Motor Drive (Ability)
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| Motor Drive | でんきエンジン | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Motor Drive (Japanese: でんきエンジン Electric Engine) is an ability introduced in Generation IV. Three Pokémon have this ability.
Effect
In battle
Motor Drive neutralizes the damage and effects of Template:Type2 moves and increases the speed of the Pokémon hit by the move. Each time a Pokémon with this ability is hit by an Electric-type move, its speed increases by one stage.
Outside of battle
Motor Drive has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Motor Drive
Single ability
| # | Pokémon | Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466 | 
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Electivire | Electric | ||
Dual ability
| # | Pokémon | Type | Other ability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In the anime
- Electivire Motor Drive.png
Volkner's Electivire
Paul's Electivire
Electivire. Electivire doesn't take any damage from Template:Type2 attacks, and its speed is boosted if it's hit by one. Sometimes it glows yellow.
- Activated by Volkner's Electivire in The Eighth Wonder of the Sinnoh World!. Debut.
- Activated by Paul's Electivire in DP188.
In other languages
- Spanish: Electromotor
- Chinese: 电器引擎
- Italian: Elettrorapid
- German: Starthilfe
| Variations of the Ability Motor Drive | |
|---|---|
| Motor Drive • Flash Fire | |
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