glass cannon
nounEtymology
From the fact that they are powerful (similar to a cannon) yet are easily breakable (similar to glass).
Definitions
A character or unit with strong offensive power but weak defensive capabilities.
- Deep elves die easier than most other races - glass cannons to an extreme extent.
- A min-maxer might create a "glass cannon" character—one with lots of awesome offenses but next to no defense.
The neighborhood
- antonymtankantonym(s) of “gaming”
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA