History Main / ArmorOfInvincibility

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has enjoyed a few of these over the eras, when the best defense isn't plot-important.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' has the Magic Armor, [[NonIndicativeName a spell item]] that renders Link invincible, at the cost of constantly draining his magic for as long as it is active.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' also features Magic Armor, this time as an actual suit of armour that Link can change into or out of as he pleases. As the game doesn't have a magic meter, this one [[CastFromMoney eats Rupees at a rate of 2 per second]].
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' has the Hylian Shield, which is protected from both fire and electric attacks, and is the only shield in the game that won't break if it takes too much damage. You can only get it by defeating [[DoWellButNotPerfect eight (and only eight)]] bosses in the BossRush.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' gives the Hylian Shield this status again. It's not quite indestructible, but it does have a durability rating of '''800'''[[note]]For comparison, the next most durable shield has a durability rating of 90[[/note]]which means that anyone who doesn't go out of their way to get it at the start of the game (and some of those that do, if they don't pick every fight in Hyrule) will never want for shields again. [[DevelopersForesight If a player does somehow manage to break it]], it's possible (albeit very expensive) to purchase a replacement.

* Shardplate in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. Not only can it take absurd amounts of physical damage and mend itself by consuming {{Mana}}, it is also one of only four things that can block a [[SoulCuttingBlade Shardblade]], with the others being another Shardblade, the recently invented "half-shard" shields (plate and blades are LostTechnology) and [[spoiler: [[AntiMagic aluminum]]]]. It also makes its wearer immune to [[FunctionalMagic Surgebindings]] and Voidbringer special powers, such as Stormform's ability to throw lightning. On top of all that, it considerably enhances the wearer's strength and speed like a magical version of PoweredArmor.
* Thanks to having an extremely powerful spirit called an Akari dwelling inside it, the Devil's Armor from ''The Lukien Series'' by John Marco makes the wearer impossible to kill. Not only is the armor impossible to breach, it also greatly strengthens the wearer to the point where a charging cavalryman's lance shatters on the breastplate and the wearer doesn't even flinch.

* Shardplate in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''. Not only can it take absurd amounts of physical damage and mend itself by consuming {{Mana}}, it is also one of only four things that can block a [[SoulCuttingBlade Shardblade]], with the others being another Shardblade, the recently invented "half-shard" shields (plate and blades are LostTechnology) and [[spoiler: [[AntiMagic aluminum]]]]. In addition, it makes its wearer immune to [[FunctionalMagic Surgebindings]] and Voidbringer special powers, such as Stormform's ability to throw lightning.

''Website/{{Subeta}}'': While not ''completely'' invincible, Blackmoons War Plate comes pretty darn close. 30 icons of defense, plus healing ''and'' a chance of inflicting Curse? There's a reason this puppy is so expensive.

''Website/{{Subeta}}'': While not ''completely'' invincible, Blackmoons War Plate comes pretty darn close.

''Website/Subeta'': While not ''completely'' invincible, Blackmoons War Plate comes pretty darn close.

** Gilgamesh from ''Anime/FateStayNight'' and ''Literature/FateZero'' wears a suit of golden armor that, despite its appearance, is extremely durable - it can survive a barrage of sword strikes from (an admittedly weakened) Saber without a scratch, and allows him to survive the destruction of his CoolAirship while suffering only minor damage. The only things that have been shown to be able to pierce it are activated Noble Phantasms, the ultimate techniques of Servants, such as [[spoiler:his own Merodach's SwordBeam reflected back at him by Shirou's Avalon and Saber's Excalibur fired ''point-blank'' - the latter might not necessarily be its upper limit, but Saber did need to subscribe to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill overkill theory]] just to make sure that she could actually pierce the armor.]] His defeat in the ''UBW'' route is partially because he believed he didn't need to put on the armor [[spoiler:against Shirou, a mere human and "faker"]], and thus was caught off-guard.
** Berserker from ''Literature/FateZero'' wears a suit of armor that's even more powerful than Gilgamesh's - it allows him to survive an attempted stab to the head from Saber without a scratch, causes building-shattering weapons from the Gate of Babylon to simply bounce off of it (though since he was attempting a free-fall attack, the weapons still sent him flying off his path), and even lets him survive being trampled by Rider's Gordius Wheel, an A+ ranked Noble Phantasm (albeit injured enough that he had to call a retreat). The only time that the armor's ever been pierced is when [[spoiler:Saber runs her sword through him, after he's run out of mana, a state which causes Servants' durability and power to drastically degrade.]]

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* Played with in ''The Inquisitor: Unsafe and Unsound'', the eighth entry in the ''Literature/LaFuerzaSeries''. The cybernetic armor given to Inquisitor and several other characters isn't invincible per se, but it has the ability to repair itself. It will continue to repair itself indefinitely - ''even after the person with it is dead and there’s nothing left of their body except the armor''.

* ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'''s SuperMode is Infinity Style - a suit themed around diamonds and completely impervious to attacks by any Phantoms save for [[BigBad Wiseman]] himself. Comes with FlashStep capability, too.

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* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' has some really good armour in a couple of their books:
** ''Literature/NightDragon'' has a legendary Magic Armour that's a chainmail which increases your Attack Strength (your likelihood of winning the turn against your enemy and hurting them) and this increase goes up against the Night Dragon and his Bone Stalkers. Unfortunately, besides the difficulty of finding this armour - initially it's badly damaged and you must do a quest for the armour's makers before they repair it.
** In ''Literature/StormSlayer'', you essentially buy layers of armour - a breastplate, a Wyrmskin Cloak and a suit of chainmail armour. While you roll a dice for every layer to see if it actually absorbed some damage, if you can afford to buy all these and keep making successful dice rolls - then you can reduce up to 3 Stamina damage per attack (almost all enemies only do 2 Stamina per successful attack on you) making it possible to get hit constantly but take no damage.
* In ''Literature/GrailQuest'' book ''Voyage of Terror'', you can win a magical armour from Vulcan which stops any amount of damage from 2 hits, after that it's just very good armour.
* Zigzagged in ''[[Literature/GrailQuest J.H Brennan]]'s ''Saga of the Demonspawn'', you go through Books 1 - 3 without any armor which isn't too bad because in the books, because armour you find in Book 4 has limited worth (such as the Glowing Shield stopping the first attack in a battle before breaking after 10 uses). In the VisualNovel adaptation the magical Levenskin shirt, now increases the likelihood of enemies whiffing each attack. But it pales in comparison to the glowing shield and the Dragonskin armour you can get just before you meet the [[BigBad 3 sorcerers who started this mess]] - with these, you're almost indestructible in battle as your enemies will only have 2 out of 12 chance of hitting you with an attack (modified depending on what weapon the enemy has).
* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''Path to Victory'' gamebook ''Herald of Oblivion''. Your character starts with ArmorOfInvincibility as he's a [[ExperiencedProtagonist veteran Terminator]] for the Imperial Fists. Besides having Tactical Dreadnought plasteel/ceramite plating that enemies have difficulty breaching, your Termie can use mighty weapons exclusive to Terminator armour (plus a few that aren't part of a Termie's regulation loadout such as Relic Blade).
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' features this in both the backstory and mechanics of one of the Vestiges from the ''Tome of Magic'' supplement. Savnok was the squire of the divine half-brothers Heironeous and Hextor back when the godlings were young and had not yet come to blows. He saw how they longed to try on their mother's incredible armor and offered to steal it for them, but when he grabbed it, Savnok was unable to resist taking it for himself and carving out an empire on the Material Plane. Since no mortal weapons could harm him in the armor, Heironeous and Hextor only stopped Savnok by stealing their mother's bow and subjecting Savnok to a DeathOfAThousandCuts by countless arrows, then hid the evidence of their mistake by making him a Vestige. When called up by a Binder, Savnok grants them the power to summon a suit of formidable magical armor that resists damage - except from piercing weapons like arrows.

* In ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'', Kyrie ''may'' get the Crimson Gear, assuming you [[spoiler:revisited Barni before he died, then revisited Barni ''again'' after he was resurrected - keep in mind that Barni is now an utter ghost town and you have ''no'' other reason to try to go there]]. If not, it becomes {{Permanently Missable|Content}} and you get the Crimson Robe as a consolation prize. Both are stronger than any other armor he can obtain, but the Gear nullifies all elements as well as having a higher defensive value. Other characters also have an ultimate armor personal to them, though they only have one ultimate option; in their cases, the catch is more often triggering the quest itself, rather than remembering to [[GuideDangIt do random things at the appropriate time to ensure you get the better option]] (in particular, Rhi'a's dresses are known to be a pain to trigger; even though the only thing you have to do is walk into town, it's up to the game to decide if this particular visit is the one where Felis Rex will decide to send her a present - so you may get several in a row if you exit and reenter, or you may get nothing no matter how many times you get on and off your ship at the docks).

* The Two-Ton Tunic from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. Wearing it pretty much makes you invincible, as attacks don't go through and it's weight makes you stand your ground without even trying. On the flip side, [[StoneWall you won't be moving anytime soon]].

-->-- '''John Creasman upon unlocking the final body armor upgrade, VideoGame/RoadOfTheDead'''

-->-- '''John Creasman upon unlocking the final armor upgrade, VideoGame/RoadOfTheDead'''