List of Pokémon abilities

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A

Air Lock

Battle:Stops all weather effects

B

Battle Armor

Battle: Opponent's attacks cannot Critical Hit.

• Anorith
• Armaldo
• Kabuto
• Kabutops

Blaze

Battle: When HP is below one third, Fire's power increases to 1.5 times.

Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion

Torchic Combusken Blaziken

C

Cacophony

Battle: Pokémon with this ability is uneffected by sound moves. This is an unused ability, coded in the game, but no Pokémon have it.

Clear Body

Battle: Opponents' moves which lower this POKéMON's ability values have no effect. However this POKéMON may lower its own stats with its own moves.

Beldum Metang Metagross Regirock Regice Registeel

Tentacool Tentacruel

Cloud Nine

Battle: All weather effects are negated while the pokémon is on the field.

• Psyduck
• Golduck

Color Change

Battle: This pokémon's type becomes the type of the last damaging move which hit it.

• Kecleon

Compoundeyes

Battle: Raises the pokémon's accuracy by 30%. Field: If the pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild pokémon holding an item increases.

• Butterfree
• Venonat
• Nincada
• Yanma

D

Damp

Battle: Explosion and Selfdestruct will not work while the Pokémon is on the field.

Psyduck Golduck Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath

Politoed Wooper Quagsire

Drizzle

Battle: Weather changes to Heavy Rain when the Pokémon enters the battle.

• Kyogre

E

Effect Spore

Battle: The opponent has a 10% chance of being induced by PARALYZE, POISON, or SLEEP when using an attack, that requires physical contact, against this POKéMON.

• Paras
• Parasect
• Shroomish
• Breloom

F

Flash Fire

Battle: Activates when user is hit by a damaging Fire-type move (including Fire-type Hidden Power). Once activated, user's Fire-type moves deal 1.5 times damage. While this ability is in effect, this Pokémon is immune to damage from Fire-type attacks. For Fire-type Pokémon with this ability, Will-O-Wisp activates this ability without having an effect. If a non-Fire-type Pokémon has this ability, Will-O-Wisp will activate the ability and will have an effect.

Growlithe Arcanine Ponyta Rapidash Houndour Houndoom

Vulpix Ninetales Flareon

I

Immunity

Battle: Pokémon with this ability can't be poisioned

• Snorlax
• Zangoose

Insomnia

Battle: Pokémon with this ability can't be put to sleep

Drowzee Hypno Shuppet Banette Hoothoot Noctowl

Spinarak Ariados Murkrow

Intimidate

Battle: Upon entering battle, the opponent's Attack lowers one stage. In a Double Battle, both opponents' Attack are lowered. Field: If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a low level wild Pokémon decreases by 50%. This applies to POKéMON five levels lower than or below the level of the lead Pokémon.

Tauros Gyarados Snubbull Granbull Hitmontop Mightyena

Masquerain Salamence Ekans Arbok Growlithe Arcanine

Stantler Mawile

L

Levitate

Battle: Damage dealing Ground-type moves have no effect on this POKéMON. Cannot be trapped by Arena Trap ability and takes no damage from Spikes.

Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Misdreavus Unown

Vibrava Flygon Lunatone Solrock Baltoy Claydol

Duskull Chimecho Latias Latios

Limber

Battle: The Pokémon cannot be PARALYZE condition while having this ability.

• Persian
• Hitmonlee
• Ditto

N

Natural Cure

Battle: The POKéMON's status (BURN, PARALYZE, SLEEP, POISON, FREEZE) is healed when withdrawn from battle.

Swablu Altaria Chansey Blissey Staryu Starmie

Corsola Roselia Celebi

O

Oblivious

Battle: The POKéMON cannot be ATTRACT condition while having this ability.

Smoochum Jynx Swinub Piloswine Illumise

Numel Barboach Whiscash Slowpoke Slowbro

Lickitung Slowking Wailmer Wailord

Overgrow

Battle: When HP is below one third, Grass's power increases to 1.5 times.

Bulbasaur Ivysaur Venusaur Chikorita Bayleef Meganium

Treecko Grovyle Sceptile

Own Tempo

Battle: Pokémon with this ability can't be confused

Slowpoke Slowbro Lickitung Slowking Spoink Grumpig Smeargle

Spinda

P

Poison Point

Battle: When this Pokémon is hit by any move, the user's PP goes down by 2 instead of 1.

Field: The chance of encountering a high-level Pokémon is decreased by 50% when this Pokémon is in the first slot.

Articuno Zapdos Moltres Mewtwo Raikou Entei

Suicune Lugia Ho-Oh Dusclops Absol Deoxys

Aerodactyl Weavile

R

Rough Skin

Battle: The opponent is hurt by 1/16th of his maxium Hit Points of recoil when using an attack, that requires physical contact, against this Pokémon.

• Carvanha
• Sharpedo

S

Sand Veil

Battle: Raises the Pokémon's evasion during a sandstorm by one level.

Field: If the Pokémon in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild Pokémon during a sandstorm decreases to 50%.

Sandshrew Sandslash Cacnea Cacturne Diglett Dugtrio

Gligar

Shadow Tag

Battle: The opponent cannot run nor switch. If this POKéMON switches, the opponent will remain trapped.

• Wynaut
• Wobbuffet

Shield Dust

Battle: Prevents added effects from damaging moves

• Caterpie
• Weedle
• Venomoth
• Wurmple
• Dustox

Speed Boost

Battle: Speed increases by one stage each turn except the turn that the Pokémon is switched into battle.

• Ninjask
• Yanma

Static

Battle: The opponent has a 30% chance of being induced with PARALYZE when using an attack, that requires physical contact, against this Pokémon.

Field: If the pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering an Electric-type wild pokémon increases to 150%.

Pichu Pikachu Raichu Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos

Elekid Electabuzz Voltorb Electrode Electrike Manectric

Stench

Field: When this Pokémon is in the first slot, chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased to 50%. In Battle Pyramid, it decreased to 75%.

• Grimer
• Muk

Sturdy

Battle: The Pokémon is unaffected by One Hit Knock Out moves.

Pineco Forretress Shuckle Geodude Graveler Golem

Donphan Magnemite Magneton Onix Steelix Skarmory

Nosepass Aron Lairon Aggron Bonsly Sudowoodo

Suction Cups

Battle: This Pokémon cannot be switched if the opponent uses Roar or Whirlwind. Field: When fishing, Pokémon are easier to catch.

• Octillery
• Lileep
• Cradily

Synchronize

Battle': When this POKéMON becomes POISON, PARALYZE, or BURN, so does the opponent. However, Fire-type and Water Veil ability POKéMON cannot be BURNed, Poison-type and Steel-type and Immunity ability POKéMON cannot be POISONed, and Limber ability POKéMON cannot be PARALYZEd. Field: If the POKéMON is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild POKéMON with the same nature will be 50%.

Mew Espeon Umbreon Abra Kadabra Alakazam

Natu Xatu Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir

T

Torrent

Battle: When HP is below one third, Water's power increases to 1.5 times.

Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr

Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert

V

Volt Absorb

Battle: The POKéMON heals up to one forth of it's maximum Hit Points when hit with Electric-type moves.

• Jolteon
• Chinchou
• Lanturn

W

Water Absorb

Battle: The POKéMON heals up to one forth of it's maximum Hit Points when hit with Water-type moves.

Vaporeon Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath Politoed Lapras

Wooper Quagsire Mantine

Wonder Guard

Battle: The POKéMON is only harmed by Super Effective damage, weather effects and condition effects.

• Shedinja