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* Shana and Yuji of ShakuganNoShana are a basically a Type 2 to some extent, with the respective roles listed above. Shana takes on the majority of the baddies, while Yuji, although not exactly a mage, either provides her with Power of Existence or simply beats down his own. See their entry, and photo, on the BattleCouple page.

* Mass Effect features a Sword (Ashley) and a Sorcerer (Kaidan) as your starting squadmates. A mildly subverted type 1 dynamic as both teammates dish out the pain fairly well.
* In WorldOfWarcraft, pairing a tank with an [=AoE=] tosser is an extremely effective combo. Without purple gear, a protection warrior will take forever to kill six mobs, and a mage will never survive their counterattacks, but together they can easily handle a dozen.
* Thanks to the ability to tie units in melee (when engaged by melee attacks, a squad is forced in turn to use melee attacks regardless of what they were originally using) many forces in Dawn of War, particularly at the beginning of the game, will consist of a couple relatively fragile squads dealing damage (the glass cannon) while a tougher melee squad (the figher) ties up the enemy's own ranged forces or keeps the enemy melee occupied.

** Could still count since most the "mages" in the series are {{magic knight}}s and {{kung fu wizard}}s who put so much emphasis on the physical department that they are only technically mages. Levi; however, is one of the few that fits the traditional mage image.

** Could still count since most the "mages" in the series are {{magic knight}}s and {{kung-fu wizard}}s who put so much emphasis on the physical department that they are only technically mages. Levi; however, is one of the few that fits the traditional mage image.

** Could still count since most the "mages" in the series are {{magic knights}} and {{kung-fu wizards}} who put so much emphasis on the physical department that they are only technically mages. Levi; however, is one of the few that fits the traditional mage image.

** ''DragonLance'': Caramon, an invincible warrior, and Raistlin, his brother and a fearsome spellcaster. They used to hire themselves out as mercenaries, often fighting [[BackToBackBadasses back-to-back]] against hordes of foes. [[supersecretspoiler:Eventually, though, [[CainAndAbel things]] [[TheDarkSide got]] [[CompleteMonster ugly]]...]]

* Despite both of them being mages, Gajeel and Levi from FairyTail fit this trope. Gajeel is literally MadeOfIron and can transform his limbs into anything from metal clubs to blades, while Levi's power is WordsCanBreakMyBones, but she needs time to write them down.

* Heavy/medic is a common pairing in TeamFortress2, where, as the names suggest, the medic heals and the heavy deals and takes a lot of damage. Similar pairings sometimes seen are medic/soldier and medic/pyro.

* Mass Effect features a Sword (Ashley) and a Sorcerer (Kaiden) as your starting squadmates. A mildly subverted type 1 dynamic as both teammates dish out the pain fairly well.

Typically the fighter ends up being something of a LightningBruiser, the better to defend the mage from numerous enemies, and relying on his speed and skill to keep himself alive. Often, [[GuysSmashGirlsShoot the fighter will be male, and the sorceror, female]].

*** Mostly due to their best buff spells can only target themselves.

** It gets a bit bizar in the 3rd Edition rules, as both clerics and druids, which fill the role of a "healer" are much more efficient if they put their spells on themselves and beat up all enemies with their own hands, instead of using their magic on a fighter.

Typically the fighter ends up being something of a LightningBruiser, the better to defend the mage from numerous enemies, and relying on his speed and skill to keep himself alive.

* Your party in a lot of JRPG's starts out this way, such as in ''TalesOfSymphonia'', where your party initially consists of Lloyd and Genis.
** More ''TalesOfSymphonia'': Emil and Marta seem to qualify, as Marta is much more useful casting spells than attacking, especially compared with Emil.
* The Prince and Elika from ''PrinceOfPersia''.
* ''TalesOfPhantasia'' has Cless and Arche, and Cless and Mint, as the respective types.
** Hell, it's more like Cless and EVERYBODY. For the entire first half of the game, your party consists of MeatShield Cless and 3 spellcasters (Mint the healer, Klarth the summoner, and Arche the attack magician). Only after the second half starts (after a faux ending scene) does your party expand to include more physical fighters (an [[TheArcher archer]] and a {{Ninja}}, to be precise), and since the archer works best from a distance and the ninja is [[OptionalPartyMember optional]], and even that only in the [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Rereleases]]...

* Micaiah and Sothe from ''[[FireEmblem Radiant Dawn]]''. In fact, the ''FireEmblem'' series has dozens of these pairings, and even more can be made through the support systems.
** Of note story-wise are Ike/Soren from the prequel and Roy/Lilina from the sixth game.