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* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Annie]] Spirit grants increased attack power while at 0% damage. [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link's]] forward smash also creates a SwordBeam if he's at 0%, as an homage to his home series.

** The moves Water Spout, Eruption, and Dragon Energy deal proportional damage based on the user's remaining health. At full power, they can rival the strongest moves in the game like Hyper Beam and Overheat, but they quickly fall off once the Pokémon using them takes a few hits.

* ''VideoGame/IntoTheBreach'': The pilot [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Kai]] has an ability called "arrogant boost" that gives them a permanent [[CriticalStatusBuff boost]] as long as they remain at full health. This comes at the cost of a [[InjuredVulnerability reduced movement speed while damaged]].

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Annie]] Spirit grants increased attack power while at 0% damage.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', the [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} Annie]] Spirit grants increased attack power while at 0% damage.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series starting with ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Amp Shields provide a large boost to damage when your [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth shield energy]] is full, but also deplete a significant amount of that energy when the boost activates, meaning you only get one shot and have to wait for your shields to recharge before using it again. In Borderlands 2, an exception is The Bee, a Legendary Amp Shield which provides the amp damage at no energy cost, allowing for multiple consecutive shots of boosted damage for as long as you can avoid actually getting hit. It proved to be such a GameBreaker that not only was The Bee itself nerfed, but several of the weapons people would use with it ''also'' got nerfed, and shotguns as a whole got a major nerf when used with Amp Shields.

A subtrope of SituationalDamageAttack. Compare BreakablePowerup, an item that is lost when the player character takes damage; CastFromHitPoints, a technique that costs health to use; NoDamageRun, another incentive to avoid damage; GlassCannon, a character who deals a lot of damage but can't take much of it; PercentDamageAttack, an ability that hits harder if the target, not the user, has more health; InjuredVulnerability, when ''low'' health makes the target more vulnerable; and DifficultButAwesome, a character who requires a lot of skill to use effectively. Contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, the {{inver|tedTrope}}se of this trope, and CriticalExistenceFailure, where characters aren't impacted by taking damage until their health reaches zero.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Driver Arts are {{cooldown}}-based attacks with a variety of effects. Some of them (such as Mòrag's bitball art Gliding Swallow, Rex's ether cannon art Daring Shot, or Nia's megalance art Vulture Peck) gain a damage boost of up to 75% (depending on the art's level) if the Driver using them has at least 90% of their maximum health. There are a few Blade Special Attacks that have this effect as well, such as Sheba's level 1 special Dessert Bomb or any of Poppi's specials with a Vital Charge RAM chip.

** The ability Gale Wings grants increased priority to the user's Flying-type moves. In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', the ability was {{nerf}}ed to only work while the user is at full health.

* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' and ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', Amp Shields provide a large boost to damage when your [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth shield energy]] is full, but also deplete a significant amount of that energy when the boost activates, meaning you only get one shot and have to wait for your shields to recharge before using it again. In Borderlands 2, an exception is The Bee, a Legendary Amp Shield which provides the amp damage at no energy cost, allowing for multiple consecutive shots of boosted damage for as long as you can avoid actually getting hit. It proved to be such a GameBreaker that not only was The Bee itself nerfed, but several of the weapons people would use with it ''also'' got nerfed, and shotguns as a whole got a major nerf when used with Amp Shields.

* The VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} series: Appears in multiple games with Amp Shields, which provide a large boost to damage when your [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth shield energy]] is full, but also depletes a significant amount of that energy when the boost activates, meaning you only get one shot and have to wait for your shields to recharge before using it again.
** In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', an exception is The Bee, a Legendary Amp Shield which provides the amp damage at no energy cost, allowing for multiple consecutive shots of boosted damage for as long as you can avoid actually getting hit. It proved to be such a GameBreaker that not only was The Bee itself nerfed, but several of the weapons people would use with it ''also'' got nerfed, and shotguns as a whole got a major nerf when used with Amp Shields.
** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel''

* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Amp Shields provide a large boost to damage when your [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth shield energy]] is full, but also depletes a significant amount of that energy when the boost activates, meaning you only get one shot and have to wait for your shields to recharge before using it again. The exception being The Bee, a Legendary Amp Shield which provides the amp damage at no energy cost, allowing for multiple consecutive shots of boosted damage for as long as you can avoid actually getting hit. It proved to be such a GameBreaker that not only was The Bee itself nerfed, but several of the weapons people would use with it ''also'' got nerfed, and shotguns as a whole got a major nerf when used with Amp Shields.

UnblockableAttack and AlwaysAccurateAttack are generally effective means of knocking someone out of the threshold for this bonus, and thus tend to be effective counters to the FullHealthBonus.

* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', The Bee is an [[RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth energy shield]] that gives a damage boost to your guns while it's fully charged, but it also has a fairly low capacity for its level. Normal Amp Shields can also provide this bonus, but only for one shot, as [[CastFromHitPoints using the damage boost costs a significant portion of your shield's energy]].

* ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'' has the Damage on Full Life Support skill gem, which increases the damage of any linked weapon attack skills by up to 49% (or more, if its level is increased beyond 20) while the skill's user is at full health.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': The final sword technique is an upgrade to the basic SpinAttack that increases its range, but it only works if Link is at full health.

** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'': In addition to the Master Sword's sword beams only working when Link is at full health, the Heart-Strong weapon skill will increase the attack power of any weapon it's on as long as the wielder can avoid taking any damage.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'', you can equip Rings that let you shoot a SwordBeam while near full health.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', the final sword technique is an upgrade to the basic SpinAttack that increases its range, but it only works if Link is at full health.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', the Master Sword’s beam takes the place of throwing it, as you can’t get rid of the Master Sword once you’ve obtained it. The beam only works if you have full hearts or yellow extra hearts.

** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', in addition to the Master Sword's sword beams only working when Link is at full health, the Heart-Strong weapon skill will increase the attack power of any weapon it's on as long as the wielder can avoid taking any damage.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' and In ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', several of the rarest and/or most powerful Z-Souls (or Super Souls in the sequel) have effects that only trigger when the player is at full health.