... but the armor protects his life. Because without it, he's a One-Hit-Point Wonder. That's armor being incredibly useful.
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The new 6.8 Creedmoor rounds actually do apparently have the factors needed to punch NIJ IV body armor at up to 400m with steelcore. Tungsten will just ensure swiss cheesing. But fear not, there are better grades, such as GOST 5, 6, and most notably, 6a, which requires the armor to survive three 7.62x54mmR tungsten core bullets. Still, it is notable that more and more, the NIJ scale is getting... Outdated to an extent.
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One thing that should be kept in mind when discussing this trope as far as medieval/ancient/fantasy combat goes is the difference between flimsy cardboard style armor getting casually cleaved through by any strike, and armor being bypassed by proper technique utilizing precise strikes to unprotected gaps in armor.
The latter doesn't imply uselessness in quite the same way as the former does.
Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged presents us with "The law of male shounen heroes," which suggests that whenever one takes off their shirt, they become powerful to the point of being unbeatable. This might be the furthest extension of this trope, where even the flimsiest of armors, clothes, keep people down, and could be coupled with the Chainmail Bikini concept.
No mention of Ghosts N' Goblins? That's the most famous example of this trope! Dorkly even made a fan animation deconstructing it. "It did the opposite, understand? THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT ARMOR DOES!"
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