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Ability List

Ability	Description
Adaptability	Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
Aerilate	Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Aftermath	Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit.
Air Lock	Eliminates the effects of weather.
Analytic	Boosts move power when the Pokémon moves last.
Anger Point	The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.
Anticipation	The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
Arena Trap	Prevents opposing Pokémon from fleeing.
Aroma Veil	Protects itself and its allies from attacks that limit their move choices.
As One	This Ability combines the effects of both Calyrex’s Unnerve Ability and Glastrier’s Chilling Neigh Ability.
As One	This Ability combines the effects of both Calyrex’s Unnerve Ability and Spectrier’s Grim Neigh Ability.
Aura Break	The effects of “Aura” Abilities are reversed to lower the power of affected moves.
Bad Dreams	Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.
Ball Fetch	If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.
Battery	Powers up ally Pokémon’s special moves.
Battle Armor	Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Battle Bond	Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon’s bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful.
Beast Boost	The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon.
Berserk	Boosts the Pokémon’s Sp. Atk stat when it takes a hit that causes its HP to become half or less.
Big Pecks	Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Blaze	Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low.
Bulletproof	Protects the Pokémon from some ball and bomb moves.
Cheek Pouch	Restores HP as well when the Pokémon eats a Berry.
Chilling Neigh	When the Pokémon knocks out a target, it utters a chilling neigh, which boosts its Attack stat.
Chlorophyll	Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in harsh sunlight.
Clear Body	Prevents other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats.
Cloud Nine	Eliminates the effects of weather.
Color Change	The Pokémon’s type becomes the type of the move used on it.
Comatose	It’s always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up.
Competitive	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.
Compound Eyes	The Pokémon’s compound eyes boost its accuracy.
Contrary	Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.
Corrosion	The Pokémon can poison the target even if it’s a Steel or Poison type.
Cotton Down	When the Pokémon is hit by an attack, it scatters cotton fluff around and lowers the Speed stat of all Pokémon except itself.
Curious Medicine	When the Pokémon enters a battle, it scatters medicine from its shell, which removes all stat changes from allies.
Cursed Body	May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
Cute Charm	Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.
Damp	Prevents the use of explosive moves, such as Self-Destruct, by dampening its surroundings.
Dancer	When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed.
Dark Aura	Powers up each Pokémon’s Dark-type moves.
Dauntless Shield	Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Dazzling	Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.
Defeatist	Halves the Pokémon’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP becomes half or less.
Defiant	Boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.
Delta Stream	The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type’s weaknesses.
Desolate Land	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Water-type attacks.
Disguise	Once per battle, the shroud that covers the Pokémon can protect it from an attack.
Download	Compares an opposing Pokémon’s Defense and Sp. Def stats before raising its own Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever will be more effective.
Dragon’s Maw	Powers up Dragon-type moves.
Drizzle	The Pokémon makes it rain when it enters a battle.
Drought	Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Dry Skin	Restores HP in rain or when hit by Water-type moves. Reduces HP in harsh sunlight, and increases the damage received from Fire-type moves.
Early Bird	The Pokémon awakens from sleep twice as fast as other Pokémon.
Effect Spore	Contact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.
Electric Surge	Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Emergency Exit	The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out when its HP becomes half or less.
Fairy Aura	Powers up each Pokémon’s Fairy-type moves.
Filter	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
Flame Body	Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.
Flare Boost	Powers up special attacks when the Pokémon is burned.
Flash Fire	Powers up the Pokémon’s Fire-type moves if it’s hit by one.
Flower Gift	Boosts the Attack and Sp. Def stats of itself and allies in harsh sunlight.
Flower Veil	Ally Grass-type Pokémon are protected from status conditions and the lowering of their stats.
Fluffy	Halves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves.
Forecast	The Pokémon transforms with the weather to change its type to Water, Fire, or Ice.
Forewarn	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can tell one of the moves an opposing Pokémon has.
Friend Guard	Reduces damage done to allies.
Frisk	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can check an opposing Pokémon’s held item.
Full Metal Body	Prevents other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats.
Fur Coat	Halves the damage from physical moves.
Gale Wings	Gives priority to Flying-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is full.
Galvanize	Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Gluttony	Makes the Pokémon eat a held Berry when its HP drops to half or less, which is sooner than usual.
Gooey	Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker’s Speed stat.
Gorilla Tactics	Boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat but only allows the use of the first selected move.
Grass Pelt	Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat on Grassy Terrain.
Grassy Surge	Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Grim Neigh	When the Pokémon knocks out a target, it utters a terrifying neigh, which boosts its Sp. Atk stat.
Gulp Missile	When the Pokémon uses Surf or Dive, it will come back with prey. When it takes damage, it will spit out the prey to attack.
Guts	It’s so gutsy that having a status condition boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat.
Harvest	May create another Berry after one is used.
Healer	Sometimes heals an ally’s status condition.
Heatproof	The heatproof body of the Pokémon halves the damage from Fire-type moves that hit it.
Heavy Metal	Doubles the Pokémon’s weight.
Honey Gather	The Pokémon may gather Honey after a battle.
Huge Power	Doubles the Pokémon’s Attack stat.
Hunger Switch	The Pokémon changes its form, alternating between its Full Belly Mode and Hangry Mode after the end of each turn.
Hustle	Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Hydration	Heals status conditions if it’s raining.
Hyper Cutter	The Pokémon’s proud of its powerful pincers. They prevent other Pokémon from lowering its Attack stat.
Ice Body	The Pokémon gradually regains HP in a hailstorm.
Ice Face	The Pokémon’s ice head can take a physical attack as a substitute, but the attack also changes the Pokémon’s appearance. The ice will be restored when it hails.
Ice Scales	The Pokémon is protected by ice scales, which halve the damage taken from special moves.
Illuminate	Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon by illuminating the surroundings.
Illusion	Comes out disguised as the Pokémon in the party’s last spot.
Immunity	The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned.
Imposter	The Pokémon transforms itself into the Pokémon it’s facing.
Infiltrator	Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
Innards Out	Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit by the amount equal to its last HP.
Inner Focus	The Pokémon’s intensely focused, and that protects the Pokémon from flinching.
Insomnia	The Pokémon is suffering from insomnia and cannot fall asleep.
Intimidate	The Pokémon intimidates opposing Pokémon upon entering battle, lowering their Attack stat.
Intrepid Sword	Boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Iron Barbs	Inflicts damage on the attacker upon contact with iron barbs.
Iron Fist	Powers up punching moves.
Justified	Being hit by a Dark-type move boosts the Attack stat of the Pokémon, for justice.
Keen Eye	Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon’s accuracy.
Klutz	The Pokémon can’t use any held items.
Leaf Guard	Prevents status conditions in harsh sunlight.
Levitate	By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
Libero	Changes the Pokémon’s type to the type of the move it’s about to use.
Light Metal	Halves the Pokémon’s weight.
Lightning Rod	The Pokémon draws in all Electric-type moves. Instead of being hit by Electric-type moves, it boosts its Sp. Atk.
Limber	Its limber body protects the Pokémon from paralysis.
Liquid Ooze	The oozed liquid has a strong stench, which damages attackers using any draining move.
Liquid Voice	All sound-based moves become Water-type moves.
Long Reach	The Pokémon uses its moves without making contact with the target.
Magic Bounce	Reflects status moves instead of getting hit by them.
Magic Guard	The Pokémon only takes damage from attacks.
Magician	The Pokémon steals the held item of a Pokémon it hits with a move.
Magma Armor	The Pokémon is covered with hot magma, which prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.
Magnet Pull	Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from escaping using its magnetic force.
Marvel Scale	The Pokémon’s marvelous scales boost the Defense stat if it has a status condition.
Mega Launcher	Powers up aura and pulse moves.
Merciless	The Pokémon’s attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.
Mimicry	Changes the Pokémon’s type depending on the terrain.
Minus	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.
Mirror Armor	Bounces back only the stat-lowering effects that the Pokémon receives.
Misty Surge	Turns the ground into Misty Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Mold Breaker	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
Moody	Raises one stat sharply and lowers another every turn.
Motor Drive	Boosts its Speed stat if hit by an Electric-type move instead of taking damage.
Moxie	The Pokémon shows moxie, and that boosts the Attack stat after knocking out any Pokémon.
Multiscale	Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
Multitype	Changes the Pokémon’s type to match the Plate or Z-Crystal it holds.
Mummy	Contact with the Pokémon changes the attacker’s Ability to Mummy.
Natural Cure	All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out.
Neuroforce	Powers up moves that are super effective.
Neutralizing Gas	If the Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas is in the battle, the effects of all Pokémon’s Abilities will be nullified or will not be triggered.
No Guard	The Pokémon employs no-guard tactics to ensure incoming and outgoing attacks always land.
Normalize	All the Pokémon’s moves become Normal type. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Oblivious	The Pokémon is oblivious, and that keeps it from being infatuated or falling for taunts.
Overcoat	Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
Overgrow	Powers up Grass-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low.
Own Tempo	This Pokémon has its own tempo, and that prevents it from becoming confused.
Parental Bond	Parent and child each attacks.
Pastel Veil	Protects the Pokémon and its ally Pokémon from being poisoned.
Perish Body	When hit by a move that makes direct contact, the Pokémon and the attacker will faint after three turns unless they switch out of battle.
Pickpocket	Steals an item from an attacker that made direct contact.
Pickup	The Pokémon may pick up the item an opposing Pokémon used during a battle. It may pick up items outside of battle, too.
Pixilate	Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Plus	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.
Poison Heal	Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned instead of losing HP.
Poison Point	Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
Poison Touch	May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.
Power Construct	Other Cells gather to aid when its HP becomes half or less. Then the Pokémon changes its form to Complete Forme.
Power of Alchemy	The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.
Power Spot	Just being next to the Pokémon powers up moves.
Prankster	Gives priority to a status move.
Pressure	By putting pressure on the opposing Pokémon, it raises their PP usage.
Primordial Sea	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks.
Prism Armor	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
Propeller Tail	Ignores the effects of opposing Pokémon’s Abilities and moves that draw in moves.
Protean	Changes the Pokémon’s type to the type of the move it’s about to use.
Psychic Surge	Turns the ground into Psychic Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Punk Rock	Boosts the power of sound-based moves. The Pokémon also takes half the damage from these kinds of moves.
Pure Power	Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat.
Queenly Majesty	Its majesty pressures the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.
Quick Draw	Enables the Pokémon to move first occasionally.
Quick Feet	Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition.
Rain Dish	The Pokémon gradually regains HP in rain.
Rattled	Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Receiver	The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.
Reckless	Powers up moves that have recoil damage.
Refrigerate	Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Regenerator	Restores a little HP when withdrawn from battle.
Ripen	Ripens Berries and doubles their effect.
Rivalry	Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender.
RKS System	Changes the Pokémon’s type to match the memory disc it holds.
Rock Head	Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.
Rough Skin	This Pokémon inflicts damage with its rough skin to the attacker on contact.
Run Away	Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon.
Sand Force	Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a sandstorm.
Sand Rush	Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in a sandstorm.
Sand Spit	The Pokémon creates a sandstorm when it’s hit by an attack.
Sand Stream	The Pokémon summons a sandstorm when it enters a battle.
Sand Veil	Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness in a sandstorm.
Sap Sipper	Boosts the Attack stat if hit by a Grass-type move instead of taking damage.
Schooling	When it has a lot of HP, the Pokémon forms a powerful school. It stops schooling when its HP is low.
Scrappy	The Pokémon can hit Ghost-type Pokémon with Normal- and Fighting-type moves.
Screen Cleaner	When the Pokémon enters a battle, the effects of Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil are nullified for both opposing and ally Pokémon.
Serene Grace	Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring when attacking.
Shadow Shield	Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
Shadow Tag	This Pokémon steps on the opposing Pokémon’s shadow to prevent it from escaping.
Shed Skin	The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
Sheer Force	Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.
Shell Armor	A hard shell protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Shield Dust	This Pokémon’s dust blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.
Shields Down	When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon’s shell breaks and it becomes aggressive.
Simple	The stat changes the Pokémon receives are doubled.
Skill Link	Maximizes the number of times multistrike moves hit.
Slow Start	For five turns, the Pokémon’s Attack and Speed stats are halved.
Slush Rush	Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in a hailstorm.
Sniper	Powers up moves if they become critical hits when attacking.
Snow Cloak	Boosts evasiveness in a hailstorm.
Snow Warning	The Pokémon summons a hailstorm when it enters a battle.
Solar Power	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat in harsh sunlight, but HP decreases every turn.
Solid Rock	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
Soul-Heart	Boosts its Sp. Atk stat every time a Pokémon faints.
Soundproof	Soundproofing gives the Pokémon full immunity to all sound-based moves.
Speed Boost	Its Speed stat is boosted every turn.
Stakeout	Doubles the damage dealt to the target’s replacement if the target switches out.
Stall	The Pokémon moves after all other Pokémon do.
Stalwart	Ignores the effects of opposing Pokémon’s Abilities and moves that draw in moves.
Stamina	Boosts the Defense stat when hit by an attack.
Stance Change	The Pokémon changes its form to Blade Forme when it uses an attack move and changes to Shield Forme when it uses King’s Shield.
Static	The Pokémon is charged with static electricity, so contact with it may cause paralysis.
Steadfast	The Pokémon’s determination boosts the Speed stat each time the Pokémon flinches.
Steam Engine	Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat drastically if hit by a Fire- or Water-type move.
Steelworker	Powers up Steel-type moves.
Steely Spirit	Powers up ally Pokémon’s Steel-type moves.
Stench	By releasing stench when attacking, this Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.
Sticky Hold	Items held by the Pokémon are stuck fast and cannot be removed by other Pokémon.
Storm Drain	Draws in all Water-type moves. Instead of being hit by Water-type moves, it boosts its Sp. Atk.
Strong Jaw	The Pokémon’s strong jaw boosts the power of its biting moves.
Sturdy	It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either.
Suction Cups	This Pokémon uses suction cups to stay in one spot to negate all moves and items that force switching out.
Super Luck	The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted.
Surge Surfer	Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat on Electric Terrain.
Swarm	Powers up Bug-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low.
Sweet Veil	Prevents itself and ally Pokémon from falling asleep.
Swift Swim	Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in rain.
Symbiosis	The Pokémon passes its item to an ally that has used up an item.
Synchronize	The attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison, or paralysis to the Pokémon.
Tangled Feet	Raises evasiveness if the Pokémon is confused.
Tangling Hair	Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker’s Speed stat.
Technician	Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
Telepathy	Anticipates an ally’s attack and dodges it.
Teravolt	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
Thick Fat	The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves.
Tinted Lens	The Pokémon can use “not very effective” moves to deal regular damage.
Torrent	Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low.
Tough Claws	Powers up moves that make direct contact.
Toxic Boost	Powers up physical attacks when the Pokémon is poisoned.
Trace	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon copies an opposing Pokémon’s Ability.
Transistor	Powers up Electric-type moves.
Triage	Gives priority to a healing move.
Truant	The Pokémon can’t use a move if it had used a move on the previous turn.
Turboblaze	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
Unaware	When attacking, the Pokémon ignores the target Pokémon’s stat changes.
Unburden	Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon’s held item is used or lost.
Unnerve	Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.
Unseen Fist	If the Pokémon uses moves that make direct contact, it can attack the target even if the target protects itself.
Victory Star	Boosts the accuracy of its allies and itself.
Vital Spirit	The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.
Volt Absorb	Restores HP if hit by an Electric-type move instead of taking damage.
Wandering Spirit	The Pokémon exchanges Abilities with a Pokémon that hits it with a move that makes direct contact.
Water Absorb	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move instead of taking damage.
Water Bubble	Lowers the power of Fire-type moves done to the Pokémon and prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
Water Compaction	Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat sharply when hit by a Water-type move.
Water Veil	The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
Weak Armor	Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.
White Smoke	The Pokémon is protected by its white smoke, which prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.
Wimp Out	The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP becomes half or less.
Wonder Guard	Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
Wonder Skin	Makes status moves more likely to miss.
Zen Mode	Changes the Pokémon’s shape when HP is half or less.