Battle Bond (Ability)
Battle Bond | きずなへんげ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Battle Bond (Japanese: きずなへんげ Bond Transformation) is an event-exclusive Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Greninja.
Effect
In battle
After a Greninja with this Ability causes an opponent to faint, it will change form into Ash-Greninja. When a Greninja in this form uses Water Shuriken, the move's base power is raised from 15 to 20 and it always hits three times. Multiple Greninja can activate this Ability during the same battle.
If Ash-Greninja faints in battle, it will revert to its original form. Battle Bond will no longer activate, even if Greninja is revived and defeats another Pokémon in battle.
After the battle, the Pokémon reverts to its original form.
Role Play, Gastro Acid, Worry Seed, Simple Beam, and Entrainment fail if the target has Battle Bond. Role Play fails if the user has the Battle Bond. Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has Battle Bond. Battle Bond cannot be copied by Trace, Power of Alchemy, or Receiver. Battle Bond cannot be replaced by Mummy or suppressed by Core Enforcer. If a Pokémon other than Greninja obtains Battle Bond with Imposter or Transform and KOs something, the Pokémon does not turn into Ash-Greninja. If a Pokémon transforms into Ash-Greninja through Imposter or Transform, the Battle Bond ability will not affect the transformed Pokémon's use of Water Shuriken.
Outside of battle
Greninja with this Ability cannot breed nor be used in the Battle Spot if Special Pokémon are banned. It can however be used in the Battle Tree.
Pokémon with Battle Bond
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | ||
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0658 | Greninja |
Water | Dark | Battle Bond | None | None | |
658A | Greninja | Greninja |
Water | Dark | Battle Bond | None | None |
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
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In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- In the Japan Mini-volume 6 for the X & Y arc, Y's Croaky was revealed to have Battle Bond as his Ability.
In other languages
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