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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' are much easier to catch when they're weakened. Lowering their health and inflicting them with status effects make the chances of successfully capturing them much higher.
** When it comes to attacks, there's the move Brine which deals extra damage when the opponent has less than half their HP left. The Poison-type move Venoshock does double damage if the target is currently poisoned, while the Ghost-type move Hex does double damage if the target has any status ailment.
** Fighting type move Wake-Up-Slap does double damage if the opponent is asleep, and Normal type move Smellingsalt does double damage if the opponent is paralyzed. However, both of these moves also cure that Pokemon with it when used.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also SubsystemDamage, UntouchableUntilTagged, AttackTheInjury, and overlaps with StatusEffectPoweredAbility when the status effect required is a negative one.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also SubsystemDamage, UntouchableUntilTagged, AttackTheInjury, and overlaps with StatusEffectPoweredAbility when the status effect required a negative one.

* If you're trying to capture a monster in ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', you have to deal as much damage as you can without killing it, until it starts to limp or displays some other visual indicator that it's weak enough to trap and hit with tranquilizer. The "Capture Guru" skill causes the monster's icon to glow brightly if it's susceptible to capture.

In VideoGames, sometimes being at near death or inflicted with a {{Status Effect|s}} will make a character more vulnerable to certain effects or abilities than normal. It's not just that being injured makes a character weaker, being in a critical condition makes it easier for other actions to affect them.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also SubsystemDamage, UntouchableUntilTagged, AttackTheInjury, and StatusEffectPoweredAbility.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also SubsystemDamage, UntouchableUntilTagged, and AttackTheInjury.

** In ''VideoGame/Persona5'' there is "Technical" system, which allows the player to deal additional damage to enemies afflicted with some status effects. For example, Wind attacks will deal more damage to burning enemies. There is also [[ILoveNuclearPower Frei]] and [[PsychicPowers Psi]] lines of spells, both of which are specifically designed to deal more damage to enemies with, respectively, physical and mental status effects.

* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' has the various Punisher abilities and Wyrmprints used to deal more damage against enemies when their effected by certain statuses and Debuffs. Such as Poison punisher to deal more damage against poisoned enemies, Burn for burned enemies, Reduced Defense Punisher against enemies with lowered defense, etc. The abilities are usually on those who can inflict the affliction in question, but keep in mind what skills your character has available before equipping a Punisher Wyrmprint.

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU 4]]'' has Bayonetta's Final Smash, which [[SwallowedWhole instakills anyone with 100% or more damage]].

This can lead to a DoWellButNotPerfect situation, as you'll sometimes need to balance the damage you deal out so that the opponent is weakened, but avoid killing it outright, since you won't be able to affect a dead enemy ([[FridgeLogic even if that would make more sense]].) It's at times like those when EnemyScan abilities and HPToOne attacks are much appreciated.

* In ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', injured soldiers suffer from the "Battle Fatigue" debuff, reducing their Will stat. If using the Second Wave option "Red Fog", the "Battle Fatigue" debuff also carries move and aim penalties. Also, enemies low on health are more vulnerable to the "[[StunGun Arc Thrower]]".

** Also series-wide, there are "Freeze" StatusEffect that lowers target's agility to 0, thus leaving them unable to dodge. In some games attacking frozen enemy guarantees a critical hit.

In VideoGames sometimes being at near death or inflicted with a StatusEffect will make a character more vulnerable to certain effects or abilities than normal. It's not just that being injured makes a character weaker, being in a critical condition makes it easier for other actions to affect them.

In VideoGames sometimes being at near death or inflicted with a [[StandardStatusEffects status effect]] will make a character more vulnerable to certain effects or abilities than normal. It's not just that being injured makes a character weaker, being in a critical condition makes it easier for other actions to affect them.

** In all of the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' games, attacks against [[StandardStatusEffects sleeping, time frozen,]] or [[TakenForGranite petrified]] opponents are guaranteed to hit. This is very useful if you want to steal from them or inflict a more MP-intensive status effect, like instant death.

** Also series-wide, there are "Freeze" StandardStatusEffect that lowers target's agility to 0, thus leaving them unable to dodge. In some games attacking frozen enemy guarantees a critical hit.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has a chain of these. Several attacks inflict Break on its target, which does nothing except opening them for a Topple attack, which causes its target to become defenseless and open to attack for a while. In turn, Daze can be inflicted on a toppled enemy, further weakening them. Finally, [[CombatMedic Sharla's]] [[BoomHeadshot Headshot]] art has a small chance of {{One Hit Kill}}ing a dazed target (which increases to 100% if triggered during [[CombinationAttack a chain attack]]).