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** Szyael Aporro Granz has a number of abilities that require no physical effort on his part. He has a liquid that can clone others, wings that can create a voodoo doll, and a parasitic resurrection ability that causes him to regnerate inside someone else's body while rotting them from the inside out.

** As Nodt's primary fighting style works in a similar manner to Byakuyas Zanpakuto; floating spikes that he controls remotely. Later in Vollstandig he has an ability that creates walls of eyes that once they make eye contact with his opponent instills deep fear in them.

* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' the villain Jake Martinez has an [[SuperpowerLottery 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 [[MinorInjuryOverreaction he can't handle it when he receives even the slightest injury]].

* ''Franchise/TheEldeScrolls'': A Conjuration user can do this by summoning high-level servants and familiars to fight the enemy while safely staying in one spot.

* ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'': Magneto almost never does ''anything'' physical (aside from frequently moving his hands to direct his powers, which isn't strictly necessary but gives the readers a better idea of what he's ''doing'' with his powers), preferring to just stand or hover in place with an amused expression while destroying those around him with random bits of metal.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' villain MODOK doesn't do much except press buttons on his chair or use PsychicPowers. That's good for him, because he's a huge head in a chair with stubby limbs.

* The Leaf Shield power-up from ''Mega Man 2''. The downside is, if you move, the shield goes away.

** Nico Robin 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.

** Gremmy Thoumeaux prefers to not lift a finger while his ImaginationBasedSuperpower does the work. Kenpachi manages an attack that forces him to use his hand to block it.

* ''Film/TheRaven1963'' includes one of the finest wizard's duels ever put on film. Neither magician even gets up from his chair.

* The Star Cloak in {{Terraria}} causes stars to fall out of the sky and injure anything that harms you. If used against weak enough enemies, the Cloak can easily take them out with no involvement from the player.

* ''Film/TheRaven'' includes one of the finest wizard's duels ever put on film. Neither magician even gets up from his chair.

* ''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.

** Haoshoku haki can be used this way, arguably. However, given that those on the receiving end instantly faint, it more skips the battle entirely. [[spoiler: Rayleigh, Shanks, and Luffy]] have all done this, and once again all of them are incredibly competent fighting normally.

* Pride from ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' gets thrown around like a ragdoll during certain battles, but he attacks by launching shadowy tendrils from just about anywhere on his body or in his vicinity.

** In the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime]], this is essentially the way [[MeaningfulName Sloth]] fights. She just kind of stands there waving watery tentacle arms around.

* Syndra in ''LeagueOfLegends'' can cast spells while moving (hovering) and attacking. You can fling all sorts of spells (and [[MindOverMatter their own minions]]) at your opponent's face without allowing the fight to distract you from merrily farming minions.

* 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.

* ''Manga/{{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.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Accelerator can unconsciously maintain a reflective barrier, causing enemies to defeat themselves even when Accelerator is wholly unaware that he is being attacked

** Haoshoku haki can be used this way, arguably. However, given that those on the receiving end instantly faint, it more skips the battle entirely. [[spoiler : Reighleigh, Shanks, and Luffy]] have all done this, and once again all of them are incredibly competent fighting normally.