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Abilities

Discover how every Ability shapes battles, forms and strategies throughout the Pokémon generations.

313 Abilities cataloged
7 generations represented
10 community highlights
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Ability No. 289 Generation IX

Hadron Engine

Primary effect

Creates an Electric Terrain when entering battle, and boosts Special Attack while active.

Origin
Ability No. 290 Generation IX

Opportunist

Primary effect

Copies stat boosts by the opponent.

Origin
Ability No. 291 Generation IX

Cud Chew

Primary effect

Causes the Pokémon to reuse an already consumed Berry at the end of the next turn.

Origin
Ability No. 292 Generation IX

Sharpness

Primary effect

Powers up slicing moves.

Origin
Ability No. 293 Generation IX

Supreme Overlord

Primary effect

Attack and Special Attack are boosted for each party Pokémon that has been defeated.

Origin
Ability No. 294 Generation IX

Costar

Primary effect

Copies ally's stat changes on entering battle.

Origin
Ability No. 295 Generation IX

Toxic Debris

Primary effect

Scatters poison spikes at the feet of the opposing team when the Pokémon takes damage from physical moves.

Origin
Ability No. 296 Generation IX

Armor Tail

Primary effect

Prevents the opponent from using any moves that have priority, such as Quick Attack.

Origin
Ability No. 297 Generation IX

Earth Eater

Primary effect

Restores HP when hit by a Ground-type move.

Origin
Ability No. 298 Generation IX

Mycelium Might

Primary effect

Status moves go last, but are not affected by the opponent's ability.

Origin
Ability No. 299 Generation IX

Mind’s Eye

Primary effect

The Pokémon ignores changes to opponents' evasiveness, its accuracy can't be lowered, and it can hit Ghost types with Normal- and Fighting-type moves.

Origin
Ability No. 300 Generation IX

Supersweet Syrup

Primary effect

Once per battle, when a Pokémon with Supersweet Syrup enters the battle, it lowers the evasion stat of all adjacent opponents by one stage.

Origin
Ability No. 301 Generation IX

Hospitality

Primary effect

When a Pokémon with Hospitality enters a battle, it restores HP for an ally by 25%.

Origin
Ability No. 302 Generation IX

Toxic Chain

Primary effect

May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.

Origin
Ability No. 303 Generation IX

Embody Aspect

Primary effect

Embody Aspect boosts a particular stat, depending on the form of a Terastallized Ogerpon

Origin
Ability No. 304 Generation IX

Tera Shift

Primary effect

When Terapagos enters the battle, it turns into its Terastal Form until the end of the battle.

Origin
Ability No. 305 Generation IX

Tera Shell

Primary effect

All damage-dealing moves that hit the Pokémon when its HP is full will not be very effective.

Origin
Ability No. 306 Generation IX

Teraform Zero

Primary effect

As soon as Terapagos assumes its Stellar Form, it will immediately neutralize weather and terrain effects.

Origin
Ability No. 307 Generation IX

Poison Puppeteer

Primary effect

Pokémon poisoned by Pecharunt's moves will also become confused.

Origin
Ability No. 308 Generation IX

Piercing Drill

Primary effect

When the Pokémon uses contact moves, it can hit even targets that are protecting themselves.

Origin
Ability No. 309 Generation IX

Dragonize

Primary effect

The Pokémon's Normal-type moves become Dragon-type moves and their power is boosted by 20%.

Origin
Ability No. 310 Generation IX

Mega Sol

Primary effect

The Pokémon can use its moves as if the weather were harsh sunlight.

Origin
Ability No. 311 Generation IX

Spicy Spray

Primary effect

When the Pokémon takes damage from a move, it burns the attacker.

Origin
Ability No. 312 Generation IX

Eelevate

Primary effect

The Pokémon floats off the ground, making it immune to Ground-type moves, as well as the Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web statuses. When the Pokémon knocks out a target with an attack, its highest stat is boosted by 1 stage.

Origin