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Intimidate lowers the opponent's {{stat|Attack}} stat by one stage upon entering the battle. It is triggered both when a battle begins and when a Pokémon with Intimidate switches into battle.  It affects all opponents in [[Double Battle|Double]] and [[Triple Battle]]s.
Intimidate lowers the opponent's {{stat|Attack}} stat by one stage upon entering the battle. It is triggered both when a battle begins and when a Pokémon with Intimidate switches into battle.  It affects all opponents in [[Double Battle|Double]] and [[Triple Battle]]s.


Intimidate's activation message reads: "[Pokémon]'s Intimidate cuts [opponent]'s attack!".
In Generations [[Generation III|III]] and [[Generation IV|IV]], Intimidate's activation message reads: "[Pokémon]'s Intimidate cuts [opponent]'s attack!". In [[Generation V]], the message changed to "[opponent]'s Attack fell!".


Intimidate has no effect on Pokémon who are immune to Attack stat reductions, such as Pokémon with {{a|Clear Body}}, {{a|Hyper Cutter}}, or {{a|White Smoke}}.
Intimidate has no effect on Pokémon who are immune to Attack stat reductions, such as Pokémon with {{a|Clear Body}}, {{a|Hyper Cutter}}, or {{a|White Smoke}}.

Revision as of 14:52, 9 November 2012

Intimidate いかく
Intimidation
Flavor text
Generation III
Lowers the foe’s Attack.
Generation IV
Lowers the foe’s Attack stat.
Generation V
Lowers the foe's Attack stat.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Intimidate (Japanese: いかく Intimidation) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Twenty-four Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Intimidate lowers the opponent's Attack stat by one stage upon entering the battle. It is triggered both when a battle begins and when a Pokémon with Intimidate switches into battle. It affects all opponents in Double and Triple Battles.

In Generations III and IV, Intimidate's activation message reads: "[Pokémon]'s Intimidate cuts [opponent]'s attack!". In Generation V, the message changed to "[opponent]'s Attack fell!".

Intimidate has no effect on Pokémon who are immune to Attack stat reductions, such as Pokémon with Clear Body, Hyper Cutter, or White Smoke.

In Mystery Dungeon, Pokémon attacking a Pokémon with this Ability with a physical attack will have a 20% attack penalty.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if the Pokémon with Intimidate is leading the party, Intimidate decreases the chance of encountering a lower-level wild Pokémon by 50%. See also Keen Eye.

Pokémon with Intimidate

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0023 Ekans Ekans
Poison Poison Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve
0024 Arbok Arbok
Poison Poison Intimidate Shed Skin Unnerve
0058 Growlithe Growlithe
Fire Fire Intimidate Flash Fire Justified
0059 Arcanine Arcanine
Fire Fire Intimidate Flash Fire Justified
0128 Tauros Tauros
Normal Normal Intimidate Anger Point Sheer Force
0130 Gyarados Gyarados
Water Flying Intimidate None Moxie
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
Normal Normal Intimidate Run Away Rattled
0210 Granbull Granbull
Normal Normal Intimidate Quick Feet Rattled
0211 Qwilfish Qwilfish
Water Poison Poison Point Swift Swim Intimidate
0234 Stantler Stantler
Normal Normal Intimidate Frisk Sap Sipper
0237 Hitmontop Hitmontop
Fighting Fighting Intimidate Technician Steadfast
0262 Mightyena Mightyena
Dark Dark Intimidate Quick Feet Moxie
0284 Masquerain Masquerain
Bug Flying Intimidate None Unnerve
0303 Mawile Mawile
Steel Steel Hyper Cutter Intimidate Sheer Force
0373 Salamence Salamence
Dragon Flying Intimidate None Moxie
0397 Staravia Staravia
Normal Flying Intimidate None Reckless
0398 Staraptor Staraptor
Normal Flying Intimidate None Reckless
0403 Shinx Shinx
Electric Electric Rivalry Intimidate Guts
0404 Luxio Luxio
Electric Electric Rivalry Intimidate Guts
0405 Luxray Luxray
Electric Electric Rivalry Intimidate Guts
0507 Herdier Herdier
Normal Normal Intimidate Sand Rush Scrappy
0508 Stoutland Stoutland
Normal Normal Intimidate Sand Rush Scrappy
0551 Sandile Sandile
Ground Dark Intimidate Moxie Anger Point
0552 Krokorok Krokorok
Ground Dark Intimidate Moxie Anger Point
0553 Krookodile Krookodile
Ground Dark Intimidate Moxie Anger Point
0559 Scraggy Scraggy
Dark Fighting Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate
0560 Scrafty Scrafty
Dark Fighting Shed Skin Moxie Intimidate
645T Landorus Landorus
Ground Flying Intimidate None None
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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


Trivia

  • Although most Pokémon with this Ability have menacing physical features, some Pokémon (like Hitmontop and Staravia) do not have obvious physical attributes that would inspire fear or unease, the most notorious one being Shinx, who can even be classified as a "cute" Pokémon. Its evolutions, Luxio and Luxray, however, would have these attributes.
  • All six Pokémon that can only have this Ability are part-Flying-type, not including Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 威嚇 Wēi​hè​
France Flag.png French Intimidation
Germany Flag.png German Bedroher
Greece Flag.png Greek Εκφοβισμός
Italy Flag.png Italian Prepotenza
South Korea Flag.png Korean 위협 Wihyeop
Portugal Flag.png Portuguese Intimidar
Spain Flag.png Spanish Intimidación


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