Pickpocket (Ability)
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Pickpocket | わるいてぐせ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bad Habit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pickpocket (Japanese: わるいてぐせ Bad Habit) is an ability introduced in Generation V. Five Pokémon have this ability. This ability is exclusively obtained via Dream World.
Effect
In battle
Whenever an opponent makes contact with the user of Pickpocket, it steals the opponent's held item. It will fail if the user is holding an item or if either Pokémon is behind a Substitute.
Outside of battle
Pickpocket has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Pickpocket
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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0215 | Sneasel |
Dark | Ice | Inner Focus | Keen Eye | Pickpocket | |
0273 | Seedot |
Grass | Chlorophyll | Early Bird | Pickpocket | ||
0274 | Nuzleaf |
Grass | Dark | Chlorophyll | Early Bird | Pickpocket | |
0275 | Shiftry |
Grass | Dark | Chlorophyll | Early Bird | Pickpocket | |
0461 | Weavile |
Dark | Ice | Pressure | None | Pickpocket | |
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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Trivia
- Except for Seedot, all the Pokémon that can have this ability are Dark-types. It should be noted, however, that Seedot evolves into a Dark-type Pokémon.
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