Cursed Body (Ability)

Cursed Body (Japanese: のろわれボディ Cursed Body) is an ability introduced in Generation V. Five Pokémon have this ability, all of which are part Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Effect

In battle

Cursed Body has a 30% chance of disabling the opponent's used move when attacked. This works even if the attacker is behind a Substitute and when the user is knocked out, but will not activate if the Pokémon with Cursed Body is behind a Substitute.

Outside of battle

Cursed Body has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Cursed Body

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	Insomnia	Frisk	Cursed Body
0354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	Insomnia	Frisk	Cursed Body
0478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost	Snow Cloak	None	Cursed Body
0592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
0593	Burungel	Burungel	Water	Ghost	Water Absorb	Cursed Body	Damp
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 anime

File:Frillish Cursed Body.png Frillish
The user disables one of it's opponent's moves after they make physical contact
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	After being hit with a physical attack, Frillish gains a dark-blue aura along with its opponent and the opponent is unable to use the last move it used.
Trip's Frillish	BW010		Debut

In other languages

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