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Truant
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なまけ
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Lazy
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Flavor text
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Truant (Japanese: なまけ Lazy) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only three Pokémon have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Slakoth and Slaking.
Effect
In battle
Truant causes the user to only move every other turn. Moves which require a turn to charge, such as SolarBeam, will not work because the turn in which the move is executed is the same turn in which the Pokémon will be truant. If a Pokémon with Truant uses a move such as Hyper Beam, which recharges after use, then Truant will take effect during the turn that would normally be used recharging; however, the Pokémon still cannot switch out. The moves Worry Seed, Entrainment, and Simple Beam will not work on Pokémon with this Ability. Truant is reset by sleep and a Pokémon with Truant will always be able to attack on the turn they wake up.
Outside of battle
Truant has no effect outside of battle.
The Pokémon will instead gain the Paused status whenever a special move or a Wonder Orb is used.
Pokémon with Truant
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Slaking
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The user loses the will to fight after being hit by an attack.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Chapter Used In
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Notes
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Slaking loses the will to fight after being hit by an attack.
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Norman's Slaking
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VS. Rayquaza I
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Debut
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In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
In other languages