Rush Boss/Playing With

Basic Trope: A boss has relatively low health, but has powerful attacks.

• Straight: The Climax Boss of Heroes of Troperia is a relatively short fight, but the boss can easily curb stomp the characters if the player isn't prepared.
• Exaggerated: The boss can be killed in one hit, but its repertoire consists entirely of One Hit Kills.
• Justified: The boss has a BFG but weak armour.
• Inverted: Marathon Boss
• Subverted: The boss has low defense, but frequently dodges attacks, making the fight take longer than it normally would.
  • Alternatively, the boss has low defense but doesn't have powerful attacks, turning it into a Breather Boss.
• Double Subverted: Just before the fight, the player obtains a skill that always hits, rendering the boss' speed meaningless.
  • The boss gets much more formidable after it Turns Red.
• Zig Zagged: The skill does pitiful damage, so the fight still takes a long time.
  • ...But its berserk stage still isn't impressive.
• Parodied: A villain is feared across the entire world for being able to level cities, but once the main character fights him in single combat, he keels over from being poked.
  • Alternatively, there are two famous duelists who argue over two styles of fighting, one being a Marathon Boss and one being a Rush Boss.
• Deconstructed: ???
• Averted: The boss' ratio of attack to defense is average.
• Enforced: The manager of the development team told the monster designers to make bosses that hit hard and died fast, because they're more exciting than Marathon Bosses.
• Lampshaded: ???
• Invoked: The boss studies offensive tactics above all else, so he can defeat his opponents before they know what's coming to them.
• Defied: The boss realizes that while being a Glass Cannon makes for a more exhilarating fight, it is far more practical to be a Stone Wall.
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???

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