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** Actually, let's break this down by game a little. In Ultima IV, there are 8 classes, and 3 of them are entirely one or the other- Mage, Warrior, and Shepherd. The other three are all hybrids. Ultima V is where this trope really comes into its own, though- there are only three classes for NPCs now- Mage, Warrior, and Bard, where the Bard is a MagicKnight. Then the protagonist is of class "The Avatar", which can get as good at magic or fighting as anyone else and is TheHero.

** There are also several NPCs that casts damaging spells while wearing heavy armour, or can both melee and cast spells quite well.

* The player has shades of this in both ''BioShock'' games. In addition to your standard array of FPS guns, you also have access to magic-like powers known as Plasmids. There's also the Drill Specialist ability in ''BioShock 2'', which greatly reduces Plasmid cost but limits you to the drill. Lastly, the Big Sister NPCs use Plasmid powers as well as quick melee attacks to rip you apart.

** The expansion to the sequel lets you mix melee and nature magic to become a Fist of Stone, or ranged and combat magic to become a [[BloodyMurder Blood Assassin]].

If a MagicKnight is specialized in [[TheMedic healing or defensive magic]], or otherwise associated with a deity or [[TheForce "The Light"]], he is typically a form of ChurchMilitant called a "Paladin". The CombatMedic is a similar concept, but tends to be a healer first and a warrior second.

** Although once magicite started showing up you could make anyone into a MagicKnight.

** Despite the fact that all three are well... [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]], each one is typeified to specialize in one area while being generally weak in another, thus requiring teamwork. [[TheMessiah Hikaru]] uses [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]] and does the most damage, but [[GlassCannon has only moderate speed and lacks staying power]]; [[LadyOfWar Umi]] uses [[MakingASplash water magic]] and is the swiftest of the three, but [[FragileSpeedster has only average defense and can only hope to chip away at enemies very quickly]]. [[TheSmartGuy Fuu]] uses [[BlowYouAway wind magic]], which while giving her defensive prowess (and gives her an array of [[TheMedic support]] magic), [[MightyGlacier her damage output is mediocre, and her speed is very low]]. Although, this is only ever brought up in the video games and one episode of the anime, so...
*** ''Lacks staying power''? Are we talking about the same Hikaru who dragged herself up a cliff until her hands bled to save her friends?
**** That's [[{{Determinator}} A different kind of staying power]].

** Leaf's stupidly broken Master Knight class in the 4th game is able to use all non legendary axes, lances, swords, bows, staff, Fire/Wind/Thunder magic (and some light magic)

* Morrolan and Aliera from the ''{{Dragaera}}'' series. Canonically, Morrolan is a better swordsman and Aliera is a better sorcerer, but Vlad notes that this is usually irrelevant because they're both so good at either. Most Dragaeran warriors qualify, because they are naturally strong, sorcery is readily available, and they have extremely long lifespans to master both skills.

* The titular Dragoons in ''TheLegendOfDragoon'', who are able to use magic and armor infused with the powers of dragons [ElementalPowers according to element].

** Two noteworthy examples, Black Mage managed to blow up an iceberg by hacking at it with his knive and killed an entire cult of Mindflayers with those.

** ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has three different Jedi classes. ''All'' of them are fighter-mages. The only difference is that one is slightly more fighter and one is slightly more mage.
* Believe it or not, ''Merlin'', the UrExample of the old wizard, once got up to this in the 1998 ''[[{{Film/Merlin}} Merlin]]'' film, where ''he'' wielded Excalibur before Arthur did, and used it to great effect.

*** Can't forget Orlandu, Agrias, Meliadoul, and a slew of other characters that you [[spoiler: hire/fight against]].

** [[TheHero Tidus]] and [[TheLancer Wakka]] are physical fighters capable of [[StatusBuff buffing]] their allies or [[StandardStatusEffects debuffing]] their enemies, respectively.

** The main character of each game is almost always an example, starting out as an excellent physical fighter and later gaining access to one of the incredibly powerful True Runes. The sole exception is Chris Lightfellow from the third game, whose magic stats are so low that she can't even use her Rune's fourth-level spell without excessive power-leveling.

* Certain classes from ''{{Disgaea}}'', such as the Knight (which is slightly better at magic despite the name), qualify. ''Disgaea 2'' actually has a class named MagicKnight. Apparently, given the differences in figure between them and pretty much [[{{Pettanko}} the rest of the female classes]], They all learn [[MostCommonSuperpower the same spell]] first.

* Morollan and Aliera from the ''{{Dragaera}}'' series.
** And Tazendra, Sethra, and the rest of the Lavodes.

* In the YuGiOh card game, [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Paladin Dark Paladin]] eptomizes this trope, serving as a [[IncrediblyLamePun fusion]] of a [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Spellcaster Spellcaster]] ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Magician Dark Magician]]) & [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Warrior Warrior]] ([[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Buster_Blader Buster Blader]]). For bonus points, Dark Paladin also has its very own {{BFS}}.

* [[BattleCouple Maxim and Selan]] in ''{{Lufia}} II''. Selan is more of a [[GlassCannon mage that can use swords]], while Maxim is [[TheMario balanced all around]].

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*** This is Justified by the Laws of Magic, which, among other things, forbids wizards from killing living, not-a-fairy things with magic, including using a gust of wind to push someone off of a cliff. Thus, all killing blows must be done with a sword or by some other means.

**** Or so it seems, until you realize that your magic is boosted up to a certain level (if below) when equipping those abilities. A fully-maxed Black Magic command will make the bearer's magic stat equal to what it would be if he was a Black Mage, even in a non-magical class. But lower levels of Black Magic will not boost the character's magic as much... SoYeah.

* A good number of {{Pokemon}} fall under this category. Their defensive stats and speed vary, but they can all deal decent physical ''and'' special damage and often have a large enough move pool to take advantage of both. They find their place on the team in the form of "mixed sweepers" (unless their user raises them to specialize in one offensive type or the other.) Examples of these Pokemon include Infernape, [[BadassAdorbale Azelf]], Deoxys (particularly Deoxys-A,) Giratina in both forms, Lucario, [[TheMario Jirachi]], and [[TheMario Celebi]].