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* The final boss of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' doesn't fight you directly at first--because she Force-levitates three lightsabers to attack you simultaneously from all sides. It's only after you destroy them that she goes after your personally.[[AntiClimaxBoss Of course, simply sidestepping them and attacking her directly makes the fight hilariously easy]].

* The final boss of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' doesn't fight you directly at first--because she Force-levitates three lightsabers to attack you simultaneously from all sides. It's only after you destroy them that she goes after your personally.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Accelerator's power is passively on reflect, causing enemies to defeat themselves even when Accelerator is wholly unaware of the attack.

* In MetroidVandia-style ''Franchise/Castlevania'' games, the player almost always eventually receives some sort of ability that gives them TouchOfDeath. For example, the Wolf/Bat transformations in ''[[Videogame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony]]'' or the Black Panther in ''[[Videogame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Chronicles of Sorrow]]''. With these equipped at high levels, the player can just run through most enemies and kill them on contact.

* The [[FinalBoss Unbreakable Darkness]] from ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', whose entire fighting style revolves around her ethereal Soul Wings doing the fighting for her, which is a bit of a problem since [[PowerIncontinence she couldn't control them and it doesn't differentiate between friend or foe, leading to them slashing, stabbing, crushing, and blasting anyone and anything within the vicinity]]. [[spoiler:She still fights in this manner after Lord Dearche successfully puts a PowerLimiter on her by the end of the game, except she should direct her powers now]].

* ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'':Magneto almost never does ''anything'' physical, preferring to just stand or hover in place with an amused expression while destroying those around him with random bits of metal.

* ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'':
** Magneto almost never does ''anything'' physical, preferring to just stand or hover in place with an amused expression while destroying those around him with random bits of metal.

* Nico Robin from ''Manga/OnePiece'' specializes in this, though (mostly since TimeSkip) she has no problem to go up close and personal when needed. Her powers, from the Hana-Hana no Mi, lets her sprout copies of any of her body parts anywhere, from herself, the ground, walls of building, to people's bodies. She uses them mainly to strangle people from afar.

* While the first two parts of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' focus on direct physical fighting, the series evolves into this when [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are introduced. In most battles, combatants don't lay an actual finger on their opponents, allowing their Stands (And the crazy abilities they have) to do the fighting.
** Aside from most Stands just beating the crap out of the foe or hitting them with long-range attacks, some Stands are based on remote-controlled use, and some even work without the user being aware of it.
* King from ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai'' uses [[FlyingWeapon Flying]] and MorphWeapon Chastiefol do most of his fighting as he is a SquishyWizard who is physically weaker than an old man with bad back.

* Nico Robin from ''OnePiece'' specializes in this, though (mostly since TimeSkip) she has no problem to go up close and personal when needed. Her powers, from the Hana-Hana no Mi, lets her sprout copies of any of her body parts anywhere, from herself, the ground, walls of building, to people's bodies. She uses them mainly to strangle people from afar.

* ToaruMajutsuNoIndex: Accelerator's power is passively on reflect, causing enemies to defeat themselves even when Accelerator is wholly unaware of the attack.
* While the first two parts of ''JojosBizarreAdventure'' focus on direct physical fighting, the series evolves into this when [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are introduced. In most battles, combatants don't lay an actual finger on their opponents, allowing their Stands (And the crazy abilities they have) to do the fighting.

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** Naruto's chakra shroud has a mind of its own, and can launch its own attacks separate from his own.

* Ryuuho from ''SCryEd'' hangs back and allows his Altar, Zetsuei, to do most of the fighting for him. Ryuuho is one of the most powerful Altars in HOLY, and Zetsuei is more than capable of defending Ryuuho from attack while dominating other Altars simultaneously.

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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' can often leave ordinary mooks in the hospital by doing absolutely nothing when they try to sock him in the jaw.

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* The [[FinalBoss Unbreakable Darkness]] from ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', whose entire fighting style revolves around her ethereal Soul Wings doing the fighting for her, which is a bit of a problem since [[PowerIncontinence she couldn't control them and it doesn't differentiate between friend or foe, leading to them slashing, stabbing, crushing, and blasting anyone and anything within the vicinity]]. [[spoiler:She still fights in this manner after Lord Dearche successfully puts a PowerLimiter on her by the end of the game, except she should direct her powers now]].

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** Discussed once - it's mentioned by Pekoms of Big Mom Pirates that [[ElementalPowers Logia]] [[BlobMonster Fruit]] powers who practice this trope fully have short lifespans in the New World, because many fighters there employs [[KiAttacks Haki]] which, among other things, can bypass Logia's immunity to direct attacks.

* The [[FinalBoss Unbreakable Darkness]] from ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', whose entire fighting style revolves around her demonic-looking Soul Wings doing the fighting for her, which is a bit of a problem since [[PowerIncontinence she couldn't control them and it doesn't differentiate between friend or foe, leading to them slashing, stabbing, crushing, and blasting anyone and anything within the vicinity]]. [[spoiler:She still fights in this manner after Lord Dearche successfully puts a PowerLimiter on her by the end of the game, except she should direct her powers now]].

** The villain Jake Martinez has an extremely versatile power of creating barriers, which allows him to be unfazed by even the most powerful attacks, and can be used just as powerfully offensively. Because of these abilities, he never has to put any effort into fighting, which means that he can't handle it when he receives even the slightest injury.

* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' has a scene where Jean Grey/The Phoenix strolls across the battlefield, and anyone that gets near her is instantly obliterated.

* Characters like ComicBook/{{Spawn}} and ComicBook/TheDarkness can frequently use their powers to produce shadowy masses of tentacles, in order to drag, mutilate, or capture their foes.

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* Lampshaded by Elliot in ''ElGoonishShive'' during the fight between [[spoiler: Grace and Damien]]. He realizes that because the latter has nearly godlike powers (which would end the fight immediately in [[OnlyICanKillHim any other instance]]), he never actually needed to learn how to fight properly.

* In Bleach, Byakuya does this throughout the Soul Society arc, since his main power is to break his sword into a cloud of tiny fragments that he can control remotely and he's good enough at Flash Step that he can teleport while appearing to stand still. In his fight with Ichigo he's pushed hard enough that he has to start using gestures to direct them faster, and generally has a Not So Stoic moment.