


Future Guy Gardner mastered this move himself.Done again, in Injustice: Gods Among Us with John Constantine taking the Garder's place.In Justice League International #5, Guy Gardner challenges Batman for leadership of the League.Keep in mind Chronos is a giant winged half-spider, half-beast creature, providing a horrifying demonstration of how strong the Amulet spirit is. In Amulet, the Amulet spirit kills Chronos the Mountain Giant by crushing him under a massive boulder.If every attack by both you and the enemy is a one-hit kill, you get Rocket-Tag Gameplay. If every enemy attack is a one-hit kill, the protagonist is a One-Hit-Point Wonder. If it only works at the end of a fight, it's a Finishing Move. If it only works at the start of a fight, it's a Back Stab. In martial arts, it frequently takes the form of the Touch of Death. Tabletop RPGs, by contrast, have a history of letting those pesky spellcasters make these spells insufficiently useless, turning many fights into a mere Quick Draw contest. In video RPGs, it's frequently a Useless Useful Spell because of low hit rates, inability to affect bosses, or a prohibitive cost required to cast it, if not all three combined. One-Hit Kills are a common spell in RPGs. Sometimes it's a Dangerous Forbidden Technique which to use requires Casting From Hit Points or life span, other times it's just really hard to pull off, or leaves you wide open for a counterattack. Usually, the One-Hit Kill comes at a price.

At times, it's not even content with a single target, becoming a One-Hit Polykill. Often, the One-Hit Kill isn't humble enough to just kill, instead petrifying, permanently polymorphing, or banishing its victim to the Phantom Zone.
