Oblivious (Ability)

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This article is about the Ability that prevents infatuation. For the Ability with a synonymous meaning, see Unaware (Ability).
Oblivious どんかん
Thickheaded
Flavor text
Generation III
Prevents attraction.
Generation IV
Prevents the Pokémon from becoming infatuated.DPPt
Prevents it from becoming infatuated.HGSS
Generation V
Prevents it from becoming infatuated.
Generation VI
Keeps the Pokémon from being infatuated or falling for taunts.
Generation VII
The Pokémon is oblivious, and that keeps it from being infatuated or falling for taunts.
Generation VIII
The Pokémon is oblivious, and that keeps it from being infatuated or falling for taunts.
Generation IX
The Pokémon is oblivious, keeping it from being infatuated, falling for taunts, or being affected by Intimidate.

Oblivious (Japanese: どんかん Thickheaded) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

A Pokémon with Oblivious cannot be affected by infatuation or by Captivate.

If an infatuated Pokémon gains the Ability in battle (such as from Skill Swap), it will be cured of infatuation.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is holding a Destiny Knot, the Destiny Knot will be activated before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of infatuation.

Generation III

Oblivious has no effect against Intimidate or Taunt.

Generation IV

If the Pokémon with this Ability is infatuated and is holding a Mental Herb, Oblivious will cure the Pokémon of infatuation before the Mental Herb has a chance to be consumed.

Generation V

If the Pokémon with this Ability is infatuated and is holding a Mental Herb, the Mental Herb will be consumed before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of infatuation.

Generation VI to VII

Oblivious now prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by Taunt.

If a taunted Pokémon gains the Ability in battle (such as from Skill Swap), it will be cured of taunting. If a Pokémon with Oblivious is taunted by a Pokémon with an Ability like Mold Breaker, the taunting will take effect, but it will then be cured once the Pokémon regains Oblivious.

If the Pokémon is holding a Mental Herb, it will be consumed before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of the Taunt.

Generation VIII onward

Oblivious now also blocks Intimidate.

Outside of battle

Oblivious has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Oblivious

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0079 Slowpoke Slowpoke
Water Psychic Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator
0080 Slowbro Slowbro
Water Psychic Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator
0108 Lickitung Lickitung
Normal Normal Own Tempo Oblivious Cloud Nine
0124 Jynx Jynx
Ice Psychic Oblivious ForewarnGen IV+ Dry Skin
0199 Slowking Slowking
Water Psychic Oblivious Own Tempo Regenerator
0220 Swinub Swinub
Ice Ground Oblivious Snow CloakGen IV+ Thick Fat
0221 Piloswine Piloswine
Ice Ground Oblivious Snow CloakGen IV+ Thick Fat
0238 Smoochum Smoochum
Ice Psychic Oblivious ForewarnGen IV+ Hydration
0314 Illumise Illumise
Bug Bug Oblivious Tinted LensGen IV+ Prankster
0320 Wailmer Wailmer
Water Water Water Veil Oblivious Pressure
0321 Wailord Wailord
Water Water Water Veil Oblivious Pressure
0322 Numel Numel
Fire Ground Oblivious SimpleGen IV+ Own Tempo
0339 Barboach Barboach
Water Ground Oblivious AnticipationGen IV+ Hydration
0340 Whiscash Whiscash
Water Ground Oblivious AnticipationGen IV+ Hydration
0349 Feebas Feebas
Water Water Swift Swim ObliviousGen VI+ Adaptability
0363 Spheal Spheal
Ice Water Thick Fat Ice BodyGen IV+ Oblivious
0364 Sealeo Sealeo
Ice Water Thick Fat Ice BodyGen IV+ Oblivious
0365 Walrein Walrein
Ice Water Thick Fat Ice BodyGen IV+ Oblivious
0463 Lickilicky Lickilicky
Normal Normal Own Tempo Oblivious Cloud Nine
0473 Mamoswine Mamoswine
Ice Ground Oblivious Snow Cloak Thick Fat
0757 Salandit Salandit
Poison Fire Corrosion None Oblivious
0758 Salazzle Salazzle
Poison Fire Corrosion None Oblivious
0761 Bounsweet Bounsweet
Grass Grass Leaf Guard Oblivious Sweet Veil
0762 Steenee Steenee
Grass Grass Leaf Guard Oblivious Sweet Veil
0977 Dondozo Dondozo
Water Water Unaware Oblivious Water Veil
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

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Oblivious is Slowbro's, as well as Bounsweet's and Steenee's Ability.

Slowbro's has the user store up lost HP for a short time; when the user hits an opposing Pokémon with a move, the user restores some of its HP using the stored up HP, and it also decreases the opposing Pokémon's Special Defense by 4% (stacking up to 20%) for a short time.

Bounsweet's and Steenee's makes hindrances last shorter. Upon evolving, this becomes Queenly Majesty.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Prevents infatuation.
MDTDS Protects the Pokémon from infatuation.
BSL メロメロじょうたいに ならない
MDGtI Prevents the Infatuated status and protects the Pokémon from the move Captivate.*
The Pokémon isn't affected by the Infatuated status condition. Captivate doesn't even work on it!*
SMD The Pokémon won't get infatuated. Captivate and Taunt don't work on it, either!
MDRTDX The Pokémon won't get infatuated. Captivate and Taunt don't work on it, either.


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Trivia

  • This Ability originated as a TCG Poké-BODY.
  • Due to a glitch in Generation IV, If a Pokémon has a non-volatile status condition, if its confusion or infatuation is cured by Own Tempo or Oblivious, the status condition icon will disappear from the HP bar while that Pokémon is in battle. The status condition icon is still displayed in the party menu; if the Pokémon is switched out, the status condition icon will appear again when it is switched back in.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 遲鈍 Chìhdeuhn
Mandarin 遲鈍 / 迟钝 Chídùn
France Flag.png French Benêt
Germany Flag.png German Dösigkeit
Italy Flag.png Italian Indifferenza
South Korea Flag.png Korean 둔감 Dungam
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Insensível
Russia Flag.png Russian Забывчивость Zabyvchivost'
Spain Flag.png Spanish Despiste


Variations of the Ability Limber
LimberObliviousInsomniaImmunityOwn TempoInner FocusMagma ArmorWater VeilVital Spirit


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