Immunity (Ability)

"Immunity" redirects here. For the type mechanic, see Damage modification → Not effective.

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Immunity	めんえき
	Immunity
Flavor text Generation III Prevents poisoning. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned. Generation V Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned.

Immunity (Japanese: めんえき Immunity) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only three Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Immunity prevents poisoning.

Outside of battle

Pokémon with this Ability can't take damage from poison outside of battle.

Pokémon with Immunity

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Snorlax	Normal		Normal	Immunity	Thick Fat	Gluttony
	Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Immunity
	Zangoose	Normal		Normal	Immunity	None	Toxic Boost
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 manga

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga

	Zangoose
The user is unaffected by poison.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Zangoose	If Zangoose was hit by a poisoning move, it will not recieve the poison.
Enta's Zangoose	The Predestined Battle!		Debut

Trivia

• If a poisoned Munchlax evolves and gains Immunity, it will remain poisoned as a Snorlax despite its Ability.
• The reason why Zangoose has this Ability may be because of its rivalry with Seviper, a Pokémon known for its Poison-type attacks.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 免疫 Miǎn​yì​ French Vaccin German Immunität Italian Immunità Korean 면역 Myeon'yeok Portuguese Imunidade Spanish Inmunidad

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