glass cannons
Powerful but breakable
Glass cannons are characters, units, or players capable of dealing massive damage but extremely vulnerable to attack—they shatter as easily as glass.
The term comes from gaming, where it describes builds that sacrifice defense for offense: Our team needs a tank; we're all glass cannons.
The concept extends to any powerful but fragile entity: a startup with brilliant ideas but no cash reserves, or a sports team with elite scorers but no defense.
- high-riskInvolving significant danger
- all or nothingExtreme without compromise
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- squishinessSoft, compressible quality
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
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glass cannonstanks
Storage vessels for liquids
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