(video games, slang) A character, item, or playstyle able to utterly defeat or nullify another.
"Bastion is currently in a pretty bad spot," Rarithlynx wrote earlier this month. "He has the most counters out of all heroes in the game, including quite a bit of hard counters. He's big and immobile, and has no defensive or escape abil…
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(video games, slang) To act as a hard counter against (something).
Unfortunately, Dragon's Breath is not a good option right now. It trades some initial damage for the burning effect, but that burn is hard-countered by EOD.
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(video games, slang) To use a hard counter against (something).
For instance, while those enemy rocket ships are hard countered by bombers, I was also abble to destroy them with a group of Interceptors who were able to flank while the missiles targeted Recon units that were hidden in cover.
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