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** Not really as his Imagine Breaker is definitely anti-magic, it is also anti-science, he is also shown attacking espers just as much as magicians, as well as siding with them too.
* There are [[Bash Brothers|a couple of characters]] in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' who fit this trope to a T. Didn't help them to deal with Natsu, as they chose the worst possible tactics.
* {{spoiler|Jeremiah Gottwald}} in ''[[Code Geass]]'' is given a Geass Canceller in the second season, which can be activated manually to [[Exactly What It Says
* Every character in ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'', with a couple of caveats. Only [[Witch Species|witches]] can naturally resist each other's powers, blocking attacks and [[Geo Effects]] are perhaps the only shared abilities by all witches other than having a special ability. This is how Robin and Karasuma [[Hunter of His Own Kind|fight other witches]]. The rest of the human cast has to make do with wearing vials of Orbo and using [[Weaponized Weakness|bullets filled with the stuff]], which naturally cancels witch powers and weakens them on contact.
** In season 2, when the enhanced Orbo suit witch hunters hit the scene we find out that {{spoiler|using living witches as [[Human Resources]] to make the stuff}} has very detrimental effects on the humans using the stuff.
* The [[Shout
* Asuna Kagurazaka of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' due to her magic cancelling abilities.
* ''[[Medaka Box]]'': To a degree, Zenkichi is this. Since he's the only normal of the main cast, he's an extremely formidable martial artist who can disarm and parry weapons, and prepares for almost any scenario. Abnormals have noted that he shows some resistance to their powers (most notably, Oudo's "Weighted words").
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** Another option is to use Mistings (single-metal users) in assassination squads to support one another, effectively emulating the Mistborn's abilities through teamwork. At the beginning of the second book, one such assassin squad nearly gets the betterof Vin, the Mistborn protagonist, though {{spoiler|this is because they had a Mistborn in their group pretending to be a mere Misting.}}
* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' has the Gholam, a creature engineered to be immune to magic and used as an assassin. It's also an [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|immortal vampiric ninja]].
* In ''[[Fate
* The Wardens in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' are wizards who are also specialists in both fighting supernatural forces and in taking down "warlocks" (in other words, rogue wizards who abuse their powers). To that end they have special training in combating warlocks, and carry specially-crafted swords that [[Anti-Magic|undo enchantments and magical constructs with a touch.]]
** [[The Dresden Files]] has a number of examples of this. The [[One-Man Army|mercenary Kincaid]] always brings special weapons to his battles, including exploding-tipped spears and paint guns that shoot holy water balls. He's also [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], and explains to Harry that the way to kill him without falling prey to his [[A Plague
** Harry himself spends some time as one of these when he mentions in Storm Front that he always carries a handgun with him, because wizards never expect you to take a break from slinging fireballs to shoot them in the head.
== Live Action TV ==
* Aredian, the titular character of the ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' episode "The Witchfinder."
* Appears in the [[Forever Knight]] episode "Bad Blood", where we learn that a mortal who isn't completely killed or turned by a vampire gets enhanced senses and intuition that they often use to kill vamps.
* The [[The Vamp|Mord'Sith]] in [[Legend of the Seeker]], who have the ability to turn magic against whoever wields it.
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** The ordinary Monk, with his high Wisdom score, extreme mobility on the battlefield and Stunning abilities that require Fortitude Saves to resist, is this in effect, if not intention or spirit.
*** The Arcanopath Monk prestige class, on the other hand, is this in effect AND intention, recieving a host of abilities allowing them to deflect and reflect spells, as well as punching the mage in question so hard they forget how to cast spells at all.
** The Spellthief is, well, just that. They make decent skill monkeys, but their real advantage is the multiple spellcaster-slaying abilities they obtain: extra damage (via Sneak Attack), spell resistance (including the ability to STEAL it from others), [[Exactly What It Says
** The [[Exactly What It Says
** Golems in general in 3.5 are immune to magic. They can only be purchased as squaddies at epic levels for just this reason.
** Some Warlock builds work this way. Warlocks can use their invocations whenever they like, and one of them is treated as ''Dispel Magic'', the universal counterspell. While not exactly a ''fun'' strategy, hold action to counter will effectively lock down an enemy caster.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[
** There is also The Paladin Slayer Class which [[Captain Obvious|slays paladins]] and the class is obtained only by buying [http://cms.battleon.com/aqw/images/AQWorlds-CardGame-ModPack.jpg The AQW Card game: Chaos and Doomwood Expansion Packs]
* The Spell Breakers and Faerie Dragons in ''[[Warcraft III]]''.
** Felhunters in [[
** Magina the Anti-Mage from ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]''. While he can be and often is built as a DPS machine, his passive [[Mana Burn]] attack bonus, added resistance to magic damage and ability to damage a target based on its lack of mana all point to this trope.
*** The Silencer, from ''[[
* Kassadin in ''[[League of Legends]]'' is specifically designed with that in mind, seeing as he has a distance closing spell, a silence and a built in magic resistance mechanism - storywise he specifically hunts down mages to prevent them to opening a gate to the Void. Interestingly and ironically, developers wanted him to be a [[Magic Knight]] with majority of his damage being physical and the spells only acting for utility purposes, but it turned out he's much more effective being built as a mage himself.
** Veigar acts as one as well despite being a mage himself, since his ultimate relies on the amount of Ability Points (basically the game's version of magic damage) the opponent has to deal any noticable damage. On characters like [[Mighty Glacier|Rammus]], it barely does a thing. On [[Squishy Wizard|Cassopeia]] or even [[Mirror Match|himself]] it tends to do more than ''half their HP''.
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** It should be noted that Templars can easily wipe the floor with an [[Magic Knight|Arcane Warrior]]
** If the [[Player Character]] is a warrior, he or she can learn Templar abilities. If they're also a [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarf]], they come with a built-in resistance to enemy spells. Oh yeah, and a PC mage can learn [[Game Breaker|Mana Clash]], which can slaughter an entire group of enemy mages all at once, sometimes before they even see you.
* ''[[
* The Assassin from ''[[Diablo]] 2'' is a member of an order designed to hunt down and kill mages.
* The Mesmer in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' is often played in such a role by interrupting an enemies spells or draining them of the energy needed to cast spells.
** There two elite Magehunter skills for Warriors, which have added effects and are unable to be blocked by an enchanted enemy, and a Magebane Shot for Rangers, which interrupts skills, and adds recharge to spells.
* According to the bestiary in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]] Genealogy Of The Holy War'', the second generation [[The Hero|Lord Character]], Celice, is often set for this role due to his high RES growth and his Legendary Weapon giving him an additional 20 RES. He also uses physical attacks which, considering most casters have [[Squishy Wizard|low defense...]]
** Let's not forget Ares. He has the same high RES growth as Celice, and his Legendary Weapon, the Demon Sword Mistoltin, grants him a + 10 boost in RES (along with the Critical Skill and a + 20 boost in Skill, [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|meaning its tears into those mages even harder than Celice]]). He's THE character of choice for killing mages until Celice gets his Tyrfing, which he gets late in the game.
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** Addendum: [[Robotic Psychopath|HK-47]] was well versed in the assasination of Jedi, [[Catch Phrase|meatbags.]]
* ''Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds'' uses bounty hunters to counter Jedi.
* [[Casting a Shadow|Dark]] [[Combat Pragmatist|type]] [[Pokémon]] were introduced in ''[[
** To elaborate, almost no Dark-type attacks use [[Casting a Shadow|shadowy magic]] or the like (exceptions including Night Daze and Dark Pulse). Instead they rely mostly on [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|trickery]] and more [[Combat Pragmatist|underhanded moves]].
== Web Original ==
* [[
** Note though, that they don't have any kind of [[Anti-Magic]]. They mostly deal with humanoid [[SC Ps]] with a combination of psychology, cleverness, [[We Have Reserves]], and [[More Dakka]]. {{spoiler|Except Dr. Clef. He uses reality warping to cancel reality warping, and ''then'' uses psychology, cleverness, class Ds, and big guns.}}
*** Of course, considering the [[Negative Continuity]] of the site this is [[Mind Screw|only true in some cases.]]
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== Western Animation ==
* Ty Lee from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is able to [[Power Nullifier|block bending]] and temporarily [[The Paralyzer|paralyze]] limbs by hitting the body's [[Pressure Points]].
* In [[Sequel Series]] ''[[
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