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Mold Breaker かたやぶり
Mold-Breaking
Flavor text
Generation IV
Moves can be used regardless of abilities.
Generation V
Moves can be used regardless of Abilities.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Mold Breaker (Japanese: かたやぶり Mold-Breaking) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Twelve Pokémon have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Generation IV

When a Pokémon with Mold Breaker is brought out, the message "<name> has Mold Breaker!" will be displayed.

Mold Breaker negates the effects of Abilities that could potentially weaken or negate moves or the side-effects of moves that the Mold Breaker Pokémon use (Mold Breaker will allow the user's Earthquake to hit a Pokémon with Levitate, but has no effect on the player's ally's Earthquake). However, it also applies to moves that hit all Pokémon in Double and Triple Battles (for example, a Pokémon with Mold Breaker that uses Earthquake could hit its ally that has Levitate).

Mold Breaker nullifies the following Abilities (even if they would end up boosting the power of the Mold Breaker Pokémon's move): Battle Armor, Clear Body, Damp, Dry Skin, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Heatproof, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, Lightningrod, Limber, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow Cloak, Solid Rock, Soundproof, Sticky Hold, Storm Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, Tangled Feet, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Veil, White Smoke, and Wonder Guard.

Mold Breaker only negates these Abilities in the event they weaken or negate moves; they are active in any other instance. While Mold Breaker allows a Pokémon to bypass the effects of moves that prevent status (i.e. Immunity, Insomnia, Limber, Own Tempo, and Vital Spirit, but not Leaf Guard), the status the Pokémon's move inflicts will be cured instantly after the attack. Lightningrod and Storm Drain still divert attacks in double or triple battles, but will not prevent attacks when they land (and will not make any Electric- or Water-type attacks hit with 100% accuracy, respectively).

Generation V

When a Pokémon with Mold Breaker is brought out, the message "<name> breaks the mold!" will be displayed.

Mold Breaker nullifies the same Abilities as in Generation IV, as well as the following Abilities (even if they would end up boosting the power of the Mold Breaker Pokémon's move): Big Pecks, Contrary, Friend Guard, Heavy Metal, Light Metal, Magic Bounce, Multiscale, Sap Sipper, Telepathy, and Wonder Skin.

Outside of battle

Mold Breaker has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Mold Breaker

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0127 Pinsir Pinsir
Bug Bug Hyper Cutter Mold Breaker Moxie
0408 Cranidos Cranidos
Rock Rock Mold Breaker None Sheer Force
0409 Rampardos Rampardos
Rock Rock Mold Breaker None Sheer Force
0529 Drilbur Drilbur
Ground Ground Sand Rush Sand Force Mold Breaker
0530 Excadrill Excadrill
Ground Steel Sand Rush Sand Force Mold Breaker
0538 Throh Throh
Fighting Fighting Guts Inner Focus Mold Breaker
0539 Sawk Sawk
Fighting Fighting Sturdy Inner Focus Mold Breaker
0550 Basculin Basculin
Water Water Reckless Adaptability Mold Breaker
550B Basculin Basculin
Water Water Rock Head Adaptability Mold Breaker
0610 Axew Axew
Dragon Dragon Rivalry Mold Breaker Unnerve
0611 Fraxure Fraxure
Dragon Dragon Rivalry Mold Breaker Unnerve
0612 Haxorus Haxorus
Dragon Dragon Rivalry Mold Breaker Unnerve
0621 Druddigon Druddigon
Dragon Dragon Rough Skin Sheer Force Mold Breaker
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 the anime

Roark Cranidos Mold Breaker.png
Cranidos
Roark Rampardos Mold Breaker.png
Rampardos
The user cancels out the opponent's Ability when it activates.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Cranidos When the opponent's Ability activates, Cranidos cancels it out.
Roark's Cranidos Shapes of Things to Come! Debut
Rampardos When the opponent's Ability activates, Rampardos cancels it out.
Roark's Rampardos O'er the Rampardos we Watched! None


Trivia

  • Roark's Rampardos's Mold Breaker stopped Ash's Pikachu's Static, even though Static is not affected by Mold Breaker in the games.
  • Three-quarters of the Pokemon (9/12) with this Ability were introduced in Generation V

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 革新 Géxīn
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Schimmelbreker
France Flag.png French Brise Moule
Germany Flag.png German Überbrückung
Greece Flag.png Greek Θραύστης Μούχλας
Italy Flag.png Italian Rompiforma
South Korea Flag.png Korean 틀깨기 Teulkkaegi
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Destruidor de Molde
Spain Flag.png Spanish Rompemoldes


Variations of the Ability Mold Breaker
Mold BreakerTurboblazeTeravolt
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