic to tone it down to the moderately overpowered level that it is now.
* The ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' games had fighters and capital ships of large size yet exhibiting high speed and maneuverability. First, in ''VideoGame/WingCommander II'' was the Sabre heavy fighter, which turned on a dime, had many guns, and carried 4 torpedoes. ''III'' then introduced the legendary Excaliber. Then ''IV'' brought us the Dragon, which could afterburn without gobbling fuel and had Jump capability, and the Vesuvius class carriers, which were huge, very heavily armored (i.e. to destroy one required flying INSIDE it), carried insane firepower, and could turn on a dime.
* Temjin and the Viper series in ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'', with Temjin having better armor and the Vipers greater speed and weaponry.
* The higher stages of the tech tree in ''GalacticCivilizations II'' allow you to build massive battleships, fitted with maxed-out hyperwarp drives, carrying enough missile launchers to take on a fleet solo and covered in armour plates. The main drawbacks: it'll either take years to build or cost a fortune, and getting your research up to that stage takes absolutely ages, and due to the TacticalRockPaperScissors nature of weapons, ships with the right equipment can eat it alive. On the other hand, it is just ''so cool'' to lay waste to entire Drengin fleets with a single missile-encrusted cruiser.
* In the ''TwistedMetal'' franchise, several competitors may count, but the best example is probably Minion, a demon who drives a CoolTank. The tank has good-to-excellent stats in all areas, and a devastating special move as well; it's one real weak point is its size; since it is so large it is easier to hit than some other vehicles. In most games where he's playable, Minion needs to be unlocked.
* Despite what his stats might imply, Dave's '70 Van in the original ''VideoGame/{{Vigilante 8}}'' qualifies as this. He's got good stats with a heavy slant to armor and his top speed while going in reverse is actually faster than going forward. What really makes him powerful though is having one of the most powerful specials in the game - it does tons of damage from anywhere and it's highly accurate, so you can stock up on specials and destroy enemies without having to get anywhere near them. In the second game, Dave's cultists no longer qualify as they're quite a bit slower and this special attack's been toned down heavily by making it more inaccurate the farther you are from the target when you use it.
* The TIE Defender from the StarWars game ''TIEFighter'' can withstand more punishment than a bomber, can easily overtake a dedicated dogfighter, and still manages to pack four lasers, two ion cannons and two high capacity missile launchers. It is then taken UpToEleven with the Missile Boat, which is even faster with four higher capacity missile launchers, with the only drawback being one laser cannon.
* ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'': Morrigi start as {{Fragile Speedster}}s in the destroyer era, get tougher and more powerful with cruisers and finally graduate to this with their dreadnoughts [[MagikarpPower when you make it that far.]]
** The Loa introduced in the sequel's expansion have durability of [[MightyGlacier the Hivers]], guns of [[GlassCannon the Zuul]] and acceleration and speed no organic race can match.
* ''NeedForSpeed II'' and a few other games in the series have the [=McLaren=] F1, which was the fastest production car in real life at its time, and it has the highest stats in most other categories as well.
* The Brig of War from ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''. Can maneuver rings around a frigate and can blow a sloop out of the water gun-to-gun. However, the ship suffers as the MasterOfNone, since there are better ships for either of the major combat styles (either ram and board quickly, or fight a gunnery duel to break the other ship, then board).
* Meracle from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' is at first glance a FragileSpeedster, but with No Guard equipped, she turns into this. She's fast, she hits hard, and since she has high HP, she can more than take a hit.
* WorldOfTanks got a few: the AMX 13 90 is a tier 7 light tank, so it is small and got the speed of a light tank, but the health points in the 4 digit range like the other tier 7 heavy and medium tanks, also it got a gun with 6 shoot magazine which can dish out a lot of damage in very short amount of time, putting it even further apart from other light tanks (which are either starting tanks in the lower tiers or dedicated scouts). High tier medium tanks can come up like a LightningBruiser too if played well.
* In the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series, Terran and ATF ships are in this category. They're fast and tough for their class, which is somewhat balanced by slightly lower firepower than average due to a limited weapons selection. OTAS ships have no such balance.
** Also, "Vanguard" ship variants offer higher speed, weapon generators, and sometimes higher shields than the base version, at the cost of some cargo space and expense.
* Multirole ships in ''VideoGame/BattlestarGalacticaOnline'', at least in their own classes. Speed and agility of an Interceptor, tank and weapon mounts of an Assault, computer capabilities of a Command. They're really expensive bastards, though, and in terms of customisability through slots they are only JackOfAllStats.
* Polaris ships in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]''. [[GameBreaker All of them.]] Special mention goes to their Manta fighter, a fighter which A) is the fastest ship in the entire game, B) has just under twice the shielding and armor of any of its counterparts from the other governments, and C) mounts a main gun worthy of a light capital ship.
* Jake Armitage, the protagonist of the ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' game for the SNES is an example of the '[[JackOfAllStats Ultimate Jack]]' category. While most runners in the game specialise in either shooting, spellcasting or decking (hacking computers), Jake can become highly skilled with all three, and unlike other spellcasters in the Shadowrun-verse, he averts CyberneticsEatYourSoul since his magic isn't penalised by having cyberware fitted. By the end of the game he'll be able to blow opponents away with a {{BFG}} ([[MoreDakka firing at double speed thanks to boosted reflexes]]), endure hits with a suit of full body armor and sub-dermal plate, use a selection of spells to attack, heal, or enhance his defence, and hack any computer system he can find.
* In the ''Touhou'' fighting games, Remilia Scarlet tends to be viewed as a slight case of this: she's got more mobility than anyone nonspecialized in evasion, with no counterbalancing weakness or fragility. Her status is also probably influenced by doujin, {{Fanon}}, and most of all her description in the first fighting game, ''Immaterial and Missing Power'':
-->"Faster than the eye can follow, strong enough to crush boulders, powerful enough to manipulate demons, [[UnskilledButStrong she's so strong it's almost not fair, so she doesn't care much for subtle technique.]] She may be weak against sunlight, but she has a pretty strong constitution, [[FromASingleCell so as long as some bit of her still remains, say, a little bat, she can regenerate any time.]] She's dreadful to have as an enemy, but she's not exactly the sort of person you'd want as a friend, either."
* In addition to the Ultralisk mentioned above, ''VideoGame/StarCraft''[='=]s zealots and ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''[='=]s marauders are also strong fits.
* Agents from ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' take lots of damage, pack [[GatlingGood ridiculous]] [[YouNukeEm firepower]] and can race cars on foot. The durability of Agents is well demonstrated by Miles from the remake - at one [[CutscenePowerToTheMax admittedly scripted]] point, he is lured onto a bridge wired to the gills with C4, hanging over a drop long enough to kill by itself. At the bottom there are goons with machine guns waiting, because obviously both of those wouldn't still be enough to stop him. He makes it.
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' Shao Kahn can hit fast and hard and takes far less damage than you do. Couple with PerfectPlayAI he attacks relentlessly, blocks most counters and shrugs off what makes it through. Thankfully he doesn't see the problem with taunting in a fight.
** Fitting his status as a BruceLeeClone Liu Kang deals damage fast and hard. He is one of the fastest characters, able to attack from across the screen with a flying kick and deal high damage combos while up close. He is one of the few who have made Shao Kahn taste defeat. He is balanced because he lacks abilities outside just giving the enemy a beating though.
* The upgraded Eidelweiss in ''Videogame/ValkyriaChronicles'' can move farther than most enemy tanks, has a powerful main cannon that can oneshot them if it hits a weak point and possesses enough armor to shrug off alot of return fire.
** The namesake Valkyria such as Selvaria [[spoiler:and Alicia]] can traverse half the map and absorb alot of enemy return fire while doing so. With their signature lance and shield they can ignore any fire thrown at them and oneshot tanks.
* The [=LBXs=] of Yamano Ban and Kaidou Jin in ''VideoGame/DanballSenki'' are fast, sturdy, and hard-hitting enough for OneHitKill.
* If it's an air-combat simulator set during WorldWarII, the late-war American fighters tend to be this. ''Especially'' simulators set in the Pacific, where American fighters were almost as a rule faster, tougher and better-armed than their Japanese opponents.
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** Jarvan and Lee Sin are the prime examples. The former has a gap closer that spawns a circular wall to trap enemies, a shield that also slows all nearby enemies, a defense and damage buff that affects his entire team, an armor pierce ability that hits multiple targets and doubles as another gap closer (which goes through walls and stuns enemies in its path), and a passive that deals percentage based damage on auto attacks. The latter has a ranged nuke that can also be used as a gap closer and deals bonus damage against weak enemies, a shield that is also a teleport in the direction of an ally and shields him as well and can be reactivated to grant lifesteal and armor, an area effect nuke and stealth reveal that also slows enemies and reduces their attack speed, a knockback that potentially disables multiple enemies and deals major damage, and free auto attack damage after each of his abilities. Considering each champion nominally has only 4 abilities and a passive, the amount of overloading is impressive.
*** [[BearsAreBadNews Volibear]] is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot huge, electrically-charged polar bear,]] whose first ability allows him to chase down enemies with ease, tossing them over his head, along with a skill that makes his attacks progressively faster with each successive attack, a roar that damages and slows enemies around him [[BrownNote (and fears minions and monsters)]], and his ultimate gives all his attacks a chain lightning effect. He's also arguably the [[NighInvulnerable most durable champion in the game,]] due to a combination of his outrageously high health and his passive ability, [[HealingFactor which rapidly heals him once his health gets low enough.]]
* Whether he's fighting [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry evil crocodiles]] or [[SuperSmashBros other video game heroes]], Franchise/DonkeyKong is portrayed as a powerful, agile juggernaut. [[JustifiedTrope He's a gorilla, after all]]. His nemesis, King K. Rool, is also formidable (if rather clumsy) for an overweight bipedal crocodile.
* In several ''SuperMarioBros'' games, Bowser has been seen getting around quite fast when he wants to. In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', not only can he outrun Mario, but he actually ''backflips'' around the arena.
** In the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'', he and his functional equal Donkey Kong Jr. are the top speed record holders.
** His kin share his agility, most especially Roy and Morton who can leap WHILE within their shells.
** Mario, as well. He's quite agile, he can pound through bricks, and swing Bowser by the tail! He's considered the JackOfAllStats because other characters in his series generally outclass and fall short of him in other areas like strength and speed.
** On the subject of Luigi, he has been this in games where he plays equally to Mario, and in some where he doesn't. WordOfGod has even said that he may be more talented than his more famous brother, thanks to his higher jumps and longer recovery from his runs. Like Mario, he's considered to be a JackOfAllStats because other characters in his series generally outclass and fall short of him in other areas like strength and speed. However, his LightningBruiser tendencies did carry over into his karts in ''MarioKart'' for NintendoDS, featuring good-to-great speed, acceleration, and handling.
* In the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series, Wario is able to break huge blocks of stone, yet he is still able to dash quickly and jump high.
* The Deer Haunter from ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'' was a particularly annoying miniboss because it was both fast, strong, and confined to a small room ([[OutsideTheBoxTactic until you figure out that he can't hit you in the room he starts in]]).
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', the Iron Knuckles become this once their armor has been removed, retaining their old strength but gaining more speed albeit still slower than Link. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', the Iron Knuckles can become faster than Link sans armor.
** The tradition is carried on in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' with the Darknut.
** Possibly played more straight by ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' incarnation as the Darknuts move fairly fast in their armor and don't gain much speed from losing it.
** However, something somehow often overlooked, when he sheds his armor, he becomes susceptible to arrows/boomerangs/etc (with added hitstun), whereas his armored form is completely invincible to these.
** The Goron form in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''. It's the biggest shape you've got and it has the slowest walking speed, but when you start rolling you're the fastest thing in the game.
** Ganondorf in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' in his boar form, in which he's the size of an elephant, smashes through the stone pillars in area you fight when running, and runs much faster than you do.
* Fatman from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. He rolls around on [[RollerBladeGood skates]], has an impenetrable bomb suit, and wields a fully automatic Glock 18. Plus he is a MadBomber.
** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'''s Vulcan Raven is a seven foot tall Inuit/Alaskan Native American who is capable of not only lifting a twenty millimeter Vulcan cannon, a gun normally mounted on ''fighter jets'', and carrying the refrigerator-sized ammunition barrel on his back while in the middle of the permafrost layer [[WalkingShirtlessScene without a shirt]], he is able to run while doing so. Not only that, but he's ''[[GeniusBruiser smart]]''. Needless to say, he's quite a challenge to defeat.
* Berserkers from ''GearsOfWar'' are capable of outrunning you in a mad sprint, and turning you into paste if they actually catch up.
* The small colossi from ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' are some of the most frightening and difficult bosses as they are much, much faster than the player and not any less dangerous than the big ones.
* The MightyGlacier characters from some of Capcom's 90's beat-em-ups (notably Perceval from ''Knights of the Round'' and Mess from ''Cadillacs & Dinosaurs'') would have the ability to dash, enabling them to easily keep up with the JacksOfAllStats and [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]] of the group without sacrificing any power.
* Dr. Zan from ''[[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Streets of Rage 3]]'' also qualifies.
* Edmond Honda from ''StreetFighter'', a sumotori, has some of the fastest attacks in the game.
** Alex from the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' games, a grappler who can headbutt an opponent so fast he can stun them.
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' introduces Rufus, a man whose very rotund body shape belies his attack speed.
** When Akuma isn't a GlassCannon, he's a LightningBruiser. When he's a LightningBruiser, he's a GameBreaker.
** Ditto for M. Bison.
* Most [[SNKBoss bosses]] in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' tend to be this.
* Zappa's Raoh ghost in the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series. Raoh is capable of [[OneHitKill taking out 100% of the opponent's health]], and his attacks are fast and his exclusive super "Bellows Malice" can send the guard bar straight flying to the max.
** Justice when she's in Gold Mode.
** Potemkin, also, especially when you use his dash. Sol also becomes a ''frighteningly'' fast and durable opponent in Gold, and can easily spam his specials, as well as regenerates health constantly.
* Many raid bosses from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. The most extreme example is Patchwerk, whose Hateful Strike ability will OneHitKill all but the most well geared and buffed tanks (and you're cutting it close). He uses Hateful Strike approximately once a second.
** Warriors are also this, especially Fury warriors. They have skills that allow them to dash insanely fast to an opponent and then cut them down. Druids, as a result, also have similar skills that mimic Warriors.
** Way back in the original ''Warcraft'' RTS, the two EliteMook units, the human Knight and the orcish Raider, both filled this role. They had 5 Armor, the best anyone of their species could have, 90 HP, and moved about the battlefield swiftly on their mount.
** With the Mists of Pandaria expansion pack and the addition of the Monk class, Tauren can be this. We're talking 8 feet tall, 400 pounds of muscle, fists the size of sledgehammers, and they're on the upper echelon of dexterity.
* Bob from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6''. In his own words: Speed and weight!
** Ogre (pre-OneWingedAngel) and Jinpachi, and the boss versions of Heihachi, Kazuya and Jin.
* Elvis in ''GodHand'' gets ridiculously fast in demon form, and his human form has several fast dash attacks as well.
* Berserker in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Insane strength, surprisingly fast, and has natural armor that can't be penetrated by anything but the most powerful attacks.
** The FightingGame, on the other hand, turns him into a MightyGlacier.
** Rider from ''Literature/FateZero'' is the most massive Servant and a BoisterousBruiser. Off his chariot he's fast for his size, not necessarily a match for other Servants, but he can move and fight quite dexterously from his car.
* The Assassin in ''VideoGame/GuildWars''. Properly built for [=PvE=], it deals attacks more quickly than any other class, deals more damage than any other class, and is extremely hard to kill. It is capable of doing all of [=PvE=] with minimum effort and best time and uses most weapons better than the classes designed to use those weapons -- though it is also one of the harder classes to play for non-powergamers. In ''[=PvP=]'' it loses the resilience aspect to a degree but remains potent.
** Addendum: the spirit changes have turned the Ritualist into something like this. It has the second highest damage in the game, can gain a frontline quality armour level, and can shift the spirits constantly to the best position on the battlefield.
** Shiro plays this role as a boss in ''Nightfall''. He moves slightly faster than players and can dish out a large amount of damage quickly.
* Big Daddies from ''Franchise/BioShock''. Really big, but also fast and able to dish it out.
** Brute splicers (in [[VideoGame/BioShock2 the sequel]]) are just as big, fast and able to dish it out like the Big Daddies.
** The Big Sisters in ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' are much faster and more agile than the Big Daddies, and able to dish out a [[WaifFu surprising amount of hurt]]. They are also probably the most terrifying enemy you face in the game...and this is RAPTURE we're talking about.
** Handymen in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', being similar to Big Daddies, also qualify. They are terrifyingly agile, deal loads of damage, and are ridiculously hard to kill. When you see a Handyman leap across an entire street block in a single bound to get in your face, you know ThisIsGonnaSuck.
* Duster in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has the highest physical attack in the game and also very high HP, and is one of the fastest characters. He even has a special ability that occasionally allows him to get a hit in before anyone else, even if you don't manage a first strike. Balanced by not having any PSI, though depending on your viewpoint [[BadassNormal that just makes him even cooler]].
** Not just that, he has another ability where if the enemy catches you from behind, there's a chance he'll flip over them before they can act and attack them from behind instead.
** What's really strange is that he walks with a limp. Imagine how fast he'd be with two good legs.
** Given the fact that he's a thief (albeit an [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything ineffectual one]]) and therefore almost expected to be speedy, he might even go in the other category as well.
* For any ''{{Pokemon}}'' to be considered eligible for [[{{Metagame}} competitive matches]], they must be either this, a [[MightyGlacier hard and very bulky hitter]], or a StoneWall with lots of StandardStatusEffects. Several direct examples exist:
** Garchomp (especially in Gen IV): Better defenses than Swampert, faster than most of its supposed "counters", sky-high Attack, great typing (Yache Berry in conjunction with Garchomp's bulk prevents one-hit KOs with Ice moves, sorry Mamoswine), crazy movepool which allows a lot of attacks ForMassiveDamage...
** Scizor (in Gen IV/V): Steel/Bug typing means that it has plenty of resists (which artificially increase its bulk), it is rather strong, and it can use Bullet Punch to get over its lackluster Speed.
** Mewtwo: Absurd Special Attack and Speed, but also some sizable bulk. Despite getting the mother of all nerfs starting in ''[[Videogame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gold and Silver]]'', it's still a threat in Ubers to this very day. There's a reason it's usually banned from competitive play.
** Due to the nature of Pokemon's in-battle stat change system, it's possible for a Pokemon who fits another build trope to become this with the right moveset and/or field condition. Example: Metagross, a MightyGlacier, can use Agility to become absurdly fast and fit this trope. More absurd examples include Baton Passing Speed and Attack boosts to Bibarel, whose ability lets it double stat boosts it gets (up to +3, which makes Bibarel technically +6; after that, stat boosts don't count anymore).
** Let's show you how to make a Lightning Bruiser out of any Pokémon! Here's how:
** "Several" doesn't even begin to describe it, as there is a large number of Pokémon that could qualify. For starters, every "uber" legendary aside from Deoxys has outstanding scores in every stat. Other notable Lightning Bruisers, relative to their respective [[CharacterTiers tiers]], include Leafeon, Miltank, Raikou, Zapdos, Celebi, Jirachi, Starmie, and Latios/Latias. On top of that, there's still a myriad of other Pokémon that can [[StatusBuff become faster/stronger/sturdier]] through certain moves, traits, and items: Tyranitar, Scizor, Metagross, Gyarados, Gliscor, Kingdra, Feraligatr, Hitmontop, Ludicolo, Sigilyph, etc. Considering the sheer amount of other strong Pokémon that can be made faster via Choice Scarf, Trick Room, or Baton Pass, the examples become far too numerous to all be listed here.
** And then there's [[OlympusMons Arceus]]. Having 120 in EVERY stat (which makes it either faster, stronger or more resistant than every other Pokemon), an insane movepool (only bested by Mew, who can learn every TM/HM, and Smeargle, who can learn all but two moves), and, most importantly, can take on any of the 17 types. In short, you can tweak your Arceus to counter, duplicate or best any of the other 648 Pokemon.
* Necrid in ''[[SoulSeries Soul Calibur 2]]'' had high attack speed, and power. When he isn't attacking however, he is slow combo fodder. Nightmare also becomes one when he is split from Sigfried in the 3rd game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'''s [[SuperSoldier Spartan-II]]s, at least in the fluff. Your average Spartan is proficient with all weapons, ridiculously strong, can shrug off terrible wounds, and has reflexes so fast they enter a BulletTime-like state when in combat -- and that's without wearing their trademark [[PoweredArmor Mjolnir Armor]], which increases their strength and speed even more. In-game, however, GamePlayAndStorySegregation results in Spartan characters being {{Glass Cannon}}s who move only slightly faster than regular humans and can only take a handful of shots before dying messily.
** Play the game on Legendary difficulty. Everything that ever appears on screen is going to end up dead, with the exception of the Chief. Those bits where you get human allies? Generally, they'll be dead in under 60 seconds. The Chief is BadAss.
** Ingame Brutes would probably count. They can move really fast and jump really high when they berserk despite being over 8 feet tall.
** The new multiplayer Elite in Halo Reach. Not only are they bigger and have more health and shields than the Spartans, but they also are faster which is supplemented by their new evasion moves.
** Hunters started as {{Mighty Glacier}}s (or {{Glass Cannon}}s if you attack their weak point), but got faster and more evasive as the series progressed, taking this trope to its logical conclusion in ''HaloReach''.
* Although in theory the right mix of items from the (in)famous ''{{Warcraft}} III'' map ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' allows any of its player characters to become one of these, only a few really fit conceptually. Amongst these are the Chaos Knight, who has the highest base movespeed and can summon unusually powerful illusions via his [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] as tanking and DPS; the Lycanthrope, whose SuperMode maxes his movespeed and lets him make better use of attackspeed bonuses as well as giving a damage multiplier; finally the Slithereen Guard, whose Sprint move nearly maxes movespeed and whose armor-reducing [[LastDiscMagic ultimate spell]] lets him gain a large edge over his targets. These three happen to have Strength as their dominant attribute, giving higher un-enhanced health maximum and regeneration compared to most.
** Any agility based hero in a map where you can buy infinite stat-up items. Agility gives attack speed, armor, and if they're agi-based, attack power. So one of these heroes will, when buffed up, high attack power, an absurd attack speed, and high armor. Eventually it reaches the point where the only thing stopping them from instantly killing things is their attack animation, which apparently reaches some sort of attack speed limit.
** Syllabear, while being an agility hero, can almost double his HP with his ultimate and attack extremely fast using rabid. The only trade off is his range attack for melee. Medusa also qualifies as an agility hero with mana shield boosting her effective HP.
** Bloodlust. Orcs. Just make sure your army has a mass buff dispel ability.
** ''Warcraft 2'', Knights and Ogres filled this role. Good damage, good armor, good hit points, fastest ground units. Then consider Orcs had the Haste and Bloodlust spells. With a good click speed, you could turn your ogres group into a mass of death.
* The Tank from ''Left4Dead''. At 6000 hp it has the most health of anything and can give a good pummeling, while also being much faster than it looks. The Witch is also an example, in that despite looking as fragile as a standard zombie, it can withstand multiple autoshotgun blasts, is frightfully fast and will one-hit-down any of the survivors.
* Deathclaws in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series.
** Some of the super-mutants in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', especially Behemoths and Overlords, which are very fast in spite of being the largest enemies in the game.
*** ''Broken Steel'' also introduces Feral Ghoul Reavers (the most fearsome enemy in the game hands down) and Albino Radscorpions as part of the quartet of new DemonicSpiders. Both have the same HP as Mutant Overlords but are even faster, have [[ArmorPiercingAttack armor-piercing]] melee attacks on par with Deathclaws, and the former throws explosive gore projectiles.
*** Some of the Swampfolk in ''Point Lookout'', notably the Trackers and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bruisers]].
** Investing points in Strength, Agility and Endurance can lead to the PlayerCharacter becoming this, especially if you have the top-tier weapons and armour. Strength allows you to hit harder and effectively wield bigger and better weapons, Agility allows you to run faster, jump higher and swing melee weapons faster, and Endurance makes you tougher. This is highly recommended for melee/fist centred characters.
** See also X-com and ''JaggedAlliance'', both of which use a similar AP system. Focusing on training speed alone whenever mercs have some downtime will make even revolver-packing mercs as deadly as machine gunners, with better accuracy when "spraying and praying".
** Grandma Lily Bowen in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', like the rest of the Nightkin, is made and trained for speed and stealth. She towers over other characters, wields a BFS made out of the [[ImprovisedWeapon vertibird rotor blade]], and is the only character with maximum agility, giving her ''all'' the AP.
** Veronica goes from GlassCannon to this if you give her Power Armor (which due to being from the Brotherhood of Steel, she's more likely to wear) and the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Ballistic]] [[PowerFist Fist]]. She becomes powerful enough to even take on [[FinalBoss Legate]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Lanius]] (who himself is this trope) by herself and ''win''.
* Saren (in his final form at the end) in ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' certainly fits this trope.
** Krogan are also like this. Especially Wrex.
** A recent addition to the VideoGame/MassEffect3 Multiplayer is the Krogan Vanguard. Start with their crazy durability and their melee-boosting rage powers inherent to all Krogan classes, then give him the Barrier power and the trademark Vanguard Charge, and you have the [[FanNickname Murder Train]].
** Harbinger. He moves faster than ordinary Collectors, has high barriers/shields, and spams a blast of yellow-black energy that deals significant damage.
** [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] him/herself in [=ME2=], depending on your class. [[BadassNormal Soldiers]] have Adrenaline Rush, which slows down time around you, and [[MagicKnight Vanguards]] have Biotic Charge, which uses [[AppliedPhlebotinum mass effect fields]] (the same things that starships use to travel faster than light) to hurl you across the battlefield through anything in between you and your unlucky target. Both of them can use a shotgun that can shatter a regular human's arms if he/she tried to fire it, and the Soldier can use an ''anti-tank rifle'' or a light machine gun. [[BadassBlink Infiltrators]] can also use an anti-tank sniper rifle, while receiving significant damage bonuses for stealth and being able to slow time when aiming through the scope, allowing you to empty your magazine into some poor guy's head within seconds. They aren't all that squishy, either.
** [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] of Sovereign's class all fit this trope. Sovereign was an enormous and [[NighInvulnerability incredibly powerful being that almost wiped out a fleet before it was destroyed.]] It was also very fast and agile, with Joker at one point saying that it "made a turn that would shear any other ship in half."
*** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3's'' codex notes, however, that there are tradeoffs made for Reaper capital ships to pull off such maneuvers. Such tight turns require use of the ship's eezo core to reduce the ship's mass to a level that is unsafe in combat conditions. Citadel dreadnoughts are comparatively smaller and faster and can frequently bring their guns to bear faster than the Reaper can, provided the Citadel ship gets the drop on the Reaper.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', the SSV ''Normandy'' SR-2 when fully upgraded. By default she's a stealth recon frigate, so she's very fast and agile for a capital ship. Your squadmates can add upgraded kinetic barriers and armor, as well as a main gun reverse-engineered from [[spoiler:the weapon Sovereign used to one-shot Citadel capital ships at the climax of ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'']]. Altogether, she's a frigate that hits like a dreadnought or better, with shields and armor to match.
* The bosses in ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' and its sequels. Particularly the Sandman from the Wii game, who stands at 285 lbs, ~6 feet 5 inches, and can punch in the blink of an eye, especially in the second playthrough.
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Demoman's [[{{BFS}} Eyelander.]] It [[CastFromHitPoints takes off a chunk of your health]] at the outset, but you get more health and better speed after you behead someone. After two, you're up to above-normal HP and a goodly running speed, and at the maximum of 4, you've got more health than a Soldier and a little less speed than a [[FragileSpeedster Scout.]] Normally, the Eyelander is paired with a shield that reduces certain damage and allows guaranteed crits (which is handy because the Eyelander never gets random crits), but if you take the default Sticky-Bomb launcher and still manage to get 4 heads, you're unstoppable.
** The Tomislav originally let a Heavy slow down his firing rate by just 1/5 to cut ''70%'' of its startup time (and making no noise), making him [[GameBreaker rather excessively]] good at ambushing, before the spin-up time was {{nerf}} to a somewhat more reasonable amount.
** With most people a Soldier is a JackOfAllStats erring on the side of MightyGlacier, with the RocketJump letting him become temporarily become a FragileSpeedster. [[DifficultButAwesome For the people who can Rocket Jump with extreme efficiency]]--mastering both attacking while in midflight and using a mobility increasing technique called "airstrafing"--one Rocket Jump lets him successfully cut off or flee from any other class in almost any direction while attacking at the same time and still maintaining above average health. To add to this, the mobility also makes him very good at reaching medical packs and the team's Medic. If he ''is'' too low on health to RocketJump, the Escape Plan's speed boost give him a good chance of escaping to recover more health anyway.
* In the first ''DungeonKeeper'' game, the Horned Reaper is almost universally assumed to be the strongest monster available, and it only takes a few levels of training before it gains the Speed Monster ability as well. Their drawback is that they're extremely hard to get your hands on, and they require a lot of monitoring to stop them flipping out and attacking your own creatures.
* The Brute archetype in ''CityOfHeroes'' has high {{Hit Point}}s, self-sufficient defenses, and very strong attack sets. The archetype's special attribute is doing more damage the more it attacks or is attacked, making both quick frequent attacks and slow powerful ones beneficial (the former to power up the character so the latter hit extra-hard). It's essentially a class of playable Comicbook/{{Incredible Hulk}}s.
** This is boosted even more by taking powers that boost recharge (Hasten, Lightning Reflexes...) or using powersets that recharge quickly like Claws or Dual Blades. The Brute Playstyle amounts to AttackAttackAttack while popping the occasional insp or clicky power. Oh, and sometimes holding aggro is involved.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disciples}} 2: Dark Prophecy'', the Defender of Faith, one of the Empire's most powerful fighter units, is a DualWielding heavily armoured knight mounted on a heavily armoured horse (poor horse...). Despite this, thanks to its high Initiative stat, it usually strikes first in each round of battle. He also hits ''hard''. High HP, decent armor, strikes hard, strikes ''fast'', and only takes up one space in the party? The only reason he's not a GameBreaker is that it takes a ridiculous amount of exp and gold to get them in most scenarios.
** Another example would be Overlord, from Legions Of The Damned's support tree after his buff in ''Rise of the Elves''. Despite taking two places in a party(Legions run on big units though) and an absurd amount of exp and gold, he's durable, hits like a truck, deals additional fire damage and moves at speed of a warrior(50 Initiative).
** The Legion's Gargoyle units are just as big as their support units, but they are also just as fast as the other factions' archer units (initiative 60), hit hard, and have heavy armor ratings (Onyx Gargoyle has 65 armor), poison immunity, and mind wards. A party with an Overlord and an Onyx Gargoyle is bad news for any enemy.
** There's also Son of Ymir, even more broken than Defender of Faith and Overlord combined. First of all, he's level ''four'' as opposed to previous two level five which means he will level up faster. While he takes two places, he has an excellent hp, absurd damage with additional frostbite(sort of poison, but with ice) and, worst of all, ''the'' highest initiative in Clans, 50. Only summons and supportive mages tree have higher IN.
** Summons from higher levels for all races also lean toward this.
** Though they're vastly inferior comparing to afromentioned examples, both Bears deserve a mention. They have quite an hp(260 for normal and 300 for Polar variety respectively), attack hard enough to make you take notice and act fast enough to seriously weaken your front line. On the other hand, Hordes and their paralyzing Ghosts just love them.
* Though all of the superdragons could count, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crystal Dragon]] is probably the best example, mostly because it's unable to fly. Don't worry though, it's still fast enough to out-speed almost everything in the game, is insanely difficult to kill and packs an obscene amount of damage. The only saving grace is that - unlike most dragons - those aren't immune to magic, which allows you to cripple them down and make fight noticeably easier.
** From Tier 6, we have Cavaliers(who are like this from ''III'' onwards) and Black Knights belonging to Castle and Necropolis respectively. The former gains bonus damage for each hex crossed, up to ''50% extra'', which allows him to simply blow enemy unit's socks off before the real fight even starts. The latter, on the other hand, is much more durable, can Curse his opponent(which minimalizes damage done) and is able to randomly Death Strike an enemy ForMassiveDamage(namely, the double). ''V'' incarnations of these two are ''even worse''(Cavalier gains bonus from each square crossed ''for the whole fight'', while Death Knight is capable of wiping down half of unit's stack in one slash).
* You know Elvis, the [[GeniusBruiser massive, muscle-bound, fist-fighting Professor]] in ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}''? Looking at how huge he is, surely he must be the MightyGlacier of the villain team, right? Nope! He's the fastest of the four Sentinels you face, barely beating the resident ninja Fereydoon by a few speed points.
* All types of Skaarj from ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' (not so much in the [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament Tourna]][[VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004 ment]] series, where they could be [=PCs=] and so were retooled into the MightyGlacier for game-balance reasons). Taken to ridiculous extremes by the [[AttackAttackAttack Berserkers]], [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Lords]] and [[FlyingBrick Warlords]].
* Venom from the ''VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan'' game is at least twice as bulky as Spider-Man, attacks with brutal claw and tentacle strikes and throws and can pick up and toss cars with ease. He's also nearly as agile as Spider-Man and possesses a "locomotion jump" that lets him leap HUGE distances in a single bound.
* [[Videogame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]] in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' is a heavy-hitting brawler with some of the longest, strongest combo attacks in the game. In contrast to Mighty Glaciers like Cloud and Garland though, Jecht moves pretty quickly and his attacks come out very fast as well.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Gabranth's]] gimmick is to charge his EX Gauge so he can enter [[SuperMode EX Mode]] quickly. "Lightning Bruiser" doesn't describe Gabranth's EX Mode accurately enough though, a better term would be ''primal force of destruction''. He moves and attacks quickly and his combos are incredibly powerful, and in addition to brute strength a lot of his attacks can crush guards, combo without hitting, or deflect projectiles. This is all on top of the normal EX Mode bonuses of regenerating HP, increased chance to land critical hits, and the ability to use an [[LimitBreak EX Burst]].
** Golbez is not to be forgotten, while his movement speed is amongst the slower in the game, he's the only one who gets a teleport for his dodge, and his attacks come out rather fast, are hard to block due to coming from multiple directions, and leave him with frighteningly little lag. Once he does hit you, usually with a critical hit, he'll hit just as hard as Jecht and will chain it into a HP attack instantly. Really, the only thing that separates him from Jecht, is a more varied moveset, the lack of Jeckt Block, the increased range on attacks, and the fact that you don't have to rely on careful button inputs. Though he does lack Jecht's guard crushing and charged attack capabilities.
* This is Akira Yuki's niche in ''VirtuaFighter''. Most of his attacks come out incredibly fast with high power. However, many have a very short optimum range, and many of his attacks and combos have strict timings. One of the most extreme examples would be his knee attack, which is pulled off by pressing Guard+ Kick, then letting go of Guard exactly one frame (1/60th of a second) later. The faster ones also have a long lag at the end of them, leaving an opening if they miss or are blocked. Since most of his attacks do their best damage at close range, the opponent will likely be close enough to return with a damaging throw. However, his movement and basic attacks don't match the speed of Pai, Kagemaru, Sarah, or Lion.
* Iron Tager from ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' was a MightyGlacier, but speed buffs in ''Continuum Shift'' are shifting him in this direction. Similarly for Hakumen. Then the trailer for the PSP version came out, showing Unlimited Tager crossing the screen at least as fast as Kokonoe wanted...
* The Rex Wheelie from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Air Ride Star'' is a Bulk Star with more speed and acceleration, doesn't have the need to refuel, has a lot of HP, Defense and attack and is HUGE. Also, being a wheel based Machine and therefore always on the ground, it jumps high off ramps and automatically activates the special buttons and panels (i.e. Boost Panels) on the floor.
* From the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' series, Ridley is a super-intelligent killing machine that breaths fire and eats corpses. He's also about fifteen feet tall, utterly towering over the protagonist Samus Aran. You'd think he'd be slow and easy to avoid so you can pick him off with your ArmCannon, right? '''Wrong.''' There is a reason he usually is ThatOneBoss.
** Samus herself counts. She's a power armored badass that can soak up damage like a sponge, is death at both melee and range, and is capable of reaching mach 1.
** Hit [[SuperMetroid Crocomire]] with a Power Bomb. Go on, do it.
* Hunters from ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} Episode 2''. Large tripod-ish killing ''things'' with impressive speed (they can outrun you, period), an array of deadly weapons, and a lot of hit points - it can take multiple rockets to kill one, depending on difficultly, although the Pulse Rifle altfire is a nice one-hit-kill solution.
** Antlion Guards from [=HL2=] and its Episodes, though unable to jump like lesser Antlions, are the size of [=APCs=] - and just as fast.
** Dog. He can charge at incredible speed, and hurl freaking cars through the air. Fortunately, he's on your side.
* The Tyrants from the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series; with the Nemesis as their undisputed king. Generally, they start off slow, hard hitting, and resilient. Then, when you piss them off enough, they get a speed boost. And they are faster than you.
** Mendez, TheBrute in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' can also flash step, bend metal, kick the crap out of Leon like a ragdoll, and is resistant to bullets. The Mercenaries minigame has Super Salvador, who is as fast as the player, can leap rooftops in a single bound, and will instantly decapitate you with his flailing double chainsaw the moment you get in punching range. Verdugo, the illegitemate love child of Tyrant and the {{Predator}}, is even faster and deadlier than the Tyrants, and is NighInvulnerable unless [[KillItWithIce frozen with liquid nitrogen]].
** We can now add the Ustanak from VideoGame/ResidentEvil6. Fast, nigh invulnerable and a {{Determinator}} to get his target, Jake. [[spoiler: It takes being thrown into lava just to so much as expose its heart, then one last shot with the Magnum to finally kill it!]]
** Series BigBad Wesker can move faster than the eye can see, punch straight through a man and regenerates fast enough to be almost immortal. Best shown in his boss fight where he will block an rpg coming from his blindspot to a standstill and the thing exploding in his face only disorients him for a few seconds.
** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''. Although not to the same extent as his father [[BigBad Wesker]], Jake Muller is incredibly strong and agile. He is the only playable character who has hand-to-hand melee instead of a knife. His melee is also faster, stronger than the others, has powerful counters, and is the only one that can combo. [[spoiler: He is also strong and fast enough to dodge and trade blows with fellow LightningBruiser Ustanak.]]
* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', the Zerg Ultralisk is one of the most powerful melee units in the game, and by far the toughest, even without the armor upgrade. It's balanced out mostly by being insanely expensive to build. ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' Ultralisks, however, are more like {{Mighty Glacier}}s.
** Only when off-creep. On-creep, Ultralisks are faster than stimmed marines. Their appeal comes from the fact that they are the only Zerg unit that can cost-effectively assault an enemy strongpoint head-on, can crush Protoss Forcefields, are immune to pretty much ''all'' of the [[DemonicSpider Infestor]]'s [[MindControl abil]][[AcidAttack ities]], and are large enough that siegetank fire doesn't do any AOE damage. You pretty much need significant air-to-ground or a very narrow choke point to deal with a large group. That said, if you let your enemy get a large group of them, you're most likely extremely behind economically.
* Many end game creatures in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic''. Perhaps the best example is the dragon units, which are always the strongest units and among the fastest.
** The [[MiniMecha Dragon Golem]] deserves a special mention. It's the fastest walking unit in the game, and the strongest [[TheMagocracy Academy]] unit, slightly stronger than the Titan. To top this, it has both the First Strike and Negate First Strike special abilities, making it able to strike any opponent before it has an opportunity to react. Also, if you attack the Dragon Golem, the chances are fairly high that you'll be killed by the retaliation from the attack you never were able to make.
* VideoGame/{{Doom}} has many units that fit different parts on the scale of CompetitiveBalance but also has Hell Knights, Barons of Hell and Cyberdemons. Hard hitting on ranged and melee, good health and also surprisingly fast.
** And then there's the player character, Doomguy himself; he's blisteringly fast (so much so that he can outrun everything including ''rockets''), and if health and armour are maxed out he's also easily durable enough to survive any single attack that any enemy can perform.
* Hell Knights in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} 3'', according to at least one expedition team member into Hell. You can hear his terrified ramblings on them in an audio log.
* Guardians in ''{{Uncharted}} 2: Among Thieves'' are one of the most unfair examples of this trope. Not only are they big, strong, fast, and capable of leaping absurd distances, they're also ImmuneToBullets when you first meet them. Even when you do get the opportunity to actually kill them, they still absorb enough rounds to turn a small army into salsa and ask for seconds. Oh, and they also fire some of the most accurate and damaging weapons in the game. Good thing you never have to face more than three of them at a time.
* Juggernauts from ''ModernWarfare 2''. Heavily armoured enough to need multiple hits from otherwise-OneHitKill weapons like the [[{{BFG}} Barret .50 cal]] or [[GameBreaker grenade launcher]], carrying a [[MoreDakka M240 machine gun]] which they use with near-aimbot accuracy, while also being able to charge at a fast clip. They are very much DemonicSpiders.
* [[http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Blizzard_Buffalo Blizzard Buffalo]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManX 3''. He's an eight-foot-tall robotic bison-man who skids across icy surfaces at high speeds.
* Kain from ''LegacyOfKain''. A vampire with superhuman strength sufficient to move boulders weighing several tons, superior speed, agility, and reflexes to mortals, and skin tougher than a suit of armor.
* ''RiseOfTheKasai'' features Rau and Baumusu; two huge guys who fight with a variety of weapons at a blur of speeds, but can also move with amazing silence and stealth.
* Bacchus from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'', His strafing attack moves him quickly along the ground and hits twice. If you add MoreDakka through Item creation, it actually becomes more powerful than his special attacks (which are already some of the best). He also has high Defense and HP. As well a skill that lets him heal 50% of his hp instantly.
* The [[MightyGlacier Retri]][[HolyHandGrenade bution]] Paladin in WoW is shaping up to be like this (sort of) in the next expansion, seeing as though a talent allows them to decrease the cooldown of their main instant-attack the more haste they stack and they do their damage as light-infused berserkers.
* The ''AdvanceWars'' series past the second installment has the dreaded Neotank, an arachnidian monstrosity that hits harder than a [[MightyGlacier Md. Tank]], yet has the mobility of a regular tank. Makes you wonder why they even bothered with the Megatank in ''Dual Strike''.
* Thanks to {{Koei}}, ''DynastyWarriors'' and ''SamuraiWarriors'' end up with quite a few of these. Often times they end up being ThatOneBoss. A few notable examples:
** ''DynastyWarriors'' gives us the most obvious example in Lu Bu. Where to start with Lu Bu? He's large, powerful, a lot faster than someone who can dwarf 80% of the cast has any right to be. His attack power is through the roof (quite often he's one of a very small number of characters who can flatly max out that stat at the maximum levels), his moveset is usually full of powerful, long-ranged sweeping blows, and just to make things worse you can bet good money that he's got an unblockable attack somewhere in his move pool. There's a reason a lot of ''Dynasty Warriors'' games make him the boss battle from hell, but also offer sweet rewards to those who can beat him when he's in his 'rage mode.'
** Fortunately, this mainly applies in each game's Hu Lao Gate ("Coalition vs. Dong Zhuo") stage, as Lu Bu may be bypassed, where a somewhat weaker version is the end boss of the Xia Pi stage in some of the game... that is, somewhat weaker ''if'' you don't [[BerserkButton take out his love interest Diao Chan first]].
** ''SamuraiWarriors'' gives us more than a few contenders, ranging from merely stupidly powerful to outright GameBreaker. These include Keiji Maeda, Tadakatsu Honda, and Kenshin Uesugi. Between them you can count on extremely varied movesets, frightening hitting power, some way to break blocks or cause stuns, Musou attacks that come out quickly and painfully, and a good chance of being given in-game status buffs. Keiji and Tadakatsu are clearly designed to be big, burly guys with weapons taller than they are, but they can swing with considerable speed and reach, and very often end up launching foes quite a few yards distant with a good power hit.
** Finally, ''WarriorsOrochi'' gives us Orochi himself, who is a GameBreaker on so many levels that they deliberately deny unlocking him (and his upgrade, Orochi X) until the very end of the game. He's large, powerful, moves fast, hits hard, and unlike almost every other character in the game, has automatic immunity frames in some of his moves where he can pummel the opposition without worry or cost.
* Every ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' in existence after the first generation is one, fifth and sixth generations being the most prominent. A fight between an Armored Core and anything but another Armored Core is a CurbStompBattle turned UpToEleven. Some Arms Forts, giant mobile fortresses that can be several kilometres in length, are exceptions, but many like Stigro get massacred, as do huge numbers of mooks. Oh, and mooks in this game range from tanks to Mechwarrior style mechs, to battleships, to modern and futuristic aerial vehicles of any type you can imagine, and all are mercilessly and effortlessly slaughtered by Armored Cores in the later games.
* All the ghouls in ''VideoGame/GhoulsVsHumans'', as well as the preceding ''The Ghouls' Forest'' series of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' [[GameMod WADs]]. Huge floating undead heads which not only glide around at ludicrous speeds (one of them takes it a step further and moves via permanent FlashStep!), but can kill you within seconds if they hit you. That's part of the reason why they're so damn scary.
* [[PraetorianGuard Papal Guards]] in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' pack more armour than [[MightyGlacier Brutes]], run almost as fast as [[FragileSpeedster Agiles]], can use all the weapon types, have their own unblockable pistol attack, and are {{Kung Fu Proof|Mook}} to boot. Fortunately they don't appear often.
** There's also the Janissaries from AssassinsCreedRevelations and the Jagers in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII.
* Black Breeze and his two Werewolf allies from the bonus mission of ''{{Vindictus}}''' first boat, which doesn't unlock until after you've beaten the third. And to make things even worse for the player, they fight together in one of the most evil WolfpackBoss fights ever.
* Laharl for ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Adell for ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', and Champloo for ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}''; all 3 of these characters sport exceptional close combat strength, a good set of specials, and exceptional power, defense, movement range, and, for the really exotic on their specials, decent intelligence and resistance to magic. If played right, all one would ever need to complete Disgaea 1 is Laharl, a sword, and a few decent playthroughs of the item world, and he could take on the entire game himself save for a few team oriented stages. Adell can match Laharl (mainly due to his ability that gives him added attack power for units stronger than him) and while Champloo falls a tad short of both, he is almost still guaranteed kills when just within a few levels of his opponent let alone even or higher.
* The Purr-lin in ''VideoGame/{{Turok}} 2'', especially the [[BossInMookClothing Juggernauts]]. Also, Lords of the Flesh.
* Heavy Hover Tanks in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''.
** The Boss Tank (who has literal tank treads for a lower body) in ''VideoGame/QuakeII'', despite its bulk, is the fastest of all the boss and GiantMook-type enemies.
* The Armored Knights in the lower levels of ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestI Dragon Quest/Warrior]]'''s FinalDungeon were the second toughest and most damaging (after the Red Dragon) {{Mook}} in the game, as well as being equipped with both Healmore and Hurtmore.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', Carver very much fits the fast+hard hitting+can take damage description.
* Arem, the BigBad and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} IV: The Dawn of Ys'', is very fast for his size especially in his second form, has many hard-hitting attacks, [[MarathonBoss takes a long time to wear down]] even if your EXP is [[{{Cap}} maxed out]], and can [[RegeneratingHealth regenerate his HP]].
* Honda Tadakatsu is also this in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', especially as an {{NPC}}. His offense is the highest in the game. He has more HP than most other bosses put together, and is near immune to stunning and knockback. His running and attack speed is a little above average, with his only weakness being a tendency to telegraph attacks (which, given his fearsome range and stun-immunity, is not as much a handicap as you'd hope) and the fact that his attacks continually move him forward, making it difficult to focus on a single target. Defeating him is usually an optional objective.
** OdaNobunaga is another example; he has the second-highest HP, attack and defence in the game (after Tadakatsu), almost as good movement speed, and attacks much faster than Tadakatsu with non-telegraphed attacks that don't move him. He also uses the powerful Shadow element, and his special arts are much more powerful than Tadakatsu's, including a super art that renders him invulnerable. Nobunaga is only unlocked as a BraggingRightsReward and is PurposefullyOverpowered.
* Asura from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' is a great example. He has a rather bulky frame, and with six arms, would seem rather slow, right? Nope, he can engage in RapidFireFisticuffs that can destroy planet sized beings, and can move quick enough to [[TheJuggernaut mow down anything in his way.]] His master Augus is very much one of these as well. Both have some speedster traits as well.
** The final chapter of the DLC takes this even further. How far? Asura activates a Mantra Reactor and becomes ''larger than Earth'', and then proceeds to fly at faster-than-light speeds to deliver a single, epic punch to the face of a being larger than ''a galaxy''.
* Doc Robot's impersonation of Quick Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' is just as fast as his predecessor, but bigger and tougher.
* ''GoldenSunDarkDawn'' gives us [[{{Badass}} Sveta]], a young beastwoman. Ordinarily, she's one of the faster party members, and also quite hard hitting. If you transform her, however, she takes this trope up to eleven, getting an immense power and speed boost. And if you get [[ShrineMaiden Himi]] to cast Weapons Graces on her, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill well!]]
* Sasquatch from Capcom's ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' series. Though he possesses the second-highest health in the game, deals heavy damage, and has a large hurtbox, the Canadian yeti also boasts some excellent mobility in the form of "shorthops," canceling his dash (a hop) short of finishing. This grants him some frightening mixup games that lead to devastating, yet simple, combos, and is a large reason why he is arguably the best character in Vampire Savior (the most commonly played title in the series) and Night Warriors.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' has the Football Zombie, who moves twice as fast as a normal zombie, eats your plants twice as fast, and can take as much damage as a [[HeavilyArmoredMook Buckethead zombie]]. There's also the Zomboni- tons of health, moves faster than most enemies, and it [[OneHitKill crushes your plants instantly]]!
* Doku from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''. A towering AnimatedArmor with a fair bit of health, his slashes come out fast and hurt a lot, and while his DeadlyLunge is telegraphed, if you don't immediately evade he'll eat the distance like a glutton at a buffet and make you pay. His spirit form is even worse.
** Also Genshin from the sequel.
* Hercules in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar III'' starts off as a MightyGlacier, and grows more agile as Kratos strips away the various pieces of armor he wears. In the last phase of the fight, when he's been stripped of his [[PowerFist Nemean Cestus]] and is forced into pummeling Kratos with his bare fists, he gains the ability to FlashStep.
* Letho, the Kingslayer, from TheWitcher2. He's a bulky mountain of muscle but has the speed and superhuman reflexes to rival any other witcher.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has Ayla, a thoroughly {{badass}} cavewoman. To make up for the fact that she can't [[BareFistedMonk equip weapons]] or [[BadassNormal use magic]], she has an ''insane'' attack stat and is one of the fastest characters in the game.
** Glenn from ''VideoGame/Chronocross'', once he gets his hands on the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Dual Einlanzers]], will outdamage everyone else while still having good defenses and speed.
* The FinalBoss of ''SyphonFilter 2'' wears [[NighInvulnerability nigh-impenetrable]] full body armor, but it doesn't seem to hinder his agility.
* In ''CityOfHeroes'', nothing's stopping mighty [[TheBrute Brutes]] and [[StoneWall Tankers]] from taking the Super Speed power pool, which includes Superspeed (to make you run fast) and Hasten (to make your attacks recharge faster). The Stone Armour powerset does slow the user, but that can be overcome with teleportation!
** Then there are the Electrical Armor and Electrical Melee powersets for Brutes (and Stalkers). The armor set includes a power that boosts your movement and recharge speeds while the melee set has Lightning Rod, a top-tier attack that involves you ''turning into a bolt of lightning and teleporting to your target to hit them''. Power Surge temporarily turns you into a [[EnergyBeing person made of lighting]] for extra damage resistance.
* In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius ninth and tenth installments]] of ''FireEmblem'', Ike is a pretty straight example of this. In ''Path of Radiance,'' he starts out a FragileSpeedster, but about halfway through, he becomes almost as strong and well armored as the {{Mighty Glacier}}s, but also retains his initial speed advantage. He ''starts out'' this way in ''Radiant Dawn'', and only gets better (barring slight speed issues).
** Many late-game bosses in FireEmblem fit either this or MightyGlacier. Case in point, Ike above's recurring enemy the Black Knight is repeatingly described as abnormally fast for a guy in heavy armor and the strength to match. He is more of a MightyGlacier in the sequel but that is only relative.
** Many EleventhHourSuperpower characters can also hit hard and take a hit well.
** In the 10th game Haar (And Jill, if leveled) has stats that range from "good" to "more defense then most specialist" leading him to clear endless legions of enemies by himself with no support. Incidentally, he dies quickly when facing lightning. Haar starts off as a LightningBruiser, but towards Part IV his speed dwindles a bit and becomes a MightyGlacier. His strength and defense are still pretty high however, essentially making him a flying tank. Meanwhile, if one levels Jill up enough, she starts off as a FragileSpeedster and then grows into this. Her caps are THE best Beorc caps. Case in point, she can reach up to 35 Str, Speed, and Luck. Then, she could reach 38 in Skill and 36 in Defense. She has the growths to reach them, as well.
** As is Sety (who actually has the possibility of getting enemies a 0% chance to hit him) and the swordmaster class.
** Many of the "Mercenary/Hero" class characters throughout ''FireEmblem'' gain great speed and strength gains. And are strong enough to wield the heavier swords [[FragileSpeedster myrmidons cannot.]]
** ''FireEmblem'' is full of these. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones,'' you could do this easily with Amelia, who had excellent speed growths and, if promoted into a Knight, access to the mighty General class.
** Trueblades, the class that Swordmasters turn into after level 20 in ''Radiant Dawn'', could also count, especially Mia. They have a ridiculous evasion rate, hit their target most of the time, and between all of their offensive stats you'd be hard-pressed to find anything short of a mini-boss or boss that can survive more than a single round with one; usually they'll end up getting killed by critical hits or their Astra ability.
* Knuckles from ''SonicTheHedgehog''. He's the strongest character in the Sonic [[TheVerse universe]] AND is capable of moving at super speeds (although not to the extent of Sonic, Tails, and Shadow). Some of the 3D games have {{flanderiz|ation}}ed him into being portrayed as insanely slow, but ''[[SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'' and ''Anime/SonicX'' show he's still got some speed post-''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** In ''SonicChronicles'', Sonic is the JackOfAllStats except for being the fastest character in the game. In the usual gaming fare, he's a FragileSpeedster and somewhat of a GlassCannon but it really just depends on whether you can hold on to a single ring. In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', he does indeed play this straight, as he is able to move fast, destroy tough enemies, and lose only 20 rings per hit.
** All of the "Power" characters in ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' (Knuckles, Big, Omega, Vector) are this. They can break huge blocks of stone but have no trouble navigating loops and corkscrews as the "Speed" characters do. When [[CompetitiveBalance balanced for competition]], however, they're {{Mighty Glacier}}s instead.
** Sonic's "Sonic boost" ability makes him into one of these.
* [[SociopathicHero Alex Mercer]] of ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' just seems like a guy in a hoodie and jacket. But he can run fast enough to scale buildings and outrun helicopters. And can lift cars above his head, dropkick people to send them flying a block away. And let's not even go into his [[LovecraftianSuperpower blades, tentacles, claws, clubs, or shapeshifting powers]].
** It helps that he has a ''ton'' of mass, to the point where a four-foot drop to the ground will result in cracked pavement and simply standing on a '''tank''' will noticeably slow it down; ''definitely'' a hard-hitting speedster.
** ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' has the Supreme Hunter who is as large as a tank and has most of Alex's powers as an EvilCounterpart to the protagonist Alex Mercer who is a hard-hitting speedster. For that matter, standard Hunters are pretty damn speedy for their power, and on Blackwatch's side their {{Super Soldier}}s both have the physical brutishness to fight Alex in melee and the agility to LeParkour while in pursuit of him.
** [[VideoGame/{{Prototype2}} The sequel]] gives protagonist James Heller similar powers, and a comparison between the two reveals that Mercer is stronger, but Heller is ''much'' faster.
* Oswald the Shadow Knight, from ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. Strongest, toughest character in the game, with good speed and jumping power. Also hits even harder and moves faster when he uses his [[SuperMode Shadow Form]]. Other characters in the game are capable of blocking for highly increased damage resistance or have ranged normal attacks, and some special double-jump power, like flight. Oswald's just meant to rush in and rip things to pieces.
* ''BackyardSports'': Pablo Sanchez. There's a reason why he's a MemeticBadass.
* Citan from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. He starts off as a BareFistedMonk, with the highest speed and HP of all the characters (plus, enough attack power to compete with a weapon user). But then, as if he wasn't [[GameBreaker broken]] already, he eventually gets a sword, making him the strongest character BY FAR.
* Dante from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' looks like a built human but can take a beating from giant demons, strike fast and hard and his SuperMode increases his speed and strength and gives him a HealingFactor. Many of his bosses follow his hit hard, fast and take a beating skills, particularly the MirrorBoss of the game.
* {{Ratchet|AndClank}} is a pretty good example. He's a quick, nimble hero capable of {{platform|Game}}ing his way around the levels. Yet he is also able to [[MadeOfIron shrug off rockets to the face]] and carries [[OneManArmy more firepower than the entire U.S. Military]] could possibly ever dream of.
* Marisa Kirisame of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. Her bullets fire mainly in front of her, dishing out narrow but concentrated damage, and she moves faster than Reimu, who in many games is the only other playable character.
** Marisa [[GoodBadBugs B]] aka [[FanNickname Marisa Bugged]], aka [[FanNickname Marisa Broken]] from ''Mountain Of Faith'' (and ''Subterranean Animism'', though to a lesser extent, which makes one wonder whether the bug may have been intended) takes this to ridiculous extremes. The game contains a bug that causes Marisa to dish out simply ludicrous amounts of damage as long as her energy remains between 3 and 3.95. Marisa Broken is powerful enough to cut long spellcards to a fraction of their length, and to end non-spellcard attacks before the first bullets fired even reach her.
* Beat from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' moves around a lot on his screen to attack, and his non-finishing attacks do the most damage of those of the secondary characters.
* In ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto]] [[DynastyWarriors Musou]]'' Kenshiro is more of a [[GlassCannon Glass Ninja]] early on, but definitely this once he's been upgraded.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s survivable speedster group we have Unlimited Ragna. Where normal Ragna is a GlassCannon, Unlimited Ragna not only deals more damage and is faster than his normal self, but has the health to out-tank MightyGlacier[=/=]StoneWall Tager even before taking into account his life-draining Drive attacks.
** There's also [[MsFanservice Mak]][[LittleBitBeastly oto]], who has the speed and agility of a FragileSpeedster and the damage potential of a GlassCannon, but also has surprisingly decent health and defence. Lucky for us, [[WeaksauceWeakness her reach and capacity for dealing damage from longer ranges is severely limited]].
* ''FinalFantasyVII'': Not so much in the original game due to game mechanics, but the other entries in the Compilation show that many, if not all, of the [[BioAugmentation bioaugmented]] [[SuperSoldier super soldiers]] or test subjects in the series tend to fall into this category.
** Blatantly obvious in ''AdventChildren'' with Cloud, Kadaj, Yazoo, Loz, and Sephiroth. Cloud is ridiculously fast both on and off that oversized motorcycle of his, and is easily capable of carrying [[TheBigGuy Barret]] with one hand ''without slowing down.'' As for hitting power, he has quite an array of ImplausibleFencingPowers, including the ability to slice apart huge chunks of rubble and smack down a giant monster out of the sky.
** Loz is strong enough to break and throw almost anything around (his "Dual Hound" weapon sometimes assisting), yet he also can [[FlashStep speed between locations]] so rapidly that he has virtual teleportation. If he were only a bit smarter and ruthless...
** ''CrisisCore'' shows that Sephiroth, Genesis, and [=SOLDIERs=] like Zack are not only brutally hard-hitting and insanely durable, but in some cases, [[DodgeTheBullet bullet-dodgingly]] fast. The same with Vincent (at least in the [[CutscenePowerToTheMax cutscenes]]) in ''DirgeOfCerberus''.
** In the OVA Last Order, Zack is shown easily dodging machine gun fire from multiple shooters and causing the shooters to hit each other.
* The junction system in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' allows the player to boost any character's Strength, Stamina, and Speed dramatically by linking the stats to the right kinds of magic, but [[PintSizedPowerhouse Zell]] deserves particular mention; his stat growth is naturally designed to make him hit fast and hard. At higher levels and with good junctions, his ATB speed becomes noticeably faster than the rest of the party's.
* Defying the common expectations of his job class, [[TheHero Zidane Tribal]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is a surprisingly hard hitter and has good HP, only balanced by his lack of heavy armor (of which only two characters in the game use anyway). And then he becomes a straight-up nuker in his SuperMode.
* Vaan from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', by virtue of him [[TheAce excelling in all stats]].
* Lightning from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' can become this. Her final stats and abilities make her the JackOfAllStats by default, and her strength is surpassed only by MightyGlacier Fang. However, Lightning is one of three characters (the others being [[TheRedMage Sazh]] and [[GlassCannon Hope]]) who can equip five pieces of equipment (one weapon and four accessories) that have a set bonus that increases ATB recovery rate, meaning she can attack more frequently. Furthermore, the weapon she equips as part of this set, the Axis/Enkindler, increases her ATB gauge with each attack. Slap on a Haste buff on her and she will easily live up to her name.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]] in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. His attacks come out fast and he moves pretty quick too. His Bravery combos are very strong, hitting multiple times and can instantly drain the opponent's Bravery. It gets even worse in [[SuperMode EX Mode]], where ''all'' of his Bravery attacks deal twice as many hits, instantly doubling his damage output, and ''then'' take into account that EX Mode raises the probability of landing a critical hit. Add in other critical hit-chance boosting abilities, and you realize about the only thing that keeps him from being a top-tier character is his slow HP attacks.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]] is normally speedy but not too powerful, his Bravery attacks not doing much damage but being very fast. However, Zidane has the impressive ability to cancel out his attacks and chain them into new ones in a variety of different ways, and a skilled Zidane player can produce combo attacks this variety rivaling the likes of Jecht and Golbez as detailed above. He also has the advantage of having equally fast HP attacks, such as Free Energy which takes InstantRunes to the literal extreme (almost instantaneous in execution), and many of his Bravery attacks can chain into HP attacks.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Prishe]] has fast attacks and high movement speed, and a unique combo gimmick that lets her chain attacks together, allowing her to strike with a fast-hitting attack and follow it up instantly with a slow-executing but very powerful charged attack. However, much like Squall she's held back by slow HP attacks.
* The most powerful and hardest-to-recruit character in the VanillaEdition of ''FreedomForce'' is Bullet, who has honest-to-goodness SuperSpeed. His most powerful attack is the same as his least powerful one, only it's done [[RapidFireFisticuffs six times in quick succession]].
* Sora and Riku play out this way in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Their magic plays second to their hard hitting fast combos.
** Xehanort plays this rather straight too. [[spoiler: Makes perfect sense, given how he's the Terra Master Xehanort performed GrandTheftMe on. Terra was very strong but obscenely slow, while [[BadassGrandpa Master Xehanort]] had good reflexes and could teleport.]]
** Sephiroth's appearances in the games count as well: he's got multiple health bars, beyond insane reach with that sword of his, is as fast if not faster than you, and swipes significant chunks of your health everytime he hits you - and he ''will'' hit you.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep's]]'' [[BonusBoss Mysterious Figure]] takes this trope up to ten thousand. Almost ''every'' hit he lands on you will knock you back to one HP- and that's only because of Second Chance and Once More. If you ''[[OneHitKO didn't]]'' have those abilities equipped....
* All three main player characters in the ''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R]]'' games (Point Man, Becket, and the unnamed Sergeant) have BulletTime-abilities that can make them extraordinary fast for a few seconds at a time. They still hit hard enough to [[OneHitKill instantly kill]] a cloned super-soldier by ''slide-tackling their ankles'', and their round-house kicks would put Chuck Norris to shame.
** ''[[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R: Perseus Mandate]]'' has the Nightcrawler Elite SuperpoweredMooks, who not only have the Pointman's [[FlashStep super-speed]] ability, but can also withstand nearly as much damage as a Heavy Armor GiantMook. Their leader, the Nightcrawler Commander, is armed with a BFG and can survive as much damage as a HumongousMecha.
** The main series has the Replica Assassins, who are both lightning-fast and [[MadeOfIron amazingly tough]] and [[PintSizedPowerhouse powerful for their small size]].
* [=NCR=] Veteran Rangers and Caesar's Legion Praetorian Guards in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the most elite of EliteMooks; they have more health than a (non-Quarry Junction) Deathclaw and are armed with the absolute best weapons in the game and can kill even a level 30 tank character with just a few hits.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', [[TheHero Lloyd]] is the fastest character, hits fairly hard, is your primary and best meat shield (even with [[GlacierWaif Presea]] on the field, unless she has [[ImplacableMan Glory]]), has the best Combo techs in the game, which complement well with spells, especially multi-hit ones and those with stopping power. The one thing he can't do is use magic, a trait he shares with Presea. However, he proves he doesn't need it. Also, nearly every boss with a humanoid shape counts, but especially [[spoiler: Kratos, after betraying you,]] who not only has a skill that allows him to chain Techs in any order, his casting speed is crazy fast, and he will ''randomly decide to shrug off your attacks and head straight for your mages.'' He never stops attacking, since he has ''very'' little recovery time from his techs. There's a reason you can lose this battle and not get a GameOver; it's meant to be a CurbStompBattle, and when you take into account [[WhamEpisode where in the game this event takes place,]] it makes sense. Especially since it is [[SequentialBoss preceded by]] ThatOneBoss [[spoiler: Remiel]] and [[SequentialBoss followed by]] a HopelessBossFight with [[spoiler: [[BigBad Yggdrasil]]]]
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has protagonist [[BadassLonghair Yuri Lowell]] who is very fast and can deal out hard damage as well as take it. He's also one of the most broken characters in the Tales Series. See GameBreaker for details.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has main heroine Sophie, who is a fast and very hard-hitting brawler character. She also is a major [[CombatMedic healer]] in the party.
* Berserkers in the ''{{Quake}}'' series, especially in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', where they have a literal lightning attack and can OneHitKill you on General difficulty. Also, Fiends and Death Knights from the first game.
* The [[DemonicSpiders Demon Knight]] in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' dished out massive damage, had high defense, was magic-proof, and had the highest agility of any enemy.
* ''VideoGame/WildArms2'' has the protagonist Ashley Winchester who fits this trope like a glove. Even though his build is average, he's got a pretty good HP, can ''insanely'' be fast even without his Accelerator Force Action, can deal good damage, and yet wields a bayonet that looks like a {{BFS}}. And that's not even getting into his [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
* Arch-Viles in the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' series are fast, can take tons of damage, are resistant to flinching, attack with a deadly line-of-sight fire spell, and can revive or summon enemies.
** The [[FanNickname Doomguy]] in the old games also qualifies. He carries an alarming number of heavy weapons and runs at something approaching highway speeds.
* Shadow Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' is similar to Quick Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but faster and tougher, and has the same sliding ability as Mega Man.
* The BigBad and FinalBoss of the first ''SoldierOfFortune'' totes a {{BFG}}, is extremely fast, and wears PoweredArmor that can withstand more damage than a tank.
* Yuuto and Etrangers in general function as this in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' which is why they are valued so highly. While Yuuto has no skill in combat to start, he's still a match for all but the most skilled and powerful of spirits. [[spoiler:Also, Eternals.]]
* The first ''VideoGame/SilentScope'' has Monica the Armed Secretary, who wears full body armor (requiring 3 headshots or two volleys of 10 chest shots) and is incredibly fast. The sequel has Sho & Kane the Lightning Bolts, who don't have armor, but are even faster than Monica, [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throw their swords]], and [[DoppelgangerSpin confuse you with doppelgangers]].
* Captain Falcon in the two first ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' games had the fastest running speed coupled with extremely fast, powerful attacks that lent themselves naturally to combos. He also had an average weight. In ''Brawl'', all his moves lost priority, nerfing his offense and making him more JackOfAllStats.
* ''PN03'''s Blackbird suit, unlocked on a NewGamePlus, has all its stats maxed out, making Vanessa one of these. To a lesser extent there's the Ultra Fusion, arguably the best non-secret suit.
* Lancer, also from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. He's the fastest hero and also the best defender, thinking nothing of fighting over several other heroes at once (though Assassin unnerves him somewhat). Also has a cheap instant kill attack, powerful magic and a primary limitation of being unable to win the Grail War because not only is he not a protagonist, his Master won't let him win either.
** Saber can go toe-to-toe with aforementioned Berserker, is Nigh Invulnerable to magecraft, agile enough to sprint on the side of skyscrapers, and she's one of the few wearing proper armor. And all of this is her at her weakest, low on energy and wounded. At full strength she is more or less a demi-god.
* In the third game, [[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Crusaders.]] Is able to sprint through half of the battlefield in one sweep(or even the whole with the right enhancements), packs high ATK/DEF stats, decent 35 points of hp and attacks ''twice''. You can also usually get them as fast as on Day 2. On the other hand, they're pretty expensive.
** From the same game and castle, Halberdiers. Though they're only Tier 1, they pack an obscene amount of damage, they are resistant to damage, immune to Cavalier's charge bonus and pretty fast. Since AI prefers to attack other units(namely, ''everything else''), you can easily accumulate a vast amount of those guys and proceed to beat things into a bloody pulp.
* Built properly, [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Dovahkiin]] can be an incredibly fast, [[{{BFS}} greatsword-wielding]], [[KillItWithFire fire-spewing]], [[MadeOfIron unkillable]] [[OneManArmy murder machine]]. Both the Light Armor and Heavy Armor skill trees include perks that reduce weight of armor and let a character move at full speed in full armor, and two of the Dragon Shouts you can learn let you either [[BulletTime slow down time]] ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Slow Time]]) and move incredibly fast ([[FlashStep Whirlwind Sprint]]).
* In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' (specifically, [[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]]), [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] becomes this in [[SuperMode Turnabout Mode]] (kinda). Despite having average at best movement, his specials become faster & more powerful, his standing, crouching, and jumping heavies becomes uber powerful [[FingerPokeOfDoom Finger Pokes of Doom]], and he gets the best [[LimitBreak level 3 hyper]] in the game.
* Princess/Tsarevna Alena from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' can be considered this. Starts gaining a LOT of Strength and Agility early on, and maxes them out around level 52 or 53, and because of the way Resilience is gained in the early DQ games (namely, at precisely half the rate of Agility), she's got the highest base defense to boot. Whether or not her average HP and subpar equipment options put her here or in FragileSpeedster territory is up for debate, but she still hits MUCH harder than anyone else on the team with normal attacks. On the offense side of things, she's boosted even further by the fact that her best weapon lets her hit twice per turn.
* ''HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' has the protagonist Nepgear herself. She's pretty fast, deals a lot of damage, and can hold on her own ground because she can take a lot of punishment. The one thing that makes her a GameBreaker? She has to be placed ''in support role'' because the only way you can get rid of the [[{{Cap}} Damage Cap]] throughout the entire game (unless you defeat and acquire the [[BraggingRightsReward rare item from]] the highest leveled BonusBoss of the game) is by placing her as support.
* By virtue of jetpacks, the Assault class in GlobalAgenda alternates between a fast tank (flying) and a slow or even stationary death star (using minigun). Once you get the Combat or Crescent jetpacks, however... you can do both at the same time. FEAR HIM.
* With the release of [[TheWarSequence Mann vs Machine]] mode in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and it's [[PowerAtAPrice upgrade station system]], with the right upgrades and weaponry, Scout can deal ''a lot'' of damage and yet still exceed the health of an over-healed [[MightyGlacier Heavy]] while remaining the fastest class in the game. This is because the Scout gains health for any money he picks up. When you have a robotic hoard ''all'' dropping wads of cash, some Scouts have been known to get to ''700'' health, in comparison to their usual 125. The hard part [[UnstableEquilibrium is getting enough health to keep getting health.]]
* ''AceCombat'' late or endgame planes and the [[GameBreaker superfighters]] embody this trope. Fast, agile, able to take at least two missile hits (on Normal), armed with plenty of regular missiles and ''loaded to the gills'' with special weapons galore. In ''Ace Combat 6'' though, the early game [=A-10A=] can surprisingly fulfill this trope for some time, thanks to the highest Stability and Defense rating in the game, the FAEB being probably ''the'' best air-to-ground special weapon in the game (certainly the best unguided free-fall bomb) and a surprising ability in a(n early game) dogfight... at least within ''[[BottomlessMagazines infinite ammo]] tankbuster'' cannon range.
** The ADFX-01 Morgan from ''AceCombat Zero'' is blazingly fast, highly maneuverable, has excellent defense, and can mount as weapons a [[FrickinLaserBeams tactical laser system]] that can destroy even the most hardened targets in the game with as little as 2 seconds of sustained fire, an EMP jammer that when active will temporarily deflect ALL attacks, and a small-scale version of the Burst Missile from ''AceCombat 5'', which has a slow reload time and limited ammo but creates a wide-range explosion capable of killing ''entire squadrons'' in a single shot. "GameBreaker" doesn't even begin to cover it.
* And in response to those, competing series by Konami, ''AirForceDelta'' has their literal flagship, the Vic Viper, as an unlockable. Also, the crazy old man with the modified ww2 planes? Every bit as hardcore as Lou Gossett Jr.
* Ialdabaoth in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. It's a SuperRobot, which grants it a good dose of defense, yet it's fast and hits almost as hard as other big guns like the Dygenguard. The pilot can up the ante of damage 2.5 times.
** Valzacard. Size LL means it takes less damage and hits damn hard, but because its main pilot spent a lot of the game in the RealRobot Valhawk, there's a good chance it dodges at least as well as some of the tiny Gundams on the team. And half its pilots have the dodging and damage-dealing spells of a RealRobot while the other half have the support and defensive spells of a CoolShip.
** Either Angelg or Vysaga fits this, in the same vein of Ialdabaoth. They hit really hard, is quite tough, considered SuperRobot and have mirror image that lets them dodge, and activates often. Angelg is even noted to be one of the fastest mechas amongst the good guys.
** Baldios is a non-original example. Size LL, SuperRobot stats, and its own mirror image ability. Oh, and its a reality warper. Made even more [[BuffySpeak Lightningy]] in Z2, where Marin's Ace bonus increases the odds that the Double Image will activate to a fairly respectable 40% and Baldios's [[SetBonus Full Upgrade Bonus]] removes the previous morale restriction necessary to enable it.
** Speaking of Z2, {{Daitarn 3}}'s Full Upgrade Bonus is Mobility +50, a bonus so huge that the largest mech on your team (apart from the [[CoolShip Macross Quarter]]) starts outspeeding some of your [[FragileSpeedster reals]]. HilarityEnsues.
** So is ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. Protect Shade/Wall (and later Genesic Armor) let him handle armies of mooks, no trouble. Genesic Aura, Guy's stats, and the base power of Hell and Heaven/Goldion Hammer/Goldion Crusher let him deal tens of thousands of damage unaided. Brave and [[GameBreaker GaoFighGar/Genesic GaoGaiGar's stats]] let him dodge at percents that are poor for a Real, but ''ridiculous'' for a Super. Truly he is the Destruction God.
** Same case with MazinKaiser with Kaiser Scrander, in some game with it having ridiculous armor(it is after all the poster boy and go-to Tank in VideoGame/SuperRobotWars games) and like ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' dodge rate that is ridiculous for a Super but poor for a Real. For example in Alpha Gaiden it has absurd Armor that is only rivaled by some Battleship, Hp regeneration, and dodge rate higher than some Reals, and the highest among super, in fact Mazinkaiser is so powerful that alone, a properly equipped Mazinkaiser guarantees a stalemate during later stages (in this NintendoHard game thats saying A LOT). In SuperRobotWarsW the same game GaoGaiGar appeared, its stats is GaoGaiGar except instead of defense, its more focused on offense with [[SuperMode Mazinpower]] and Combination attacks instead of Map attacks. After all, it is the same SuperRobot that can become God or Devil depending on the pilot
** Also, the vast majority of bosses will have more HP and armor than any unit you'll have even when they possess high evasion and a small size. The ones that aren't generally being more MightyGlacier (because while high evade can be completely neutralized by Strike, Valor and Soul can only deal with high HP to a limited level).
** One of the first genuinely super robots you get in ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' - Grungust. In the early levels when you have it, it can one-shot most non-boss enemy mechs in its Wing Gust form - which otherwise possesses crappy weapons - by using [[strike:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]]]] Spiral Attack. If you're dealing with something durable, it can then shift forms into its humanoid mode and begin wailing on whatever it hit with Darkness Slash and Final Beam. Oh, and it has a ton of HP. And its default pilot, Irm, develops the Love power, which is approximately 80% of the buffs in the game happening all at once.
** The final boss of the ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' Special Disc, [[ShadowArchetype Overman Zan]], is ''horrendously'' overpowered. Sure it doesn't even have 40,000 HP, but ''all attacks only do 10% damage to it''. This is on top of it ''moving three times a turn'', ''casting Alert and Strike at the start of each turn'', and a whole bunch of other horribly broken perks making it a very, ''very'' difficult boss.
** Again, [[ZetaGundam The O]]. It's sometimes unlockable as well and it has very good armor, speed, and power for an MS.
** Aquarion in Z can be built into this by manipulating the Element system. The element mode activates at 130 will and [[GameBreaker gives the head pilot the sub-pilots' stats if they surpass the head in an area]]. Pick one stat from each pilot and pour into it. You can have an Apollo who hits like [[GlassCannon Getter]], [[FragileSpeedster dodges like a Gundam]], [[RuleOfThree and]] [[StoneWall tanks like a Mazinger]]. Give Apollo the Attack Again, Hit and Away, and E Save skills for more fun.
* Cage upgrades to one when the Testament's true form is unlocked. Kinda gamebreaker-y to give the main character something with such ludicrous power. ''VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders: Fist of Mars'' gets a very Gundam feeling once the Testament and the Orcrist (not as fast but super long range) come out to play; they have the weapons that make the mooks fall down. In the same vein is Naked Jehuty from ''The Second Runner''. SuperSpeed is a given with [[FlashStep the Zero Shift]], but it can also take a lot more punishment and deal out more than the other Jehuty versions. That too is before considering the unlimited Subweapon energy available in NewGamePlus. Vic Viper is also very nasty.
* The B-Fkin-Gear from ''AceOnline''[=/=]''AirRivals'' is a definite bruiser, but even the level 27 engine makes it pretty faster than two other gear classes. The 86 engine makes it ''faster than the dedicated {{Fragile Speedster}}s'', all the while retaining said bruiser abilities. Level 86 engine build B-Gears would dominate battlefields populated by those below the level since most players [[DidntSeeThatComing doesn't expect a B-Gear that boosts faster and more agile than I-Gears]].
** On the flipside, the I-Gears, being FragileSpeedster as they are, aren't usually deemed too much of a threat when assaulting defended points. When the I-Gear gains [[MacrossMissileMassacre Berserker]] though, it suddenly becomes a top-notch DPS-disher that would make most DPS-dedicated tanks weep.
* The [[CoolStarship N-1]] [[CoolPlane Starfighter]] of ''StarWars: RogueSquadron''. It's probably closer to a GlassCannon due to its agility and speed, but being as tough as [[JackOfAllStats an X-Wing]] and more heavily armed kinda cuts into that. It got {{nerf}}ed in the sequel by reducing its proton torpedo count from ten to six, but it got buffed slightly in the third game by replacing the torpedoes with [[MacrossMissileMassacre cluster missiles]].
* Sentinel in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2''. The largest character of the game with a seemingly clunky walking animation but has a pretty fast ground dash and the fastest flight mode of the game. It can also enter and exit flight mode in a flash too resulting in expert Sentinel players going in an out of flight mode instantly just to cancel the animation for their air attack, making it a deadly giant terror in the sky. These are just few of the reason why he's a top tier character in the game and is referred as [[GameBreaker "one of the four gods".]]
* Any of the Aggression-class cars in ''{{Burnout}} Paradise''. Furthermore, due to the mechanics of Aggression boost, they actually get stronger and faster the more damage they dish out and take. The three kings of this trope in-game, though, are the Carson Inferno Van, the Hunter Takedown 4x4, and Hunter Olympus Governor; massive, fast, and eager to put your little car into the guardrail.
* The {{Game Breaker}}s of ''RaidenFighters'': Judge Spear, Ixion, and certain versions of the Slave. All of them have ridiculous firepower and ridiculous speed.
* Nineball from ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore''. It's the reason why it is so [[ThatOneBoss damned hard to beat him]].
* [[BoringYetPractical Basic tanks]] in the early ''CommandAndConquer'' series. In addition to being able to dish out and take far more damage than infantry, they were also much faster than them, which often led the games being all about massed tank rushes.
* ''CompanyOfHeroes''' Panther Tank counts as this, it's able to move at an equal pace of the '''much-lighter''' Panzer [=IVs=] and packs a lethal long-barreled 75mm Tank-killer cannon. In a game that isn't famous for realism when it comes to vehicles the Panther is well-depicted.
** To a lesser extent the Tiger I tank counts; just think of it as a slower version of the Panther with more armor and a gun that can gang-rape clusters of infantry and tear through enemy armor alike.
* Zero, especially in the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. He's ''very'' quick and agile, but when he cuts loose with the Z-Saber, his enemies don't know what hit them. The only downside is that Zero traditionally [[GlassCannon lacks durability]], but you can make up for that with Sub-Tanks and Cyber-Elves if you like.
** Some games provide power-ups that enhance normal attributes, like running speed, attack speed, or attack power. With the right combination, your character can obtain this trope in a fashion. Though the best example aside from Zero would be Ultimate Armor X in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 8''. Some of the powers of that armor include increased running speed, and the [[OneHitKill Nova Strike]]. Zero comes close in the same game with his [[GameBreaker secret armor and secret sword]], but X has more durability and raw power.
* As per ''BattleTech'', Clan [=OmniMechs=] are heads and shoulders above their Inner Sphere peers in most ''MechWarrior'' games where they show up. Many players consider the Timber Wolf/Mad Cat to be a dream or a nightmare (depending on whether its guns are pointed towards or away from you), capable of either seriously messing up or outright stomping into the dirt anything it comes across. There's few direct counters to it in the games, short of having more 'Mechs on your side to gang up on it, and expect casualties. [[ZergRush A collection of lights and mediums swarming it?]] It can cripple or take down most smaller 'Mechs in one or two salvos, and usually does so far out of their own range. [[MightyGlacier Send an even bigger 'Mech to tackle it?]] It'll just run rings around anything slower than itself and hammer them. Bring in another Mad Cat to deal with it, then? Expect a slugging match with [[PyrrhicVictory the victor bloodied, battered, and vulnerable]]. The most common configuration of the Timber Wolf carries enough firepower to punch out a 95-ton Executioner, an ''even bigger'' Clan [=OmniMech=]. No wonder so many players aim to earn, purchase, or capture one for themselves in the course of the games.
* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' has finally introduced the Excelsior class cruiser from the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movies and TV shows. Whereas all other cruisers are best classified as The MightyGlacier with a slow turn rate, nigh unbreakable tank and moderate offensive abilities, the Excelsior can tank only slightly less effectively while it has access to much higher level offensive powers. It can also turn much faster than all other cruisers in its tier, making nearly as agile as an [[GlassCannon escort class]] (think Defiant) with almost as much firepower. This is after Cryptic planned to give it equal defensive abilities to other cruisers and higher level science abilities too which would have boosted its tank even more or given it crowd control abilities on par with science ships. Even fans of the ship complained that this would make it an utter GameBreaker, forcing Cryptic to tone it down to the moderately overpowered level that it is now.
* The ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' games had fighters and capital ships of large size yet exhibiting high speed and maneuverability. First, in ''VideoGame/WingCommander II'' was the Sabre heavy fighter, which turned on a dime, had many guns, and carried 4 torpedoes. ''III'' then introduced the legendary Excaliber. Then ''IV'' brought us the Dragon, which could afterburn without gobbling fuel and had Jump capability, and the Vesuvius class carriers, which were huge, very heavily armored (i.e. to destroy one required flying INSIDE it), carried insane firepower, and could turn on a dime.
* Temjin and the Viper series in ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'', with Temjin having better armor and the Vipers greater speed and weaponry.
* The higher stages of the tech tree in ''GalacticCivilizations II'' allow you to build massive battleships, fitted with maxed-out hyperwarp drives, carrying enough missile launchers to take on a fleet solo and covered in armour plates. The main drawbacks: it'll either take years to build or cost a fortune, and getting your research up to that stage takes absolutely ages, and due to the TacticalRockPaperScissors nature of weapons, ships with the right equipment can eat it alive. On the other hand, it is just ''so cool'' to lay waste to entire Drengin fleets with a single missile-encrusted cruiser.
* In the ''TwistedMetal'' franchise, several competitors may count, but the best example is probably Minion, a demon who drives a CoolTank. The tank has good-to-excellent stats in all areas, and a devastating special move as well; it's one real weak point is its size; since it is so large it is easier to hit than some other vehicles. In most games where he's playable, Minion needs to be unlocked.
* Despite what his stats might imply, Dave's '70 Van in the original ''VideoGame/{{Vigilante 8}}'' qualifies as this. He's got good stats with a heavy slant to armor and his top speed while going in reverse is actually faster than going forward. What really makes him powerful though is having one of the most powerful specials in the game - it does tons of damage from anywhere and it's highly accurate, so you can stock up on specials and destroy enemies without having to get anywhere near them. In the second game, Dave's cultists no longer qualify as they're quite a bit slower and this special attack's been toned down heavily by making it more inaccurate the farther you are from the target when you use it.
* The TIE Defender from the StarWars game ''TIEFighter'' can withstand more punishment than a bomber, can easily overtake a dedicated dogfighter, and still manages to pack four lasers, two ion cannons and two high capacity missile launchers. It is then taken UpToEleven with the Missile Boat, which is even faster with four higher capacity missile launchers, with the only drawback being one laser cannon.
* ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'': Morrigi start as {{Fragile Speedster}}s in the destroyer era, get tougher and more powerful with cruisers and finally graduate to this with their dreadnoughts [[MagikarpPower when you make it that far.]]
** The Loa introduced in the sequel's expansion have durability of [[MightyGlacier the Hivers]], guns of [[GlassCannon the Zuul]] and acceleration and speed no organic race can match.
* ''NeedForSpeed II'' and a few other games in the series have the [=McLaren=] F1, which was the fastest production car in real life at its time, and it has the highest stats in most other categories as well.
* The Brig of War from ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates''. Can maneuver rings around a frigate and can blow a sloop out of the water gun-to-gun. However, the ship suffers as the MasterOfNone, since there are better ships for either of the major combat styles (either ram and board quickly, or fight a gunnery duel to break the other ship, then board).
* Meracle from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' is at first glance a FragileSpeedster, but with No Guard equipped, she turns into this. She's fast, she hits hard, and since she has high HP, she can more than take a hit.
* WorldOfTanks got a few: the AMX 13 90 is a tier 7 light tank, so it is small and got the speed of a light tank, but the health points in the 4 digit range like the other tier 7 heavy and medium tanks, also it got a gun with 6 shoot magazine which can dish out a lot of damage in very short amount of time, putting it even further apart from other light tanks (which are either starting tanks in the lower tiers or dedicated scouts). High tier medium tanks can come up like a LightningBruiser too if played well.
* In the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series, Terran and ATF ships are in this category. They're fast and tough for their class, which is somewhat balanced by slightly lower firepower than average due to a limited weapons selection. OTAS ships have no such balance.
** Also, "Vanguard" ship variants offer higher speed, weapon generators, and sometimes higher shields than the base version, at the cost of some cargo space and expense.
* Multirole ships in ''VideoGame/BattlestarGalacticaOnline'', at least in their own classes. Speed and agility of an Interceptor, tank and weapon mounts of an Assault, computer capabilities of a Command. They're really expensive bastards, though, and in terms of customisability through slots they are only JackOfAllStats.
* Polaris ships in ''[[VideoGame/EscapeVelocity EV Nova]]''. [[GameBreaker All of them.]] Special mention goes to their Manta fighter, a fighter which A) is the fastest ship in the entire game, B) has just under twice the shielding and armor of any of its counterparts from the other governments, and C) mounts a main gun worthy of a light capital ship.
* Jake Armitage, the protagonist of the ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' game for the SNES is an example of the '[[JackOfAllStats Ultimate Jack]]' category. While most runners in the game specialise in either shooting, spellcasting or decking (hacking computers), Jake can become highly skilled with all three, and unlike other spellcasters in the Shadowrun-verse, he averts CyberneticsEatYourSoul since his magic isn't penalised by having cyberware fitted. By the end of the game he'll be able to blow opponents away with a {{BFG}} ([[MoreDakka firing at double speed thanks to boosted reflexes]]), endure hits with a suit of full body armor and sub-dermal plate, use a selection of spells to attack, heal, or enhance his defence, and hack any computer system he can find.
* In the ''Touhou'' fighting games, Remilia Scarlet tends to be viewed as a slight case of this: she's got more mobility than anyone nonspecialized in evasion, with no counterbalancing weakness or fragility. Her status is also probably influenced by doujin, {{Fanon}}, and most of all her description in the first fighting game, ''Immaterial and Missing Power'':
-->"Faster than the eye can follow, strong enough to crush boulders, powerful enough to manipulate demons, [[UnskilledButStrong she's so strong it's almost not fair, so she doesn't care much for subtle technique.]] She may be weak against sunlight, but she has a pretty strong constitution, [[FromASingleCell so as long as some bit of her still remains, say, a little bat, she can regenerate any time.]] She's dreadful to have as an enemy, but she's not exactly the sort of person you'd want as a friend, either."
* In addition to the Ultralisk mentioned above, ''VideoGame/StarCraft''[='=]s zealots and ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''[='=]s marauders are also strong fits.
* Agents from ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' take lots of damage, pack [[GatlingGood ridiculous]] [[YouNukeEm firepower]] and can race cars on foot. The durability of Agents is well demonstrated by Miles from the remake - at one [[CutscenePowerToTheMax admittedly scripted]] point, he is lured onto a bridge wired to the gills with C4, hanging over a drop long enough to kill by itself. At the bottom there are goons with machine guns waiting, because obviously both of those wouldn't still be enough to stop him. He makes it.
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' Shao Kahn can hit fast and hard and takes far less damage than you do. Couple with PerfectPlayAI he attacks relentlessly, blocks most counters and shrugs off what makes it through. Thankfully he doesn't see the problem with taunting in a fight.
** Fitting his status as a BruceLeeClone Liu Kang deals damage fast and hard. He is one of the fastest characters, able to attack from across the screen with a flying kick and deal high damage combos while up close. He is one of the few who have made Shao Kahn taste defeat. He is balanced because he lacks abilities outside just giving the enemy a beating though.
* The upgraded Eidelweiss in ''Videogame/ValkyriaChronicles'' can move farther than most enemy tanks, has a powerful main cannon that can oneshot them if it hits a weak point and possesses enough armor to shrug off alot of return fire.
** The namesake Valkyria such as Selvaria [[spoiler:and Alicia]] can traverse half the map and absorb alot of enemy return fire while doing so. With their signature lance and shield they can ignore any fire thrown at them and oneshot tanks.
* The [=LBXs=] of Yamano Ban and Kaidou Jin in ''VideoGame/DanballSenki'' are fast, sturdy, and hard-hitting enough for OneHitKill.
* If it's an air-combat simulator set during WorldWarII, the late-war American fighters tend to be this. ''Especially'' simulators set in the Pacific, where American fighters were almost as a rule faster, tougher and better-armed than their Japanese opponents.
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