Big Pecks (Ability)

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Big Pecks はとむね
Pigeon Breast
Flavor text
Generation V
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering attacks.
Generation VI
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering attacks.
Generation VII
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Generation VIII
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Generation IX
Prevents the Pokémon from having its Defense stat lowered.

Big Pecks (Japanese: はとむね Pigeon Breast) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Big Pecks prevents other Pokémon from lowering the Defense stat stage of the Pokémon with this Ability. It does not prevent the Pokémon with this Ability from lowering its own Defense, such as by using Shell Smash. It does not prevent Spectral Thief from stealing (i.e., resetting) positive stat changes.

Effects that decrease Defense without using stat stages, such as Guard Swap, Heart Swap, or Guard Split, are unaffected by Big Pecks.

This Ability can be ignored by Pokémon with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, and Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

Big Pecks has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Big Pecks

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0016 Pidgey Pidgey
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0017 Pidgeotto Pidgeotto
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0018 Pidgeot Pidgeot
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0441 Chatot Chatot
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled Feet Big Pecks
0519 Pidove Pidove
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0520 Tranquill Tranquill
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0521 Unfezant Unfezant
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0580 Ducklett Ducklett
Water Flying Keen Eye Big Pecks Hydration
0581 Swanna Swanna
Water Flying Keen Eye Big Pecks Hydration
0629 Vullaby Vullaby
Dark Flying Big Pecks Overcoat Weak Armor
0630 Mandibuzz Mandibuzz
Dark Flying Big Pecks Overcoat Weak Armor
0661 Fletchling Fletchling
Normal Flying Big Pecks None Gale Wings
0821 Rookidee Rookidee
Flying Flying Keen Eye Unnerve Big Pecks
0822 Corvisquire Corvisquire
Flying Flying Keen Eye Unnerve Big Pecks
0962 Bombirdier Bombirdier
Flying Dark Big Pecks Keen Eye Rocky Payload
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 games

Description

Games Description
MDGtI Prevents Defense from being lowered.*
The Pokémon's Defense won't be lowered!*
SMD The Pokémon's Defense won't be lowered!


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Trivia

  • The name "Big Pecks" is a pun, referring to both pecking with a beak and the pectoralis major.
    • Similarly, Big Pecks's Japanese name, Hatomune, can also be taken to mean "a proud heart".

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 健壯胸肌 Gihnjohng Hūnggēi *
鴿胸 Gaphūng *
Mandarin 健壯胸肌 / 健壮胸肌 Jiànzhuàng Xiōngjī
France Flag.png French Cœur de Coq
Germany Flag.png German Brustbieter
Italy Flag.png Italian Pettinfuori
South Korea Flag.png Korean 부풀린가슴 Bupullin Gaseum
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Bico Grande
Spain Flag.png Spanish Sacapecho
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Tấm Chắn Ngực
Variations of the Ability Keen Eye
Keen EyeIlluminateHyper CutterBig Pecks


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