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Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also UntouchableUntilTagged and AttackTheInjury.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' you can turn weakened enemies into Cards instead of killing them. There's also Devour ability, which also only works on enemies that are low on health, but can grant you various bonuses if you use it successfully, including permanent stat increases.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' The Trickster job involve around inflicting status ailments on foes. Fittingly, they also have a special skill called "Traumatize" whose damage increase the more ailments the target is suffering.

* [=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. Even against them, more than a few skill points may be a waste.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. Also compare to BreakablePowerUp, where being injured makes you lose an ability. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also UntouchableUntilTagged.

* If you're trying to capture a monster in ''VideoGame/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.
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' has the various Punisher abilities and wyrmprints used to deal more damage against enemies when their effected by certain statuses and Debuffs. Such as Poison punisher to deal more damage against poisoned enemies, Burn for burned enemies, Reduced Defense Punisher against enemies with lowered defense, etc.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros.''
** ''Brawl'' has items called Trophy Stands that, if thrown at an enemy, will turn them into their collectable trophy. Strong enemies and bosses will only become trophies when they're low on health.
** ''4'' has Bayonetta's Final Smash, which [[SwallowedWhole instakills anyone with 100% or more damage]].
** ''Ultimate'' extends this to [[PhantomZone Zelda's Triforce of Wisdom]] and [[CameraAbuse Giga Bowser]]. Also, Death's Scythe has the same effect in its Smash attack.

* Certain ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' weapons do more damage if the player they hit has been "prepared". For example the Flare Gun and Axtinguisher both get guaranteed {{Critical Hit}}s on opponents that are burning already, and certain Soldier weapons do more damage when in-flight or attacking flying players.

* A lot of the demons in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/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 the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games, there's a recurring skill called "Eternal Rest" that instantly kills all asleep enemies.

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' alters the Break/Topple chain of the original. Rather than Daze, Topple is now followed on by Launch, with flings the target into the air for a few seconds, and finished by Smash, which smashes them back down to earth, inflicting massive damage and making the target drop rare loot.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2GrimoireOfTheRift'' The Trickster job involve around inflicting status ailments on foes. Fittingly, they also have a special skill called "Traumatize" whose damage increase the more ailments the target is suffering.

* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' has items called Trophy Stands that, if thrown at an enemy, will turn them into their collectable trophy. Strong enemies and bosses will only become trophies when they're low on health.

** The ForgottenRealms spell ''Beltyn's Burning Blood''. If an opponent had open bleeding wounds, this spell caused their blood to become corrosive and cause damage to their body.

** 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 and run like a racing car.

* 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.

* 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. Even against them, more than a few skill points may be a waste.

** In the second game, enemy shields, armor and barriers are able to block most biotic abilities, requiring you to remove them appropriately before they can be properly affected.

Compare and contrast CriticalStatusBuff and DesperationAttack, where being injured adds benefits instead. May go hand-in-hand with a BreakMeter. See also UntouchableUntilTagged.

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

* DawnOfWar Soulstorm: Farseer Caerys can get a pistol that may automatically kill units whose health is below a certain percentage.

* ''DawnOfWar II'' gives out several buffs (as well as certain weapons like Castor's DLC rifle) that are only able to instantly kill an enemy with less than 20% of their health.