History Main / SpamAttack

* In the original NES version of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', the final boss has an extremely simple pattern - it will simply use FlareWave after FlareWave after FlareWave after FlareWave after FlareWave after FlareWave. Hey, why bother with something else if it works?

* This is how Roy Mustang [[KillItWithFire kills]] [[spoiler: Lust]] in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist.''

* In ''Queen Emeraldas'', the titular ship unleashes the mother of all spam attacks annihilating about 70% of a fleet numbering in the thousands ''with one salvo'' of an impossibly high number of energy cannon and missile launchers. Bonus point for having just [[NoSell survived unscratched]] two minutes of ''all'' those ships unleashing a SpamAttack on their own concluded by a WaveMotionGun.

* Link from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has an attack in ''Soul Calibur 2'' for the NintendoGameCube called illusion stab which is essentially him stabbing his opponent multiple times in rapid succession so that the after images create the illusion of there being multiple blades.

** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]'s Angel Ring attack in ''Brawl'' produces multiple hits by shredding his opponents with his blade.

* In ''VideoGame/Pokémon'', it is not uncommon for a player to have one of their Pokémon spam one of their moves for one reason or another, whether it's simply because it has the highest base power in their moveset, or if's part of a different strategy. One example is having a Scizor with Technician spam Bullet Punch, since Technician and STAB give it a priority move with an effective base power of 90 and a ton of PP. Another good example is to have a Malamar with Contrary spam Superpower. Contrary reverses normal stat changes, so Superpower will hit hard ''and'' boost your Attack and Defense, meaning it hits harder and harder each time.
** Some NPC's in the franchise are also well-known for spamming certain moves:
*** In RBY, there's a Team Rocket Grunt in Mt. Moon with a Raticate that knows Hyper Fang, which it loves to use constantly and hits ''ridiculously'' hard at that point in the game.
*** Misty's Starmie at the Cerulean Gym in RBY loves to spam Bubble Beam.
*** Whitney's Miltank at the Goldenrod Gym is well-known for spamming Rollout, a Rock-type move that doubles in power with each successive hit.
*** In the Gen IV games, if you chose Piplup as your starter, your rival's Turtwig will spam Withdraw to tank everything you can throw at it during your first rival battle.
*** In Gen IV, Candice, the Snowpoint Gym Leader, has a Froslass in the Platinum version. Since it appears in the battle after Candice's Abomasnow sets up permanent hail with its Snow Warning ability, Froslass will likely spam Blizzard, which strikes with perfect accuracy in a hailstorm.
*** In the Gen V games, once Ghetsis's Cofagrigus badly poisons you with Toxic, it will stall out your Pokémon by spamming Protect.
** Any Pokémon that gets hit by the move Encore will be temporarily forced to spam the last move it used.
** Any Pokémon holding a Choice item, such as a Choice Scarf, will gain some kind of benefit in battle but in exchange will be forced to spam the first move it uses.

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* A May OZ Academy show saw Hiroyo Matsumoto [[GrievousHarmWithAbody military press]] Seven Star Sister Misaki Ohata onto Mio Shirai, who proceeded to get up and hit multiple running cross bodies on Shirai in rapid succession, with Shirai barely able to situp on number seven, which caused Ohata to pickup Shirai for three more before finally finishing with a drop splash. Mio Shirai would stay in the match though and after tagging out to Takako Inoue and back in, proceeded to prop Misaki Ohata against the ropes and deliver 21 kicks to her sternum in rapid succession.[[/folder]]

* A May OZ Academy show saw Hiroyo Matsumoto [[GrievousHarmWithAbody military press]] Seven Star Sister Misaki Ohata onto Mio Shirai, who proceeded to get up and hit multiple running cross bodies on Shirai in rapid succession, with Shirai barely able to situp on number seven, which caused Ohata to pickup Shirai for three more before finally finishing with a drop splash. Mio Shirai would stay in the match though and after tagging out to Takako Inoue and back in, proceeded to prop Misaki Ohata against the ropes and deliver 21 kicks to sternum in rapid succession.[[/folder]]

*** In RBY, there's a Team Rocket Grunt in Mt. Moon with a Raticate that knows Hyper Fang, which it loves to use constantly. Hyper Fang hits ''ridiculously'' hard at that point in the game.

*** In Gen IV, Candice, the Snowpoint Gym Leader, has a Froslass in the Platinum version. Since it appears in the battle after Candice's Abomasnow sets up permanent hail with its Snow Warning ability, Froslass can spam Blizzard, which strikes with perfect accuracy in a hailstorm.

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', the [[PaperFanOfDoom Paper Fan]] works exactly like this.

** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]: [[MostAnnoyingSound HAIYAYAYAH! HAIYAYAYAH! HAIYAYAYAH!]][[note]] Angel Ring.[[/note]]
** The Paper Fan can become {{game break|er}}ing very easily on uneventful stages like Final Destination or Battlefield. Once you get trapped in a Paper Fan assault, you're stuck there until the person decides to quit, and that's usually once you're around 999% damage and anything can KO you.

** Ness's PK Fire can be like this considering it stuns (Unlike Lucas's, which explodes rather than burns for a little while)

-->-- ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'' on the subject

* ''{{Manga/Claymore}}'' provides the page picture, from "The Endless Gravestones IV", when [[AxCrazy Ophelia]] finishes off the [[OneWingedAngel Awakened Being]].

* The purpose of flurries and extra action charms in ''{{TabletopGame/Exalted}}''. At maximum power, an essence 10 Solar can use a quick weapon (preferably jade) and a combo built around Iron Whirlwind Attack (upgraded with Invincible Fury of the Dawn) to attack thirteen times in 3 to 5 seconds - then use Ready in Eight Directions Stance to strike ''again'' whenever someone tries to hit them. The net result is that a duel between two essence 10 Solar swordsmen with the same combo can involve each of them striking an average of five times per second - and that's with a regular daiklave; a jade short daiklave ramps this up to ''eight'' blows per second.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd spams [[SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]]'s thrown rose attack in [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2008-11-20 this]] Sketchbook strip.

** ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'''s Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia: Ryo and Robert have two attacks called "Zanretsuken/Whiplash Bash" and "Genei Kyaku/Great Spirit Kick" respectively. In Ryo's case, he flails his fist continuously. Should you get hit, he combos you for at least 13 hits usually, allowing for dangerous comboability. Robert's is the same, except with his feet. They've always had the same direction input (Forward Backward Forward), except in KOF 94 and 95, wherein it was a HCB input.

* ''{{Deadlands}}'' is substantially more low-key than [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]], but it has a version or two of this inspired by MartialArtsMovie genre. One of them is a [[KiAttacks chi-powered]] attack called [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal "Fury Fans the Flame"]] (told you it was ChopSockey-fueled). The other is with nunchucks. In either case, the rules are similar: if the character continues to roll highly enough, they can keep raining down blows on an unsuspecting, soon-to-be-ex-opponent.

* Crystal Storm spell in ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}''. Same rate of fire as minigun (right, minishark), damage output comparable to Megashark (killing basic monsters with three or less hits) and very small mana usage. ''It also bounces from the walls''.

* MoreDakka, for guns, cannons, and other [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter slug-throwers]].