History LightningBruiser / VideoGames

** Archangel Gabriel is ''the'' most dangerous threat in the regular game, with a slew of dangerous attacks at any distance that can scrap V1 in seconds and the toughness to endure its massive arsenal bearing down on him the whole time. And he's fast, too - you'll need to stay on the move to keep out of his swords' reach, and he gets faster as he gets injured [[spoiler:to the point he starts weaving in actual teleportation by the end of the second fight]].

** Dante TheAce and a HalfHumanHybrid is demonically strong, fast and tough as hell. In the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]] thanks to his HealingFactor he was [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction untroubled]] with a {{BFS}} going through his torso (twice), in the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening third game]] Dante ran so fast down the [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Temen-ni-gru]] he reached terminal velocity and in the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 fourth game]] he was able to [[PunchCatch stop the humongous fist]] of [[PhysicalGod The Savior]] without even using his [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]]. Dante rarely has any trouble in the games whatsoever (unless [[GameplayAndStorySegregation the player is playing on the harder modes]]) and he is only really matched by...

** . Two of the other gods deserve mention too. Storm is one of the most mobile and speedy characters in all of fighting games, has fantastic normals that outrange virtually every other character on the roster (appropriately for the trope name, many use electricity) and two quick, very deadly supers that are nearly unavoidable and unpunishable to boot; really, her only downside is having slightly below-average health. Magneto is one of the [[DifficultButAwesome most technically demanding characters to play]], but those who master him are lightning-fast engines of death who can slip past any defense and juggle virtually any character in the game to death from one confirmed hit.

** . Two of the other gods deserve mention too. Storm is one of the most mobile and speedy characters in all of fighting games, has fantastic normals that outrange virtually every other character on the roster and two quick, very deadly supers that are nearly unavoidable and unpunishable to boot; really, her only downside is having slightly below-average health. Magneto is one of the [[DifficultButAwesome most technically demanding characters to play]], but those who master him are lightning-fast engines of death who can slip past any defense and juggle virtually any character in the game to death from one confirmed hit.

* Chun-Li in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' is often considered to be the most powerful incarnation of Chun-Li in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise thanks to her great health, mobility, recovery, fast pokes, high priority over almost any attacks, and almost all of her normals can be combo-ed to her [[LimitBreak Hoyouku Sen]] quickly. There's a reason why many players are afraid of having to fight a Chun-Li player in ''Third Strike''.

*** The Hell Guard are both speedy and tanky, and have a variety of hard-hitting attacks ranging from shooting fireballs to smacking you with their mace. The first one you fight even has an impenetrable bubble shield that it only disables during certain attacks.

*** The [[BrainMonster Arachnotrons]] being [[DegradedBoss mook versions of the Spider Mastermind]], they have mechanical suits which make them pretty fast, they are pretty resilient, and their PlasmaCannon and grenades deal a lot of damage.

*** The Fiends are the "hard-hitting speedster" variety: not only they run fast and can reach you InASingleBound, but they hit hard and have good defense for mobile monsters.
*** The Shamblers are the "surprisingly mobile bruiser" variety: they are ''monstruously'' resistant (a single one requires half of your nailgun ammo), hit hard (physically and with their [[ShockAndAwe lightning attack]]), and run as fast as regular {{Mook}}s.

** The first installment has some examples:

*** Arch-Viles may specialize in reviving dead demons, but [[CombatMedic are also among the game's most powerful combatants]]; they're fast, can take tons of damage, are resistant to flinching, and attack with a deadly line-of-sight fire spell that launches you into the air. Hell Knights, Barons of Hell, Cyberdemons, Arachnotrons, and Spider Masterminds are other demons in the classic games who move fast, hit hard, and have a lot of HP.

** ''VideoGame/DoomII'': Arch-Viles may specialize in reviving dead demons, but [[CombatMedic are also among the game's most powerful combatants]]; they're fast, can take tons of damage, are resistant to flinching, and attack with a deadly line-of-sight fire spell that launches you into the air. Hell Knights, Barons of Hell, Cyberdemons, Arachnotrons, and Spider Masterminds are other demons in the classic games who move fast, hit hard, and have a lot of HP.

* All types of Skaarj from ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'', who despite being 400-pound giant alien LizardMen with all the bullet-soaking capacity and brutal strength that implies are especially renown for their blistering speed, even among the common grunts. Taken to ridiculous extremes by the [[AttackAttackAttack Berserkers]] (who are extra-fast, extra-tanky and hyperaggressive), [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Lords]] (like Berserkers, but smarter) and [[FlyingBrick Warlords]] (who can ''fly'' just as quick as they move). Perhaps 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.

* Sora In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. He is faster and stronger than any other playable protagonist in the series (barring King Mickey from the same game). Sora is basically the embodiment of this in ''III'', much faster than Aqua was in ''2.8''.
** Riku also counts. Fast, strong, and has great offensive and defensive options, both as a boss and a playable character.
** Roxas is also a prime example. He can dash at the speed of light, has two keyblades of [[AbsurdCuttingPower infinite sharpness]] and as the icing on the cake, has formidable vitality. Taken up to eleven in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', where he is the most powerful companion in the game; unlike the other keyblade wielders in Keyblade Graveyard, his attack AI has virtually no downtime, and he spends much of the battle either hammering Saïx with combos close up, dashing around the battlefield avoiding attacks, firing projectiles from his Keyblades or surging in as an explosive particle of light. About the only things that stopping him from completely {{Stunlock}}ing Saïx are the boss' immunity frames and his own lack of an aerial combo, and his constant dodging gives him some of the highest uptime among party members to boot.

** Sephiroth's appearances in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' games count: 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 every time he hits you -- and he ''will'' hit you.

** Arch-Viles in ''VideoGame/{{Doom}} II'' may specialize in reviving dead demons, but [[CombatMedic are also among the game's most powerful combatants]]; they're fast, can take tons of damage, are resistant to flinching, and attack with a deadly line-of-sight fire spell that launches you into the air. Hell Knights, Barons of Hell, Cyberdemons, Arachnotrons, and Spider Masterminds are other demons in the classic games who move fast, hit hard, and have a lot of HP.
** In ''VideoGame/Doom3'', "Pinky" demons and the expansion-pack-exclusive Bruisers hit hard, can take a decent amount of damage, and are even quick enough to dodge your shots.

* ''VideoGame/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.

*** [[HeroicLineage Irelia]], too, can fall under this category. She's [[MadeOfIron tough as hell]], [[SupernaturalMartialArts wields a]] [[FlyingWeapon huge telekinetic blade]], deals [[ArmorIsUseless true damage]], and not only has a {{Deadly Lunge}}, but her passive ability gives her one of the game's highest boosts to Tenacity -- meaning it can be almost impossible to stop her or slow her down. It doesn't help (her enemies) that she also has built in [[HealingFactor lifesteal]] when attacking anything, including you. Good luck.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** It should be noted that, apart from Captain Falcon, most Lightning Bruisers in the series aren't as dominating as one would expect of the archetype; other factors (such as recovery, combo potential and frame data) are required for success, usually resulting in GlassCannon {{Fragile Speedster}}s being the best characters.
** [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] in all ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games except ''Brawl'' has a very fast running speed coupled with extremely fast, powerful attacks that lend themselves naturally to combos. He also has an average weight and good endurance. He technically fit this build in ''Brawl'' itself, but the change in hitstun mechanics pretty much removed combos, nerfing his offense and making him more JackOfAllStats. ''Smash 4'' brought him back to grace, though.
** Roy in ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' applies, as he is a character with great power, speed, and durability, but is actually lacking in other areas specific to the series, such as low range, bad recovery, and high falling speed. Fortunately for Roy, he was heavily buffed in ''Smash 4'', turning him into a true Lightning Bruiser whose only real weakness is that he needs to be very close to reach his full damage potential.

** Bowser, a resident heavyweight in the series, is even stronger in the fourth game than in previous installments, with almost all of his attacks being able to KO at mid percentages, and he is still the heaviest character in the game, but his speed has been drastically increased, with all of his attacks coming out very fast, as well as managing to dash as fast as [[FragileSpeedster Diddy Kong]].
** Ridley in ''Ultimate'' is mostly this, his speed is comparable to Charizard's, swift and strong attacks some of which include his tail that is sweetspotted at the tip, and his Skewer deals devastating damage. Not to mention that his drag attack racks up damage rapidly like no tomorrow while moving as fast as Sonic, it's almost as if his entire body is made for killing. However he's not as extremely heavy as he looks, and while his attacks are strong the delay and ending lag of them leave him vulnerable to combos like any other heavyweight, and he has to use the best of his weaker moves to rile up the damage percentage as much as possible. So in a way he's somewhat the FragileSpeedster of the Lightning Bruisers.
** Donkey Kong was already surprisingly fast for a heavyweight in previous installments, but the fourth game took it even further, with his overall mobility and attacking speed being just as good as characters like [[JackOfAllStats Mario]]. He's no slouch in the attacking department, since his fast attacks pack surprising KO power for their speed, and he's hard to knock out as a heavyweight of his size.
** Similarly, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Ike]], despite being a MightyGlacier in ''Brawl'', is made slightly weaker but a bit faster and much more mobile in the fourth game, which has increased even more in ''Ultimate.'' His sword attacks all reach far and hit as hard as his OneHandedZweihander would suggest, and his heavy weight makes him hard to KO without a Smash attack or a well-placed edgeguard. One read good read from Ike can easily spell doom for the foe, even at moderate percents. His Quick Draw side special exemplifies this -- it's hard to intercept and deals threatening damage and knockback while dashing far enough to be a great recovery move.

* Sol of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' becomes a ''frighteningly'' fast and durable opponent in Gold, and can easily spam his specials, as well as regenerates health constantly. In story, Sol is one of the most powerful and durable characters in the entire cast, and ''Xrd'' shows that when he goes all-out, he can out-run [[spoiler:an ICBM]].
** Slayer the vampire, dear christ not only can Slayer punch his opponent into orbit with GoodOldFisticuffs but also FlashStep and teleport around supernaturally fast and with his HealingFactor shrug off grievous attacks including getting impaled by BigBad Bedman. In his win quote against the aforementioned Sol, Slayer suggests they find a “few thousand vacant square kilometres” in order to get a definitive match between them.
** Justice (as if she wasn't enough of an SNKBoss before) also becomes this when she's in Gold Mode.

** Nagoriyuki is a MightyGlacier with great reach and defenses, but his specials are lighting-fast, powerful, and can be cancelled into one another. The only thing that keeps it balanced is that using his specials fills up his Blood Gauge, and when full he enters Blood Rage. While his normal attacks are stronger in this state, it disables his specials and he drains massive amount of health over time. He can only lower the gauge by not using his specials, landing normal attacks, or landing his command grab.

* 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? Someone who will shrug off your hits and hit you absurdly hard but hardly ever hits you? Nope! He's the fastest of the four Sentinels you face, barely beating the resident ninja Fereydoon by a few speed points. All while ''still'' being as strong and tough as he looked.
* Surprisingly for a game centered around [[SpaceFighter starfighters]], the ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' series includes relatively few of these, and most of the ones that exist belong to the enemy. For playable ships there is generally a fairly realistic tradeoff between speed/agility and defenses/firepower. That said, a handful of genuine Lightning Bruisers do exist -- the Rapier endgame medium fighter in the first game, which you get to fly as ATasteOfPower in the second winning mission sequence; the Centurion in the spinoff ''Wing Commander: Privateer'' and its expansion, ''Righteous Fire'', and the endgame space superiority fighter Vampire in ''Wing Commander Prophecy.''
* As of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', B.J Blazkowicz has remarkable flexibility and agility for a man who is built like a brick outhouse, strong enough to dual-wield assault rifles and automatic shotguns and with maximum health and armour tough enough to tank as many bullets as the [[SuperSoldier Ubersoldat]] from ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''. He can squeeze through tight vents and leap over wide gaps. B.J's MadeOfIron tendencies are truly incredible -- there are a fair few instances in the game where he and a Nazi have a fight which consists of the two stabbing each other in the chest until the Nazi inevitably succumbs to his wounds first.
* Neku Sakuraba from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' is a prime example, with him being able lunge across the entire length of the DS screen with a single swish of the stylus, and is capable of a [[SuperpowerLottery massive array]] of powerful [[PsychicPowers psychokinetic attacks]] thanks to his ability to use every pin. Some pins grant him the ability to FlashStep, making him even ''faster''. Set him up with the right equipment and he’ll be practically invulnerable too, with some clothing options allowing him the option to [[RegeneratingHealth constantly regenerate his health.]]

* In ''VideoGame/XCOM2'', the Alien Rulers from the ''Alien Hunters'' DLC have a ton of HP, hit like a truck, and get a free action for every action your own soldiers take. Fortunately they flee the battlefield after a while and retain any damage taken so you can whittle them down across several appearances.

* 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.
* ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'': Goro Majima is consistently portrayed as only slightly less strong than [[UnskilledButStrong the monstrously powerful]] Taiga Saejima or OneManArmy Kazuma Kiryu, but quick and agile enough to literally jump over and run circles around both.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has many examples that fit this tropes, but none more literal than Zinogre. An absolutely huge wolf with great speed, strength, health and absurdly great agility for its size. Possessing electrical powers and two Rage modes on top of its already impressive stats makes Zinogre one of the tricker and more dangerous beasts in the game.

** ''[[VideoGame/{{QuakeI}} The first game]]'' has two kind of monsters who can be considered as such:

** ''VideoGame/{{Quake|I}}'' has two kind of monsters who can be considered as such:
*** The Fiend are the "hard-hitting speedster" variety: not only they run fast and can reach you InASingleBound, but they hit hard and are decently resistant.

* ''VideoGame/{{Ogame}}'': Battleships and battlecruisers are quite resilient and having both high speed and firepower. Besides differences on building costs and {{Tech Tree}} requirements, the main difference is that the former is rather a JackOfAllTrades and the latter specialized on fighting enemy ships.

* Duster in ''VideoGame/Mother3''. His HP and physical attack power are barely second only to [[MightyGlacier Lucas]] and his speed is barely second to [[FragileSpeedster Boney]]. 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.

* Most of the best players in ''Mutant League Hockey'' have high (often maximum) stats in at least three of the following fields: skating, speed, checking, and/or fighting. Especially notable are the game's best enforcers, Mo and Spew Puke of the Terminator Trolz. As far as teams are concerned, the Black Hearts and Darkstar Dragons have elite speed and combat ability in addition to high scoring power.

* Heavy Hover Tanks in ''VideoGame/QuakeIV''. They may be slower than Light Tanks, but not by a whole lot, while getting significantly heavier and harder to destroy and expanding their already-formidable arsenal even ''further'', giving them multiple ways to kill you in moments as soon as they've noticed you (including homing projectiles) while taking far longer to die and chasing you down if you try to fall back.

** . Two of the other gods deserve mention too. Storm is one of the most mobile and speedy characters in all of fighting games, has fantastic normals that outrange virtually every other character on the roster and two quick, very deadly supers that are nearly unavoidable and unpunishable to boot; really, her only downside is having slightly below-average health. Magneto is one of the [[DifficultButAwesome most technically demanding characters to play]], but those who master him are lightning-fast engines of death who can juggle virtually any character in the game to death from one confirmed hit.

** . Two of the other gods deserve mention too. Storm is one of the most mobile and speedy characters in all of fighting games, has fantastic normals that outrange virtually every other character on the roster and two quick, very deadly supers that are nearly unavoidable and unpunishable to boot; really, her only downside is having slightly below-average health. Magneto is one of the [[DifficultButAwesome most technically demanding characters to play]], but those who master him can juggle virtually any character in the game to death from one confirmed hit.

* The Barbarian class in the ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' series is a variant of the Fighter with some unique perks; they get d12 HP per level (higher than any other class in the game), have an innate bonus to move speed, get a bonus half-attack at Levels 7 and 13, gain passive boosts to physical damage resistance and can Rage to make themselves immune to several statuses and boost their Strength at the cost of defense. The downside is that they can't get more than two points in any weapon specializations, have fairly limited choices of armor (splint or lower) and they can't Dual or Multiclass, so they're not the most flexible or tactically diverse of characters. Still, a half-orc barbarian, properly specced, is among the quickest, hardiest and deadliest melee class choices in the game.