Arena Trap (ability)

Arena Trap (Japanese: ありじごく Antlion) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Three Pokémon have this Ability, all of which are of the Ground-type.

Effect

In battle

Arena Trap prevents fleeing or switching out as long as the user remains in battle.

Pokémon rendered immune to Ground-type attacks are immune to Arena Trap. This includes Flying-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Levitate, and Pokémon affected by Magnet Rise or Telekinesis. Likewise, if a Pokémon normally immune to Ground-type attacks is made vulnerable, they will be affected; if the Pokémon is under the effect of Gravity, Smack Down, a move that negates Levitate (such as Gastro Acid or Simple Beam), type change effects that remove Flying-type (such as Soak, Conversion, Camouflage, or Color Change), or a held Iron Ball, it will be unable to escape.

Using Baton Pass or U-turn, or holding a Shed Shell will allow the Pokémon to switch out under all circumstances. Run Away will circumvent its effect in a wild Pokémon battle only.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if the Pokémon with Arena Trap is leading the party, then the wild Pokémon encounter rate is increased to 200%.

Pokémon with Arena Trap

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Diglett	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
	Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	Sand Veil	Arena Trap	Sand Force
	Trapinch	Ground		Ground	Hyper Cutter	Arena Trap	Sheer Force
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.

In the anime

	Trapinch
The user can trap the opponent by digging a large hole.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Trapinch	Trapinch traps the opponent in a big hole.
A wild Trapinch	A Rivalry to Gible On!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 獅蟻 Shīyǐ French Piège German Auswegslos Greek Παγίδα Αρένας Italian Trappoarena Korean 개미지옥 Gaemi Jiok Portuguese Armadilha de Arena Spanish Trampa Arena

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