Telepathy (Ability)

Telepathy redirects here. For Pokémon who are able to talk telepathically in human language, see Talking Pokémon.

Telepathy	テレパシー
	Telepathy
Flavor text Generation V Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VI Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VII Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VIII Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation IX The Pokémon anticipates and dodges the attacks of its allies.

Telepathy (Japanese: テレパシー Telepathy) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

A Pokémon with Telepathy avoids damaging moves used by its allies. This includes attacks with multiple targets (such as Discharge), attacks exclusively targeting an ally with Telepathy (such as Thunderbolt), and attacks that could potentially heal an ally with Telepathy (such as Pollen Puff and Present). However, it is not protected from its allies' status moves (such as Teeter Dance or Confuse Ray).

When Telepathy prevents an attack from hitting, the message "<name> avoids attacks by its ally Pokémon!" will be displayed.

Outside of battle

Telepathy has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Telepathy

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0202		Wobbuffet	Psychic		Psychic	Shadow Tag	None	Telepathy
0280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
0308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
0360		Wynaut	Psychic		Psychic	Shadow Tag	None	Telepathy
0483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0483		Dialga Origin Forme	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0484		Palkia Origin Forme	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0487		Giratina Altered Forme	Ghost	Dragon	Pressure	None	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
0714		Noibat	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
0715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
0765		Oranguru	Normal	Psychic	Inner Focus	Telepathy	Symbiosis
0785		Tapu Koko	Electric	Fairy	Electric Surge	None	Telepathy
0786		Tapu Lele	Psychic	Fairy	Psychic Surge	None	Telepathy
0787		Tapu Bulu	Grass	Fairy	Grassy Surge	None	Telepathy
0788		Tapu Fini	Water	Fairy	Misty Surge	None	Telepathy
0824		Blipbug	Bug		Bug	Swarm	Compound Eyes	Telepathy
0825		Dottler	Bug	Psychic	Swarm	Compound Eyes	Telepathy
0826		Orbeetle	Bug	Psychic	Swarm	Frisk	Telepathy
0954		Rabsca	Bug	Psychic	Synchronize	None	Telepathy
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

Description

Games Description MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon reads its teammates' minds and won't take damage from its teammates' moves! For example, even if a teammate uses Earthquake , the Pokémon won't be hit by it!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Henry's Oranguru, Fanguru, was revealed to have Telepathy as his Ability.
• Colress's Beheeyem was revealed to have Telepathy as his Ability.

Trivia

• Telepathy is the most common Ability to have as a Hidden Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 心靈感應 Sāmlìhnggámying Mandarin 心靈感應 / 心灵感应 Xīnlínggǎnyìng French Télépathe German Telepathie Italian Telepatia Korean 텔레파시 Telepathy Russian Телепатия Telepatiya Spanish Telepatía Vietnamese Thần Giao Cách Cảm

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