History Main / DeathOrGloryAttack

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'''s Tienshinhan has the Kikohou/Tri-Beam attack, one of the most high-level ki attacks in the series, capable of putting the hurt on even the most powerful of foes. (It's also apparently nigh-undodgeable.) Problem is that the attack is [[CastFromHitPoints fueled by Tien's own life force]], so every shot weakens him. Any foe strong enough to tank the first shot can and will power through the rest and Tien will eventually either be too weak to fight back or drop all on his own.

* In ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', Setting Sun Ra has a majorly over-the-top power that damages all enemies, but it not only also damages him, it erodes his field and removes chunks of his deck from the game entirely as well. When he's incapacitated, he has abilities that destroy his card entirely in exchange for major board impact or enough damage to seriously threaten a weakened villain. Thematically, this represents Ra during his doomed assault on [=OblivAeon=], which got him obliterated, but dealt the first damage anyone had managed to get through the big guy's shield.

** Ra's final variant, Ra: Setting Sun, takes this and runs with it, fitting as it depicts his final, suicidal attack on OblivAeon. His power, "Blaze of Glory," does 2 irreducible damage to every non-hero target, and to Ra himself, destroys one of his Ongoing cards and removes four of his cards from the game. His incapacitated powers are similarly themed -- one lets another hero do a 10 irreducible HP attack, while another destroys every non-hero target at 4 HP or below; either one also removes Ra from the game entirely.

* At the end of ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylNqtyj0gs "3 Hunters Grand Finale" video]], [[spoiler:Dream has outsmarted the hunters despite them performing at their very best. Their trap has been foiled by Dream's use of TNT, and Bad and George have pretty much given up. Sapnap, however, takes a bed, goes back to the End, and uses it in an effort to blow up Dream and himself before Dream can kill the Ender Dragon. He only kills himself with it and Dream wins, but he got damn close to killing Dream with that, something Dream praises in the bonus video]]. This was very commonly copied by hunters in other players' Manhunts and eventually led to some players' formats banning bed bombs entirely.

* At the end of ''[[LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Dream's]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tylNqtyj0gs "3 Hunters Grand Finale" video]], [[spoiler: Dream has outsmarted the hunters despite them performing at their very best. Their trap has been foiled by Dream's use of TNT, and Bad and George have pretty much given up. Sapnap, however, takes a bed, goes back to the End, and uses it in an effort to blow up Dream and himself before Dream can kill the Ender Dragon. He only kills himself with it and Dream wins, but he got damn close to killing Dream with that, something Dream praises in the bonus video. This was very commonly copied by hunters in other players' Manhunts and eventually led to some players' formats banning bed bombs entirely]].

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagicClashOfHeroes'' has Fiona's Spider Cloak accessory. It boosts the power of her individual units by 100%, allowing her to take on opponents of much higher levels. The drawback is that it knocks her lifepoints down to 10% of her max, so one solid hit will kill her. Note that in earlier versions of the game, Fiona could refill her life points to full, with the Vampire elite units and a bit of luck. The UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version closed that loophole by hard capping her HP at 10% of maximum.

* When the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' are playing ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' on ''UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch'', this becomes Dan's strategy: mortgaging ''all'' his properties in order to have ''one'' monopoly of properties with hotels. His goal boils down to basically hoping he stays afloat long enough for Arin to land on one of these properties and go bankrupt in basically one shot, which amazingly ''worked''. Arin likened it to Dan "fighting his [[DeathOfAThousandCuts constant needling]] with a nuclear bomb."

** [[DropTheHammer Hammers]] became this after the original. ''Melee'' started the tradition with the normal hammer losing its head sometimes, becoming a useless piece of wood. By the time you're done [[WebAnimation/{{Smashtasm}} flailing a stick around and don't know how to stop]], someone else will have already picked up the head and thrown it at you or someone else, or just taunted you for ten seconds at making a fool out of yourself. ''Brawl'' made it even worse; if someone picks up the shiny new Golden Hammer, ''run''. One hit, or two at best, and you will be eliminated before you can say squeak... assuming ''the hammer'' doesn't beat you to it. The cute sound of a squeaky hammer won't be so cute after an opponent sends you off the screen.

** During the fight with Kaido, an injured and exhausted Zoro puts every ounce of Haki he has left into a single [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Nine Sword Style]] attack and manages to wound Kaido. He passes out shortly afterwards, upset that he couldn't even knock him out.