Synchronize
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Synchronize (Japanese: シンクロ Synchro) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Eleven Pokémon have this ability, all but one of them are Psychic-types.
Effect
In battle
Synchronize passes on status problems to the opponent that caused the problem. Synchronize will not pass on the Sleep or Frozen status conditions, or if the status condition was obtained from items such as the Flame Orb. Synchronize will have no effect if the other Pokémon has a type or ability that prevents them from being Poisoned, Paralyzed, or Burned. The badly poisoned condition is passed on as regular poison.
Outside of battle
From Emerald onwards, if the Pokémon with this ability is leading the party, Synchronize gives a 50% chance of encountering a wild Pokémon with the same nature. However, this does not apply to any Pokémon created with Method 1 of the random number generator. This includes Emerald's 'one-off' Pokémon such as legendaries, Castform and Beldum as well as Diamond, Pearl and Platinum's roaming legendaries and the non-legendary one-offs such as Bebe's Eevee and the Porygon in Veilstone City.
Pokémon with Synchronize
Single ability
Dual ability
In other languages
- German: Synchro
- French: Synchro
- Italian: Sincronismo
- Spanish: Sincronía
