Adaptability (Ability): Difference between revisions

Adaptability (Japanese: てきおうりょく Adaptability) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Adaptability increases STAB of a Pokémon with this Ability from 1.5× to 2×.

Outside of battle

Adaptability has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Adaptability

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
015M	Beedrill	Beedrill	Bug	Poison	Adaptability	None	None
0133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
0341		Corphish	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0349		Feebas	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Oblivious	Adaptability
448M	Lucario	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	Adaptability	None	None
0474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	Adaptability	Download	Analytic
0550		Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
550B	Basculin	Basculin	Water		Water	Rock Head	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0690		Skrelp	Poison	Water	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
0691		Dragalge	Poison	Dragon	Poison Point	Poison Touch	Adaptability
0734		Yungoos	Normal		Normal	Stakeout	Strong Jaw	Adaptability
0735		Gumshoos	Normal		Normal	Stakeout	Strong Jaw	Adaptability
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Adaptability increases STAB from 1.5× to 2×.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the boost is instead from 1.2× to 1.5×.

Description

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 適應力 Sīkyinglihk Mandarin 適應力 / 适应力 Shìyìnglì French Adaptabilité German Anpassung Greek Προσαρμογή Prosarmogí Italian Adattabilità Korean 적응력 Jeok'eungryeok Portuguese Adaptável Spanish Adaptable Turkish Uyumluluk Vietnamese Thích Ứng

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