History PlayingWith / GlassCannon

** while B.U.D.D.I.E.'s weapons and locomotion systems are fully installed, most of his plating is still awaiting installation.

* '''Exaggerated''': Alex either [[OneHitKill kills you in one hit]] or [[OneHitPointWonder dies in one hit]], whichever comes first.

'''Basic Trope''': A character with high attack but low defense.
* '''Straight''': Alex can defeat everybody in the state within 5 minutes and has speed on-par with the JackOfAllStats, but if one of his opponents hits back it really hurts him.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alex either [[OneHitKill kills you in one hit]] or [[OneHitPointWonder dies in one hit]], which ever comes first.

** In a sequence where characters fight clones of themselves, a normally-built Alex is the first to defeat his opponent by a small margin as a result of having easier access to special moves and having a few less hitpoints to work through.

** Or, Alex's high attack powers make up for his frail defense.

** The shows a realistic portrayal of the MusclesAreMeaningless trope.
** Alex is a SquishyWizard with a lot of offense spells but few defense options.

** Alex is pretending that small attacks are disproportionately effective.
** At high levels, the various compensations he receives for having such low health, such as death protection and an incredibly high dodge rate, make him almost impossible to decisively harm.
** Alex's best defence is his good offense. His [[WalkingWasteland aura of destruction]] is so powerful that [[ShootTheBullet missiles, bullets and melee attackers]] get disintegrated before they can even touch him.

** However, part of this pretence involves avoiding toughness-enhancing equipment under the premise that it would not be useful. Going up against more powerful enemies, Alex is indeed frailer than he should be.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alex is a spindly atom bomb, except he's really tough, but that was just an illusion, only it turns out he's not that powerful, only to turn out to be a case of IAmNotLeftHanded.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Everyone, guard Alex! He really, really needs it!"

** A character with high defense manages to outlive Alex in a fight.

* '''Implied''': Alex is a NonPlayerCharacter. He is shown with a sword equipped, but no armor or shield. He is also sometimes seen with BlackMagicianGirl Marcy learning powerful spells.

** In a world of long-range firearms that allow someone to attack him from far away with no defense in the face of sneaky backstabbing enemies and other tricks, Alex is simply useless in the battlefield.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The reason why Alex defense is so poor? That's because he doesn't wear any kind of defensive gear... As in, [[FullFrontalAssault he doesn't wear anything at all!]] Needless to say, the image of a phrenetic stark-naked maniac running around wielding only [[{{BFS}} his gigantic sword]][[note]]NOOO! Not that kind of [[GagPenis gigantic "sword"]]![[/note]] while slaying foes left and right, [[{{Bathos}} is kinda humorous on its own right]].

** Alex's best defence is his good offense. His [[WalkingWasteland aura of destruction]] is so powerful that [[ShootTheBullet missiles, bullets and melee attackers]] get dinsitergated before they can even touch him.