Infiltrator (Ability)

Infiltrator	すりぬけ
	Slip Through
Flavor text Generation V Passes through the foe's barrier and strikes. Generation VI Passes through the opposing Pokémon's barrier and strikes. Generation VII Passes through the opposing Pokémon's barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes. Generation VIII Passes through the opposing Pokémon's barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes. Generation IX The Pokémon's moves are unaffected by the target's barriers, substitutes, and the like.

Infiltrator (Japanese: すりぬけ Slip Through) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Generation V

Moves used by a Pokémon with Infiltrator bypass the effects of targets' Reflect, Light Screen, Safeguard, and Mist.

Generation VI onward

Moves used by a Pokémon with Infiltrator also bypass the effects of targets' Aurora Veil.

Moves used by a Pokémon with Infiltrator, except Transform and Sky Drop, also bypass the effects of targets' substitutes.

Outside of battle

In Generation VIII, if a Pokémon with Infiltrator is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased by 50%. It shares this effect with Stench, White Smoke and Quick Feet.

Pokémon with Infiltrator

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Zubat	Poison	Flying	Inner Focus	None	Infiltrator
	Golbat	Poison	Flying	Inner Focus	None	Infiltrator
	Crobat	Poison	Flying	Inner Focus	None	Infiltrator
	Hoppip	Grass	Flying	Chlorophyll	Leaf Guard	Infiltrator
	Skiploom	Grass	Flying	Chlorophyll	Leaf Guard	Infiltrator
	Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	Chlorophyll	Leaf Guard	Infiltrator
	Ninjask	Bug	Flying	Speed Boost	None	Infiltrator
	Seviper	Poison		Poison	Shed Skin	None	Infiltrator
	Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	Pressure	None	Infiltrator
	Cottonee	Grass	Fairy	Prankster	Infiltrator	Chlorophyll
	Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy	Prankster	Infiltrator	Chlorophyll
	Litwick	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
	Lampent	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
	Chandelure	Ghost	Fire	Flash Fire	Flame Body	Infiltrator
	Espurr	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Own Tempo
	Meowstic Male	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Prankster
	Meowstic Female	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Competitive
	Inkay	Dark	Psychic	Contrary	Suction Cups	Infiltrator
	Malamar	Dark	Psychic	Contrary	Suction Cups	Infiltrator
	Noibat	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
	Noivern	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
	Dreepy	Dragon	Ghost	Clear Body	Infiltrator	Cursed Body
	Drakloak	Dragon	Ghost	Clear Body	Infiltrator	Cursed Body
	Dragapult	Dragon	Ghost	Clear Body	Infiltrator	Cursed Body
	Bramblin	Grass	Ghost	Wind Rider	None	Infiltrator
	Brambleghast	Grass	Ghost	Wind Rider	None	Infiltrator
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

• In the Generation V games, Litwick, Lampent, and Chandelure have Shadow Tag instead of Infiltrator as their Hidden Ability. However, it is impossible to obtain them with their Hidden Ability in Generation V.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDGtI The Pokémon's moves can hit foes that used Reflect, Light Screen, Safeguard, or Mist.* The Pokémon can land moves on targets that have used Reflect, Light Screen, or Safeguard! It also isn't affected by Mist.* SMD The Pokémon's moves are not affected by Reflect, Light Screen, or Safeguard! They are also not affected by mist.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 穿透 Chyūntau Mandarin 穿透 Chuāntòu French Infiltration German Schwebedurch Italian Intrapasso Korean 틈새포착 Tuemsae Pochack Brazilian Portuguese Infiltrado Spanish Allanamiento

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