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Skill Link (Ability)

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Skill Link スキルリンク
Skill Link
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Generation IV
Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves.
Generation V
Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Skill Link (Japanese: スキルリンク Skill Link) is an ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Skill Link causes moves which deal multiple hits to always strike their maximum number of times. See Category:Swipe moves for a list of multi-hit moves. Note that some moves have a fixed number of hits, and this ability has no effect.

Moves affected by Skill Link

Move Type Cat. Pow. Acc. Max hits Learned*
Arm Thrust  Fighting  Physical 15 100% 5 No
Barrage  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 No
Bone Rush  Ground  Physical 25 90% 5 No
Bullet Seed  Grass  Physical 25 100% 5 Cinccino
Comet Punch  Normal  Physical 18 85% 5 No
DoubleSlap  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 Aipom, Minccino
Fury Attack  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 No
Fury Swipes  Normal  Physical 18 80% 5 Aipom
Icicle Spear  Ice  Physical 25 100% 5 Shellder
Pin Missile  Bug  Physical 14 85% 5 No
Rock Blast  Rock  Physical 25 90% 5 Cinccino
Spike Cannon  Normal  Physical 20 100% 5 Cloyster
Tail Slap  Normal  Physical 25 85% 5 Minccino, Cinccino
  • by a Pokémon with the ability

Outside of battle

Skill Link has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Skill Link

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0090 Shellder Shellder
 Water Water Shell Armor Skill Link Overcoat
0091 Cloyster Cloyster
 Water Ice Shell Armor Skill Link Overcoat
0190 Aipom Aipom
 Normal Normal Run Away Pickup Skill Link
0424 Ambipom Ambipom
 Normal Normal Technician Pickup Skill Link
0572 Minccino Minccino
 Normal Normal Cute Charm Technician Skill Link
0573 Cinccino Cinccino
 Normal Normal Cute Charm Technician Skill Link
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

  • French: Multi-coups
  • German: Wertelink
  • Italian: Abillegame
  • Korean: 스킬링크 Skill Link
  • Spanish: Encadenado


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