Filter (Ability)

Filter (Japanese: フィルター Filter) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Two Pokémon have this Ability, both in the same evolutionary line.

Effect

In battle

Filter reduces super effective damage by 1/4. A move that would deal 2x damage will instead deal 1.5x damage, and a move that would deal 4x will instead deal 3x.

Outside of battle

Filter has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Filter

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic	Soundproof	Filter	Technician
0439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic	Soundproof	Filter	Technician
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.

Trivia

• All Pokémon that can have Filter as an Ability sport a non-alphabetic character in their English names.
• No Pokémon has Filter as its sole Ability.

In other languages

Language Title French Filtre German Filter Greek Φιλτράρισμα Italian Filtro Portuguese Filtragem Spanish Filtro

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.