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* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Earthbenders can cover part or all of their bodies with rock (or crystal, if there's enough of it around), as Toph demonstrates in the page picture. She takes this even further by doing it with metal in "Sozin's Comet". To clarify, metalbending is supposedly ''impossible'', even for the best Earthbenders. Toph only achieved it in late season two through an extension of her DisabilitySuperpower.

* Kratos in the first ''GodofWar'' had Wrath of the Gods, which grants him a full set of Greek armor made of lightning.

** Magneto's suit works like this in some adaptations - Though it sure looks manufactured rather than improvised, he can form one from whatever metal is available. At one point when [[{{Ptitleqqsng6mmurdg}} He's Just Hiding]] the base where he was supposed to have died is found and his suit is still there - upright despite being empty and (judging by the neck line) about half an inch thick.

* ''[[{{ptitlemxi508a6}} Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Earthbenders can cover part or all of their bodies with rock (or crystal, if there's enough of it around), as Toph demonstrates in the page picture. She takes this even further by doing it with metal in "Sozin's Comet". To clarify, metalbending is supposedly ''impossible'', even for the best Earthbenders. Toph only achieved it in late season two through an extension of her DisabilitySuperpower.

* Kratos in the first ''God_of_War'' had Wrath of the Gods, which grants him a full set of Greek armor made of lightning.

* Kratos in the first ''GodofWar'' had Wrath of the Gods, which grants him a full set of Greek armor made of lightning.

* Kratos in the first ''God of War'' had Wrath of the Gods, which grants him a full set of Greek armor made of lightning.

* ''[[{{ptitlenhv310a8odku}} Baldur's Gate]]'': stone skin and iron skins spells.

[[caption-width-right:300:That armor totally rocks!]]

* ''ChangelingTheLost'' has the Contract of Elements, which has a clause (read: sub-power) allowing the changeling to wreath themselves in an armor of whatever element he bought the Contract in. Not only does it protect against attacks, it damages anyone who tries to touch him.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[IncrediblyLamePun That armor totally rocks!]]]]

** Similarly, [[BadWithTheBone Bone Armor]] and [[BlowYouAway Cyclone Armor]] that absorb physical and elemental damage respectively.

** The Raikage can use his lightning aura to create lightning shields, among other things.
* In ''YuYuHakusho'', there is Risho, the demon ninja with power over rock that Kuwabara fought in the Dark Tournament. His main attack was to create a rock armor then tackle his opponent.

* ''[[{{ptitlemxi508a6}} Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Earthbenders can cover part or all of their bodies with rock, as Toph demonstrates in the page picture. She takes this even further by doing it with metal in "Sozin's Comet". To clarify, metalbending is supposedly ''impossible'', even for the best Earthbenders. Toph only achieved it in late season two through an extension of her DisabilitySuperpower.

* ''[[{{ptitlemxi508a6}} Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': done by Aang as seen in the picture, and Toph with metal in "Sozin's Comet".

WreathedInFlames is a SubTrope.

* ''{{Naruto}}'': Gaara is automatically protected by his demon's sand. If pressed, he can compress it into actual armor, further increasing defence at the cost of being slowed down.

* When MegaMan uses Wood Man's powers in ''Mega Man 2'', he would have a flurry of leaves used as a shield as long as he remained stationary.

* ''[[{{Ptitleavm2017y}} Magic: The Gathering]]'' has a few examples, notably [[http://magiccards.info/scans/en/mr/104.jpg Armor of Thorns]] from the ''Mirage'' expansion.

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* ''MagicTheGathering'' has a few examples, notably [[http://magiccards.info/scans/en/mr/104.jpg Armor of Thorns]] from the ''Mirage'' expansion.

* ''{{Exalted}}'': Some Charms and Martial Arts (especially Dragon-Blooded ones) can create them (Fire-Aspects are appropriately WreathedInFlame). Solar Exalted can create shiny awesome armor made of sunlight, while Abyssal ones can create similar armor made of darkness.

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* {{Comicbook/X-Men}}:

* DungeonsAndDragons codified the ''stoneskin'' and ''ironskin'' spells. The games also include the spell ''[[WreathedInFlames fireshield]]'', which doesn't so much protect as it does exact pain on anyone who strikes the person "protected" by it.

* ForgottenRealms has spell "Rainbow Shield" allowing to use any attack spell this way (Fireball to more or less fire shield, Lightning bolt to lightning shield, etc).

* * When MegaMan uses Wood Man's powers in ''Mega Man 2'', he would have a flurry of leaves used as a shield as long as he remained stationary.

Using ElementalPowers to create ImprovisedArmour / InstantArmor.

Laconic: ElementalPowers + ImprovisedArmour / InstantArmor