Selective Immunity

Selective Invulnerability
Doomsday (DC Comics) can't be killed the same way twice, including by hand-to-hand combat.
Power/Ability to:	Be invulnerable against a specific power/ability, attack or object.

The ability to be naturally immune or invulnerable against a specific power or object. Not to be confused with Invulnerability.

Also Called

• Selective Immunity

Capabilities

The user is immune to a specific power, element, attack, object, etc. but are still vulnerable to other methods.

Variations

• Acceleration Immunity
• Acid Immunity
• Action Immunity
• Adaptation Immunity
• Aging Immunity
• Big Creation Immunity
• Big Destruction Immunity
• Blunt Force Immunity
• Bulletproof Durability
• Card Immunity
• Chemical Reaction Immunity
• Consequence Immunity
• Contaminant Immunity
• Corruption Immunity
• Cutting Immunity
• Daytime Walking
• Decay Immunity
• Draconic Immunity
• Elemental Immunity
• Embedded Existence
• Entropy Immunity
• Erosion Immunity
• Exorcism Immunity
• Explosion Immunity
• Foreign Chemical Immunity
• Greater Immunity
• Impact Immunity
• Indivisibility
• Injury Immunity
• Intangibility Immunity
• Internal Invulnerability
• Knowledge Anchoring
• Law Immunity
• Lesser Immunity
• Lethargy Immunity
• Limitation Transcendence
• Lunar Immunity
• Magic Immunity
• Matter State Immunity
• Merging Immunity.
• Molecular Adjustment
• Opportunistic Immunity
• Pain Suppression
• Physical Force Immunity
• Poison Immunity
• Power Immunity
• Pressure Immunity
• Protected Senses
• Purification Immunity
• Radiation Immunity
• Reactive Adaptation
• Reality Anchoring
• Reality Immunity
• Recoil Immunity
• Relativistic Immunity
• Science Immunity
• Seismic Energy Immunity
• Sensation Immunity
• Sensory Attacks Immunity
• Solar Immunity
• Soul Immunity
• Sound Immunity
• Stronger Immunity
• Telekinesis Immunity
• Temporal Protection
• Tightness Immunity
• Velocity Immunity
• Vertigo Immunity
• Weakness Change
• Weapon Immunity

Associations

• Invulnerability
• Nigh Invulnerability
• Reflective Immutability
• Selective Invincibility

Limitations

• Can be harmed by a different method.
• May have prerequisites (e.g. being previously hurt/killed by that method).
• Invulnerability Negation/Immunity Bypassing.
• Unavertable Death will always kill.
• Reality Rejection can deny the Immunity.
• Power Negation can negate the ability.

Known Users

Comics/Cartoons

• Bizarro (DC Comics); immune to Green Kryptonite and even gains strength when exposed to it
• Doomsday (DC Comics); immune to whatever previously killed him once revived
• Plastic Man (DC Comics); immune to Telepathy
• Superman X (Legion of Super-Heroes); immune to Kryptonite
• Adrienne, Cordelia, and Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); immune to each other's powers
• Alex Summers/Havok (Marvel Comics); immune to his brother Cyclops' concussive beams
• Juggernaut (Marvel Comics); immune to all physical attacks
• Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics); immune to his brother Havok's cosmic blast abilities
• Aku (Samurai Jack) cannot be killed by regular weapons, but mystic weapons and artifacts can harm him.
• Steven Universe (Steven Universe); immune to modern Gem technology
• Coop (Yin Yang Yo!) immune to Eradicus' "The Dark Tomorrow"

Anime/Manga

• Kamijou Touma (A Certain Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun)
• Sendou Ryuuichi (Code: Breaker): immune to external attacks by turning his skin's texture, but is not immune to attacks from inside his body.
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball series); immune to the Devilmite Beam and any attacks that have already been used on him
• Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail); immune to all base fire attacks
• Kanna (Inuyasha); immune to demonic aura-related attacks and effects
• Stands (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); immune to any kinds of harm except other Stands
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece); immune to normal physical attacks and electrical attacks (minus heat) as he is made of rubber, and poison.
• Special Species Demons (Puchi Houndo)
• Harvar (Soul Eater) immune to Arachne's Madness wavelength
• Achilles (TYPE-MOON); can only be harmed by gods and demigods, except his heel
• Heracles (TYPE-MOON); immune to all attacks below A-rank
• Siegfried (TYPE-MOON); immune to all attacks below A-rank, except his back

Live Television/Movies

• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel); immune to Billy Blim's powers
• Gabriel Statler (Charmed); immune to the weapons of man
• Vinceres (Charmed); immune to witchcraft
• Krynoids (Doctor Who); Immune to gunfire and lasers
• Various characters (Heroes); immune to their own powers
• Sound absorbing agent (Heroes); immune to sound and sonic-based attacks
• Alejandro Herrera (Heroes); Immune to his sister's power
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural); formerly immune to demonic powers via the Mark of Cain
• Sam Winchester (Supernatural); formerly immune to demonic powers

Video Games

• Baldur (God of War 2018); immune to everything but mistletoe
• Various Pokémon types (Pokémon)
  • Normal type Pokémon; immune to Ghost type Pokémon
  • Ghost type Pokémon; immune to Normal and Fighting type Pokémon
  • Flying type Pokémon; immune to Ground type Pokémon
  • Ground type Pokémon; immune to Electric type Pokémon
  • Steel type Pokémon; immune to Poison type Pokémon
  • Dark type Pokémon; immune to Psychic type Pokémon
  • Fairy type Pokémon; immune to Dragon type Pokémon
• Wart (Super Mario Bros 2)
• Pyromanic (Valkyrie Crusade); immune to blue flames

Other

• Oramus (Exalted); immune to Boundary Manipulation
• The King's Spoon (Super/Roulette): Perspiscuity (psychic invulnerability)
• Durza (Super/Roulette): Perspiscuity (psychic invulnerability)

Gallery

As he "gave up on hate" long ago, Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) is immune to Billy Blim's Misogyny Inducement.

As the wielder of the Imagine Breaker, Touma Kamijou (A Certain Magical Index) is virtually invulnerable to most supernatural powers, including magic, esper powers, and even divine powers.

As he is pure of heart and has no negative thoughts to exploit, Goku (Dragon Ball) is unaffected by Spike the Devil Man's Darkside View attack.

As she possesses no demonic aura, Kanna (InuYasha) is immune to demonic aura-related attacks and effects, such as Mount Hakurei's purification barrier.

Stands (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) are completely immune to any damage; the only way of damaging one is by using another Stand.

As his body has the properties of rubber, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is immune to electricity, conventional bullets, and most blunt force attacks.

Steven Universe (Steven Universe) is immune to the detrimental effects of Gem technology because of his half-human physiology.

Due to his body containing Demon Blood, Sam Winchester (Supernatural) is unaffected by Samhain's white light attack.

After being branded with the Mark of Cain, Dean Winchester (Supernatural) is able to walk through Abbadon's telekinetic assault with ease.

Pyromaniac (Valkyrie Crusade) is immune to the blue flames her flamethrower shoots.