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This is an enemy whose power is to adapt to any power used against it. Hit it with a fireball? Next time it's immune to fire. Same with any Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors attack. Cut it, it now has armor. Psychic powers, it now has mindshields. Logic would dictate the "easy" way to beat it is to use an overwhelming attack to begin with. However, this goes against most heroic codes, so by the time they've slowly cranked up the power of their attacks, the villain has "adapted" quite a bit. Beings with an Adaptive Ability are very often Social Darwinists, if they're not mindless monsters.

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  • This is an enemy whose power is to adapt to any power used against it. Hit it with a fireball? Next time it's immune to fire. Same with any Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors attack. Cut it, it now has armor. Psychic powers, it now has mindshields. Logic would dictate the "easy" way to beat it is to use an overwhelming attack to begin with. However, this goes against most heroic codes, so by the time they've slowly cranked up the power of their attacks, the villain has "adapted" quite a bit. Beings with an Adaptive Ability are very often Social Darwinists, if they're not mindless monsters.
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  • This is an enemy whose power is to adapt to any power used against it. Hit it with a fireball? Next time it's immune to fire. Same with any Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors attack. Cut it, it now has armor. Psychic powers, it now has mindshields. Logic would dictate the "easy" way to beat it is to use an overwhelming attack to begin with. However, this goes against most heroic codes, so by the time they've slowly cranked up the power of their attacks, the villain has "adapted" quite a bit. Beings with an Adaptive Ability are very often Social Darwinists, if they're not mindless monsters. The result is It Only Works Once. The good guys will easily be convinced the Evil Evolves. The functional opposite is Power Copying. A sub-trope of Feed It with Fire. Compare and contrast with Energy Absorption, where the defender is actually powered by being attacked. See also Adaptive Armor. They have a high chance of being an Ultimate Lifeform. Examples of Adaptive Ability include:
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