Weakness Change

Weakness Change
Jitterthugs (Kid Icarus: Uprising) are able to shift their vulnerabilities; when red, they're immune to melee attacks and vulnerable to ranged attacks, and when green, they're vulnerable to melee attacks and immune to ranged attacks.
Power/Ability to:	Change weaknesses.

The power to change/shift one's weaknesses. Sub-power of Weakness Manipulation and Immunity Change. Variation of Selective Invulnerability. Opposite to Affinity Change.

Also Called

• Self-Weakness Manipulation
• Weakness Shift

Capabilities

User can change or shift their own weaknesses allowing them to choose what they are weak or strong against at any time, such as changing a weakness to fire to ice or water and/or relocating one's weak spot to somewhere else on their body. Weaknesses changed can be either temporary or permanent depending on the user's skill.

Applications

• Malleable Anatomy
• Selective Invulnerability

Associations

• Absolute Change
• Body Manipulation
• Immunity Change
• Organ Relocation
• Remolding
• Shapeshifting
• Weakness Exchange
• Weakness Manipulation

Flaws

• Users of Weakness Detection can figure out the new weakness.
• Weak against Weakness Creation.
• Users still have weaknesses that can be exploited.

Known Users

See also: Barrier Change Boss.

• The Blue (Blue Gender)
• Magus (Chrono Trigger)
• Son of Sun (Chrono Trigger)
• MagiMaster (Final Fantasy VI)
• Baldur (God of War 2018)
• Psi Max's Machine (Goblins)
• Syler (Heroes); via Shapeshifting
• Jitterthug (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Rahab (Legacy of Kain)
• Incentas (Mega Man X: Command Mission)
• Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime)
• Emperor Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
• The Kal (Parallel Paradise)
• Protagonists (Persona series)
• Arcana Emperor (Persona 3)
• Arcana Empress (Persona 3)
• Crystal Onix (Pokémon)
• Pharos Hercules (Yumekui Merry)

Gallery

Magus (Chrono Trigger) alters his elemental weakness using Barrier Change.

Son of Sun (Chrono Trigger) can continually shift its weak point into any of the flames surrounding him.

The MagiMaster (Final Fantasy VI) can change its elemental weakness via "BarrierChange".

During his final fight with Kratos, Baldur (God of War 2018) was able to switch between Ice Magic and Fire Magic, becoming vulnerable to the Blades of Chaos when using ice, and to the Leviathan Axe when using fire.

After acquiring Shapeshifting, Sylar (Heroes) was able to shift around the "sweet spot" in his brain, lessening the chances of him dying from having his brain penetrated.

Due to his Evolution, Rahab (Legacy of Kain) was able to rid himself of his weakness to water, at the cost of having absolutely no tolerance for sunlight.

Incentas (Mega Man X: Command Mission) can switch between three different elements to control and, when he does so, changes his weakness too.

In its exoskeletal form, the Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime) can shift its weakness, becoming vulnerable to the Power Beam, Plasma Beam, Wave Beam, or Ice Beam.

The Emperor Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes) can shift between using light and darkness to attack, and when it does so, it becomes vulnerable to the opposing element and immune to the one it's using.

Due to its unique composition, the Crystal Onix (Pokémon) has shifted its weaknesses, being immune to water and vulnerable to fire rather than the other way around.

Video

Battle against Arcana Empress and Arcana Emperor (Persona 3 the Movie 1 Spring of Birth)

S.E.E.S. face off against two Shadows that can change their vulnerabilities.