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Any attack with an absolute, guaranteed 100% chance-to-hit when used in battle (or alternatively, any technique/skill that grants this status to another attack). This can be a valuable tool against certain targets who are otherwise difficult to actually land a strike against (due to [[Fragile Speedster|speed]] or [[Mini-Mook|size]]), but will usually involve a tradeoff of lower-than-average damage output compared to other attacks.

Note that the fact that this attack will always ''hit'' the target doesn't mean it will necessarily ''damage'' it—in fact, this is a chief balance issue in [[Video Games]], where an '''Always-Accurate Attack''' almost ''never'' overlaps with [[Armor-Piercing Attack]] or [[Unblockable Attack]]s (to prevent the attack from becoming a [[Game Breaker]]). Also note that even an '''Always-Accurate Attack''' can be forced to miss the target if a [[Story Overwrite]] (such as [[Cutscene Power to the Max]], or a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]) is in effect.

See also [[Improbable Aiming Skills]] and [[No Saving Throw]]. May be [[Boring but Practical]] due to its reliability that it will hit the target.

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Kaname Hagiri, codenamed "Sniper", whose territory allows him to throw any object to hit its mark with lethal force.
* Vander Decken in ''[[One Piece]]'' has the devil fruit ability to "mark" a person he's touched so that any object he throws, it will always propel itself to hit the mark, the thrown objects will follow its mark indefinitely until it hits something, however he can only have two people marked at the same time (one for each hand).
* Fiamma of the Right from ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' has "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The strike that reaches everything when swung]]". It reaches the target without any speed, meaning it cannot be dodged.  {{spoiler|It was even able to hit an Academy City [[Kill Sat]] even though Fiamma had no idea where it was!}}

== [[Comic Books]] ==
* One of the stated properties of [[Darkseid]]'s Omega Beams is that they track their targets unerringly across space and time, and always eventually hit what Darkseid intends to hit. [[Depending on the Writer|Except when they don't.]]
* The Saint of Killers in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' wields supernatural six-guns that never miss and always inflict a lethal wound. They were forged from the sword of the Angel of Death, explaining their unusual properties.

== [[Film]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[Grindhouse]]'' ''[[Planet Terror]]''; the hero guy never misses. As he lies dying, his girl is sobbing over him begging him not to leave her alone. He pats her belly and says [[Someone to Remember Him By|she won't be]]; he ''never misses''.
* The unnamed protagonist in ''[[Hero (film)|Hero]]'' had an attack that could not miss its mark if he was within ten paces.
* Zorg demonstrated a variant in ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' with his special ZF-1 gun: After shooting a target once, a "replay" feature can cause every subsequent bullet to strike the same target, regardless of the direction in which it was fired.
* The Huntsman in ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]'' has a crossbow that, when fired, will always pierce someone's heart. The [[God Save Us From the Queen|queen]] gave it to him in a deal—all he had to do was close his eyes, turn around a few times, and fire once at random. (He killed his own son from several miles away.) {{spoiler|In the final battle, he tries to shoot Wolf, but the crossbow is knocked upwards, and the shot goes through a skylight. He gains the advantage during the ensuing melee, meaning he's on top of Wolf when the bolt comes ''[[Hoist by His Own Petard|right back down]]'' . . .}}

== [[Literature]] ==
* In Fred Saberhagen's ''[[Book of Swords]]'' series, this is Farslayer's stated ability: [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Throw the sword with a target in mind]] and Farslayer will fly unerringly towards that target, no matter how far away, and strike him down. The drawback to this is that it's a one-way trip, leaving Farslayer there for anyone to pick up and use.
* The Arabian Nights/D&D-style fantasy novel ''Red Sands'' uses this with a twist when the protagonists acquire a magical bow from an efreeti. Arrows fired from the bow will "never miss and always slay"...somebody they're ''not'' pointed at, as it turns out. This quirk actually saves one of the heroes who happens to accidentally be right in the line of fire when one arrow is loosened, and is put to creative and this time ''deliberate'' good use in the climactic last fight scene of the story.

== Mythology ==
* [[Older Than Print]]: This ability is one of the properties of the [[Norse Mythology|Norse god]] Odin's spear Gungnir.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
** 1st Edition ''Deities and Demigods Cyclopedia''.
*** Celtic Mythos: Goibhnie, the god of blacksmithing, makes weapons that never miss. Morrigan has two spears that never miss.
*** Central American mythos. The god Xochipilli's attacks don't miss.
*** Chinese mythos. The goddess Tou Mu has a bow that never misses an opponent within 100 yards.
*** Egyptian mythos. The god Apshai's bite never misses. Bes, the god of luck, never misses with his attacks.
*** Greek mythos. The goddess Aphrodite can damage opponents just by waving her hand. The goddess Athena never misses her targets. While the goddess Tyche is looking at a creature with only her right eye, the creature will always hit any target it attacks.
*** Hindu mythos. The goddess Ratri can give an angry look that does damage automatically. The god Tvashtri has a device that fires beams that always hit their targets up to 300 yards away.
*** Melnibonean mythos: Arrows of Law will always hit a chaotic creature. The demigod Haaashastaak always hits with his bite.
*** Nonhuman deities. Corellon Larethian has a bow that never misses.
*** Norse mythos. The god Forseti's sword always hits any opponent who has lied in the last 7 days or is chaotic. Thor's hammer Mjolnir never misses when thrown. When firing his bow the god Uller's bow never misses targets less than 200 yards away.
*** Sumerian mythos. The goddess Inanna can aid warriors by making sure they never miss an attempted hit.
** 3.X Edition ''Deities and Demigods'': greater deities are treated as always rolling the maximum possible value on attack rolls: i.e. natural twenties every time. In D&D, if you get a natural twenty on an attack roll, you automatically hit, regardless of what your total attack roll actually is. In other words: greater deities always hit. Now throw in the fact that the "maximum roll" rule also applies to damage rolls...
** Some spells simply always hit (Magic Missile is the poster child for this in all editions including the 4th post-errata), and many others will still have at least a ''reduced'' effect on the target even on a nominal miss (successful saving throw in 3.x and earlier).
* [[Fire-Breathing Weapon|Flamethrowers]] in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'': Everything under the template automatically takes a hit, the template doesn't scatter (unlike blast templates used for explosive shells) and no cover save is allowed.
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', the Blade of Darting Steel causes all attacks made with it to hit automatically. Of course, this is not the same as every attack [[Only a Flesh Wound|wounding]] or penetrating the enemy's armor or magical defenses.
* Possible but very expensive in ''[[GURPS]]''. "No Roll Required" causes the attack succeeds automatically (so long as doing so is logically possible) and "No Active Defense" causes any success to hit automatically. With "Ignores DR" you can just erase the target's HP.
* In the card game ''[[wikipedia:Lunch Money (game)|Lunch Money]]'' you can "grab" someone, which by itself does nothing. If they play an "avoid" card, they get out of it, but if they don't have it (or for whatever other reason decide not to play that) your next attack is unblockable.

== [[Video Games]] ==
* Believe it or not, this isn't limited to RPGs. Some head-to-head fighting games like ''Backyard Wrestling'' feature this thanks to shoddy programming that makes projectiles impossible to dodge; they will actively steer themselves in midair toward characters.
** ''Smackdown vs. Raw 2008'' did something very similar: Dirty wrestlers have the ability to shove the referee into their opponent, and while it is possible to dodge this, the ref will indeed run in the same direction as the opponent, as though he wants to smack into them.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'': Moves such as "Swift" always strike the target, although they can also be negated by [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] or the moves [[Defend Command|Protect and Detect]]. Since the second generation, attacks that involve moving out of range before striking (Fly, Dig, etc.) can also be used to avoid these attacks.
** "Lock-On" and "Mind Reader" ensure the next attack will hit, even if the target uses Fly or Dig, though the target can still defend itself.
** The move "Vital Throw" is always accurate with the trade-off of having [[Action Initiative|decreased priority]], executing slower than the opponent.
** The "No Guard" ability grants this status to any move its user performs ... [[Hoist by His Own Petard|and any move that gets used against them]].
* ''[[Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones]]'': the Sniper class has the Sure Strike skill, which ensures a 100% accurate hit if it activates. Unfortunately, this skill tends to be unneeded, as your Sniper characters would have high hit chance anyways, and even worse if it activates when an enemy Sniper attacks your characters.
* In some ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games, magic would always be successful on targets with "Invisible" status—even [[Useless Useful Spell]]s. For [[Final Fantasy VI]] in particular, even [[Contractual Boss Immunity]] could not protect against this, making it a [[Game Breaker]] of a [[Good Bad Bug]].
** Rosa in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' had Aim, which makes her bow and arrow attacks always hit. This was also carried into [[Final Fantasy V|the fifth one]], and could be used with any weapon.
*** On the subject of 5, the Rapid Fire command. It's 4 attacks per weapon on random targets for half damage, and it [[Armor-Piercing Attack|ignores the target's defense]]. The ranger class gives aim and rapid fire at different class levels.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', the gunblade used by the hero Squall Leonhart has maximum (255%) accuracy even for its most basic model. This means that Squall never misses with it, even while affected by the Blind status effect. Selphie's final weapon upgrade also gains this property.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'': the "Concentrate" support ability ensures 100% accuracy for all attacks (including magic). If an enemy is asleep, petrified, or stopped, all attacks made against it have 100% hit rate (as the enemy can't dodge). And in one of the game's [[My Rules Are Not Your Rules|less fair moments]], a pair of assassins have entirely unique instant kill moves with 100% accuracy and a long-ranged Stop move with 100% accuracy. [[That One Boss|During an escort mission]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'': Featherblow and Take Aim are skills that do half the damage of a normal attack, but with 100% accuracy. It also has concentrate, a passive ability that removes enemy evasion, which '''can''' boost instant kill abilities. [[Game Breaker|The result is exactly what it sounds like]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]'', however, [[nerf]]ed Concentrate so much it's entirely useless (A mere 5% boost? Compared to 30% or so?)
* In ''[[Last Scenario]]'', attack spells <ref>with a few exceptions like [[Spam Attack|Rage]]</ref> cannot miss, but can't hit critically either. As well, there is the late-game spellcard "Slap". It executes a physical attack which cannot miss [[Joke Item|and always]] [[Cherry Tapping|deals 1 damage]] [overlap with [[Fixed Damage Attack]]].
* The default magical attack with mage staves in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' always hits the target, regardless of the defenses. The defenses do, however, affect how much damage is soaked. And the staves cannot score critical hits.
* In ''[[Breath of Fire IV]]'', Scias's "Shining Blade" is a critical hit that never misses (but can be parried), while the "Target" skill is a half-powered strike that cannot be parried (or miss).
* In some RPG settings, magic ignores accuracy/evade calculations altogether, thus spells will always hit the target.
* In ''[[RuneScape]]'', Korasi's Sword and the Dark Bow have special attacks that always hit.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'': the "Strike" buff ensures 100% accuracy for the unit that uses it for the next attack or the rest of the turn, depending on the game. "Attune" does the same thing except one unit casts it on another. Though "Alert" can allow you to dodge anyway.
* In many ''[[Roguelike]]s'', beam-like attacks will hit everything in their path, which often includes things like [[Breath Weapon|dragons breathing fire and poisonous gas]].
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the Glyph of Divine Accuracy increases the chance to hit with Smite by 18%, high enough for it to always hit under normal circumstances. Discipline priests attack with Smite to grant themselves the Evangelism and Archangel bonuses and Smiting an enemy will heal an ally for the same amount, but they can still be primary healers. Consequently they don't care about hitting with any other spell, and don't want to waste a lot of gear on improving their hit rating for one spell.
* One of the SOS Cards in ''[[Toontown Online]]'' will make all of the other gags used in the same round as it hit. There's also an inversion, another SOS card which causes all of the Cogs' attacks for that round to miss.
* ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'' has attacks with the Marksmanship or Magical properties. Such attacks will always have a certain accuracy rating no matter what the target's evasion value is. Very useful for enemies entrenched in terrain favorable to them (like Elves in forest tiles).
* In ''[[Thunder Force]] V'' and ''VI'', there is the [[Game Breaker|Free Range]]. What it does is that it makes a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130527121937/http://darkdiamond.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/image-thumb9.png green, wireframe conical shaped area from the character] (that can be aimed), and if ''anything'' steps into the green area, they are fried by an instant-hit laser that never misses. (Even better if your have three [[Attack Drone]]s active, as all three will fire too).
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'s homing attack that he has had in all of the 3D games and some of the more recent 2D games.
* [[Mega Man]]
** ''[[Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity]]'' has the [[Final Fantasy VIII|Wish Star Adapter]]. The attack involves Mega Man and Rush attacking various parts of the screen in a lightning-fast pace. The downsides are the low damage and that Mega Man can only use it once.
** Dust Chute from ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'' is a generic screen clearing attack with 10 uses. For each enemy damaged by this attack, Mega Man heals 1 HP.
* ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' turned this trope into a character class, the Rifle Demon, commonly called the Baciel. Their attacks always hit, even against characters with high speed or critical HP Ninja (who get insane dodge rates when under 25% HP). ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' possibly broke this wide open by turning this trope into an equippable item, the Naive Glasses (due to the fixed "Heat Seeker" specialist inside of it).
* ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' had this as a room, but, like the Pokemon example up top, it came with the massive drawback of being unable to dodge enemy attacks.
* While virtually all spells in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' are guaranteed to hit, regular attacks and skills which amplify attacks can miss if the enemy has enough defence. The exceptions to this rule are the skill Shieldbutt, which makes your attack unblockable and Lunging Thrust-Smack which will always hit if a 2-handed club is equipped.
* In the classic ''[[Doom]]'' series, the Arch-Vile's flame attack will always hit you if it mantains line of sight to you for the duration of the attack sequence. You can only avoid it by breaking line of sight before the explosion with you in the middle of it or killing the Arch-Vile first.
* ''[[Heavy Weapon]]'' has your [[Smart Bomb|Nukes]], which hit everything on the screen. However the enemy also has one: [[Demonic Spiders|Atomic Bombers]] drop A-bombs that, if not destroyed before they hit the ground, are a [[One-Hit Kill]] on you regardless of where you are on the screen!
* For a game that heavily relies on countering enemy attacks and avoiding damage, there is a boss in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' that uses one. It's even ''called'' "Unavoidable attack", and Bowser will take damage from this one no matter what.
* Gae Bolg in ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' has the ability to always pierce the heart of the enemy. "Always" meaning the result (heart pierced) is already set and the cause is created ''after'' that, even if it has to involve [[Reality Warper|reality warping.]] It has the caveat that really lucky people can [[Screw Destiny]] and get away with merely getting hit somewhere non-fatally, [[Character Shield|which conveniently includes everyone the weapon is ever used against.]]
** The thrown version, meanwhile, is more powerful but also lacks the reversed cause and effect: It cannot be dodged because it's a seeking missile, but it can be blocked. {{spoiler|Archer employs a shield proof against all missiles against it, which fails to block it completely but allows him to survive it.}}
* ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' features "Mystic Cage", [[Black Mage|Jade's]] first Mystic Arte. All enemies, regardless of their position on the battlefield, is encased in a [[Sphere of Destruction|sphere of pure magical energy]], which explodes and damages all of them.
** On a general note, the Mystic Artes throughout the ''[[Tales (series)]]'' are with few exceptions, guaranteed to at least connect with the enemy that's the user's current target. Also, some spells strike the entire battlefield and/or freeze the action when they go off, which makes avoiding damage from them impossible outside of using invincibility or being immune to their element.
* "Certain-hit" attacks in ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' cannot be evaded or reflected. These include all Holy and Dark skills.
* ''[[Master of Magic]]'' has [[Damage Typing|Doom damage]], which skips the steps where the attacker rolls to-Hit for each damage point, then defender rolls to-Block for each Defense point. There are, however, variants. Doom Bolt and Magic Vortex (on direct hit) spells can be stopped by Magic Immunity (as unit ability or from Righteousness spell). Doom Gaze attack hits anything the unit engages ignoring all immunities, but as a gaze it's delivered only in a melee engagement (after any Breath or Thrown attacks, but before Melee and Touch attacks). "Chaos" item power makes a weapon's attack (including Thrown for axes, Ranged Missile for bows and Ranged Magical for wands/staves) automatically hit anything it may target, ignoring all immunities (most of which normally add 50 Defense vs. specific [[Damage Typing|types]]), but also halves attack strength. An unit under Black Sleep spell (which Death wizards spam like there's no tomorrow) adds Doom to all incoming normal damage and direct-damage spells, so that wimpy attackers hit at full strength, victims with Missile Immunity can be hit by archers, and victims with Fire Immunity can be hit by fire bolts! Of course, the spell ''itself'' is just a Death realm curse, so Magic Immunity/Righteousness, Death Immunity and Charmed (or simply high enough Resistance value) protect an unit from being affected in the first place, as usual.

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