Skill Link (Ability)

Skill Link	スキルリンク
	Skill Link
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves. Generation V Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves.

Skill Link (Japanese: スキルリンク Skill Link) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Shellder and Cloyster.

Effect

In battle

Skill Link causes multi-strike moves to always strike their maximum number of times. See multi-strike moves for a full list of multi-strike moves. This Ability does not affect moves with a fixed number of strikes like Double Kick.

Moves affected by Skill Link

Move Type Cat. Pow. Acc. Max strikes Learned* Arm Thrust  Fighting  Physical 15 100% 5 Barrage  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 Bone Rush  Ground  Physical 25 90% 5 Bullet Seed  Grass  Physical 25 100% 5 Comet Punch  Normal  Physical 18 85% 5 DoubleSlap  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 Fury Attack  Normal  Physical 15 85% 5 Fury Swipes  Normal  Physical 18 80% 5 Icicle Spear  Ice  Physical 25 100% 5 Pin Missile  Bug  Physical 14 85% 5 Rock Blast  Rock  Physical 25 90% 5 Spike Cannon  Normal  Physical 20 100% 5 Tail Slap  Normal  Physical 25 85% 5

Outside of battle

Skill Link has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Skill Link

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Shellder	Water		Water	Shell Armor	Skill Link	Overcoat
	Cloyster	Water	Ice	Shell Armor	Skill Link	Overcoat
	Aipom	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Pickup	Skill Link
	Ambipom	Normal		Normal	Technician	Pickup	Skill Link
	Minccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
	Cinccino	Normal		Normal	Cute Charm	Technician	Skill Link
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.

Trivia

• Via STAB, Cloyster and Minccino/Cinccino can achieve a power of 187.5 with Icicle Spear and Tail Slap respectively.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 連續攻擊 Liánxù Gōngjí French Multi-Coups German Wertelink Italian Abillegame Korean 스킬링크 Skill Link Portuguese Ligação de Habilidade Spanish Encadenado

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