Anticipation (Ability): Difference between revisions

Anticipation (Japanese: きけんよち Danger Premonition) is an ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon can have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Anticipation causes the Pokémon to "shudder" upon entering battle against opponents with super-effective attacks, one-hit knockout moves, or the moves Selfdestruct or Explosion.

It will not notify the Pokémon in the case of a super-effective Hidden Power, Judgment, Weather Ball or Natural Gift, as they are nominally Template:Type2.

Outside of battle

Anticipation has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, a Pokémon detects super-effective moves by hitting the opponent with a regular attack.

Pokémon with Anticipation

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
0339		Barboach	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass	Anticipation	None	Dust Proof
0453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Underhanded
0454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Underhanded
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 languages

• Dutch: Anticipatie
• French: Anticipation
• German: Vorahnung
• Italian: Presagio
• Portuguese: Antecipação
• Spanish: Anticipación

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.