Beats
Beats noun - A United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop).
Counters
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- Bison, when he becomes Final Bison, before attacking Shao Kahn, who counters his quick attacks, and beats him with his hammer, and then, rips him in half.
Source: Famous Last Words / Death Battle -
Where this trope does fit clearly, is in the three castes of fighters: the samurai armor beats the Cannon Fodder ashigaru's weak attack, the Warrior Monk's strong attack counters Samurai armor, and an ashigaru unit's raw numbers defeat unarmored and rare Warrior Monk units.
Source: Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors
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