Synchronize (Ability)

Not to be confused with Synchronoise.

Synchronize	シンクロ
	Synchro
Flavor text Generation III Passes on status problems. Generation IV Passes on a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe. Generation V Passes a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Synchronize (Japanese: シンクロ Synchro) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Fifteen Pokémon have this Ability; all except one of them are Psychic-type Pokémon.

Effect

In battle

Generation III to IV

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.

Generation V

Synchronize now passes the badly poisoned condition on as bad poison, rather than normal poison.

If Psycho Shift is used, Synchronize activates before Psycho Shift cures the user of status. Therefore, Synchronize will fail to reflect status conditions when Psycho Shift is used.

Outside of battle

From Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with this Ability is leading the party, there is a 50% chance that wild Pokémon encountered will have the same nature as the Pokémon with Synchronize. This does not apply to roaming or gift Pokémon. In Emerald, it did not apply to stationary Pokémon either, such as Regirock or Rayquaza.

The Ability is nullified when a Pokémon with Synchronize is strolling in the Pokéwalker or when capturing Dream World Pokémon from the Entree Forest.

Pokémon with Synchronize

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	None	None
0177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	None	Magic Bounce
0197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	Synchronize	None	Inner Focus
0280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0282		Gardevoir	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
0518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
0605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
0606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Ruru Synchronize.png Kirlia
The user inflicts its status condition on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Kirlia is inflicted with a status condition, the same status condition appears on the opponent's body, but on the opposite side as Kirlia's.
Ruby's Ruru	VS. Kirlia		Debut

Trivia

• Natu and Xatu are the only dual-type Pokémon that can have Synchronize.
• Umbreon is the only non-Psychic type that can have Synchronize.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 同步 Tóngbù French Synchro German Synchro Italian Sincronismo Korean 싱크로 Synchro Portuguese Sincronizar Spanish Sincronía

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