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Illusion will change the appearance of the Pokémon to a different species. This is dependent on the last Pokémon in the player's party, meaning that Illusion will not activate if the last Pokémon in the player's party is unable to battle or is of the same species. Illusion will replicate the type of [[Poké Ball]], species name, [[Shiny Pokémon|Shininess]] (if any), and [[gender]] of the Pokémon it is masquerading as; however, it does not replicate the level of the masqueraded Pokémon. The effect is only aesthetic: it does not affect the Pokémon's stats, typing, moves, etc. | Illusion will change the appearance of the Pokémon to a different species. This is dependent on the last Pokémon in the player's party, meaning that Illusion will not activate if the last Pokémon in the player's party is unable to battle or is of the same species. Illusion will replicate the type of [[Poké Ball]], species name, [[Shiny Pokémon|Shininess]] (if any), and [[gender]] of the Pokémon it is masquerading as; however, it does not replicate the level of the masqueraded Pokémon. The effect is only aesthetic: it does not affect the Pokémon's stats, typing, moves, etc. | ||
Illusion is | Illusion is broken—causing the user to appear as their true species—when the user is damaged directly by an attack. As such, it is not broken by secondary effects such as the {{stat|HP}} loss caused by {{m|Substitute}}, {{DL|In-battle effect item|Life Orb}}, [[weather conditions]], [[status ailment]]s, [[List of moves that cause entry hazards|entry hazard]]s, [[recoil]], etc. | ||
A Pokémon with Illusion can masquerade as another Pokémon with Illusion, provided that they are different species. | A Pokémon with Illusion can masquerade as another Pokémon with Illusion, provided that they are different species. |
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Illusion (Japanese: イリュージョン Illusion) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Only two Pokémon have this Ability, both from the same evolutionary line.
Effect
In battle
Illusion will change the appearance of the Pokémon to a different species. This is dependent on the last Pokémon in the player's party, meaning that Illusion will not activate if the last Pokémon in the player's party is unable to battle or is of the same species. Illusion will replicate the type of Poké Ball, species name, Shininess (if any), and gender of the Pokémon it is masquerading as; however, it does not replicate the level of the masqueraded Pokémon. The effect is only aesthetic: it does not affect the Pokémon's stats, typing, moves, etc.
Illusion is broken—causing the user to appear as their true species—when the user is damaged directly by an attack. As such, it is not broken by secondary effects such as the HP loss caused by Substitute, Life Orb, weather conditions, status ailments, entry hazards, recoil, etc.
A Pokémon with Illusion can masquerade as another Pokémon with Illusion, provided that they are different species.
Outside of battle
Illusion has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Illusion
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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0570 | Zorua |
Dark | Illusion | None | None | ||
0571 | Zoroark |
Dark | Illusion | None | None | ||
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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In the anime
The user can either change its shape into a human or Pokémon, or it creates illusions for everyone to see. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Zoroark's eyes glow light blue and its outlines start to glow pink. Then, a magenta wave of energy appears by its face and moves down to its feet. As the wave moves down, its body changes its shape into the opponent, or Zoroark's eyes glow red and it causes the opponent to see illusions of its choosing. | |||
Zoroark (M13) | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | Debut | |
Zorua's eyes glow light blue and it jumps up high into the air, spinning its body while in the air. As it spins, its body starts to glow pink and it changes its shape into the opponent. As a human, its tail is sometimes visible, and when the tail is pushed, pulled, or grabbed, Zorua instantly returns to its normal form. Sometimes, its eyes don't glow light blue before it spins. | |||
Zorua (M13) | Zoroark: Master of Illusions | None | |
Luke's Zorua | Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user makes itself appear as something else. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Zorua's body becomes surrounded in a puff of smoke. When the smoke clears, it is instantly transformed into what it wants to be. When it changes back, the top of Zorua's head starts to flicker into dark flames and it slowly transforms into a smoky figure of its original body. Then, in a poof of smoke, Zorua's original body appears with its arms raised. | |||
A wild Zorua | Lost in the Big City | Debut |
In other languages
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