Suction Cups (Ability)

Suction Cups (Japanese: きゅうばん Suction Cups) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Only three Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

Suction Cups firmly anchors the body. This ability prevents the opponent from forcing a switch, or in the wild ending the battle, with Roar, Whirlwind, Dragon Tail, or Overhead Throw.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Suction Cups is in first place in the player's party bites will occur more often while fishing.

Pokémon with Suction Cups

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0224		Octillery	Water		Water	Suction Cups	Sniper	Sudden Impulse
0345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	Suction Cups	None	Storm Drain
0346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	Suction Cups	None	Storm Drain
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: Ventouse
• German: Saugnapf
• Italian: Ventose
• Korean: 흡반 Heupban
• Spanish: Ventosas

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.