Barrier Shift

Barrier Shift, also known as Wall Change, Barrier Change, Elemental Shift or Exoproofing, is a recurring ability in the series. Often used by bosses, it changes the boss's elemental weakness while it absorbs all other elemental attacks, and it is often used after the player strikes the boss with its elemental weakness at the time.

Final Fantasy III
Barrier Shift, originally called WallChange, changes the user's elemental weakness and allows them to absorb all other elemental attacks. It is used only by Amon and Hein.

Final Fantasy IV
Barrier Shift is an attack exclusive to the Nintendo DS release, used only by Golbez. It gives him a random elemental weakness and enables him to absorb all other elements.

Final Fantasy V
Wall Change, originally called Barrier Change, is used by Archeoaevis and Omega Mk.II, which allows them to change their elemental weakness at will.

Final Fantasy VI
Barrier Change, originally called Wall Change, is a special ability of several bosses, most notably Kaiser Dragon and Magic Master. Here, it allows the user to be weak to one element, absorb another element, and nullify the damage of all other elements.

Final Fantasy X
Elemental Shift is used exclusively by Greater Sphere and Spherimorph. It allows the user to change their elemental weakness, as well as other elemental attributes to match the weakness, when they take damage.

Final Fantasy X-2
Barrier Shift, used only by Protean Gel, allows it to change its elemental weakness.

Final Fantasy XII
Shift, used by enemies such as Phoenix and Zodiark, allows the enemy to change its elemental weakness. Trickster also puts a physical paling after which it keeps changing its elemental weakness, while all other elements heal it.

Final Fantasy XIII
The Aster Protoflorian and Vernal Harvester can change their elemental resistance with the Exoproofing abilities for Fire, Lightning, Ice and Water. They absorb one element, but are weak to the opposing element. They take half damage from all other elements.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The Viera Job Class of Elementalist can use the ability Elementalshift to change the elemental weaknesses and resistances of opponents. However, the changed element is random and not actually declared meaning that some trial and error is required to find the opponent's new weakness, although the weakness will cancel any matching elemental immunities or absorbencies meaning that it can be used to remove or reduce the opponent's elemental defences (eg. can change a Bomb's fire absorbency to half damage or weak to fire)

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Barrier Shift is the ability of Rubicante's card. Barrier Shift requires one Fire CP and the discard of another Rubicante card to activate, and allows the player to choose an element. For the rest of the turn, Rubicante cannot be targeted by the effects of cards of that element.

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Cambio Barriera