Adaptability (Ability)

Adaptability	てきおうりょく
	Adaptable Power
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Powers up moves of the same type. Generation V Powers up moves of the same type.

Adaptability (Japanese: てきおうりょく Adaptable Power) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon can have this Ability, all being Water-type or Normal-type.

Effect

In battle

Adaptability increases STAB from 1.5× to 2×.

Outside of battle

Adaptability has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Adaptability

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
	Corphish	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
	Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
	Feebas	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Adaptability
	Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	Adaptability	Download	Analytic
	Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
	Basculin	Water		Water	Rock Head	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• All of the Pokémon that can have Adaptability as their Hidden Ability are from Generation III.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 適應力 Shìyìng-lì French Adaptabilité German Anpassung Greek Προσαρμογή Italian Adattabilità Korean 적응력 Jeok'eungryeok Portuguese Adaptabilidade Spanish Adaptable

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