Achilles Heel foes

Creatures concept

Includes enemies that require or greatly benefit from a special method or targeting a specific part of them to defeat them.

268
games
34
platforms

Alternate name: Weak points

"Achilles' Heel" is an English idiom that refers to any 'fatal weakness' of a seemingly indestructible individual with the exception of one specific physical flaw or other venerability that can lead to their overwhelming defeat or destruction.

It is somewhat equivalent to:
Baldr's mistletoe
Duryodhana's groin
Esfandyar's eyes
Siegfried's shoulder
Babylonia's feet
Adam's Eve/Eve's Apple/Eden's Serpent/The Serpent's Pride
Kal-El's Kryptonite
Ned Kelly's legs
Hank McCoy's ball of string
Related:
* Juggernauts
This is NOT for obvious cases, such as tanks requiring explosives or high-powered armor piercing shells to destroy (instead of 9mm gun shots).

Examples from popular culture:
* Silver bullets/blades against werewolves
* Wooden stakes against vampires
* Beheading of zombies, immortals, etc.
* Burning of witches, trolls, etc.

The first Achilles Heel foes video game was released in 1981.

Nintendo, Capcom and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Child group

Unhealthy undead

Platforms

Windows 92
Linux 50
X360 27
PS3 24
Mac OS X 8
GameCube 6
PS2 6
N64 5
MS-DOS 5
Wii U 4
NES 4
Wii 4
Xbox 3
GBA 3
3DS 2
BeOS 2
GBC 2
PS4 2
Switch 2
Famicom Disk System 2
Tandy Coco 2
GB 1
Master System 1
Mega Drive 1
Android 1
PS 1
Internet Only 1
Mac OS Classic 1
PS Vita 1
GP2X 1

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