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An Ability (Japanese: 特性 ability) is a game mechanic introduced in Generation III that provides a passive effect in battle or in the overworld. Individual Pokémon may have only one Ability at a time. Prior to Generation VI, an Ability could not be changed after a Pokémon was obtained except by Evolution—where the new Ability is determined by the former Ability—and form change. Not every Ability is beneficial; some will hinder the user.

Mechanics

Primal Kyogre activating its Ability, Primordial Sea

Some species of Pokémon have multiple possible Abilities. The most Abilities any species has is three: two normal Abilities and one Hidden Ability. In most wild Pokémon encounters, the Pokémon's Ability will be one of its non-Hidden Abilities (each having an even chance of appearing if the species has two). Hidden Abilities were introduced in Generation V; they are relatively rare and usually require some type of special encounter.

In technical terms, a species' Abilities may be thought of as having separate slots, with an individual Pokémon's non-Hidden slot determined by its personality value. For example, an Eevee—with two non-Hidden Abilities—has Run Away for its first non-Hidden slot, Adaptability for its second, and Anticipation for its Hidden Ability slot. Vaporeon—with only one non-Hidden Ability—can be considered to have Water Absorb for both non-Hidden slots. When a Pokémon evolves, its Ability slot remains the same. This means that a Poochyena with Run Away will evolve into a Mightyena with Intimidate, while a Poochyena with Quick Feet will evolve into a Mightyena with Quick Feet.

Aside from Evolution, there are three ways for Pokémon to change Abilities in a permanent manner. One way is if the Pokémon has different forms with different Abilities. Another way is through the Ability Capsule, which was introduced in Generation VI. The Ability Capsule actually changes a Pokémon's non-Hidden Ability slot, but it will not work if the Pokémon has its Hidden Ability or if the species has only one non-Hidden Ability. Third, transferring a Pokémon from the Venipede family with Quick Feet from Generation V to Generation VI causes its ability to be changed to Speed Boost. Aside from these methods, during battle, Pokémon may also change their Ability through Mega Evolution or Primal Reversion, and certain moves and Abilities can also change a Pokémon's Ability.

When Abilities were introduced in Generation III, some Pokémon only had one possible Ability. A number of these species were given a second Ability in a later generation. If a Pokémon whose species gained an Ability after Generation III is transferred to Generations IV or V, it will initially retain its original Ability; upon evolving, however, its Ability slot will be recalculated and its Ability may change. When a Pokémon is transferred to Generation VI, however, it will be locked into the appropriate slot for its current Ability.

Aside from in-battle effects, some Abilities also have effects outside of battle.

Hidden Abilities

Main article: List of Pokémon with released Hidden Abilities (Generation V)

Main article: List of Pokémon with released Hidden Abilities (Generation VI)

Beginning in Generation V, most Pokémon were given an additional, Hidden Ability (Japanese: 隠れ特性 Hidden Ability), which can only be acquired under special circumstances. Such circumstances are listed below.

Where possible, all Pokémon obtained from the Pokémon Global Link, either via the Pokémon Dream World or a Global Link promotion, will always have their Hidden Ability.
Certain event Pokémon may have their Hidden Ability.
Pokémon obtained from the Pokémon Dream Radar will have their Hidden Abilities.
Some overworld Pokémon in Pokémon Black and White have their Hidden Ability:
- The five Darmanitan in the Desert Resort.
- The Musharna in the Dreamyard on Fridays.
Any Pokémon found in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2's Hidden Grottos have their Hidden Ability. In addition, the following Pokémon will have their Hidden Ability:
- On Mondays, a male Jellicent at Undella Bay^B2 or a Braviary on Route 4^W2.
- On Thursdays, a Mandibuzz on Route 4^B2 or a female Jellicent at Undella Bay^W2.
- A Deerling given as a gift on Route 6.
- Yancy/Curtis will trade the player a specific Pokémon with a hidden ability after entering the Hall of Fame and riding the ferris wheel with them.
A Pokémon in a Horde Encounter may have its Hidden Ability.
Pokémon found in a Friend Safari have approximately a 1 in 3 chance of having their Hidden Ability if the Friend to whom the Friend Safari corresponds has been recognized as a Friend in the PSS (i.e., if both players have been on the PSS at the same time).
Hidden Pokémon have a small chance of having their Hidden Ability. The chance increases as more of the same species are encountered.
In Generation VII, using SOS Battle chaining can increase the chance that an ally Pokémon will have its Hidden Ability.

Abilities and breeding

Before Generation V, the Ability slot that a Pokémon Egg would have when it hatched was left to random chance, resulting in a 50% chance of having either slot. Since Generation V, though, special mechanics have been introduced.

Starting in Black and White, female Pokémon with Hidden Abilities have a 60% chance of passing on the Hidden Ability to their offspring when bred with a male Pokémon from the same Egg Group. In Generation VI, this was extended so that male and genderless Pokémon with a Hidden Ability can also pass it down if they are bred with Ditto. The chance of the offspring having either non-Hidden Ability is 20% each.

Starting in Black 2 and White 2, there is an 80% chance that the Ability slot of the female will be passed to the baby when bred with a male Pokémon from the same Egg Group. Starting in Generation VI, this chance is generically applied to any non-Ditto parent.

List of Abilities

#	Name	Effect	Generation	Single	Dual	Hidden
091	Adaptability	Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.	IV	2	4	7
184	Aerilate	Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	VI	2	0	0
106	Aftermath	Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit.	IV	0	4	4
076	Air Lock	Eliminates the effects of weather.	III	1	0	0
148	Analytic	Boosts move power when the Pokémon moves last.	V	0	0	12
083	Anger Point	The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.	IV	0	3	6
107	Anticipation	The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves.	IV	1	4	2
071	Arena Trap	Prevents opposing Pokémon from fleeing.	III	0	3	0
165	Aroma Veil	Protects itself and its allies from attacks that limit their move choices.	VI	0	0	2
188	Aura Break	The effects of "Aura" Abilities are reversed to lower the power of affected moves.	VI	0	1	0
123	Bad Dreams	Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.	IV	1	0	0
217	Battery	Powers up ally Pokémon's special moves.	VII	1	0	0
004	Battle Armor	Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.	III	3	4	2
210	Battle Bond	Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon's bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful.	VII	1	0	0
224	Beast Boost	The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon.	VII	7	0	0
201	Berserk	Boosts the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat when it takes a hit that causes its HP to become half or less.	VII	0	1	0
145	Big Pecks	Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.	V	1	7	4
066	Blaze	Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.	III	21	0	2
171	Bulletproof	Protects the Pokémon from some ball and bomb moves.	VI	0	3	3
—	Cacophony	Avoids sound-based moves.	III	0	0	0
167	Cheek Pouch	Restores HP as well when the Pokémon eats a Berry.	VI	0	3	0
034	Chlorophyll	Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in sunshine.	III	10	19	6
029	Clear Body	Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.	III	8	2	3
013	Cloud Nine	Eliminates the effects of weather.	III	0	2	5
016	Color Change	The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.	III	1	0	0
213	Comatose	It's always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up.	VII	1	0	0
172	Competitive	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.	VI	0	7	1
014	Compound Eyes	The Pokémon's compound eyes boost its accuracy.	III	2	6	1
126	Contrary	Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.	V	0	2	7
212	Corrosion	The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type.	VII	2	0	0
130	Cursed Body	May disable a move used on the Pokémon.	V	1	3	3
056	Cute Charm	Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.	III	1	11	2
006	Damp	Prevents the use of explosive moves such as Self-Destruct by dampening its surroundings.	III	0	8	10
216	Dancer	When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed.	VII	1	0	0
186	Dark Aura	Powers up each Pokémon's Dark-type moves.	VI	1	0	0
219	Dazzling	Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.	VII	0	1	0
129	Defeatist	Halves the Pokémon's Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP becomes half or less.	V	2	0	0
128	Defiant	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.	V	0	2	11
191	Delta Stream	The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type's weaknesses.	VI	1	0	0
190	Desolate Land	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Water-type attacks.	VI	1	0	0
209	Disguise	Once per battle, the shroud that covers the Pokémon can protect it from an attack.	VII	1	0	0
088	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.	IV	1	3	0
002	Drizzle	The Pokémon makes it rain when it enters a battle.	III	1	1	1
070	Drought	Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.	III	2	1	2
087	Dry Skin	Restores HP in rain or when hit by Water-type moves. Reduces HP in sunshine, and increases the damage received from Fire-type moves.	IV	0	6	1
048	Early Bird	The Pokémon awakens twice as fast as other Pokémon from sleep.	III	0	13	2
027	Effect Spore	Contact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.	III	2	6	1
226	Electric Surge	Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.	VII	1	0	0
194	Emergency Exit	The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out when its HP becomes half or less.	VII	1	0	0
187	Fairy Aura	Powers up each Pokémon's Fairy-type moves.	VI	1	0	0
111	Filter	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.	IV	1	2	0
049	Flame Body	Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.	III	7	5	4
138	Flare Boost	Powers up special attacks when the Pokémon is burned.	V	0	0	2
018	Flash Fire	Powers up the Pokémon's Fire-type moves if it's hit by one.	III	4	10	3
122	Flower Gift	Boosts the Attack and Sp. Def stats of itself and allies when it is sunny.	IV	1	0	0
166	Flower Veil	Ally Grass-type Pokémon are protected from status conditions and the lowering of their stats.	VI	3	1	0
218	Fluffy	Halves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves.	VII	0	2	0
059	Forecast	The Pokémon transforms with the weather to change its type to Water, Fire, or Ice.	III	1	0	0
108	Forewarn	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can tell one of the moves an opposing Pokémon has.	IV	0	6	0
132	Friend Guard	Reduces damage done to allies.	V	0	0	8
119	Frisk	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can check an opposing Pokémon's held item.	IV	1	12	8
230	Full Metal Body	Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.	VII	1	0	0
169	Fur Coat	Halves the damage from physical moves.	VI	1	1	0
177	Gale Wings	Gives priority to Flying-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is full.	VI	0	0	3
206	Galvanize	Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	VII	0	0	3
082	Gluttony	Makes the Pokémon eat a held Berry when its HP drops to half or less, which is sooner than usual.	IV	6	8	9
183	Gooey	Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.	VI	0	0	3
179	Grass Pelt	Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat in Grassy Terrain.	VI	0	0	2
229	Grassy Surge	Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.	VII	1	0	0
062	Guts	It's so gutsy that having a status condition boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat.	III	3	14	4
139	Harvest	May create another Berry after one is used.	V	0	0	6
131	Healer	Sometimes heals an ally's status condition.	V	2	2	3
085	Heatproof	The heatproof body of the Pokémon halves the damage from Fire-type moves that hit it.	IV	0	2	0
134	Heavy Metal	Doubles the Pokémon's weight.	V	0	0	5
118	Honey Gather	The Pokémon may gather Honey after a battle.	IV	1	2	1
037	Huge Power	Doubles the Pokémon's Attack stat.	III	1	3	2
055	Hustle	Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.	III	3	9	8
093	Hydration	Heals status conditions if it's raining.	IV	2	11	9
052	Hyper Cutter	The Pokémon's proud of its powerful pincers. They prevent other Pokémon from lowering its Attack stat.	III	0	11	0
115	Ice Body	The Pokémon gradually regains HP in a hailstorm.	IV	0	10	4
035	Illuminate	Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon by illuminating the surroundings.	III	0	8	0
149	Illusion	Comes out disguised as the Pokémon in the party's last spot.	V	2	0	0
017	Immunity	The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned.	III	1	1	1
150	Imposter	The Pokémon transforms itself into the Pokémon it's facing.	V	0	0	1
151	Infiltrator	Passes through the opposing Pokémon's barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.	V	0	7	14
215	Innards Out	Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit by the amount equal to its last HP.	VII	1	0	0
039	Inner Focus	The Pokémon's intensely focused, and that protects the Pokémon from flinching.	III	5	17	11
015	Insomnia	The Pokémon is suffering from insomnia and cannot fall asleep.	III	1	10	3
022	Intimidate	The Pokémon intimidates opposing Pokémon upon entering battle, lowering their Attack stat.	III	7	19	6
160	Iron Barbs	Inflicts damage to the attacker on contact with iron barbs.	V	2	1	0
089	Iron Fist	Powers up punching moves.	IV	0	7	7
154	Justified	Being hit by a Dark-type move boosts the Attack stat of the Pokémon, for justice.	V	4	0	5
051	Keen Eye	Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon's accuracy.	III	3	30	5
103	Klutz	The Pokémon can't use any held items.	IV	0	8	1
102	Leaf Guard	Prevents status conditions in sunny weather.	IV	3	9	7
026	Levitate	By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.	III	31	2	0
135	Light Metal	Halves the Pokémon's weight.	V	0	0	5
031	Lightning Rod	The Pokémon draws in all Electric-type moves. Instead of being hit by Electric-type moves, it boosts its Sp. Atk.	III	1	11	6
007	Limber	Its limber body protects the Pokémon from paralysis.	III	1	9	2
064	Liquid Ooze	Oozed liquid has strong stench, which damages attackers using any draining move.	III	0	4	0
204	Liquid Voice	All sound-based moves become Water-type moves.	VII	0	0	3
203	Long Reach	The Pokémon uses its moves without making contact with the target.	VII	0	0	3
156	Magic Bounce	Reflects status moves, instead of getting hit by them.	V	3	0	3
098	Magic Guard	The Pokémon only takes damage from attacks.	IV	0	7	3
170	Magician	The Pokémon steals the held item of a Pokémon it hits with a move.	VI	1	0	4
040	Magma Armor	The Pokémon is covered with hot magma, which prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.	III	0	3	0
042	Magnet Pull	Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from escaping using its magnetic force.	III	0	8	0
063	Marvel Scale	The Pokémon's marvelous scales boost the Defense stat if it has a status condition.	III	0	1	2
178	Mega Launcher	Powers up aura and pulse moves.	VI	3	0	0
196	Merciless	The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.	VII	0	2	0
058	Minus	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.	III	1	3	2
228	Misty Surge	Turns the ground into Misty Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.	VII	1	0	0
104	Mold Breaker	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.	IV	4	6	8
141	Moody	Raises one stat sharply and lowers another every turn.	V	0	0	7
078	Motor Drive	Boosts its Speed stat if hit by an Electric-type move, instead of taking damage.	IV	1	2	1
153	Moxie	The Pokémon shows moxie, and that boosts the Attack stat after knocking out any Pokémon.	V	0	5	8
136	Multiscale	Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes when its HP is full.	V	0	0	2
121	Multitype	Changes the Pokémon's type to match the Plate or Z-Crystal it holds.	IV	1	0	0
152	Mummy	Contact with the Pokémon changes the attacker's Ability to Mummy.	V	2	0	0
030	Natural Cure	All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out.	III	4	11	1
099	No Guard	The Pokémon employs no-guard tactics to ensure incoming and outgoing attacks always land.	IV	3	3	4
096	Normalize	All the Pokémon's moves become Normal type. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	IV	0	2	0
012	Oblivious	The Pokémon is oblivious, and that keeps it from being infatuated or falling for taunts.	III	0	19	5
142	Overcoat	Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.	V	0	5	15
065	Overgrow	Powers up Grass-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.	III	21	0	2
020	Own Tempo	This Pokémon has its own tempo, and that prevents it from becoming confused.	III	0	17	5
185	Parental Bond	Parent and child each attacks.	VI	1	0	0
124	Pickpocket	Steals an item from an attacker that made direct contact.	V	0	0	7
053	Pickup	The Pokémon may pick up the item an opposing Pokémon used during a battle. It may pick up items outside of battle, too.	III	1	15	2
182	Pixilate	Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	VI	2	0	1
057	Plus	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.	III	1	3	4
090	Poison Heal	Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned, instead of losing HP.	IV	0	2	1
038	Poison Point	Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.	III	0	16	0
143	Poison Touch	May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.	V	0	5	4
211	Power Construct	Other Cells gather to aid when its HP becomes half or less. Then the Pokémon changes its form to Complete Forme.	VII	0	1	0
223	Power of Alchemy	The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.	VII	0	0	2
158	Prankster	Gives priority to a status move.	V	4	2	8
046	Pressure	By putting pressure on the opposing Pokémon, it raises their PP usage.	III	19	2	4
189	Primordial Sea	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks.	VI	1	0	0
232	Prism Armor	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.	VII	1	0	0
168	Protean	Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use.	VI	0	0	4
227	Psychic Surge	Turns the ground into Psychic Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.	VII	1	0	0
074	Pure Power	Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat.	III	2	0	0
214	Queenly Majesty	Its majesty pressures the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.	VII	0	1	0
095	Quick Feet	Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition.	IV	0	5	4
044	Rain Dish	The Pokémon gradually regains HP in rain.	III	0	3	10
155	Rattled	Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.	V	0	0	13
222	Receiver	The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.	VII	1	0	0
120	Reckless	Powers up moves that have recoil damage.	IV	0	3	9
174	Refrigerate	Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	VI	3	0	0
144	Regenerator	Restores a little HP when withdrawn from battle.	V	1	3	15
079	Rivalry	Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender.	IV	0	14	4
225	RKS System	Changes the Pokémon's type to match the memory disc it holds.	VII	1	0	0
069	Rock Head	Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.	III	2	17	2
024	Rough Skin	This Pokémon inflicts damage with its rough skin to the attacker on contact.	III	2	1	3
050	Run Away	Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon.	III	0	16	8
159	Sand Force	Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a sandstorm.	V	3	2	13
146	Sand Rush	Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a sandstorm.	V	0	5	2
045	Sand Stream	The Pokémon summons a sandstorm when it enters a battle.	III	4	1	0
008	Sand Veil	Boosts the Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm.	III	7	8	9
157	Sap Sipper	Boosts the Attack stat if hit by a Grass-type move, instead of taking damage.	V	2	7	8
208	Schooling	When it has a lot of HP, the Pokémon forms a powerful school. It stops schooling when its HP is low.	VII	1	0	0
113	Scrappy	The Pokémon can hit Ghost-type Pokémon with Normal- and Fighting-type moves.	IV	1	2	8
032	Serene Grace	Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring when attacking.	III	3	7	2
231	Shadow Shield	Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.	VII	1	0	0
023	Shadow Tag	This Pokémon steps on the opposing Pokémon's shadow to prevent it from escaping.	III	3	0	3
061	Shed Skin	The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.	III	11	5	0
125	Sheer Force	Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.	V	2	6	18
075	Shell Armor	A hard shell protects the Pokémon from critical hits.	III	3	13	7
019	Shield Dust	This Pokémon's dust blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.	III	4	5	0
197	Shields Down	When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon's shell breaks and it becomes aggressive.	VII	1	0	0
086	Simple	The stat changes the Pokémon receives are doubled.	IV	0	3	2
092	Skill Link	Maximizes the number of times multi-strike moves hit.	IV	1	5	4
112	Slow Start	For five turns, the Pokémon's Attack and Speed stats are halved.	IV	1	0	0
202	Slush Rush	Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a hailstorm.	VII	0	2	2
097	Sniper	Powers up moves if they become critical hits when attacking.	IV	0	9	5
081	Snow Cloak	Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.	IV	6	7	1
117	Snow Warning	The Pokémon summons a hailstorm when it enters a battle.	IV	2	1	4
094	Solar Power	Boosts the Sp. Atk stat in sunny weather, but HP decreases every turn.	IV	1	3	5
116	Solid Rock	Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.	IV	0	4	0
220	Soul-Heart	Boosts its Sp. Atk stat every time a Pokémon faints.	VII	1	0	0
043	Soundproof	Soundproofing of the Pokémon itself gives full immunity to all sound-based moves.	III	3	7	5
003	Speed Boost	Its Speed stat is boosted every turn.	III	2	2	8
198	Stakeout	Doubles the damage dealt to the target's replacement if the target switches out.	VII	0	2	0
100	Stall	The Pokémon moves after all other Pokémon do.	IV	0	1	0
192	Stamina	Boosts the Defense stat when hit by an attack.	VII	0	2	0
176	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.	VI	1	0	0
009	Static	The Pokémon is charged with static electricity, so contact with it may cause paralysis.	III	9	5	1
080	Steadfast	The Pokémon's determination boosts the Speed stat each time the Pokémon flinches.	IV	2	3	7
200	Steelworker	Powers up Steel-type moves.	VII	1	0	0
001	Stench	By releasing stench when attacking, this Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.	III	0	6	1
060	Sticky Hold	Items held by the Pokémon are stuck fast and cannot be removed by other Pokémon.	III	0	8	0
114	Storm Drain	Draws in all Water-type moves. Instead of being hit by Water-type moves, it boosts its Sp. Atk.	IV	0	4	3
173	Strong Jaw	The Pokémon's strong jaw boosts the power of its biting moves.	VI	3	3	0
005	Sturdy	It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either.	III	6	28	7
021	Suction Cups	This Pokémon uses suction cups to stay in one spot to negate all moves and items that force switching out.	III	2	3	0
105	Super Luck	The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted.	IV	0	6	3
207	Surge Surfer	Doubles the Pokémon's Speed stat on Electric Terrain.	VII	1	0	0
068	Swarm	Powers up Bug-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.	III	5	16	4
175	Sweet Veil	Prevents itself and ally Pokémon from falling asleep.	VI	2	0	5
033	Swift Swim	Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.	III	8	21	10
180	Symbiosis	The Pokémon passes its item to an ally that has used up an item.	VI	0	0	4
028	Synchronize	The attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison, or paralysis to the Pokémon.	III	3	12	0
077	Tangled Feet	Raises evasion if the Pokémon is confused.	IV	0	5	2
221	Tangling Hair	Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.	VII	0	2	0
101	Technician	Powers up the Pokémon's weaker moves.	IV	2	11	5
140	Telepathy	Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it.	V	0	3	18
164	Teravolt	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.	V	2	0	0
047	Thick Fat	The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves.	III	1	16	7
110	Tinted Lens	The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.	IV	0	4	5
067	Torrent	Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.	III	21	0	2
181	Tough Claws	Powers up moves that make direct contact.	VI	3	2	0
137	Toxic Boost	Powers up physical attacks when the Pokémon is poisoned.	V	0	0	1
036	Trace	When it enters a battle, the Pokémon copies an opposing Pokémon's Ability.	III	1	5	0
205	Triage	Gives priority to a healing move.	VII	0	1	0
054	Truant	The Pokémon can't use a move the following turn if it uses one.	III	2	0	1
163	Turboblaze	Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.	V	2	0	0
109	Unaware	When attacking, the Pokémon ignores the target Pokémon's stat changes.	IV	1	4	4
084	Unburden	Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon's held item is used or lost.	IV	0	5	7
127	Unnerve	Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.	V	0	4	16
162	Victory Star	Boosts the accuracy of its allies and itself.	V	1	0	0
072	Vital Spirit	The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.	III	1	6	7
010	Volt Absorb	Restores HP if hit by an Electric-type move, instead of taking damage.	III	2	2	2
011	Water Absorb	Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage.	III	2	12	9
199	Water Bubble	Lowers the power of Fire-type moves done to the Pokémon and prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.	VII	2	0	0
195	Water Compaction	Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat sharply when hit by a Water-type move.	VII	2	0	0
041	Water Veil	The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.	III	0	4	7
133	Weak Armor	Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.	V	0	3	15
073	White Smoke	The Pokémon is protected by its white smoke, which prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.	III	0	1	1
193	Wimp Out	The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP becomes half or less.	VII	1	0	0
025	Wonder Guard	Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.	III	1	0	0
147	Wonder Skin	Makes status moves more likely to miss.	V	0	1	4
161	Zen Mode	Changes the Pokémon's shape when HP is half or less.	V	0	0	1

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Main article: Mystery Dungeon game mechanics#Abilities

Abilities available in the core series games are also available in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Some Abilities differ from their counterparts in the core series (e.g. Intimidate reduces the opposing Pokémon's Attack by 20%).

Pokémon Conquest

Main article: List of Abilities in Pokémon Conquest

While most Pokémon species in Pokémon Conquest have access to three Abilities (similar to the main series, Hidden Abilities included), many of these Abilities are different from the main series due to differences in the battle system. For example, Abilities like Cute Charm and Rivalry do not exist in Pokémon Conquest (due to the game's lack of a gender mechanic), while other Abilities utilize mechanics unique to Pokémon Conquest battles (like "Sprint", which increases the user's movement Range).

Like the main series, an individual Pokémon's Ability is dictated by its current species (i.e. evolutionary form) and may change during evolution.

In the anime

Clemont's Chespin activating Overgrow

Abilities have been shown in the anime, but are usually only used in battles; however, sometimes they have an effect on the plot, such as Ash's Infernape's Blaze. Abilities sometimes work differently in the anime than they would in the games, such as Mold Breaker, which in the anime cancels out more Abilities than it would in the games.

In the Original series

The only Ability that was seen in the original series was Color Change, being used by Madison and Alexa's Kecleon in The Kecleon Caper. It was later used by Harrison's Kecleon in Playing With Fire!.

In the Advanced Generation series

The first Ability to be seen other than Color Change was Rough Skin, first seen in Sharpedo Attack!. It was used by a wild Sharpedo.

In Now That's Flower Power! a Kecleon used Color Change.

In A Poké-BLOCK Party!, a Whismur used its Soundproof Ability to stay awake and listen to Jigglypuff's song.

Colonel Hansen's Shedinja used Wonder Guard in The Princess and the Togepi.

Two Abilities were seen in Balance of Power, being used by Ash's Pikachu and Grovyle, using Static and Overgrow respectively.

Bart's Castform used Forecast in Unfair Weather Friends, turning into its Sunny and Rainy Form.

In The Garden of Eatin', Marcel's Vigoroth used Vital Spirit.

Both Drizzle and Drought were seen in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends respectively.

In It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!, Liza's Lunatone used Levitate.

In Eight Ain't Enough, Juan's Luvdisc used Swift Swim.

In Showdown At Linoone, a Linoone has the Ability Pickup and takes items to its private stash, including May's Poké Balls.

In At the End of the Fray, Tyson's Hariyama used Thick Fat.

In Rough, Tough Jigglypuff, Lisa Mitchum's Jigglypuff used Cute Charm Her father's Loudred used Soundproof to stop Jigglypuff's Sing from working.

Angela's Kecleon used Color Change in From Cradle to Save, as well as Brock's Bonsly using Rock Head.

In Pinch Healing!, a wild Wooper used Water Absorb.

In Once More With Reeling!, May's Blaziken used its Blaze Ability while Ash's Sceptile used Overgrow during their Contest Battle in the Terracotta Contest.

In the Diamond & Pearl series

Abilities proved important in the battles Paul and Ash had with Roark. During Paul's battle in Shapes of Things to Come!, his Elekid uses Static to paralyze Roark's Onix and Cranidos although the latter shakes it off with Mold Breaker. Paul also deliberately allows his Chimchar to take extra damage so that it can activate Blaze. After Ash's first match with Roark ends in defeat, Brock briefly lends him Sudowoodo in Wild in the Streets! because its Ability Rock Head makes it similar to Roark's Pokémon Onix, who also had the Ability. During Ash's rematch in O'er the Rampardos We Watched!, Pikachu also activates Static against Roark's newly evolved Rampardos and it is similarly ineffective.

In A Secret Sphere of Influence!, Officer Jenny's Stunky used Stench.

Gardenia's Cherubi caught Ash by surprise during their first battle in The Grass Menagerie! when it was able to move very quickly with Chlorophyll.

In Tag! We're It...!, Ash and Paul found themselves at a disadvantage during their first Tag Battle in the Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition because the Rhydon used by one of their opponents possessed Lightning Rod, rendering Pikachu's Electric-type attacks useless.

In Glory Blaze! Ash, Dawn and Brock found Paul and his other Pokémon evidently abusing his Chimchar, repeatedly attacking it until it eventually collapsed from exhaustion. When confronted, Paul explained that Chimchar actually wanted the brutal training regimen; when they first met, Chimchar was being attacked by wild Zangoose and when pushed to the limit it activated Blaze and defeated all of the Zangoose with Flame Wheel. This incredible power was what drove Paul to capture Chimchar in the first place and the two have been trying to replicate the experience ever since with no success.

Swift Swim was an important part of Ash's Buizel going toe to toe with Maylene's Lucario in A Triple Fighting Chance!

Blaze returned in Chim - Charred! when Ash's Chimchar became enraged during a battle with Paul's Ursaring. It took considerable effort for Ash to return Chimchar to normal after it defeated Ursaring, causing Paul to leave the battle a draw. Paul told Ash that they would only battle again when and if Ash and Chimchar learned to control Blaze.

In Battling the Generation Gap!, Lila's Delcatty activated his Cute Charm Ability while battling Dawn's Ambipom in the final round of the Celestic Contest.

Brock's Croagunk first used his Anticipation Ability in Losing Its Lustrous!. He often used it to find Team Rocket and chase them off on his own.

Two Darkrai have used Bad Dreams. One used it in The Rise of Darkrai and another in Sleepless in Pre-Battle!.

In A Shield with a Twist!, Fantina's Gengar used Levitate.

In Dealing with Defensive Types!, Byron's Bronzor used its Heatproof Ability to minimize damage from Ash's Chimchar's Flamethrower.

In Another One Gabites the Dust!, Jessie's Yanmega activated its Speed Boost Ability while performing in the Chocovine Contest.

In Pursuing a Lofty Goal!, Paul's Honchkrow used its Ability Super Luck.

In Sliding Into Seventh!, Jeremiah's Skuntank was known to have Stench as it Ability but the Ability activated off-screen.

In Evolving Strategies!, Paul's Magmortar used its Flame Body Ability to burn Ash's Pikachu. Paul's Ursaring also used its Guts Ability when Ash's Pikachu's Static activated.

An Arceus used Multitype in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

In Challenging a Towering Figure!, Palmer's Rhyperior used Solid Rock.

A wild Trapinch used its Arena Trap Ability in A Rivalry to Gible On!.

A wild Heatran used Flash Fire in Pokémon Ranger: Heatran Rescue!.

Volkner's Electivire used its Motor Drive Ability in The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World! against Ash in their Gym battle. It was later used by Paul's Electivire in Battling a Thaw in Relations!.

In Casting a Paul on Barry!, Barry's Empoleon activated its Torrent Ability while battling Paul's Electivire in the third round of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

Paul's Aggron used its Rock Head Ability in Familiarity Breeds Strategy! to avoid damage from its Double-Edge attack. In the next episode Paul's Froslass and Ninjask used Snow Cloak and Speed Boost respectively.

Illusion was seen twice in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, being seen by a Zoroark and Zorua.

In the Best Wishes series

A Hidden Ability was first seen in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell! by a Darmanitan using Zen Mode.

In A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, Trip's Tranquill used Super Luck to easily defeat Ash's Oshawott and Tepig. Trip's Frillish later used Cursed Body.

In Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!, a wild Trubbish used its Ability Stench.

In A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!, Lenora's Watchog used its Illuminate Ability to reveal any hidden things in the museum to appear.

Sewaddle was revealed to have Swarm in A Connoisseur's Revenge! but he wasn't shown activating it. Cilan's Dwebble was shown using its Sturdy Ability in the same episode.

A wild Venipede used its Poison Point Ability to poison Ash in A Venipede Stampede!.

In Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!, Iris pointed out that Roggenrola had the Ability Sturdy, implying that Roggenrola would receive less damage than a Pokémon normally would.

Luke's Zorua often used Illusion to help Luke in making his movies. It was first seen in Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!.

In The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!, Iris's Emolga used Static to help it win a battle against Stephan's Sawk.

In Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!, Bianca's father's Red Flash Darmanitan used Zen Mode.

Three Darmanitan used Zen Mode in A Maractus Musical!.

In Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!, a wild Garbodor used Stench.

In A Call for Brotherly Love!, Chili's Pansear used its Gluttony Ability.

In Battling the King of the Mines!, Ash's Boldore used its Sturdy Ability to stop a Horn Drill from working.

In The Clubsplosion Begins!, Edmund's Seismitoad used Swift Swim against Stephan's Sawk, but ended up losing.

In Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!, Alder's Bouffalant used Sap Sipper to defeat Trip's Serperior.

In The Road to Humilau!, Marlon's Jellicent used Cursed Body.

Swarm wasn't seen until Strong Strategy Steals the Show! during Leavanny's battle with Stephan's Sawk.

In The Island of Illusions!, a Zoroark used Illusion.

In The Journalist from Another Region! an unknown trainer's Slaking was shown to have Truant as its Ability.

In Survival of the Striaton Gym!, Morana's Abomasnow used its Snow Warning Ability. Cilan's Pansage was confirmed to have Gluttony as his Ability in the same episode.

In the XY series

Clemont's Chespin used its Ability Overgrow in An Appetite for Battle! battling against a Delphox.

In Mega Evolution Special I, Siebold's Mega Blastoise was shown to have Mega Launcher.

Both Dark Aura and Fairy Aura were seen in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

Ramos's Jumpluff and Weepinbell were both shown to have Chlorophyll as their Ability in The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!.

Ash's Goodra used its Ability Hydration in Ash's Gym battle against Clemont in The Moment of Lumiose Truth!.

Ash's Fletchinder used its Flame Body Ability in A Not-So-Flying Start! to help hatch an Egg that his Hawlucha found.

Olympia's two Meowstic were seen using their respective Abilities in All Eyes on the Future!, with the male Meowstic having its Hidden Ability Prankster and the female one having Keen Eye.

Two Abilities were seen in Mega Evolution Special IV, both in battle against Alain's Charizard. A Mega Venusaur used Thick Fat to half the damage it took from a Flamethrower. Malva's Houndoom later used Flash Fire to absorb another Flamethrower.

Sawyer's Clawitzer was shown to have Mega Launcher as its Ability during its battle against Ash in A Full-Strength Battle Surprise!.

Wulfric's Abomasnow was shown to have Snow Warning as its Ability during its Gym battle against Ash in All Hail the Ice Battlefield!. His Avalugg was later shown to have Ice Body in the same episode.

In the Lumiose Conference, many Pokémon were seen activating their Abilities during battles. In A League of His Own!, Trevor's Mega Charizard Y was shown to have Drought as its Ability. In the following episode, the effects of three different Abilities were shown during the battle between Tierno and Sawyer; Tierno's Ludicolo was shown activating Swift Swim while Sawyer's Mega Sceptile and Aegislash were revealed to have Lightning Rod and Stance Change as their Abilities, respectively. In Analysis Versus Passion!, Sawyer's Slaking was shown to have Truant as its Ability. In Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!, Alain's Tyranitar was shown activating Sand Stream.

In the Sun & Moon series

Sophocles's Togedemaru used her Ability Lightning Rod in The Guardian's Challenge!, absorbing Ash's Pikachu's Thunderbolt to increase her Zing Zap.

In the TCG

Abilities under the name of Abilities did not appear in the Trading Card Game until the Black & White expansion kicking off Generation V. However, this was merely a renaming of the longstanding Pokémon Powers. Pokémon Powers were very similar to Abilities, but were introduced much earlier, appearing in the very first Base Set during Generation I. In fact, some Abilities from the games originally appeared as Pokémon Powers.

With the introduction of the Expedition Base Set, Pokémon Powers were split into two groups: Poké-Powers and Poké-Bodies. Poké-Powers are special effects that the player must trigger or announce using. A Poké-Body's effect is a passive Ability that is always in effect. When Pokémon Powers became Abilities, these distinctions were done away with.

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Pokémon Ranger's Zebstrika activating Lightningrod in Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

Monta's Roggenrola activated Sturdy in The Key to Triple Battles.

A Pokémon Ranger's Zebstrika and Monta's Excadrill activated Lightningrod and Sand Force in The Battle for More Friends!.

Dol's Bouffalant activated Sap Sipper in Challenge the Battle Subway!.

Monta's Watchog activated Illuminate in Let's Master Pokémon Capturing!.

Monta's Victini was unable to activate Victory Star in The Birth of the Best Pokémon Trainer! since the Serperior Cheren borrowed used Gastro Acid.

In the movie adaptations

Darkrai activated Bad Dreams in The Rise of Darkrai.

Xerneas activated Fairy Aura in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Brawly's Makuhita activating Thick Fat in Pokémon Adventures

Parallel to their introduction in Generation III of the video games, Abilities were first introduced in the Ruby & Sapphire chapter of Pokémon Adventures.

During Sapphire's battle with Roxanne in Blowing Past Nosepass I, Roxanne's Nosepass proved superior to Rono. Worried that Rono would be defeated, Sapphire attempted to switch Rono out for Chic but was unable to. Roxanne explained that because her Nosepass has Magnet Pull, Steel-type Pokémon cannot switch out.

Ruby's first encounter with Abilities arrived in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt II when he and Mr. Briney were attacked by a wild Crawdaunt. Peeko tried to defeat it with Quick Attack, but the Crawdaunt's Shell Armor prevented it from doing much damage at all. After Mr. Briney fell unconscious, Ruby had Kiki use Double-Edge and infatuate Crawdaunt with its Ability Cute Charm.

Sapphire later struggled against a potent counter Ability when she faced Brawly in Mashing Makuhita. After Rono was quickly defeated by Brawly's Makuhita, Chic used Flamethrower against Makuhita, but it had little effect due to its Thick Fat.

While on their way to Slateport City, Ruby and Sapphire were attacked by Courtney and Tabitha at the Abandoned Ship during Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II. They escaped with the help of a wild Plusle and Minun after Ruby realized that their complimentary Abilities Plus and Minus greatly amplified their power when they fought together.

After Wattson is captured by the New Mauville generator, Sapphire devised a double battle strategy using his Electrike in Plugging Past Electrike II. While Electrike did not have the moves to defeat the generator itself, and the wild Donphan that Wattson and the Trick Master had originally intended to capture would be quickly eradicated by its powerful attacks, Electrike's Ability Lightning Rod would allow it to redirect the bolt away from Donphan, buying Donphan enough time to destroy the generator with Rollout.

Archie's Walrein activated Thick Fat during battle with Maxie's Camerupt in Walrein and Camerupt.

Norman's Spinda was revealed to have Own Tempo as its Ability in Rayquaza Redemption I but Skill Swapped it with his Slaking's Truant.

Diamond's Kit was revealed to have Own Tempo as its Ability in Well Met, Weepinbell but couldn't activate it since Sebastian's Weepinbell cancelled it out with Gastro Acid.

Platinum arc

Platinum's Lopunny used her Cute Charm Ability in Getting the Drop on Gallade II to help her defeat a Gallade.

A Tyranitar belonging to the Battle Factory had Sand Stream in Outlasting Ledian.

Diamond's Rotom was confirmed to have Levitate in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost).

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In All About Arceus IV, Arceus activated Multitype.

Black & White arc

Brycen's Vanillish had Ice Body in The Cold Hard Truth.

Brycen's Beartic activated Snow Cloak in A Cold Reception.

Black's Costa activated Solid Rock in One Way or Another but Iris's Haxorus negated it with Mold Breaker.

X & Y arc

X's Garma activated his Shadow Tag Ability as a Mega Gengar in Changing Gengar.

In Pyroar Breathes, X's Manectric, Élec, used his Lightning Rod Ability to drain Lysandre's machine's energy.

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

Enta's Vulpix activated Flash Fire in Enta Arrives at the Battle Frontier!.

Enta's Feebas activated Swift Swim in Introducing the Frontier Brains!.

When Enta battled Lucy's Seviper with Zangoose in The Predestined Battle!, Zangoose activated Immunity to prevent itself from being poisoned.

In the Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder manga

Togari's Watchog activated Keen Eye in FAT1.

In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga

Electivire was shown to activate Motor Drive in Ash's imagination in PDP07 if Pikachu used Volt Tackle on it.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure manga

Saturn's Rhyperior activated Lightningrod to redirect Hareta's Luxio Electric-type moves to it.

Hareta's Riolu has Steadfast which activated after flinching from B-2's Drapion.

Hareta's Piplup has Torrent, which powered up its Water-type moves.

Hareta's Luxio activated Intimidate in A Novel Test!! on Candice's Regirock and Regice but Regirock's Clear Body prevented Intimidate from working. Regice and Registeel were revealed to have Clear Body in the same chapter but weren't shown activating it.

Hareta's Regigigas has Slow Start, which proved to be a disadvantage for Hareta.

Koya's Absol's Super Luck nearly defeated Hareta's Empoleon but a comeback with Empoleon's Surf would have given Hareta the win but the battle was interrupted by Mitsumi's Glaceon's Ice Beam.

Koya's Mamoswine activated Snow Cloak during a hailstorm.

In the Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!! manga

In PBK1, Shin's Bronzong had Heatproof to minimize the damage taken from Yū Shirogane's Infernape's Fire-type moves but Infernape's Blaze powered them back up.

Yū's Scizor received Heatran's Flash Fire Ability after Bronzong Skill Swapped them in PBK4. Yū's Bronzong had Levitate in that same chapter.

Yū's Regigigas had Slow Start in PBK7.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Norman's Slakoth activated Truant in I Won't Let You Lead.

Zorua and Zoroark activated Illusion in PMHGSS20.

In the Pokémon - The Legend of the Dragon King manga

Taichi's Ampharos had the Ability, Static.

Trivia

The unused Ability Cacophony was included in the coding for third-generation games as Ability #076 (Air Lock was #077). From the fourth generation, Cacophony was removed and Air Lock was renumbered as #076, with the new Abilities positioned from #077 onward.
Generation III introduced the most Abilities, with 76. Generation VI introduced the least, with 27.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	特性 Tèxìng 特技 Tèjì*
Chinese	Mandarin	特性 Tèxìng 特技 Tèjì*
Czech		Schopnost
Danish		Specielle evne Egenskab^[1] Færdighed
Dutch		Capaciteit
Finnish		Kyky Erikoisominaisuus Erkoiskyky
French	Canada	Habileté spéciale*
French	Europe	Talent* Capacité spéciale*
German		Fähigkeit
Hindi		काबिलियत Kabiliyat
Hungarian		Képesség
Italian		Abilità
Korean		특성 Teukseong
Norwegian		Evne Ferdighet
Polish		Umiejętność Zdolność
Portuguese	Brazil	Habilidade
Portuguese	Portugal	Hablidade Especialidade
Russian		Талант Talant* Способность Sposobnost'*
Spanish		Habilidad
Swedish		Förmåga
Vietnamese		Đặc tính Đặc trưng

References

↑ pokemon.com/dk

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 ==Mechanics==
 [[File:Primordial Sea.png|thumb|[[Primal Reversion|Primal]] {{p|Kyogre}} activating its Ability, {{a|Primordial Sea}}]]
-Some species of Pokémon have multiple possible Abilities. The most Abilities any species has is three: two normal Abilities and one Hidden Ability. In most [[wild Pokémon]] encounters, the Pokémon's Ability will be one of its non-Hidden Abilities (each having an even chance of appearing if the species has two). Hidden Abilities were only introduced in [[Generation V]]; they are relatively rare and usually require some type of special encounter.
+Some species of Pokémon have multiple possible Abilities. The most Abilities any species has is three: two normal Abilities and one Hidden Ability. In most [[wild Pokémon]] encounters, the Pokémon's Ability will be one of its non-Hidden Abilities (each having an even chance of appearing if the species has two). Hidden Abilities were introduced in [[Generation V]]; they are relatively rare and usually require some type of special encounter.
 In technical terms, a species' Abilities may be thought of as having separate slots, with an individual Pokémon's non-Hidden slot determined by its [[personality value]]. For example, an {{p|Eevee}}&mdash;with two non-Hidden Abilities&mdash;has {{a|Run Away}} for its first non-Hidden slot, {{a|Adaptability}} for its second, and {{a|Anticipation}} for its Hidden Ability slot. {{p|Vaporeon}}&mdash;with only one non-Hidden Ability&mdash;can be considered to have {{a|Water Absorb}} for both non-Hidden slots. When a Pokémon evolves, its Ability slot remains the same. This means that a {{p|Poochyena}} with {{a|Run Away}} will evolve into a {{p|Mightyena}} with {{a|Intimidate}}, while a Poochyena with {{a|Quick Feet}} will evolve into a Mightyena with {{a|Quick Feet}}.
-Aside from Evolution, there are two ways for Pokémon to change Abilities in a permanent manner. One way is if the Pokémon has different [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]] with different Abilities. The other way is through the [[Ability Capsule]], which is only available in [[Generation VI]]. The Ability Capsule actually changes a Pokémon's non-Hidden Ability slot, but it will not work if the Pokémon has its Hidden Ability or if the species has only one non-Hidden Ability. Aside from these methods, during battle, Pokémon may also change their Ability through [[Mega Evolution]] or [[Primal Reversion]], and certain [[move]]s and Abilities can also change a Pokémon's Ability.
+Aside from Evolution, there are three ways for Pokémon to change Abilities in a permanent manner. One way is if the Pokémon has different [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]] with different Abilities. Another way is through the [[Ability Capsule]], which was introduced in [[Generation VI]]. The Ability Capsule actually changes a Pokémon's non-Hidden Ability slot, but it will not work if the Pokémon has its Hidden Ability or if the species has only one non-Hidden Ability. Third, [[Pokémon Bank|transferring]] a Pokémon from the {{p|Venipede}} family with {{a|Quick Feet}} from [[Generation V]] to [[Generation VI]] causes its ability to be changed to {{a|Speed Boost}}. Aside from these methods, during battle, Pokémon may also change their Ability through [[Mega Evolution]] or [[Primal Reversion]], and certain [[move]]s and Abilities can also change a Pokémon's Ability.
 When Abilities were introduced in [[Generation III]], some Pokémon only had one possible Ability. A number of these species were given a second Ability in a later generation. If a Pokémon whose species gained an Ability after Generation III is transferred to Generations IV or {{gen|V}}, it will initially retain its original Ability; upon evolving, however, its Ability slot will be recalculated and its Ability may change. When a Pokémon is transferred to Generation VI, however, it will be locked into the appropriate slot for its current Ability.
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 ** On Mondays, a male {{p|Jellicent}} at [[Undella Bay]]{{sup/5|B2}} or a {{p|Braviary}} on {{rt|4|Unova}}{{sup/5|W2}}.
 ** On Thursdays, a {{p|Mandibuzz}} on {{rt|4|Unova}}{{sup/5|B2}} or a female {{p|Jellicent}} at [[Undella Bay]]{{sup/5|W2}}.
-** A {{p|Deerling}} given as a gift on {{rt|6|Unova}}
+** A {{p|Deerling}} given as a gift on {{rt|6|Unova}}.
 ** [[Yancy]]/[[Curtis]] will trade the player a specific Pokémon with a hidden ability after entering the [[Hall of Fame]] and riding the ferris wheel with them.
 * A Pokémon in a [[Horde Encounter]] may have its Hidden Ability.
 * Pokémon found in a [[Friend Safari]] have approximately a 1 in 3 chance of having their Hidden Ability if the Friend to whom the Friend Safari corresponds has been recognized as a Friend in the PSS (i.e., if both players have been on the PSS at the same time).
 * {{DL|DexNav|Hidden Pokémon}} have a small chance of having their Hidden Ability. The chance increases as more of the same species are encountered.
+* In Generation VII, using [[SOS Battle]] chaining can increase the chance that an ally Pokémon will have its Hidden Ability.
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 | {{a|Adaptability}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up moves of the same type.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
 | IV
 | 2
 | 4
-| 5
+| 7
 |-
 | 184
 | {{a|Aerilate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
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 | {{a|Aftermath}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Damages the foe landing the finishing hit.
+| style="text-align:left" | Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit.
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 | 0
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-| style="text-align:left" | Strengthens moves when moving last.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts move power when the Pokémon moves last.
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 | {{a|Anger Point}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Attack upon taking a critical hit.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.
 | IV
 | 0
 | 3
-| 4
+| 6
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 | {{a|Anticipation}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Senses the foe’s dangerous moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves.
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 | 1
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-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the foe from fleeing.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents opposing Pokémon from fleeing.
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 | {{a|Aroma Veil}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Protects allies from attacks that limit their move choices.
+| style="text-align:left" | Protects itself and its allies from attacks that limit their move choices.
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 | {{a|Aura Break}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The effects of "Aura" Abilities are reversed.
+| style="text-align:left" | The effects of "Aura" Abilities are reversed to lower the power of affected moves.
 | VI
+| 0
 | 1
-| 0
 | 0
 |-
 | 123
 | {{a|Bad Dreams}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Reduces a sleeping foe’s HP.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.
 | IV
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 217
+| {{a|Battery}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up ally Pokémon's special moves.
+| VII
 | 1
 | 0
@@ Line 144: / Line 152: @@
 | 004
 | {{a|Battle Armor}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected against critical hits.
+| style="text-align:left" | Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
 | III
-| 2
+| 3
 | 4
 | 2
+|-
+| 210
+| {{a|Battle Bond}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon's bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 224
+| {{a|Beast Boost}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon.
+| VII
+| 7
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 201
+| {{a|Berserk}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat when it takes a  hit that causes its HP to become half or less.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 1
+| 0
 |-
 | 145
 | {{a|Big Pecks}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering attacks.
+| style="text-align:left" | Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
 | V
 | 1
@@ Line 160: / Line 192: @@
 | 066
 | {{a|Blaze}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Fire-type moves in a pinch.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
 | III
-| 18
+| 21
 | 0
 | 2
@@ Line 171: / Line 203: @@
 | VI
 | 0
-| 0
+| 3
 | 3
 |-
@@ Line 192: / Line 224: @@
 | 034
 | {{a|Chlorophyll}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed in sunshine.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in sunshine.
 | III
 | 10
@@ Line 200: / Line 232: @@
 | 029
 | {{a|Clear Body}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon's stats from being lowered.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.
 | III
 | 8
@@ Line 212: / Line 244: @@
 | 0
 | 2
-| 4
+| 5
 |-
 | 016
 | {{a|Color Change}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe’s move.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.
 | III
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 213
+| {{a|Comatose}}
+| style="text-align:left" | It's always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up.
+| VII
 | 1
 | 0
@@ Line 224: / Line 264: @@
 | 172
 | {{a|Competitive}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Sp.Atk stat when a stat is lowered.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.
 | VI
 | 0
@@ Line 232: / Line 272: @@
 | 014
 | {{a|Compound Eyes}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's accuracy is boosted.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's compound eyes boost its accuracy.
 | III
 | 2
@@ Line 240: / Line 280: @@
 | 126
 | {{a|Contrary}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Inverts stat modifiers.
+| style="text-align:left" | Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.
 | V
 | 0
 | 2
-| 5
+| 7
+|-
+| 212
+| {{a|Corrosion}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison type.
+| VII
+| 2
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 130
 | {{a|Cursed Body}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Has a 30% chance of Disabling any move that hits the Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
 | V
-| 0
+| 1
-| 2
+| 3
 | 3
 |-
@@ Line 260: / Line 308: @@
 | 1
 | 11
-| 1
+| 2
 |-
 | 006
 | {{a|Damp}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents combatants from self destructing.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the use of explosive moves such as Self-Destruct by dampening its surroundings.
 | III
 | 0
 | 8
 | 10
+|-
+| 216
+| {{a|Dancer}}
+| style="text-align:left" | When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 186
@@ Line 276: / Line 332: @@
 | 1
 | 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 219
+| {{a|Dazzling}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
 | 129
 | {{a|Defeatist}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Halves Attack and Special Attack below 50% HP.
+| style="text-align:left" | Halves the Pokémon's Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP becomes half or less.
 | V
 | 2
@@ Line 288: / Line 352: @@
 | 128
 | {{a|Defiant}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.
 | V
 | 0
 | 2
-| 10
+| 11
 |-
 | 191
 | {{a|Delta Stream}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Eliminates weather effects and eliminates weaknesses of Flying-type Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type's weaknesses.
 | VI
 | 1
@@ Line 304: / Line 368: @@
 | 190
 | {{a|Desolate Land}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Creates [[harsh sunlight]].
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Water-type attacks.
 | VI
 | 1
@@ Line 310: / Line 374: @@
 | 0
 |-
-| 088
+| 209
+| {{a|Disguise}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Once per battle, the shroud that covers the Pokémon can protect it from an attack.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 088
 | {{a|Download}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Adjusts power according to the foe’s lowest defensive stat.
+| style="text-align:left" | Compares an opposing Pokémon's Defense and Sp. Def stats before raising its own Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever will be more effective.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 320: / Line 392: @@
 | 002
 | {{a|Drizzle}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon makes it rain when it enters a battle.
 | III
 | 1
-| 0
+| 1
 | 1
 |-
 | 070
 | {{a|Drought}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon makes it sunny if it is in battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle.
 | III
 | 2
-| 0
+| 1
 | 2
 |-
 | 087
 | {{a|Dry Skin}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Reduces HP if it is hot. Water restores HP.
+| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP in rain or when hit by Water-type moves. Reduces HP in sunshine, and increases the damage received from Fire-type moves.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 344: / Line 416: @@
 | 048
 | {{a|Early Bird}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon awakens quickly from sleep.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon awakens twice as fast as other Pokémon from sleep.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 352: / Line 424: @@
 | 027
 | {{a|Effect Spore}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.
+| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may inflict poison, sleep, or paralysis on its attacker.
 | III
 | 2
-| 4
+| 6
+| 1
+|-
+| 226
+| {{a|Electric Surge}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 194
+| {{a|Emergency Exit}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out when its HP becomes half or less.
+| VII
 | 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 187
@@ Line 368: / Line 456: @@
 | 111
 | {{a|Filter}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers down supereffective moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 376: / Line 464: @@
 | 049
 | {{a|Flame Body}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.
+| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker.
 | III
 | 7
@@ Line 384: / Line 472: @@
 | 138
 | {{a|Flare Boost}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Increases Special Attack to 1.5× when burned.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up special attacks when the Pokémon is burned.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 392: / Line 480: @@
 | 018
 | {{a|Flash Fire}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Fire-type moves if hit by a fire move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up the Pokémon's Fire-type moves if it's hit by one.
 | III
 | 4
 | 10
-| 4
+| 3
 |-
 | 122
 | {{a|Flower Gift}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up party Pokémon when it is sunny.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Attack and Sp. Def stats of itself and allies when it is sunny.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 408: / Line 496: @@
 | 166
 | {{a|Flower Veil}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents lowering of ally Grass-type Pokémon's stats.
+| style="text-align:left" | Ally Grass-type Pokémon are protected from status conditions and the lowering of their stats.
 | VI
 | 3
+| 1
+| 0
+|-
+| 218
+| {{a|Fluffy}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Halves the damage taken from moves that make direct contact, but doubles that of Fire-type moves.
+| VII
 | 0
+| 2
 | 0
 |-
 | 059
 | {{a|Forecast}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Transforms with the weather.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon transforms with the weather to change its type to Water, Fire, or Ice.
 | III
 | 1
@@ Line 424: / Line 520: @@
 | 108
 | {{a|Forewarn}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Determines what moves the foe has.
+| style="text-align:left" | When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can tell one of the moves an opposing Pokémon has.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 432: / Line 528: @@
 | 132
 | {{a|Friend Guard}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Decreases damage inflicted against ally Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces damage done to allies.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 440: / Line 536: @@
 | 119
 | {{a|Frisk}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can check the foe’s held item.
+| style="text-align:left" | When it enters a battle, the Pokémon can check an opposing Pokémon's held item.
 | IV
-| 0
+| 1
 | 12
 | 8
 |-
-| 169
+| 230
-| {{a|Fur Coat}}
+| {{a|Full Metal Body}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Halves damage from physical moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents other Pokémon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon's stats.
-| VI
+| VII
 | 1
 | 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 169
+| {{a|Fur Coat}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Halves the damage from physical moves.
+| VI
+| 1
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
 | 177
 | {{a|Gale Wings}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Gives priority to Flying-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Gives priority to Flying-type moves when the  Pokémon's HP is full.
 | VI
+| 0
+| 0
+| 3
+|-
+| 206
+| {{a|Galvanize}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
+| VII
 | 0
 | 0
@@ Line 464: / Line 576: @@
 | 082
 | {{a|Gluttony}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Encourages the early use of a held Berry.
+| style="text-align:left" | Makes the Pokémon eat a held Berry when its HP drops to half or less, which is sooner than usual.
 | IV
 | 6
-| 4
+| 8
 | 9
 |-
@@ Line 480: / Line 592: @@
 | 179
 | {{a|Grass Pelt}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Defense stat in Grassy Terrain.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat in  Grassy Terrain.
 | VI
 | 0
 | 0
 | 2
+|-
+| 229
+| {{a|Grassy Surge}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 062
 | {{a|Guts}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Attack if there is a status problem.
+| style="text-align:left" | It's so gutsy that having a status condition boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat.
 | III
 | 3
@@ Line 496: / Line 616: @@
 | 139
 | {{a|Harvest}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Sometimes restores a consumed Berry.
+| style="text-align:left" | May create another Berry after one is used.
 | V
 | 0
 | 0
-| 5
+| 6
 |-
 | 131
 | {{a|Healer}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Has a 30% chance of curing each adjacent ally of any major status ailment after each turn.
+| style="text-align:left" | Sometimes heals an ally's status condition.
 | V
-| 3
+| 2
 | 2
 | 3
@@ Line 512: / Line 632: @@
 | 085
 | {{a|Heatproof}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Weakens the power of Fire-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | The heatproof body of the Pokémon halves the damage from Fire-type moves that hit it.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 528: / Line 648: @@
 | 118
 | {{a|Honey Gather}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may gather Honey from somewhere.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may gather Honey after a battle.
 | IV
 | 1
-| 0
+| 2
 | 1
 |-
 | 037
 | {{a|Huge Power}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises the Pokémon's Attack stat.
+| style="text-align:left" | Doubles the Pokémon's Attack stat.
 | III
 | 1
@@ Line 547: / Line 667: @@
 | III
 | 3
-| 7
+| 9
 | 8
 |-
 | 093
 | {{a|Hydration}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Heals status problems if it is raining.
+| style="text-align:left" | Heals status conditions if it's raining.
 | IV
 | 2
-| 10
+| 11
 | 9
 |-
 | 052
 | {{a|Hyper Cutter}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Attack stat from being lowered.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's proud of its powerful pincers. They prevent other Pokémon from lowering its Attack stat.
 | III
 | 0
-| 9
+| 11
 | 0
 |-
 | 115
 | {{a|Ice Body}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon regains HP in a hailstorm.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon gradually regains HP in a hailstorm.
 | IV
-| 3
+| 0
-| 7
+| 10
 | 4
 |-
 | 035
 | {{a|Illuminate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon by illuminating the surroundings.
 | III
 | 0
-| 6
+| 8
 | 0
 |-
 | 149
 | {{a|Illusion}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Takes the appearance of the last conscious party Pokémon upon being sent out until hit by a damaging move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Comes out disguised as the Pokémon in the party's last spot.
 | V
 | 2
@@ Line 592: / Line 712: @@
 | 017
 | {{a|Immunity}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned.
+| style="text-align:left" | The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned.
 | III
 | 1
@@ Line 600: / Line 720: @@
 | 150
 | {{a|Imposter}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Transforms upon entering battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon transforms itself into the Pokémon it's facing.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 608: / Line 728: @@
 | 151
 | {{a|Infiltrator}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ignores Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
+| style="text-align:left" | Passes through the opposing Pokémon's barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
 | V
 | 0
-| 6
+| 7
 | 14
+|-
+| 215
+| {{a|Innards Out}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit by the amount equal to its last HP.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 039
 | {{a|Inner Focus}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected from flinching.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's intensely focused, and that protects the Pokémon from flinching.
 | III
 | 5
-| 16
+| 17
-| 6
+| 11
 |-
 | 015
 | {{a|Insomnia}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is suffering from insomnia and cannot fall asleep.
 | III
 | 1
@@ Line 632: / Line 760: @@
 | 022
 | {{a|Intimidate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Lowers the foe’s Attack stat.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon intimidates opposing Pokémon upon entering battle, lowering their Attack stat.
 | III
 | 7
 | 19
-| 3
+| 6
 |-
 | 160
 | {{a|Iron Barbs}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Damages attacking Pokémon for 1/8 their max HP on contact.
+| style="text-align:left" | Inflicts damage to the attacker on contact with iron barbs.
 | V
 | 2
-| 0
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
 | 089
 | {{a|Iron Fist}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the power of punching moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up punching moves.
 | IV
 | 0
-| 5
+| 7
 | 7
 |-
 | 154
 | {{a|Justified}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Attack when hit by Dark-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Being hit by a Dark-type move boosts the Attack stat of the Pokémon, for justice.
 | V
 | 4
@@ Line 664: / Line 792: @@
 | 051
 | {{a|Keen Eye}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.
+| style="text-align:left" | Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon's accuracy.
 | III
-| 4
+| 3
-| 22
+| 30
 | 5
 |-
 | 103
 | {{a|Klutz}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can’t use any held items.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can't use any held items.
 | IV
 | 0
-| 6
+| 8
 | 1
 |-
 | 102
 | {{a|Leaf Guard}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents status problems in sunny weather.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents status conditions in sunny weather.
 | IV
-| 1
+| 3
-| 6
+| 9
 | 7
 |-
 | 026
 | {{a|Levitate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | By floating in the air, the Pokémon receives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.
 | III
 | 31
@@ Line 704: / Line 832: @@
 | 031
 | {{a|Lightning Rod}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon draws in all Electric-type moves to raise Sp.Atk.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon draws in all Electric-type moves.  Instead of being hit by Electric-type moves,  it boosts its Sp. Atk.
 | III
-| 2
+| 1
-| 9
+| 11
 | 6
 |-
 | 007
 | {{a|Limber}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected from paralysis.
+| style="text-align:left" | Its limber body protects the Pokémon from paralysis.
 | III
 | 1
-| 7
+| 9
 | 2
 |-
 | 064
 | {{a|Liquid Ooze}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Inflicts damage on foes using any draining move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Oozed liquid has strong stench, which damages attackers using any draining move.
 | III
 | 0
 | 4
 | 0
+|-
+| 204
+| {{a|Liquid Voice}}
+| style="text-align:left" | All sound-based moves become Water-type moves.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 0
+| 3
+|-
+| 203
+| {{a|Long Reach}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon uses its moves without making contact with the target.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 0
+| 3
 |-
 | 156
 | {{a|Magic Bounce}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Reflects most non-damaging moves back at their user.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reflects status moves, instead of getting hit by them.
 | V
 | 3
@@ Line 752: / Line 896: @@
 | 040
 | {{a|Magma Armor}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is covered with hot magma, which prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 760: / Line 904: @@
 | 042
 | {{a|Magnet Pull}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from escaping.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from escaping using its magnetic force.
 | III
 | 0
-| 5
+| 8
 | 0
 |-
 | 063
 | {{a|Marvel Scale}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Defense if there is a status problem.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's marvelous scales boost the Defense stat if it has a status condition.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 780: / Line 924: @@
 | 3
 | 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 196
+| {{a|Merciless}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 2
 | 0
 |-
 | 058
 | {{a|Minus}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Sp. Atk if another Pokémon has Plus.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.
 | III
 | 1
 | 3
 | 2
+|-
+| 228
+| {{a|Misty Surge}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Turns the ground into Misty Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 104
 | {{a|Mold Breaker}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used regardless of Abilities.
+| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
 | IV
 | 4
 | 6
-| 7
+| 8
 |-
 | 141
 | {{a|Moody}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises a random stat two stages and lowers another one stage after each turn.
+| style="text-align:left" | Raises one stat sharply and lowers another every turn.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 808: / Line 968: @@
 | 078
 | {{a|Motor Drive}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Speed if hit by an Electric-type move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts its Speed stat if hit by an Electric-type move, instead of taking damage.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 816: / Line 976: @@
 | 153
 | {{a|Moxie}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon shows moxie, and that boosts the Attack stat after knocking out any Pokémon.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 824: / Line 984: @@
 | 136
 | {{a|Multiscale}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Halves damage taken from full HP.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes when its HP is full.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 832: / Line 992: @@
 | 121
 | {{a|Multitype}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Changes type to match the held Plate.
+| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's type to match the Plate or Z-Crystal it holds.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 840: / Line 1,000: @@
 | 152
 | {{a|Mummy}}
-| style="text-align:left" | [[Contact]] with this Pokémon spreads this Ability.
+| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon changes the attacker's Ability to Mummy.
 | V
 | 2
@@ Line 848: / Line 1,008: @@
 | 030
 | {{a|Natural Cure}}
-| style="text-align:left" | All status problems are healed upon switching out.
+| style="text-align:left" | All status conditions heal when the Pokémon switches out.
 | III
 | 4
 | 11
-| 0
+| 1
 |-
 | 099
 | {{a|No Guard}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ensures the Pokémon and its foe’s attacks land.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon employs no-guard tactics to ensure incoming and outgoing attacks always land.
 | IV
 | 3
 | 3
-| 3
+| 4
 |-
 | 096
 | {{a|Normalize}}
-| style="text-align:left" | All the Pokémon's moves become Normal type.
+| style="text-align:left" | All the Pokémon's moves become Normal type. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 872: / Line 1,032: @@
 | 012
 | {{a|Oblivious}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from becoming infatuated or falling for taunts{{tt|*|Starting from Generation VI}}.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is oblivious, and that keeps it from being infatuated or falling for taunts.
 | III
 | 0
-| 17
+| 19
-| 3
+| 5
 |-
 | 142
 | {{a|Overcoat}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Protects against damage from weather.
+| style="text-align:left" | Protects the Pokémon from things like sand, hail, and powder.
 | V
 | 0
 | 5
-| 12
+| 15
 |-
 | 065
 | {{a|Overgrow}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Grass-type moves in a pinch.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Grass-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
 | III
-| 18
+| 21
 | 0
 | 2
@@ Line 896: / Line 1,056: @@
 | 020
 | {{a|Own Tempo}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from becoming confused.
+| style="text-align:left" | This Pokémon has its own tempo, and that prevents it from becoming confused.
 | III
 | 0
-| 15
+| 17
 | 5
 |-
 | 185
 | {{a|Parental Bond}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Parent and child attack together.
+| style="text-align:left" | Parent and child each attacks.
 | VI
 | 1
@@ Line 912: / Line 1,072: @@
 | 124
 | {{a|Pickpocket}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Steals attacking Pokémon's held item on contact.
+| style="text-align:left" | Steals an item from an attacker that made direct contact.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 920: / Line 1,080: @@
 | 053
 | {{a|Pickup}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may pick up items.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may pick up the item an opposing Pokémon used during a battle. It may pick up items outside of battle, too.
 | III
 | 1
-| 14
+| 15
-| 0
+| 2
 |-
 | 182
 | {{a|Pixilate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
 | VI
 | 2
@@ Line 936: / Line 1,096: @@
 | 057
 | {{a|Plus}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Sp. Atk if another Pokémon has Minus.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Sp. Atk stat of the Pokémon if an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also in battle.
 | III
 | 1
@@ Line 944: / Line 1,104: @@
 | 090
 | {{a|Poison Heal}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.
+| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned, instead of losing HP.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 952: / Line 1,112: @@
 | 038
 | {{a|Poison Point}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may poison the foe.
+| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may poison the attacker.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 960: / Line 1,120: @@
 | 143
 | {{a|Poison Touch}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Has a {{tt|30|20 in the Japanese versions of Black and White}}% chance of poisoning Pokémon upon contact when attacking.
+| style="text-align:left" | May poison a target when the Pokémon makes contact.
 | V
 | 0
-| 3
+| 5
 | 4
+|-
+| 211
+| {{a|Power Construct}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Other Cells gather to aid when its HP becomes half or less. Then the Pokémon changes its form to Complete Forme.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 1
+| 0
+|-
+| 223
+| {{a|Power of Alchemy}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 0
+| 2
 |-
 | 158
 | {{a|Prankster}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.
+| style="text-align:left" | Gives priority to a status move.
 | V
 | 4
@@ Line 976: / Line 1,152: @@
 | 046
 | {{a|Pressure}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon raises the foe’s PP usage.
+| style="text-align:left" | By putting pressure on the opposing Pokémon, it raises their PP usage.
 | III
 | 19
@@ Line 984: / Line 1,160: @@
 | 189
 | {{a|Primordial Sea}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Causes [[rain|heavy rain]].
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks.
 | VI
 | 1
@@ Line 990: / Line 1,166: @@
 | 0
 |-
-| 168
+| 232
+| {{a|Prism Armor}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 168
 | {{a|Protean}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's type to the same type of the move it is using.
+| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use.
 | VI
 | 0
 | 0
 | 4
+|-
+| 227
+| {{a|Psychic Surge}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Turns the ground into Psychic Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 074
 | {{a|Pure Power}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the power of physical attacks.
+| style="text-align:left" | Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat.
 | III
 | 2
 | 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 214
+| {{a|Queenly Majesty}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Its majesty pressures the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
 | 095
 | {{a|Quick Feet}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Speed if there is a status problem.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,016: / Line 1,216: @@
 | 044
 | {{a|Rain Dish}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon gradually recovers HP in rain.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon gradually regains HP in rain.
 | III
 | 0
 | 3
-| 8
+| 10
 |-
 | 155
 | {{a|Rattled}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
 | V
 | 0
 | 0
-| 11
+| 13
+|-
+| 222
+| {{a|Receiver}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 120
@@ Line 1,040: / Line 1,248: @@
 | 174
 | {{a|Refrigerate}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Normal-type moves become Ice-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
 | VI
 | 3
@@ Line 1,048: / Line 1,256: @@
 | 144
 | {{a|Regenerator}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Heals for 1/3 max HP upon leaving battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | Restores a little HP when withdrawn from battle.
 | V
 | 1
 | 3
-| 13
+| 15
 |-
 | 079
 | {{a|Rivalry}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Attack if the foe is of the same gender.
+| style="text-align:left" | Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender.
 | IV
 | 0
 | 14
 | 4
+|-
+| 225
+| {{a|RKS System}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's type to match the memory disc it holds.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 069
@@ Line 1,068: / Line 1,284: @@
 | 2
 | 17
-| 1
+| 2
 |-
 | 024
 | {{a|Rough Skin}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Inflicts damage to the foe on contact.
+| style="text-align:left" | This Pokémon inflicts damage with its rough skin to the attacker on contact.
 | III
 | 2
@@ Line 1,080: / Line 1,296: @@
 | 050
 | {{a|Run Away}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Enables sure getaway from wild Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokémon.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 1,088: / Line 1,304: @@
 | 159
 | {{a|Sand Force}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a sandstorm.
 | V
 | 3
@@ Line 1,096: / Line 1,312: @@
 | 146
 | {{a|Sand Rush}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Doubles Speed during a sandstorm.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a sandstorm.
 | V
 | 0
-| 4
+| 5
 | 2
 |-
 | 045
 | {{a|Sand Stream}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon summons a sandstorm in battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon summons a sandstorm when it enters a battle.
 | III
-| 3
+| 4
-| 0
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
@@ Line 1,115: / Line 1,331: @@
 | III
 | 7
-| 6
+| 8
-| 7
+| 9
 |-
 | 157
 | {{a|Sap Sipper}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Absorbs Grass moves, raising Attack one stage.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Attack stat if hit by a Grass-type move, instead of taking damage.
 | V
 | 2
-| 6
+| 7
 | 8
+|-
+| 208
+| {{a|Schooling}}
+| style="text-align:left" | When it has a lot of HP, the Pokémon forms a powerful school. It stops schooling when its HP is low.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 113
 | {{a|Scrappy}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Enables moves to hit Ghost-type foes.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can hit Ghost-type Pokémon with Normal- and Fighting-type moves.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 1,136: / Line 1,360: @@
 | 032
 | {{a|Serene Grace}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the likelihood of added effects appearing.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring  when attacking.
 | III
 | 3
 | 7
 | 2
+|-
+| 231
+| {{a|Shadow Shield}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 023
 | {{a|Shadow Tag}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the foe from escaping.
+| style="text-align:left" | This Pokémon steps on the opposing Pokémon's shadow to prevent it from escaping.
 | III
 | 3
@@ Line 1,152: / Line 1,384: @@
 | 061
 | {{a|Shed Skin}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may heal its own status problems.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon may heal its own status conditions by shedding its skin.
 | III
 | 11
@@ Line 1,160: / Line 1,392: @@
 | 125
 | {{a|Sheer Force}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.
+| style="text-align:left" | Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.
 | V
 | 2
 | 6
-| 17
+| 18
 |-
 | 075
 | {{a|Shell Armor}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected against critical hits.
+| style="text-align:left" | A hard shell protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
 | III
-| 2
+| 3
 | 13
 | 7
@@ Line 1,176: / Line 1,408: @@
 | 019
 | {{a|Shield Dust}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.
+| style="text-align:left" | This Pokémon's dust blocks the additional effects of attacks taken.
 | III
 | 4
-| 3
+| 5
+| 0
+|-
+| 197
+| {{a|Shields Down}}
+| style="text-align:left" | When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon's shell breaks and it becomes aggressive.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
 | 0
 |-
 | 086
 | {{a|Simple}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is prone to wild stat changes.
+| style="text-align:left" | The stat changes the Pokémon receives are doubled.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,192: / Line 1,432: @@
 | 092
 | {{a|Skill Link}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Maximizes the number of times multi-strike moves hit.
 | IV
 | 1
-| 2
+| 5
 | 4
 |-
 | 112
 | {{a|Slow Start}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Temporarily halves Attack and Speed.
+| style="text-align:left" | For five turns, the Pokémon's Attack and Speed stats are halved.
 | IV
 | 1
 | 0
 | 0
+|-
+| 202
+| {{a|Slush Rush}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a hailstorm.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 2
+| 2
 |-
 | 097
 | {{a|Sniper}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up moves if they become critical hits.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up moves if they become critical hits when attacking.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,216: / Line 1,464: @@
 | 081
 | {{a|Snow Cloak}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises evasion in a hailstorm.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts evasion in a hailstorm.
 | IV
-| 4
+| 6
-| 3
+| 7
 | 1
 |-
 | 117
 | {{a|Snow Warning}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon summons a hailstorm in battle.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon summons a hailstorm when it enters a battle.
 | IV
 | 2
-| 0
+| 1
-| 2
+| 4
 |-
 | 094
 | {{a|Solar Power}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts Sp. Atk, but lowers HP in sunshine.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Sp. Atk stat in sunny weather, but HP decreases every turn.
 | IV
 | 1
@@ Line 1,240: / Line 1,488: @@
 | 116
 | {{a|Solid Rock}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers down supereffective moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken.
 | IV
 | 0
 | 4
+| 0
+|-
+| 220
+| {{a|Soul-Heart}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts its Sp. Atk stat every time a Pokémon faints.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
 | 0
 |-
 | 043
 | {{a|Soundproof}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Gives full immunity to all sound-based moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Soundproofing of the Pokémon itself gives full  immunity to all sound-based moves.
 | III
 | 3
-| 4
+| 7
 | 5
 |-
 | 003
 | {{a|Speed Boost}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's Speed stat is gradually boosted.
+| style="text-align:left" | Its Speed stat is boosted every turn.
 | III
 | 2
 | 2
 | 8
+|-
+| 198
+| {{a|Stakeout}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Doubles the damage dealt to the target's replacement if the target switches out.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 2
+| 0
 |-
 | 100
 | {{a|Stall}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon moves after even slower foes.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon moves after all other Pokémon do.
 | IV
 | 0
 | 1
+| 0
+|-
+| 192
+| {{a|Stamina}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Defense stat when hit by an attack.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 2
 | 0
 |-
 | 176
 | {{a|Stance Change}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon changes form depending on how it battles.
+| style="text-align:left" | 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.
 | VI
 | 1
@@ Line 1,280: / Line 1,552: @@
 | 009
 | {{a|Static}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon may cause paralysis.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is charged with static electricity, so contact with it may cause paralysis.
 | III
 | 9
@@ Line 1,288: / Line 1,560: @@
 | 080
 | {{a|Steadfast}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Speed each time the Pokémon flinches.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's determination boosts the Speed stat each time the Pokémon flinches.
 | IV
 | 2
 | 3
-| 5
+| 7
+|-
+| 200
+| {{a|Steelworker}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Steel-type moves.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 001
 | {{a|Stench}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The stench may cause the target to flinch.
+| style="text-align:left" | By releasing stench when attacking, this Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 1,304: / Line 1,584: @@
 | 060
 | {{a|Sticky Hold}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Protects the Pokémon from item theft.
+| style="text-align:left" | Items held by the Pokémon are stuck fast and cannot be removed by other Pokémon.
 | III
 | 0
@@ Line 1,312: / Line 1,592: @@
 | 114
 | {{a|Storm Drain}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon draws in all Water-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | Draws in all Water-type moves. Instead of being hit  by Water-type moves, it boosts its Sp. Atk.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,320: / Line 1,600: @@
 | 173
 | {{a|Strong Jaw}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's strong jaw gives it tremendous biting power.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon's strong jaw boosts the power of its biting moves.
 | VI
 | 3
-| 0
+| 3
 | 0
 |-
 | 005
 | {{a|Sturdy}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected against 1-hit KO attacks.
+| style="text-align:left" | It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either.
 | III
-| 8
-| 22
 | 6
+| 28
+| 7
 |-
 | 021
 | {{a|Suction Cups}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Negates moves that force switching out.
+| style="text-align:left" | This Pokémon uses suction cups to stay in one spot to negate all moves and items that force switching out.
 | III
 | 2
@@ Line 1,344: / Line 1,624: @@
 | 105
 | {{a|Super Luck}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Heightens the critical-hit ratios of moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted.
 | IV
 | 0
 | 6
 | 3
+|-
+| 207
+| {{a|Surge Surfer}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Doubles the Pokémon's Speed stat on Electric Terrain.
+| VII
+| 1
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 068
 | {{a|Swarm}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Bug-type moves in a pinch.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Bug-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
 | III
-| 4
+| 5
 | 16
 | 4
@@ Line 1,360: / Line 1,648: @@
 | 175
 | {{a|Sweet Veil}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents itself and its allies from falling asleep.
+| style="text-align:left" | Prevents itself and ally Pokémon from falling asleep.
 | VI
 | 2
 | 0
-| 0
+| 5
 |-
 | 033
 | {{a|Swift Swim}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed in rain.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in rain.
 | III
 | 8
@@ Line 1,376: / Line 1,664: @@
 | 180
 | {{a|Symbiosis}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can pass an item to an ally.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon passes its item to an ally that has used up an item.
 | VI
 | 0
 | 0
-| 3
+| 4
 |-
 | 028
 | {{a|Synchronize}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Passes on a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe.
+| style="text-align:left" | The attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison, or paralysis to the Pokémon.
 | III
 | 3
@@ Line 1,397: / Line 1,685: @@
 | 5
 | 2
+|-
+| 221
+| {{a|Tangling Hair}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 2
+| 0
 |-
 | 101
@@ Line 1,402: / Line 1,698: @@
 | style="text-align:left" | Powers up the Pokémon's weaker moves.
 | IV
-| 1
+| 2
-| 9
+| 11
 | 5
 |-
 | 140
 | {{a|Telepathy}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Protects against damaging moves from friendly Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it.
 | V
 | 0
-| 2
+| 3
-| 14
+| 18
 |-
 | 164
 | {{a|Teravolt}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used regardless of Abilities.
+| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
 | V
 | 2
@@ Line 1,424: / Line 1,720: @@
 | 047
 | {{a|Thick Fat}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises resistance to Fire- and Ice-type moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected by a layer of thick fat, which halves the damage taken from Fire- and Ice-type moves.
 | III
 | 1
 | 16
-| 5
+| 7
 |-
 | 110
 | {{a|Tinted Lens}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up “not very effective” moves.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,440: / Line 1,736: @@
 | 067
 | {{a|Torrent}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Water-type moves in a pinch.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up Water-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
 | III
-| 18
+| 21
 | 0
 | 2
@@ Line 1,456: / Line 1,752: @@
 | 137
 | {{a|Toxic Boost}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Increases Attack to 1.5× when poisoned.
+| style="text-align:left" | Powers up physical attacks when the Pokémon is poisoned.
 | V
 | 0
@@ Line 1,464: / Line 1,760: @@
 | 036
 | {{a|Trace}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon copies a foe's Ability.
+| style="text-align:left" | When it enters a battle, the Pokémon copies an opposing Pokémon's Ability.
 | III
 | 1
 | 5
+| 0
+|-
+| 205
+| {{a|Triage}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Gives priority to a healing move.
+| VII
+| 0
+| 1
 | 0
 |-
 | 054
 | {{a|Truant}}
-| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can't attack on consecutive turns.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon can't use a move the following turn if it uses one.
 | III
 | 2
@@ Line 1,480: / Line 1,784: @@
 | 163
 | {{a|Turboblaze}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used regardless of Abilities.
+| style="text-align:left" | Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
 | V
 | 2
@@ Line 1,488: / Line 1,792: @@
 | 109
 | {{a|Unaware}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Ignores any change in stats by the foe.
+| style="text-align:left" | When attacking, the Pokémon ignores the target Pokémon's stat changes.
 | IV
-| 0
+| 1
+| 4
 | 4
-| 3
 |-
 | 084
 | {{a|Unburden}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Speed if a held item is used.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon's held item is  used or lost.
 | IV
 | 0
@@ Line 1,504: / Line 1,808: @@
 | 127
 | {{a|Unnerve}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.
+| style="text-align:left" | Unnerves opposing Pokémon and makes them unable to eat Berries.
 | V
 | 0
 | 4
-| 15
+| 16
 |-
 | 162
 | {{a|Victory Star}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises moves' accuracy to 1.1× for friendly Pokémon.
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the accuracy of its allies and itself.
 | V
 | 1
@@ Line 1,520: / Line 1,824: @@
 | 072
 | {{a|Vital Spirit}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is full of vitality, and that prevents it from falling asleep.
 | III
 | 1
-| 4
+| 6
 | 7
 |-
 | 010
 | {{a|Volt Absorb}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if hit by an Electric-type move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if hit by an Electric-type move, instead of taking damage.
 | III
 | 2
 | 2
-| 3
+| 2
 |-
 | 011
 | {{a|Water Absorb}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move, instead of taking damage.
 | III
 | 2
 | 12
-| 8
+| 9
+|-
+| 199
+| {{a|Water Bubble}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Lowers the power of Fire-type moves done to the Pokémon and prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
+| VII
+| 2
+| 0
+| 0
+|-
+| 195
+| {{a|Water Compaction}}
+| style="text-align:left" | Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat sharply when hit by a Water-type move.
+| VII
+| 2
+| 0
+| 0
 |-
 | 041
 | {{a|Water Veil}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is covered with a water veil, which prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.
 | III
 | 0
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 | 133
 | {{a|Weak Armor}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by any move.
+| style="text-align:left" | Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.
 | V
 | 0
-| 1
+| 3
 | 15
 |-
 | 073
 | {{a|White Smoke}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Prevents the Pokémon's stats from being lowered.
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon is protected by its white smoke, which prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.
 | III
+| 0
+| 1
+| 1
+|-
+| 193
+| {{a|Wimp Out}}
+| style="text-align:left" | The Pokémon cowardly switches out when its HP becomes half or less.
+| VII
 | 1
 | 0
-| 1
+| 0
 |-
 | 025
 | {{a|Wonder Guard}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Only supereffective moves will hit.
+| style="text-align:left" | Its mysterious power only lets supereffective moves hit the Pokémon.
 | III
 | 1
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 | 147
 | {{a|Wonder Skin}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Has a 50% chance of protecting against non-damaging moves that inflict major status ailments.
+| style="text-align:left" | Makes status moves more likely to miss.
 | V
 | 0
 | 1
-| 3
+| 4
 |-
 | 161
 | {{a|Zen Mode}}
-| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's shape when HP is halved.
+| style="text-align:left" | Changes the Pokémon's shape when HP is half or less.
 | V
 | 0
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 |}
-==In Pokémon Conquest==
+==In other games==
+===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
+{{main|Mystery Dungeon game mechanics#Abilities}}
+Abilities available in the core series games are also available in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Some Abilities differ from their counterparts in the core series (e.g. {{a|Intimidate}} reduces the opposing Pokémon's Attack by 20%).
+===Pokémon Conquest===
 {{main|List of Abilities in Pokémon Conquest}}
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 Abilities have been shown in the anime, but are usually only used in battles; however, sometimes they have an effect on the plot, such as [[Ash's Infernape]]'s {{a|Blaze}}. Abilities sometimes work differently in the anime than they would in the games, such as {{a|Mold Breaker}}, which in the anime cancels out more Abilities than it would in the games.
-===In the {{series|original}}===
+===In the {{series|Original}}===
 The only Ability that was seen in the original series was {{a|Color Change}}, being used by [[Madison and Alexa]]'s {{p|Kecleon}} in ''[[EP205|The Kecleon Caper]]''. It was later used by {{jo|Harrison}}'s Kecleon in ''[[EP271|Playing With Fire!]]''.
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 [[Wulfric]]'s {{p|Abomasnow}} was shown to have {{a|Snow Warning}} as its Ability during its Gym battle against Ash in ''[[XY120|All Hail the Ice Battlefield!]]''. His {{p|Avalugg}} was later shown to have {{a|Ice Body}} in the same episode.
-[[Trevor's Charizard]] (when Mega Evolved) was shown to have {{a|Drought}} as its Ability during its battle against [[Alain]] in the [[Lumiose Conference]].
+In the [[Lumiose Conference]], many Pokémon were seen activating their Abilities during battles. In ''[[XY125|A League of His Own!]]'', {{an|Trevor}}'s Mega {{TP|Trevor|Charizard}} Y was shown to have {{a|Drought}} as its Ability. In the [[XY126|following episode]], the effects of three different Abilities were shown during the battle between {{an|Tierno}} and [[Sawyer]]; Tierno's {{p|Ludicolo}} was shown activating {{a|Swift Swim}} while Sawyer's Mega {{TP|Sawyer|Sceptile}} and {{p|Aegislash}} were revealed to have {{a|Lightning Rod}} and {{a|Stance Change}} as their Abilities, respectively. In ''[[XY127|Analysis Versus Passion!]]'', Sawyer's {{p|Slaking}} was shown to have {{a|Truant}} as its Ability. In ''[[XY130|Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!]]'', [[Alain]]'s {{p|Tyranitar}} was shown activating {{a|Sand Stream}}.
-Three abilities were seen in [[XY126]] during the battle between [[Tierno]] and [[Sawyer]] in the [[Lumiose Conference]]. Tierno's {{p|Ludicolo}} was shown to have {{a|Swift Swim}} as its Ability while [[Sawyer's Sceptile]] (when Mega Evolved) and {{p|Aegislash}} were shown to have {{a|Lightning Rod}} and {{a|Stance Change}} as there abilities respectively.
-[[Sawyer]]'s {{p|Slaking}} was shown to have {{a|Truant}} as its Ability during its battle against Ash during the [[Lumiose Conference]] in [[XY127]].
-[[Alain]]'s {{p|Tyranitar}} was shown to have {{a|Sand Stream}} as its ability during its battle against Ash during the [[Lumiose Conference]] in [[XY130]].
+===In the {{series|Sun & Moon}}===
+[[Sophocles's Togedemaru]] used her Ability {{a|Lightning Rod}} in ''[[SM002|The Guardian's Challenge!]]'', absorbing [[Ash's Pikachu]]'s {{m|Thunderbolt}} to increase her {{m|Zing Zap}}.
 ==In the TCG==
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 Parallel to their introduction in [[Generation III]] of the video games, Abilities were first introduced in the ''Ruby & Sapphire'' chapter of [[Pokémon Adventures]].
-During {{adv|Sapphire}}'s battle with [[Roxanne]] in ''[[PS190|Blowing Past Nosepass I]]'', [[Roxanne's Nosepass]] proved superior to [[Rono]]. Worried that Rono would be defeated, {{adv|Sapphire}} attempted to switch Rono out for [[Chic]] but was unable to. Roxanne explained that because her {{p|Nosepass}} has {{a|Magnet Pull}}, {{t|Steel}}-type Pokémon cannot switch out. However, Sapphire figured out in [[PS191|the next round]] that she could use this to her advantage because Nosepass's magnetic attunement causes it to automatically face north when idle. While Roxanne was bragging about her impending victory, Nosepass let its guard down, allowing Rono to sneak up behind it from the south and land a devastating hit that caused Nosepass to faint.
+During {{adv|Sapphire}}'s battle with [[Roxanne]] in ''[[PS190|Blowing Past Nosepass I]]'', [[Roxanne's Nosepass]] proved superior to [[Rono]]. Worried that Rono would be defeated, {{adv|Sapphire}} attempted to switch Rono out for [[Chic]] but was unable to. Roxanne explained that because her {{p|Nosepass}} has {{a|Magnet Pull}}, {{t|Steel}}-type Pokémon cannot switch out.
 {{adv|Ruby}}'s first encounter with Abilities arrived in ''[[PS193|Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt II]]'' when he and [[Mr. Briney]] were attacked by a wild {{p|Crawdaunt}}. [[Peeko]] tried to defeat it with {{m|Quick Attack}}, but the Crawdaunt's {{a|Shell Armor}} prevented it from doing much damage at all. After Mr. Briney fell unconscious, Ruby had [[Kiki]] use {{m|Double-Edge}} and infatuate Crawdaunt with its Ability {{a|Cute Charm}}.
-Sapphire later also struggled against a potent counter Ability when she faced [[Brawly]] in ''[[PS195|Mashing Makuhita]]''. After Rono was quickly defeated by [[Brawly's Makuhita]], Chic used {{m|Flamethrower}} against {{p|Makuhita}}, but it had little effect due to its {{a|Thick Fat}}.
+Sapphire later struggled against a potent counter Ability when she faced [[Brawly]] in ''[[PS195|Mashing Makuhita]]''. After Rono was quickly defeated by [[Brawly's Makuhita]], Chic used {{m|Flamethrower}} against {{p|Makuhita}}, but it had little effect due to its {{a|Thick Fat}}.
 While on their way to [[Slateport City]], Ruby and Sapphire were attacked by {{FB|Magma Admin|Courtney}} and [[Tabitha]] at the [[Abandoned Ship]] during ''[[PS199|Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun II]]''. They escaped with the help of a wild {{p|Plusle}} and {{p|Minun}} after Ruby realized that their complimentary Abilities {{a|Plus}} and {{a|Minus}} greatly amplified their power when they fought together.
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 ===={{chap|Emerald}}====
+The {{DL|Battle Frontier (Generation III)|Battle Factory}}'s {{p|Golem}} was revealed to have {{a|Rock Head}} in ''[[PS306|Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming]]''.
 {{adv|Emerald}}'s borrowed {{p|Phanpy}} had {{a|Pickup}} in ''[[PS311|A Dust-Up With Dusclops]]''.
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 ===={{chap|Platinum}}====
+[[Platinum's Lopunny]] used her {{a|Cute Charm}} Ability in ''[[PS420|Getting the Drop on Gallade II]]'' to help her defeat a {{p|Gallade}}.
 A {{p|Tyranitar}} belonging to the Battle Factory had {{a|Sand Stream}} in ''[[PS428|Outlasting Ledian]]''.
+[[Diamond's Rotom]] was confirmed to have {{a|Levitate}} in ''[[PS430|Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost)]]''.
 ===={{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}====
-In ''[[PS455|All About Arceus IV]]'', {{p|Arceus}} activated {{a|Multitype}}.
+In ''[[PS455|All About Arceus IV]]'', [[Arceus (Adventures)|Arceus]] activated {{a|Multitype}}.
 ===={{chap|Black & White}}====
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 Black's {{DL|Black (Adventures)|Costa}} activated {{a|Solid Rock}} in ''[[PS516|One Way or Another]]'' but [[Iris]]'s {{p|Haxorus}} negated it with {{a|Mold Breaker}}.
+===={{chap|X & Y}}====
+{{adv|X}}'s [[Gengar|Garma]] activated his {{a|Shadow Tag}} Ability as a Mega Gengar in ''[[PAXY20|Changing Gengar]]''.
+In ''[[PAXY24|Pyroar Breathes]]'', X's {{p|Manectric}}, [[Élec]], used his {{a|Lightning Rod}} Ability to drain [[Lysandre]]'s machine's energy.
 ===In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga===
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