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* A lot of the demons in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: DigitalDevilSaga'' are easier to "Devour" once their Health's low enough, and there are actual devour skills/stat boosts that work better that way.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Lightning's [[SummonMagic Eidolon]] Odin has a LimitBreak called Zantetsuken. It instantly kills any enemies with HP below a certain threshold. Nothing is immune to it. Not even the FinalBoss or [[BeyondTheImpossible enemies with Instant death immunity]].

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', using blade mode (and [[SuperMode Jack the Ripper mode]] if you've unlocked [[SuperPoweredEvilSide "him"]]) allows one hit kills, but only against enemies without any armour. You have to attack armoured enemies a bit to break up their armour and make them vulnerable (or hit them with a SneakAttack).

More commonly this applies to the enemies you fight, such as HeavilyArmoredMook or KungFuProofMook, rather than player characters. Often you have to weaken an enemy before a certain skill will affect it. Either that or the chance for the effect to succeed is tied to how many HitPoints the target has left. Usually, this is to balance out how useful the effect is, or to make it harder to gain something from using it. You're often only able to use a powerful FinishingMove against weakened opponents, and some {{Sidequest}}s involve mechanics like this, so that you have to put more thought and strategy into gaining the rewards for them.

This can lead to a DoWellButNotPerfect situation, as you'll sometimes need to balance the damage you deal out so that the opponent is weakened, but avoid killing it outright, since you won't be able to affect a dead enemy ([[FridgeLogic even if that would make more sense]].) It's at times like those when EnemyScan abilities and HPToOne attacks are much appreciated.

** Warwick was inspired by Strygwyr the Bloodseeker from DefenseOfTheAncients, who has the exact same ability, and probably more broken: Bloodseeker gains ''utterly ridiculous'' speed based on the wounded to the point he can break speed limit with specific items (making him take speed of a racing car), and his smell range is global, so basically he enables a satellite view if there's a hero wounded below the threshold... and yes, the hero can reach their fountain... Bloodseeker can ''still'' smell their injury.

** Warwick was inspired by Strygwyr the Bloodseeker from DefenseOfTheAncients, who has the exact same ability.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': [[BigBadassWolf Warwick]]'s "[[TheNoseKnows Blood Scent]]" grants him extra movement speed whenever he's within a certain distance of an opponent with under 50% life left. [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood All the better to chase you with, my dear!]]

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRising'', using blade mode (and [[SuperMode Jack the Ripper mode]] if you've unlocked [[SuperPoweredEvilSide "him"]]) allows one hit kills, but only against enemies without any armour. You have to attack armoured enemies a bit to break up their armour and make them vulnerable (or hit them with a SneakAttack).

* Zer0's Killing Bl0w ability in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' increases melee damage on enemies below 30% health; just one point double it, maxing it out with skill points multiplies it by six, and class upgrades can further increase this to a dozen times as much damage as normal. This can save a good amount of time on boss, minibosses, and {{Elite Mook}}s (especially in NewGamePlus where the latter are all over) but isn't much good elsewhere.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' has a chain of these. Several attacks inflict Break on its target, which does nothing except opening them for a Topple attack, which causes its target to become defenseless and open to attack for a while. In turn, Daze can be inflicted on a toppled enemy, further weakening them. Finally, [[CombatMedic Sharla's]] [[BoomHeadshot Headshot]] art has a small chance of {{One Hit Kill}}ing a dazed target (which increases to 100% if triggered during [[CombinationAttack a chain attack]]).

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice}} Disgaea 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten}} Disgaea 4]]'', the female Samurai has an Evility called Euthanasia, which allows her to instantly kill enemies below 25% Max HP with normal attacks. However, since the games allow you to deal absurdly high damage [[OneHitKO way above the characters' Max HP]], nobody [[UselessUsefulSpell uses this Evility]].

* Certain ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' weapons do more damage if the player they hit has been "prepared". Example: the Flaregun does more damage to flaming targets, as does the Axetinguisher, and certain Soldier weapons do more damage when in-flight or attacking flying players.

More commonly this applies to [[KungFuProofMook the enemies you fight]] rather than player characters. Often you have to weaken an enemy before a certain skill will affect it. Either that or the chance for the effect to succeed is tied to how many HitPoints the target has left. Usually, this is to balance out how useful the effect is, or to make it harder to gain something from using it. You're often only able to use a powerful FinishingMove against weakened opponents, and some {{Sidequest}}s involve mechanics like this, so that you have to put more thought and strategy into gaining the rewards for them.

More commonly this applies to the enemies you fight rather than player characters. Often you have to weaken an enemy before a certain skill will affect it. Either that or the chance for the effect to succeed is tied to how many HitPoints the target has left. Usually, this is to balance out how useful the effect is, or to make it harder to gain something from using it. You're often only able to use a powerful FinishingMove against weakened opponents, and some {{Sidequest}}s involve mechanics like this, so that you have to put more thought and strategy into gaining the rewards for them.

* ''Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' has Executions, where you kill an enemy in the bloodiest way possible to regain health. The catch is that the enemy must be stunned, and stunning is a slower, no damage move, and tougher enemies require a combo chain ending in a stun. Fortunately averted with gretchin and rebel militia, which you basically OffhandBackhand to death.

* If you're trying to capture a monster in ''MonsterHunter'', you have to deal as much damage as you can without killing it, until it starts to limp or displays some other visual indicator that it's weak enough to trap and hit with tranquilizer.

* A lot of the demons in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' are easier to "Devour" once their Health's low enough, and there are actual devour skills/stat boosts that work better that way.