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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Allicio, the FusionDance between [[TheChosenOne Alice]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Cio]], is UnskilledButStrong, using Alice's Key of Kings and rudimentary martial arts combined with Cio's power amplification to simply power through anything that gets in her path. Her upgraded form, [[OxymoronicBeing Aspected Chaos]], also includes [[OurAngelsAreDifferent an Angel]] in the fusion (somehow), and tempered by the Angel's millennia of martial arts practice is considerably faster, more agile, and fights much more conservatively and analytically.

** Kevin Levin is a street urchin who had to grew and survive in the street, where learned quite some skills such as fighting, mechanics and math. His absorbing powers allow him to infuse himself not only with elements or materials but also stealing powers from aliens or other creatures. But what makes Kevin particularly good is his ability to wield any power or skill that he absorbs, more impressive, he quickly learned to use the abilities of the aliens from the Omnitrix the two times he absorbed its power.

** And of course there's Jack, the titular samurai. He's been training his entire life in several martial arts, physical tests, and has a whole life of fighting experience. While Jack's most defining trait is his skill with his magical sword, the only weapon capable of killing Aku, he is also quite physically powerful on his own, as he's survived encounters with all kind of robots, monsters, magical creatures and of course, against Aku himself.

** Dante's [[HumanDemonHybrid demonic heritage]] grants him a plethora of amazing powers such as SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperReflexes, and a HealingFactor. He's also an expert marksman and MultiMeleeMaster. His various powers and skills have served him well in his occupation as a [[DemonSlaying demon hunter]], allowing him to defeat powerful demons such Mundus and Argosax.

* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': From the story mode, there's the [[GoodCounterpart Mainstream]] [[SuperpowerLottery Superman]], the [[PrimaryColourChampion Big Blue]] [[IdealHero Boy Scout]] himself, brought in during the Insurgency's DarkestHour, which he turns around into a near-CurbStompBattle of the remaining Regime metas in about half an hour. His continued experience battling super criminals on his world, combined with the [[ComboPlatterPowers natural benefits]] of being....well, ''[[FlyingBrick Superman]]'', lets him defeat Black Adam, Sinestro (with almost no effort that time) and Doomsday all in a short time before manhandling and defeating his Regime counterpart quite handily. He's ''especially'' this compared to [[FallenHero Injustice]] [[BigBad Superman]], who's characterised in the prequel comics as something of an [[SmugSuper arrogant buffoon]] with ''his'' powers, to the point of being outright ''contemptuous'' of Batman trying to get him to train and so unskilled as a result that, at least to start with, ANY hero or villain dosed on the special [[Phlebotinum Kryptonian Nanotech Pill]] had a decent shot at beating him in a fight.

** All of the Avengers (bar the Hulk, who's literally the poster boy for UnskilledButStrong and doesn't really need technique), are this trope in Steve, in addition to being a SuperSoldier, also has years of combat experience, Thor is not just a PhysicalGod and FlyingBrick with ShockAndAwe powers, but he is an expert in using those powers with 1,500 years of experience, rather than just throwing lightning around here and there, Tony is both a GadgeteerGenius and excellent pilot of his armor, and so on.

** Harry is very slowly growing into this trope, thanks to BoxingLessonsForSuperman from a variety of mentors (including the previously mentioned Magneto). Though he's UnskilledButStrong in Book 1, as Book 2 goes along he proves himself able to go mind-to-mind in a telepathic duel with one of the most powerful human psychics ever born, then makes an excellent showing against PhysicalGod and VampireMonarch [[spoiler:Dracula]], himself very much an example of this trope. By Book III, even when functionally limited to telekinesis and his CoolSword [[spoiler: at this point subbing for a lightsabre - he's pretending to be Obi-Wan Kenobi for reasons that actually [[ItMakesSenseInContext make sense in context]], he's capable of duelling a pissed off Lobo to a standstill.

** Spartan [=IIIs=], at least the ones we see among Noble Team in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', could give Chief and other Spartan [=IIs=] a run for their money, being given similar enhancements and training so that they're more than capable of taking on literally ''thousands'' of Covenant forces. The PlayerCharacter Noble Six is strong enough to punch an Elite Zealot in the face and is a skilled pilot as well as a skilled soldier. Though it's worth noting that Noble Team was unique, being given MJOLNIR armor, and they had at least one Spartan [=II=] (Jorge) on the team.

* [[ActionDad Lucifer]] from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. As opposed to Charlie, who while [[UnskilledButStrong powerful lacks fighting experience]] due to her temperament, Lucifer not only is more powerful then her, but also has amazing combat skills, best shown when [[spoiler:runs circles around Adam without even breaking a sweat, utilizing his shapeshifting to avoid Adam's attacks, and his angelic strength to pound him]].

** Leafa/Suguha is an odd example. In the context of the series, she actually falls into this in real life. She's a national level kendo champion, which gives her impressive physical abilities on top of the [[IKnowMortalKombat combat skill that all her gamer friends possess]]. Interestingly in-game she's actually WeakButSkilled as her stats are much lower than Kirito, but her real-life talents in kendo completely make up for this. In ''Ordinal Scale'' she had to be sidelined for most of the film because she would have resolved the plot immediately compared to her friends who are lacking in physical attributes.

* ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin'': Nagakura Shinpachi, Captain of the Shinsengumi's Second Division, is a wall of muscle and a head taller than the people around him, as well as a fully trained master of Tennen Rishin Ryu. Granted, he tends to prefer brute force to technical skill, but that's just personal preference; he is a very agile and subtle fencer when he puts his mind to it.

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* From ''Franchise/BlazBlue'':

** Cloud thanks to being exposed to Mako and infused with Jenova Cells has superhuman prowess. In [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake remake]] we see him able to effortlessly smash small Shrina robots with the flat of his {{BFS}}, casually lift slabs of concrete and steel without help and in ''Anime/AdventChildren'' carry TheBigGuy Barret with one arm as seen and in general slice massive monsters and building-sized rubble [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]] thrown by Sephiroth apart. This all helped by having [[spoiler: Zack]]'s FalseMemories and 1st Class SOLDIER training. Although even with the basic infantrymen [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower training]] Cloud was strong and skilled enough to wield to Buster Sword, run Sephiroth through with it and even lift and throw said BigBad into the reactor (while impaled).

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': Kratos is a skilled warrior, and the former captain of the Spartan army. He's also a demigod capable of throwing down with creatures much larger than himself. In the [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 fourth instalment]] despite being much older and much less vicious, Kratos as is powerful and skilled as ever thanks to being TaughtByExperience.

** Liu Kang is a shaolin monk who has trained in martial arts all his life and is the two time Earthrealm Champion of Mortal Kombat having defeated [[TheDragon Goro]] and [[BigBad Shao Kahn]]. VideoGame/MortalKombat11 [[spoiler:has him become the God of Fire and Thunder thanks to Raiden.]]

** The Resident Evil MainCharacters have become this as the games became more action-packed. Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy display crazy martial arts skills with Chris employing boxing, kickboxing, Judo, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Leon utilising Taekwondo, Krav Maga, Pro-Wrestling, Jujitsu and Russian Systema. Both Chris and Leon also perform [[CharlesAtlasSuper borderline superhuman feats]] and are very crafty and experienced in combat against B.O.Ws. When they fought hand to hand in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', they matched each other perfectly and were forced to draw guns on each other.

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': As per usual, Peter Parker/Spider-Man has the [[SuperStrength proportionate]] [[SuperReflexes powers]] [[SuperToughness of]] [[WallCrawl a]] [[SpiderSense spider]]. In addition, he's at the peak of his skills and abilities, having [[ExperiencedProtagonist honed them for eight years]]. This is shown in his fighting style, which incorporates a lot of wrestling, capoeira, and parkour.