Taking and Wear

For bonus "taking a trope name literally" points, he lives in a franchise where the good guys wear blue and the bad guys wear orange.

Source: Blue And Orange Morality / Live-Action Films
Hit-and-Run Tactics: A pattern of firing, taking a hit, retreating, healing, firing, taking a hit and so on can wear an enemy down.

Source: Video Game / Knights of the Old Republic
A pattern of firing, taking a hit, retreating, healing, firing, taking a hit and so on can wear an enemy down.

Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics

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