Filter (Ability)

Filter	フィルター
	Filter
Flavor text Generation III Generation IV Powers down super-effective moves. Generation V Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.

Filter (Japanese: フィルター Filter) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Two Pokémon have this Ability, both in the same evolutionary line. Thus it is the signature Ability of Mime Jr. and Mr. Mime.

Effect

In battle

Filter reduces super effective damage by 1/4. A move that would deal 2× damage will instead deal 1.5× damage, and a move that would deal 4× will instead deal 3×.

Outside of battle

Filter has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Filter

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	Soundproof	Filter	Technician
	Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	Soundproof	Filter	Technician
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 other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 過濾 Guòlǜ French Filtre German Filter Italian Filtro Korean 필터 Filter Portuguese Filtragem Spanish Filtro

Variations of the Ability Solid Rock
Solid Rock • Filter

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.