Line #36 PlayingWith/UnskilledButStrong


1	'''Basic Trope''': They don't have much skill, but they make up for it with their strength.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob has SuperStrength, but his strategy is pretty much "hit it until it stops moving".
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Bob has [[SuperPowerLottery a vast array of superpowers]], but zero skill.
5	** An EldritchAbomination creates an Avatar to fight its opponents directly. While the Avatar is incredibly powerful, it moves like a baby taking its first steps... A baby that creates earthquakes with each of said steps, but still!
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** Bob is strong, but he'll resort to a battle plan only when he's in a pinch.
8	** Bob has some skill, but only at a basic level, while his opponents are on a higher level, so he relies on his powers to close the gap.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Bob just got these powers, he doesn't even know how to use them effectively yet.
11	** Since Bob can rely on his superpowers, he doesn't need to fall back on skill.
12	** Bob's superpower is something that conceptually just can't be made precise or efficient. Example: The power to summon a raging tempest, but [[RequiredSecondaryPowers without the capability to control it, nor dispel it once it's set in motion]].
13	** Bob is not a fighter, he is just a circus strongman who got caught up in a fight.
14	** Bob 's powers come from thousands of souls from screaming warriors all in one body. Since most of his focus is in not going insane he can't use his power above instinct.
15	** Bob is so strong that he can simply bust through nearly anything that stands in his way, and when he can't, then simply getting even stronger will fix that issue. As Bob has consistently remained competent and relevant using solely his strength, there's no need for him to develop skill.
16	** [[DumbMuscle Bob clearly has more brawns than brains]].
17	** As powerful as Bob is, he is a mindless automaton made specifically for killing.
18	** Two-year-old Bobby is a PintSizedPowerHouse, training will have to wait untill he's a bit older.
19	* '''Inverted''': [[WeakButSkilled Bob is weak, but trains hard and tries harder]].
20	* '''Subverted''':
21	** Bob is temporarily depowered. [[BroughtDownToBadass He reveals that he's quite skilled]], [[IAmNotLeftHanded but just keeps it to himself]].
22	** Alternatively, Bob has [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman many other skills aside from his physical strength]].
23	** Bob's maneuvers are wrong for a normal human but right for taking advantage of SuperStrength. Fighting 'properly' he can take down a goon squad in five minutes. Fighting 'improperly' he does it one minute.
24	* '''Double Subverted''':
25	** ...But he's only skilled when depowered.
26	** Those other skills are not compatible with his strength.
27	* '''Parodied''': Bob is a moron who does nothing but punch anything with maximum force of destruction; his allies have to make sure they've pointed him in the right direction before they turn him loose.
28	* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes Bob fights with skill, sometimes he fights with strength.
29	** Bob is a [[TheLongGame genius on a strategic level]], but when a situation breaks down to hand-to-hand he can't do anything more clever than "Smash things!"
30	* '''Averted''': StrongAndSkilled
31	* '''Enforced''': ???
32	* '''Lampshaded''': "You may have an exclusively high amount of strength and power, but your skills are lacking."
33	* '''Invoked''':
34	** Bob's EvilMentor, who's in cahoots with [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], deliberately doesn't teach him or [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist purposely trained him wrong as a joke]] so that he won't be a threat to Evulz.
35	** Bob is normally quite intelligent, but his SuperMode has the side effect of turning him into TheBerserker. So, he can be skilled or strong, but not both at the same time.
36	* '''Exploited''': See Deconstructed.
37	* '''Defied''': "Screw this, I need to start training if I wanna keep up."
38	* '''Discussed''': A military instructor (or a sports coach, or someone in a similar position) addresses his subordinates:
39	-->"Don't let fiction fool you: Those heroes can rely on raw strength to resolve any conflict because their abilities are beyond human limits. In the real world, we REQUIRE both strength AND ingenuity to overcome those challenges."
40	* '''Conversed''': "Who needs all those fancy moves?"
41	* '''Deconstructed''':
42	** Bob faces an opponent who is both StrongAndSkilled, who is easily able to best him due to his lack of technique.
43	** Bob is unskilled only because he was IncompletelyTrained: his old master [[TreacherousAdvisor sabotaged his learning]] as otherwise Bob [[SurpassedTheTeacher would exceed him.]]
44	** Bob himself believes that raw power is all he needs to get by to the point where he lacks even the most basic skills, like simple teamwork or coordination, and ends up an underwhelming combatant as a result.
45	** Due to [[MightyGlacier his size]] and [[DumbMuscle lack of coordination]], Bob's moves come off as slow and clumsy. Making it difficult for him land a hit on opponents that are [[FragileSpeedster faster and more agile]] than him.
46	** Bob is PowerfulButIncompetent, he may be strong but it just isn't enough to compensate for his low skill/intellignece.
47	** Bob may be powerful, but he has no clue how to fight someone on his level or stronger than him. As such, when faced with someone who can face him blow for blow, he usually ends up getting his ass handed to him.
48	* '''Reconstructed''':
49	** On the brink of death, Bob gets a HeroicSecondWind, overwhelming his foe through sheer amounts of force applied.
50	** Bob also has unpredictability on his side: [[StrategySchmategy his wild flailing makes it very difficult to avoid his onslaught]]. In other words, he's a dangerous opponent not only because of his strength, but because he's unskilled, and therefore impossible to predict. This is why his master did not teach him properly: learning proper swordcraft [[AchievementsInIgnorance would have made him predictable and therefore weaker.]]
51	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob's entire move-set consists of wimpy slaps that nevertheless do obscene amounts of damage.
52	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob's mindless brutality strain his relationship with the WeakButSkilled Alice, who CantCatchUp despite fighting both smarter and harder than Bob, [[StartOfDarkness resulting in her becoming]] TheRival and TheResenter.
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58	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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