Pokémon Abilities

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[edit] A

[edit] Air Lock

Battle: Negates any and all weather effects in battle.

• Rayquaza

[edit] Arena Trap

Battle: Prevents Pokémon from fleeing or being switched out. Flying-type Pokémon and Pokémon with the abilities Levitate and Run Away are unaffected by Arena Trap.

• Trapinch
• Diglett
• Dugtrio

[edit] B

[edit] Battle Armor

Battle: Opponent's attacks cannot Critical Hit.

• Anorith
• Armaldo
• Kabuto
• Kabutops

[edit] 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

[edit] C

[edit] 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. Exactly the same as Soundproof.

[edit] Chlorophyll

Battle: Speed is raised by 2 levels in sunshine.

Oddish Gloom Vileplume Bellossom Bellsprout Weepinbell Victreebel Tropius

Exeggcute Exeggutor Tangela Hoppip Skiploom Jumpluff Sunkern Sunflora

[edit] 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

[edit] Cloud Nine

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

• Psyduck
• Golduck

[edit] Color Change

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

• Kecleon

[edit] 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

[edit] Cute Charm

Battle: If the foe attacks using a move that makes physical contact, it will become infatuated.

• Cleffa
• Clefairy
• Clefable
• Igglybuff
• Jigglypuff
• Wigglytuff
• Skitty
• Delcatty

[edit] D

[edit] Damp

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

Psyduck Golduck Poliwag Poliwhirl Poliwrath

Politoed Wooper Quagsire

[edit] Drizzle

Battle: Weather changes to heavy rain when the Pokémon enters the battle.

• Kyogre

[edit] Drought

Battle: Weather changes to sunshine when the Pokémon enters battle.

• Groudon

[edit] E

[edit] Early Bird

Battle: The Pokémon will awake from sleep twice as fast.

Kangaskhan Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Ledyba Ledian Girafarig

Doduo Dodrio Natu Xatu Houndour Houndoom

[edit] 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

[edit] F

[edit] Flame Body

[edit] 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

[edit] Forecast

Battle: User changes with the weather

• Castform

[edit] G

[edit] Guts

• Makuhita
• Hariyama

[edit] H

[edit] Huge Power

[edit] Hustle

[edit] Hyper Cutter

gligar

[edit] I

[edit] Immunity

Battle: Pokémon with this ability can't be poisioned

• Snorlax
• Zangoose

[edit] Inner Focus

Battle: Pokémon with this ability cannot be made to flinch. The exception to this rule is when hit after tightening focus (i.e. when using Focus Punch).

• Dragonite
• Abra
• Kadabra
• Alakazam
• Zubat
• Golbat
• Crobat
• Giraffarig
• Snorunt
• Glalie

[edit] Insomnia

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

Drowzee Hypno Shuppet Banette Hoothoot Noctowl

Spinarak Ariados Murkrow

[edit] 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

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] Keen Eye

Battle: Pokemon with this ability are immune to attacks that lower Accuracy (e.g. Sand Attack).

• Sableye
• Wingull
• Pelipper
• Skarmory

[edit] L

[edit] 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. Imitated by the move Magnet Rise.

Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Misdreavus Unown

Vibrava Flygon Lunatone Solrock Baltoy Claydol

Duskull Chimecho Latias Latios

[edit] Lightningrod

Battle: Draws electrical moves in a double battle, protecting ally from harm.

Field: Player receives 10% more phone calls if this Pokemon is in the party's first slot.

[edit] Limber

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

• Persian
• Hitmonlee
• Ditto

[edit] Liquid Ooze

Battle: When moves such as Leech Seed, Absorb, Mega Drain, Giga Drain and Drain Punch are used on a Pokemon with this ability, it hurts the user instead of restoring HP. The Pokemon the attack is used on will also be hurt.

• Tentacool
• Tentacruel

[edit] M

[edit] Magma Armor

Battle: Prevents Freezing.

• Camerupt

[edit] Magnet Pull

Battle: Prevents wild Steel-type Pokemon from escaping through the use of Roar, etc.

• Magnemite
• Magneton

[edit] Marvel Scale

Battle: Raises defense if the Pokémon currently has a status ailment

• Milotic

[edit] Minus

• Minun

[edit] N

[edit] 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

[edit] O

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Own Tempo

Battle: Pokémon with this ability can't be confused

Slowpoke Slowbro Lickitung Slowking Spoink Grumpig Smeargle

Spinda

[edit] P

[edit] Pressure

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

[edit] Pickup

Field: May pick up items while walking around.

• Zigzagoon
• Linoone
• Meowth

[edit] Plus

• Plusle

[edit] Poison Point

Battle: When foe uses an attack that physically hits a Pokemon with this ability, the foe will be Poisoned.

• Nidoran (both male and female)
• Nidorino
• Nidorina
• Nidoking
• Nidoqueen
• Qwilfish

[edit] Pure Power

Battle: Raises ATTACK by one stage.

• Medicham

[edit] Q

[edit] R

[edit] Rain Dish

Battle: Restores 1/16th of HP in rain.

• Lotad
• Lombre
• Ludicolo

[edit] Rock Head

Battle: No recoil damage is inflicted after using an attack like Take Down or Double Edge.

• Geodude
• Graveler
• Golem
• Relicanth
• Onix
• Steelix
• Aron
• Lairon
• Aggron
• Bagon
• Shelgon

[edit] 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

[edit] Run Away

Battle: Increases chances of escaping from wild Pokémon (not foolproof).

• Ratatta
• Raticate
• Doduo
• Dodrio
• Poochyena

[edit] S

[edit] Sand Stream

Battle: Changes the weather to a sandstorm when user enters battle.

• Tyranitar

[edit] 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

[edit] Serene Grace

Battle: Promotes added effects. For example, Dragonbreath has a 30% chance of Paralyzing the target. With Serene Grace in play, that chance doubles to 60%.

• Chansey
• Blissey

[edit] Shadow Tag

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

• Wynaut
• Wobbuffet

[edit] Shed Skin

Battle: Grants the Pokémon a 1 in 3 chance of recovering from a permanent (eg. burn, freeze) status condition.

• Metapod
• Kakuna
• Cascoon
• Silcoon
• Seviper
• Dratini
• Dragonair

[edit] Shield Dust

Battle: Prevents added effects from damaging moves. E.g. Fake Out will only do damage and will not cause this Pokemon to flinch.

• Caterpie
• Weedle
• Venomoth
• Wurmple
• Dustox

[edit] Shell Armor

[edit] Soundproof

Battle: Blocks sound-based moves (e.g. Sonicboom, Screech, Hyper Voice etc.)

• Voltorb
• Electrode
• Whismur
• Loudred
• Exploud

[edit] Speed Boost

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

• Ninjask
• Yanma

[edit] 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 by 50%.

Pichu Pikachu Raichu Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos

Elekid Electabuzz Voltorb Electrode Electrike Manectric

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Sticky Hold

Battle: Moves such as Thief, Covet and Trick will not work.

• Grimer
• Muk

[edit] 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

[edit] Swarm

Battle: BUG-Type moves increase in power 1.5x when below 1/3 HP

• Beedrill
• Beautifly
• Volbeat

[edit] Swift Swim

Battle: Raises SPEED by 2 stages in rain.

• Lotad
• Lombre
• Ludicolo
• Magikarp

[edit] 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

[edit] T

[edit] Thick Fat

[edit] 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

[edit] Trace

Battle: Copies foe's ability when entering battle.

• Abra
• Kadabra
• Alakazam
• Ralts
• Kirlia
• Gardevoir
• Porygon
• Porygon2
• PorygonZ

[edit] Truant

Battle: Pokémon only moves every other battle turn.

• Slakoth
• Slaking

[edit] U

[edit] Unaware

Battle: Ignores the beneficial stat changes of an opponent pokémon.

• Bidoof
• Bibarel

[edit] V

[edit] Vital Spirit

Battle: Prevents Sleep.

• Vigoroth
• Mankey
• Primeape

[edit] 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

[edit] W

[edit] 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

[edit] Water Veil

Battle: Prevents Burns.

• Goldeen
• Seaking

[edit] White Smoke

Battle: Prevents Opponents from changing this Pokemon's stats.

• Torkoal

[edit] Wonder Guard

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

• Shedinja