Abilities List

Abilities List A-F

[ABILITY]
Adaptibility
[SHORT DESC]
User's STAB modifier becomes x2.
[LONG DESC]
The STAB modifier of the user becomes x2 instead of x1.5.


[ABILITY]
Aftermath
[SHORT DESC]
Deals 25% damage when KOed by a contact move.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is KOed by a contact move, the attacker takes damage equal to 25% of its max HP.


[ABILITY]
Air Lock***
[SHORT DESC]
Blocks the effects of weather.
[LONG DESC]
While Pokemon with Air Lock are out, the effects of weather are temporarily disabled. Fire and Water moves are at normal power in Sun and Rain, Rocks have normal Special Defense in Sandstorm, Solarbeam has 120 power and takes 2 turns, and Blizzard and Thunder have normal Accuracy. The game will report that the weather is still going, however. The weather's effects will return when the Pokemon with Air Lock switches out.


[ABILITY]
Anger Point
[SHORT DESC]
Raises Attack to +6 if struck by a Critical Hit.
[LONG DESC]
If this Pokemon is hit by a Critical Hit, its Attack is raised to +6. If the Critical Hit is on a Substitute, it still maximizes Attack.


[ABILITY]
Anticipation
[SHORT DESC]
Alerts the Pokemon of certain dangerous moves.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is switched in, a message will appear if the opponent has a move that is super-effective on this Pokemon, Explosion, or Selfdestruct. The message will not tell what the move is. It does not inform the Pokemon of super-effective Hidden Power or Natural Gift.


[ABILITY]
Arena Trap***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents switching.
[LONG DESC]
Enemy Pokemon cannot switch out unless they have the Levitate ability or are part Flying. Flying / Levitating Pokemon cannot escape Arena Trap if they are under the effects of Ingrain or if Gravity is active. Pokemon can also escape by using U-Turn or Baton Pass, or by holding the item Shed Shell.


[ABILITY]
Bad Dreams
[SHORT DESC]
Deals 12.5% damage to Sleeping opponents.
[LONG DESC]
If this Pokemon is out against a Sleeping opponent, the enemy takes 12.5% of its max HP damage each turn.


[ABILITY]
Battle Armor
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Critical Hits.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability cannot be hit by Critical Hits.


[ABILITY]
Blaze
[SHORT DESC]
Boosts power of Fire moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less.
[LONG DESC]
When Pokemon with this ability are at 1/3 HP or less, all of their Fire moves will have 50% more power.


[ABILITY]
Chlorophyll
[SHORT DESC]
Speed doubles in Sun.
[LONG DESC]
Sun doubles the Speed of Pokémon with Chlorophyll. If the Sunlight ends or a new weather condition is brought into play, the Pokemon's Speed returns to normal.


[ABILITY]
Clear Body ***
[SHORT DESC]
Stops the enemy from lowering this Pokemon's stats.
[LONG DESC]
This ability blocks any reduction of the Pokemon's stats by the enemy. For instance, Pokemon with Clear Body are immune to Intimidate, but still receive the +2 Attack from Swagger. This does not prevent the -Speed from Curse, the -Attack and -Defense from Superpower, or any other stat loss caused by the user. It also does not block the effects of Heart Swap, Guard Swap, or Power Swap.


[ABILITY]
Cloud Nine ***
[SHORT DESC]
Blocks the effects of weather.
[LONG DESC]
While Pokemon with Cloud Nine are out, the effects of weather are temporarily disabled. Fire and Water moves are at normal power in Sun and Rain, Rocks have normal Special Defense in Sandstorm, Solarbeam has 120 power and takes 2 turns, and Blizzard and Thunder have normal Accuracy. The game will report that the weather is still going, however. The weather's effects will return when the Pokemon with Cloud Nine switches out.


[ABILITY]
Color Change
[SHORT DESC]
Changes users type to type of last attack that hit this Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is hit by a damaging move, its type will change to the type of that move.


[ABILITY]
Compoundeyes
[SHORT DESC]
Increases this Pokemon's Accuracy by 30%.
[LONG DESC]
Increases the Accuracy of all moves used by this Pokemon by 30%. This is a multiplicative increase, not additive, meaning if a move has 50% Accuracy before Compoundeyes, it is brought to 65% total Accuracy afterward.


[ABILITY]
Cute Charm
[SHORT DESC]
Can Attract Pokemon of opposite gender when struck.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability have a 30% chance of Attracting Pokemon of the opposite gender who attack with a contact move.


[ABILITY]
Damp
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents the use of Selfdestruct or Explosion.
[LONG DESC]
If a Pokemon uses Selfdestruct or Explosion when this Pokemon is out, it will fail.


[ABILITY]
Download
[SHORT DESC]
User gets a stat boost depending on its opponent's stats.
[LONG DESC]
If this Pokemon is switched into an opponent with higher Defense than Special Defense, it gets a +1 Special Attack boost. If the opponent has more Special Defense, this Pokemon gets a +1 Attack boost.


[ABILITY]
Drizzle***
[SHORT DESC]
Summons permanent Rain.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is brought out, a permanent Rain covers the battlefield. It can only be removed by bringing out a Pokemon with Drought, Sand Stream, or Snow Warning, or by using Sunny Day, Sandstorm, or Hail.


[ABILITY]
Drought***
[SHORT DESC]
Summons permanent Sun.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is brought out, a permanent Sun covers the battlefield. It can only be removed by bringing out a Pokemon with Drizzle, Sand Stream, or Snow Warning, or by using Rain Dance, Sandstorm, or Hail.


[ABILITY]
Dry Skin
[SHORT DESC]
User absorbs Water and has a weakness to Fire. Heals in Rain and is damaged by Sun.
[LONG DESC]
If Sunny Day is in effect, this Pokemon loses 12.5% HP each turn. If Rain Dance is in effect, this Pokemon heals 12.5% HP each turn. In addition, this Pokemon heals 25% when hit with a Water attack, but takes 25% extra damage from Fire attacks.


[ABILITY]
Early Bird
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces Sleep time by 50%.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability will only Sleep for 50% of the normal length. This affects Sleep from moves like Spore and Hypnosis, and also from Rest.


[ABILITY]
Effect Spore
[SHORT DESC]
Induces Paralysis, Poison, or Sleep when struck.
[LONG DESC]
Has a 30% chance of inducing Paralysis, Poison, or Sleep on the enemy when the enemy connects with a contact move.


[ABILITY]
Filter
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces damage from super effective hits by 1/4.
[LONG DESC]
Whenever a move is used on this Pokemon that is super effective, the damage is decreased by 1/4.


[ABILITY]
Flame Body
[SHORT DESC]
Enemies' contact moves have a 30% chance to Burn them.
[LONG DESC]
When an enemy uses a contact move against this Pokemon, there is a 30% chance of Burning the enemy.


[ABILITY]
Flash Fire ***
[SHORT DESC]
Grants immunity to Fire and increases Fire's power 50% when hit by a Fire move.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is hit by a Fire move, it takes no damage, and all Fire moves used by this Pokemon are 50% stronger. Further hits by Fire moves simply do no damage, they do not boost damage further. This power boost is lost upon switching out. Will-O-Wisp also activates Flash Fire.


[ABILITY]
Flower Gift
[SHORT DESC]
Raises stats of this Pokemon and its partner in Sun.
[LONG DESC]
When the Sunlight is strong, this Pokemon raises its own Attack and Special Defense, as well as those of its partner in 2v2.


[ABILITY]
Forecast ***
[SHORT DESC]
Changes type according to weather.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon's type changes to Fire under Sun, to Water under Rain, and to Ice under Hail. Forecast does not change the Pokemon's type in Sandstorm. If this Pokemon is changed to a certain type, and then is hit with Gastro Acid, or receives a different trait via Role Play or Skill Swap, it is stuck in that same form until it switches, even if the weather changes.


[ABILITY]
Forewarn
[SHORT DESC]
Tells what move has the highest base power.
[LONG DESC]
Tells what the move with the highest base power is. If two moves are of the same base power, Forewarn randomly picks one. In Double Battles, Forewarn will only tell you about one move total, not one move from each opponent. It selects the highest power move from the two opponents.

All moves without a base power are assigned a power.

160 power: Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, and Sheer Cold

120 power: Counter, Metal Burst, and Mirror Coat

80 power: Crush Grip, Dragon Rage, Endeavor, Flail, Frustration, Grass Knot, Gyro Ball, Hidden Power, Low Kick, Natural Gift, Night Shade, Psywave, Return, Reversal, Seismic Toss, Sonicboom, Trump Card, and Wring Out

0 power: Everything without a fixed base power not listed above


[ABILITY]
Frisk
[SHORT DESC]
Shows the foe's item.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is switched in, the opponent's held item is displayed. In 2v2, it randomly selects an opponent, and does not tell you which opponent was selected.

Abilities List G-L

[ABILITY]
Gluttony
[SHORT DESC]
Consumes berries at 50% HP.
[LONG DESC]
Consumes any held berry at 50% max HP, instead of 25%.


[ABILITY]
Guts
[SHORT DESC]
Attack is increased 50% when statused.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is affected by Burn, Paralysis, Poison, or Sleep, its Attack is increased by 50%. Guts ignores Burn's Attack drop.


[ABILITY]
Heatproof
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces Fire damage 50%.
[LONG DESC]
Fire attacks deal 50% damage against this Pokemon, and Burn does 1/16 max HP per turn, rather than 1/8.


[ABILITY]
Honey Gather
[SHORT DESC]
No effect.
[LONG DESC]
No competitive effect.


[ABILITY]
Huge Power
[SHORT DESC]
Doubles Attack.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon's Attack is doubled.


[ABILITY]
Hustle
[SHORT DESC]
Physical moves do 50% more damage at the cost of 20% Accuracy.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability do 50% more damage with physical attacks, but physical attacks have 20% less Accuracy.


[ABILITY]
Hydration
[SHORT DESC]
Heals status effects in rain.
[LONG DESC]
When Rain Dance is in effect, this Pokemon heals all status effects at the end of each turn.


[ABILITY]
Hyper Cutter
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents the enemy from lowering this Pokemon's Attack.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to the enemy lowering its Attack stat. Does not block self-inflicted Attack drops, such as the -Attack from Superpower.


[ABILITY]
Ice Body
[SHORT DESC]
Heals 1/16 max HP in Hail.
[LONG DESC]
When Hail is in effect, this Pokemon heals 1/16 of its max HP at the end of each turn.


[ABILITY]
Immunity
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon cannot be Poisoned.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to both regular Poison and Toxic.


[ABILITY]
Illuminate
[SHORT DESC]
No effect.
[LONG DESC]
No competitive effect.


[ABILITY]
Inner Focus
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents flinching.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon cannot be flinched by moves like Fake Out or Rock Slide. Does not prevent this Pokemon from "losing its focus" when hit while using Focus Punch.


[ABILITY]
Insomnia ***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Sleep.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon cannot be put to Sleep. This Pokemon cannot use Rest. If a Pokemon is Sleeping, and then gains Insomnia, it is instantly cured of Sleep.


[ABILITY]
Intimidate ***
[SHORT DESC]
Lowers the foe's Attack 1 stage.
[LONG DESC]
Lowers the enemy's Attack 1 stage on entering the battlefield. Activates even if gained through Trace, Skill Swap, or Role Play.


[ABILITY]
Iron Fist
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the power of punching moves.
[LONG DESC]
The power of Bullet Punch, Comet Punch, Drain Punch, Fire Punch, Focus Punch, Ice Punch, Mach Punch, Mega Punch, Sky Uppercut, and ThunderPunch are increased by 20%.


[ABILITY]
Keen Eye
[SHORT DESC]
Pokemon's Accuracy cannot be lowered.
[LONG DESC]
Moves such as Sand Attack and Kinesis fail against a Pokemon with Keen Eye. Any move that lowers Accuracy as a secondary effect will work, but never lower Accuracy.


[ABILITY]
Klutz
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon is unaffected by held items.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is unaffected by its held items--both their positive and negative effects.


[ABILITY]
Leaf Guard
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents status effects in Sun.
[LONG DESC]
Opponent-induced Burn, Paralysis, Poison, and Sleep are blocked during Sunny Day. This does not prevent those inflicted by the user (such as Rest's Sleep), and it does not heal status effects that are already present when Sunny Day is used.


[ABILITY]
Levitate ***
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to Ground moves.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to all Ground attacks, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes. It can switch out of Arena Trap.


[ABILITY]
Lightningrod ***
[SHORT DESC]
All Electric attacks hit this Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
All Electric attacks, even those from your ally in 2v2, hit this Pokemon with 100% accuracy, regardless of the intended target.


[ABILITY]
Limber ***
[SHORT DESC]
Blocks Paralysis.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is immune to being Paralyzed. If a Pokemon is Paralyzed, and then gains Limber, it is instantly cured of Paralysis.


[ABILITY]
Liquid Ooze ***
[SHORT DESC]
Leeching moves cause the enemy to lose HP instead.
[LONG DESC]
Absorb, Drain Punch, Giga Drain, Leech Life, Mega Drain, and Leech Seed cause the enemy to lose HP equal to the amount they would have gained.

Abilities List M-R

[ABILITY]
Magic Guard
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents indirect damage.
[LONG DESC]
Spikes, Stealth Rock, Burn, Poison, Leech Seed, Hail, Sandstorm, Nightmare, Bad Dreams, Life Orb's 10% recoil damage, and regular recoil do no damage to this Pokemon. Struggle's recoil, however, will still damage a Magic Guard Pokemon. Note that this Pokemon can be Poisoned or Burned, but it will not take any damage. Burn's attack drop will still apply. Leech Seed will neither damage a Magic Guard Pokemon nor heal its enemy.


[ABILITY]
Magma Armor ***
[SHORT DESC]
Cannot be Frozen.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon cannot receive the Freeze status. If a Pokemon is Frozen, then gains Magma Armor, it is instantly cured of Freeze.


[ABILITY]
Magnet Pull ***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Steel Pokemon from switching.
[LONG DESC]
If the enemy is a Steel type, they cannot switch out, unless they are holding the item Shed Shell.


[ABILITY]
Marvel Scale
[SHORT DESC]
Boosts Defense 50% when statused.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon has 50% more Defense when afflicted with Burn, Freeze, Paralysis, Poison, or Sleep. Rest activates this, as well.


[ABILITY]
Minus
[SHORT DESC]
If allied with a Pokemon with Plus, its Special Attack increases 50%.
[LONG DESC]
If its partner in 2v2 has Plus as its ability, this Pokemon's Special Attack increases 50%.


[ABILITY]
Mold Breaker
[SHORT DESC]
Abilities that hinder attacks are nullified.
[LONG DESC]
If this Pokemon attacks and the target's ability would prevent the effects of the attack from taking place, or hinder the effects of the move, the ability is nullified. Abilities nullified are: Battle Armor, Clear Body, Damp, Dry Skin, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Heatproof, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, Lightningrod, Limber, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow Cloak, Solid Rock, Soundproof, Sticky Hold, Storm Drain, Suction Cups, Tangled Feet, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Veil, White Smoke, Wonder Guard. Dry Skin's increase in damage when hit by a Fire move is also ignored.


[ABILITY]
Motor Drive
[SHORT DESC]
When hit with an Electric move, Speed is boosted 1 stage.
[LONG DESC]
If this Pokemon is hit by any Electric attack, including Thunder Wave, the damage or Paralysis is nullified, and this Pokemon's Speed is boosted one stage.


[ABILITY]
Multitype
[SHORT DESC]
Type changes depending on the held plate. Also prevents item loss.
[LONG DESC]
Arceus is capable of changing its type depending on the plate held - each plate corresponds to a different type. Further, this ability makes Knock Off, Thief, and any other method of item stealing / destroying ineffective.


[ABILITY]
Natural Cure
[SHORT DESC]
Cures status on switching out.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability cure themselves of all status when they leave the battlefield.


[ABILITY]
No Guard
[SHORT DESC]
All attacks used by and used on this Pokemon will never miss.
[LONG DESC]
Any attacks used by and on this Pokemon will never miss. They ignore Evade and Accuracy modifiers, and will also hit through Bounce, Dig, Dive, and Fly. If a Pokemon with No Guard is using Detect or Protect, or if a No Guard Pokemon is targeting a Pokemon using Detect or Protect, any moves used have 100 - Accuracy chance to hit through. This takes into account Accuracy and Evasion, as well as the base Accuracy of the move. Moves that ignore all Accuracy modifiers, including OHKOs, do not have a chance to break through.


[ABILITY]
Normalize
[SHORT DESC]
All attacks used by this Pokemon are Normal type.
[LONG DESC]
All attacks used by this Pokemon act as if Normal type--if the user is Normal, they get STAB, and they are always resisted by Rock and Steel Pokemon and are ineffective against Ghosts.


[ABILITY]
Oblivious
[SHORT DESC]
Grants immunity to Attraction and Captivate.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability are immune to Attraction, either by use of the move Attract or the ability Cute Charm. Captivate has no effect on this Pokemon.


[ABILITY]
Overgrow
[SHORT DESC]
Raises the power of Grass moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less.
[LONG DESC]
When Pokemon with this ability are at 1/3 HP or less, all of their Grass moves will have 50% more power.


[ABILITY]
Own Tempo
[SHORT DESC]
Cannot be confused.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability cannot be confused.


[ABILITY]
Pickup
[SHORT DESC]
No effect.
[LONG DESC]
No competitive effect.


[ABILITY]
Plus
[SHORT DESC]
If allied with a Pokemon with Minus, its Special Attack increases 50%.
[LONG DESC]
If its partner in 2v2 has Minus as its ability, this Pokemon's Special Attack increases 50%.


[ABILITY]
Poison Heal
[SHORT DESC]
Heals 1/8 HP per turn when Poisoned.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is inflicted with the Poison ailment, whether Toxic or not, it heals 1/8 of its max HP at the end of each turn instead of taking damage.


[ABILITY]
Poison Point
[SHORT DESC]
Enemies' contact moves have a 30% chance of Poisoning them.
[LONG DESC]
When an enemy uses a contact move against this Pokemon, there is a 30% chance of Poisoning the enemy.


[ABILITY]
Pressure
[SHORT DESC]
Attacks lose 1 extra PP.
[LONG DESC]
Moves that affect this Pokemon lose 1 extra PP per turn.


[ABILITY]
Pure Power
[SHORT DESC]
Doubles Attack.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon's Attack is doubled.


[ABILITY]
Quick Feet
[SHORT DESC]
Increases Speed by 50% when statused.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is Burned, Frozen, Paralyzed, Poisoned, or Sleeping, its Speed increases by 50%. Furthermore, the Speed drop of Paralysis is nullified (but the Full Paralysis chance is not).


[ABILITY]
Rain Dish
[SHORT DESC]
Heals 1/16 max HP in Rain.
[LONG DESC]
When Rain is in effect, this Pokemon heals 1/16 of its max HP at the end of each turn.


[ABILITY]
Reckless
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the power of recoil moves by 20%.
[LONG DESC]
Whenever this Pokemon uses a move with recoil, including Hi Jump Kick and Jump Kick, the base power is increased by 20%. Does not apply to Life Orb.


[ABILITY]
Rivalry
[SHORT DESC]
Move power depends on gender of the opponent.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon attacks an opponent of the same gender as itself, the move power increases by 25%. When this Pokemon attacks an opponent of the opposite gender, the move power decreases by 25%. The damage is unaltered if either Pokemon has no gender.


[ABILITY]
Rock Head ***
[SHORT DESC]
Recoil moves have no recoil.
[LONG DESC]
The ability-bearer gets no recoil if it uses a recoil move. This does not block Struggle's recoil, nor does it block the recoil from Life Orb.


[ABILITY]
Rough Skin ***
[SHORT DESC]
Damages enemies using contact moves 12.5%.
[LONG DESC]
If a Pokemon uses a contact move on this Pokemon, it takes 12.5% of its max HP as damage.


[ABILITY]
Run Away
[SHORT DESC]
No effect.
[LONG DESC]
No competitive effect.

Abilities List S-W

[ABILITY]
Sand Stream
[SHORT DESC]
Summons a permanent Sandstorm.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is brought out, a permanent Sandstorm covers the battlefield. It can only be removed by bringing out a Pokemon with Drizzle, Drought, or Snow Warning, or by using Rain Dance, Sunny Day, or Hail.


[ABILITY]
Sand Veil
[SHORT DESC]
Evasion increases by 20% in a Sandstorm.
[LONG DESC]
When a Sandstorm is in effect, this Pokemon gets a 20% Evasion increase.


[ABILITY]
Scrappy
[SHORT DESC]
Can hit Ghost types with Normal and Fighting moves.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is able to hit Ghost-type opponents with Normal and Fighting moves, at normal damage. Other resistances still apply (a Fighting type move would still be not very effective on Gengar due to its Poison typing).


[ABILITY]
Serene Grace
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon's secondary effect chances are doubled.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon uses a move that has a secondary effect, such as Thunder Paralyzing, the chance of the secondary effect happening is doubled.


[ABILITY]
Shadow Tag ***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents switching.
[LONG DESC]
Enemy Pokemon cannot switch out unless they have the ability Shadow Tag. Pokemon can also escape by using U-Turn or Baton Pass, or by holding the item Shed Shell.


[ABILITY]
Shed Skin
[SHORT DESC]
30% chance to heal status.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon has a 30% chance of removing Burn, Freeze, Paralysis, Poison, and Sleep at the end of each turn.


[ABILITY]
Shell Armor
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Critical Hits.
[LONG DESC]
Pokemon with this ability cannot be hit by Critical Hits.


[ABILITY]
Shield Dust
[SHORT DESC]
Secondary effects won't occur.
[LONG DESC]
Any attack used on this Pokemon has its secondary effect nullified.


[ABILITY]
Simple
[SHORT DESC]
Doubles the effect of status boosts and drops.
[LONG DESC]
Whenever this Pokemon has a stat boost or drop, it acts as if it is twice that many levels. One boost would act as two boosts, two boosts would act as four boosts, etc. The user can still only have a max of six effective boosts; no effect will be noticed from fourth or higher boosts. The same applies to stat drops. If this Pokemon is Baton Passed to, the boosts received are affected by this ability. If it uses Baton Pass, the boosts return to normal.


[ABILITY]
Skill Link
[SHORT DESC]
Multi-hit move will always hit for the maximum amount.
[LONG DESC]
Whenever this Pokemon uses an attack that normally hits 2-5 times in a turn, it will always hit 5 times.


[ABILITY]
Slow Start
[SHORT DESC]
Attack and speed are halved for 5 turns.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon's Attack and Speed are halved until the end of this ability's effect. The counter resets every time this Pokemon is switched out.


[ABILITY]
Sniper
[SHORT DESC]
Critical Hits do 3x damage instead of 2x.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon scores a Critical Hit, damage is multiplied by 3 instead of the standard 2.


[ABILITY]
Snow Cloak
[SHORT DESC]
Evasion increases 20% in Hail.
[LONG DESC]
When Hail is in effect, this Pokemon gets a 20% Evasion increase.


[ABILITY]
Snow Warning
[SHORT DESC]
Summons permanent Hail.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is brought out, a permanent Hail covers the battlefield. It can only be removed by bringing out a Pokemon with Drizzle, Drought, or Sand Stream, or by using Rain Dance, Sunny Day, or Sandstorm.


[ABILITY]
Solar Power
[SHORT DESC]
Loses HP in Sun. Special Attack increases 50%.
[LONG DESC]
When Sunny Day is in effect, this Pokemon loses 1/8 HP per turn, but Special Attack is increased by 50%.


[ABILITY]
Solid Rock
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces damage from super effective hits by 1/4.
[LONG DESC]
Whenever a move is used on this Pokemon that is super effective, the damage is decreased by 1/4.


[ABILITY]
Soundproof
[SHORT DESC]
Unaffected by sound moves.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon is unaffected by all sound moves.


[ABILITY]
Speed Boost
[SHORT DESC]
Speed raises at end of turn.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon's Speed is boosted one stage at the end of each turn.


[ABILITY]
Stall
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon moves last.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon will move last as long as its opponent chooses moves in the same priority bracket. If two Pokemon that have Stall are out at the same time, the faster Pokemon will move last. If a Pokemon with Stall is facing a Pokemon holding Lagging Tail or Full Incense, the Pokemon with Lagging Tail or Full Incense will move last. If a Pokemon with Stall is holding one of these items, Stall is ignored. Stall ignores all effects of Trick Room for this Pokemon.


[ABILITY]
Static
[SHORT DESC]
Enemies' contact moves can Paralyze them.
[LONG DESC]
When an enemy uses a contact move against this Pokemon, there is a 30% chance of Paralyzing the enemy.


[ABILITY]
Steadfast
[SHORT DESC]
Speed is boosted one stage when flinched.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is flinched, its Speed is boosted one stage.


[ABILITY]
Stench
[SHORT DESC]
No effect.
[LONG DESC]
No competitive effect.


[ABILITY]
Sticky Hold
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon's item cannot be removed.
[LONG DESC]
If the enemy uses a move that would remove this Pokemon's item, it will not remove it.


[ABILITY]
Storm Drain
[SHORT DESC]
All Water attacks hit this Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
All Water attacks, even those from your ally in 2v2, hit this Pokemon with 100% Accuracy, regardless of the intended target.


[ABILITY]
Sturdy
[SHORT DESC]
OHKO moves will fail.
[LONG DESC]
Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, and Sheer Cold will fail when used against this Pokemon.


[ABILITY]
Suction Cups
[SHORT DESC]
Cannot be forced to switch.
[LONG DESC]
Roar and Whirlwind cannot make this Pokemon switch.


[ABILITY]
Super Luck
[SHORT DESC]
Critical Hit rate increases one stage.
[LONG DESC]
Attacks used by this Pokemon have a one stage increase in their Critical Hit rate.


[ABILITY]
Swarm
[SHORT DESC]
Boosts power of Bug moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less.
[LONG DESC]
When Pokemon with this ability are at 1/3 HP or less, all of their Bug moves will have 50% more power.


[ABILITY]
Swift Swim
[SHORT DESC]
Speed doubles in Rain.
[LONG DESC]
Rain doubles the Speed of Pokemon with Swift Swim. If the Rain ends or a new weather condition is brought into play, the Pokemon's Speed returns to normal.


[ABILITY]
Synchronize
[SHORT DESC]
When statused, the enemy is also statused.
[LONG DESC]
If another Pokemon inflicts Burn, Paralysis, or Poison on the ability-bearer, then the enemy receives the status as well. Toxic Poison is passed on as regular Poison. Self-induced status is not passed on.


[ABILITY]
Tangled Feet
[SHORT DESC]
Evasion increases when Confused.
[LONG DESC]
While this Pokemon is Confused, attacks against it have a 50% chance of missing. This ends when the Confusion ends.


[ABILITY]
Technician
[SHORT DESC]
Moves with 60 base power or less do 50% more damage.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon uses a move that has 60 base power or less, damage is increased by 50%. STAB and effectiveness modifiers are not counted when deciding whether the ability activates. If a move has variable power, if the move would have 60 base power or less, it is boosted.


[ABILITY]
Thick Fat
[SHORT DESC]
Halves Ice and Fire damage.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is damaged by an Ice or Fire attack, it takes 50% damage.


[ABILITY]
Tinted Lens
[SHORT DESC]
Doubles damage on resisted hits.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon uses a move that is not very effective on its target, the damage is doubled.


[ABILITY]
Torrent
[SHORT DESC]
Boosts power of Water moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less.
[LONG DESC]
When Pokemon with this ability are at 1/3 HP or less, all of their Water moves will have 50% more power.


[ABILITY]
Trace ***
[SHORT DESC]
Copies foe's ability.
[LONG DESC]
Upon switching in, this Pokemon copies the opponent's ability. Trace cannot copy Multitype.


[ABILITY]
Truant ***
[SHORT DESC]
This Pokemon does nothing every other turn.
[LONG DESC]
The first turn this Pokemon is brought out, it can attack. The second turn it is out, it does nothing. If this Pokemon is switched out after it attacks, it can attack the first turn when it comes back in.


[ABILITY]
Unaware
[SHORT DESC]
Ignores stat boosts on all Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
While this Pokemon is in play, all stat boosts and drops, except those pertaining to Speed, are ignored.


[ABILITY]
Unburden
[SHORT DESC]
Speed increases when its item is used or lost.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon uses its item, such as a Berry, or loses its item due to something like Knock Off, its Speed doubles. This does not apply if this Pokemon has no item to begin with. The boost is lost when this Pokemon switches out.


[ABILITY]
Vital Spirit ***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Sleep.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon cannot be put to Sleep. This Pokemon cannot use Rest. If a Pokemon is Sleeping, and then gains Vital Spirit, it is instantly cured of Sleep.


[ABILITY]
Volt Absorb ***
[SHORT DESC]
Heals 25% HP when hit by an Electric attack.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is hit by an Electric attack, it gains 25% of its max HP. Thunder Wave is also absorbed. No secondary effects associated with the Electric attack will occur.


[ABILITY]
Water Absorb
[SHORT DESC]
Heals 25% HP when hit by a Water attack.
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is hit by a Water attack, it gains 25% of its max HP. No secondary effects associated with the Water attack will occur.


[ABILITY]
Water Veil ***
[SHORT DESC]
Prevents Burn.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon cannot be Burned. If a Pokemon is Burned, and then gains Water Veil, it is instantly cured of its Burn.


[ABILITY]
White Smoke
[SHORT DESC]
Stops the enemy from lowering this Pokemon's stats.
[LONG DESC]
This ability blocks any reduction of the Pokemon's stats by the enemy. For instance, Pokemon with White Smoke are immune to Intimidate, but still receive the +2 Attack from Swagger. This does not prevent the -Speed from Curse, the -Attack and -Defense from Superpower, or any other stat loss caused by the user. It also does not block the effects of Heart Swap, Guard Swap, or Power Swap.


[ABILITY]
Wonder Guard ***
[SHORT DESC]
Only super effective attacks harm this Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
This Pokemon can only be harmed by super effective attacks. Hail and Sandstorm hurt this Pokemon. Burn and Poison hurt this Pokemon. Leech Seed hurts this Pokemon. Beat Up, Bide, Doom Desire, Fire Fang, Future Sight, and Struggle hurt this Pokemon. Wonder Guard cannot be Skill Swapped or Role Played, but it can be Traced. Wonder Guard is also copied by Pokemon Transforming into the ability-bearer. Night Shade counts as a Ghost attack as far as type effectiveness and hitting through Wonder Guard is concerned, and Dragon Rage counts as a Dragon attack.