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* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]''' final boss followed this trope. Though, it showed you what element he was changing into with Seal of Entropy, and by displaying the game's icon for the element slide over his limbs, into his chest, you only have a "deck" of cards that explain your weapon usage. So you can't really specialize in all elements, or choose any particular attack that would defeat his element quickly, but instead have each of your team special in three or four elements elements (Chrono or Wind, Fire or Water, Light or Dark) or pack yourself full of non-element based cards and drag the fight out for a good hour or so.
** It's not as hard as it sounds. Three of your party members automatically specialize in those element pairings by default due to their unique cards, attacking him with other elements will still deal damage, and he only starts changing elements after a few turns; if you know what you're doing and luck is with you, you can exploit his weakness to Light and halve his health in the first few turns.
* Inverted in ''[[Arcana]]'', where the elemental spirits on your side each possess a cheap spell for doing this to ''your party''.▼
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Mermaid]], a guardian of Treasure Tower in ''[[Dubloon]]'' does this. Sometimes she can change the weakness ''twice in a row'', [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|and sometimes right before you attack]].▼
* He doesn't care about ''elements'' per say, but Emperor Sun Hai of ''[[Jade Empire]]'' does switch between his Support, Magic, Unarmed, and Weapon Styles. Unlike most of the examples on this list, he's immune to the one he's using, not the ones he isn't, but he is very reliable about switching to whatever you just hit him with, then hitting you while you're busy changing to match.▼
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* The final boss of ''[[Magical Starsign]]'' changes its own weakness.
* The [[Final Boss]] of the first ''[[Overlord]]'' game does this every so often. The color of his shield matches that of the Minion type needed to break through it.
▲* Inverted in ''[[Arcana]]'', where the elemental spirits on your side each possess a cheap spell for doing this to ''your party''.
▲* [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Mermaid]], a guardian of Treasure Tower in ''[[Dubloon]]'' does this. Sometimes she can change the weakness ''twice in a row'', [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|and sometimes right before you attack]].
▲* He doesn't care about ''elements'' per say, but Emperor Sun Hai of ''[[Jade Empire]]'' does switch between his Support, Magic, Unarmed, and Weapon Styles. Unlike most of the examples on this list, he's immune to the one he's using, not the ones he isn't, but he is very reliable about switching to whatever you just hit him with, then hitting you while you're busy changing to match.
* The [[Bonus Boss]] Nightmare in [[Alter AILA]] Genesis, 150% damage for a specific element. 1% for everything else
* The skindancer in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' reflexively changes resistances to take less damage from whatever attack form was used on him last.
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