Tera Shift (Ability)

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Tera Shift テラスチェンジ
Tera Change
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Generation IX
When the Pokémon enters a battle, it absorbs the energy around itself and transforms into its Terastal Form.

Tera Shift (Japanese: テラスチェンジ Tera Change) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX. It is one of the signature Abilities of Terapagos.

Effect

In battle

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When Terapagos enters the battle, it turns into it’s Terastal form until the end of the battle.

Tera Shift has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tera Shift

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
1024 Terapagos Terapagos
Normal Form
Normal Normal Tera Shift None None
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 太晶變形 Taaijīng Binyìhng
Mandarin 太晶變形 / 太晶变形 Tàijīng Biànxíng
France Flag.png French Téramorphose
Germany Flag.png German Tera-Wandel
Italy Flag.png Italian Teramorfosi
South Korea Flag.png Korean 테라체인지 Tera Cheinji
Spain Flag.png Spanish Teracambio


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