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A type of boss, typically in an RPG, who doesn't have a fixed place in the game's [[Tactical Rock
It may or may not be possible to use an [[Enemy Scan]] on this type of boss -- even if the scan does tell you his weakness, that will be subject to change in a few turns when he changes it again (assuming the boss doesn't react to your scan by changing his weakness immediately). On the other hand, sometimes you can quickly identify the boss's current weakness -- sometimes the invocation will explicitly tell you which element to use, or the current weakness may be [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] (e.g. if the boss has [[Deflector Shields]]).
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* [[Phantasy Star Universe]] has the Kagajibari. Boss of the mission [[Meaningful Name|"Rainbow Beast"]], he switches element to whatever element just hit him. He casts spells accordingly. His default type is [[Light Is Not Good|Light]], so one would cast dark spells at him...[[Too Dumb to Live|right?]]. If you cast dark spells at him, he casts [[One
* [[MARDEK]] has the [[Bonus Boss]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Annihilator:Karnos]], which occasionally switches to a random new element. [[Power Copying|Legion's]] Gemsplosion attack will ''always'' trigger this.
** The [[Silicon Based Life|Master Stone]] switches elements ''every turn'', in addition to its normal attacks. The best way to deal with the Stone is to [[Anti
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the move Barrier Change used by Magus in ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]''. This fight is the most famous example of this trope. Magus was in fact ''healed'' by [[Elemental Powers]] which did not match the element of his barrier, and changing his barrier also inflicted high elemental damage to your entire party.
** There is also a lesser examples in the Jesters in his castle. It starts with a magic-blocking barrier. Use physical attacks and it barrier swaps to a physical barrier. There's also the Golems, who attack-swap based on the attacks you use on them. Of course, by simply rotating elemental attacks, you can stick them in an endless loop where they have to charge each new element.
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** Several bosses in ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' change their elements, the most infamous being Archeoaevis and [[Bonus Boss]] Omega MK II.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'' has Number 024, Master Pug/Tonberry, and the [[Bonus Boss|Magi Master]]; the latter is especially frustrating for being fought in a dungeon where only magic can be used. The [[Updated Rerelease]] includes [[That One Boss|Kaiser Dragon]] as well. Luckily for you, except for Magi Master all the other ones will change their attack pattern depending on what their weakness is. Also, you can use the Debilitator to add another weakness to them... until they barrier change again, anyways.
*** For Magi Master, most players just spam Ultima, which will always do massive damage no matter what his weakness is. The real challenge is surviving his [[Dead
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has Jersey found in Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim. It is an enemy which determines if it is immune to magic or physical damage by raising one arm and lowering the other arm.
*** A unique example in the form of Lost Number, a [[Bonus Boss]] in the Shinra Mansion. It starts the battle using powerful but not devastating physical and magical attacks. After losing half its HP, it will change to reflect the source of the most damage it received: if most of the damage was done with magic, it will become immune to magic and use extremely powerful magic attacks exclusively. A similar effect occurs for physical attacks, which tend to be ''slightly'' less devastating as it can still only hit one character at a time.
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* The Tyrant Dragon from ''[[Breath of Fire]] 4'' switches between earth, wind, and water every turn.
* In ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission (Video Game)|Mega Man X Command Mission]]'', Incentas had the ability to rotate his element. And his head.
* ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]'': Kecleon's Color Change Ability allows it to change its type to that of the attack that was just used against it, shuffling its [[Elemental Rock
** Another Pokemon does this as well -- the Porygon family's Conversion (changes type to that of one of its own attacks) and Conversion2 (changes type to what resists the last attack that hit) attacks. The latter is a bit more useful in Double Battles (Porygon2 are sturdy enough that it can Recover the damage dealt by its partner. PorygonZ, not so much.), though it's still not recommended.
** The move Camouflage changes the Pokemon type depending on the environment.
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* The [[Bonus Boss]] Nightmare in [[Alter AILA]] Genesis, 150% damage for a specific element. 1% for everything else
* The skindancer in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' reflexively changes resistances to take less damage from whatever attack form was used on him last.
* In ''[[Bio Shock]]'', the final boss Frank Fontaine supercharges himself with "Adam" (the game's genetic version 'magic') giving him various powers over fire, ice and electricity, teleportation, etc. His body glows with a different colour depending on the power he's using: {{color|red|red}} for fire, {{color|blue|blue}} for ice, white for electricity. Since you also get [[Fire, Ice, Lightning|fire/ice/electricity powers]] through using Adam, plus an artificial version of these elemental weapons with your chemical-thrower, guess which powers he is resistant to depending on the colour he gives off and which he is weak against?
** Of course in his electrical form which has no earth equivalent, it's usually best just to shoot him full of holes...
* Every boss in the ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' [[Video Game|game]] has layers of force fields, each one that can only be destroyed by a specific weapon. (For instance, a {{color|blue|blue}} shield will only be vulnerable to the Arc Laser.)
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