Mold Breaker (Ability)

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

Mold Breaker negates the effects of abilities that weaken or negate moves or the side-effects of moves.

Mold Breaker nullifies the following abilities: 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.

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

Generation V

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: list of abilities negated

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	Bug		Bug	Hyper Cutter	Mold Breaker	Moxie
0408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground	Sand Rush	Sand Force	Mold Breaker
0530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	Sand Rush	Sand Force	Mold Breaker
0538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	None	Mold Breaker
0539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting	Sturdy	None	Mold Breaker
0550		Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0621		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

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

In other languages

• Dutch: Schimmelbreker
• French: Brise Moule
• German: Überbrückung
• Greek: Θραύστης Μούχλας
• Italian: Rompiforma
• Spanish: Rompemoldes

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