Receiver (Ability)

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Receiver (Japanese: レシーバー Receiver) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

In battle

When an allied Pokémon faints in battle, a Pokémon with Receiver as its Ability will gain the fainted Pokémon's Ability in place of its own. When this happens, the new Ability activates immediately, as if it had just entered the battle.

Pokémon with Receiver

In other languages

Language Title French Receveur German Receiver Italian Ricezione Spanish Receptor

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