Suction Cups (Ability)

Suction Cups (Japanese: きゅうばん Suction Cups) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Five Pokémon have this Ability.

Effect

Suction Cups firmly anchors the body. This Ability prevents the opponent from forcing a switch, or in the wild ending the battle, with Roar, Whirlwind, Dragon Tail, or Circle Throw.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Suction Cups is in first place in the player's party, bites will occur more often while fishing. Sticky Hold has the same effect.

Pokémon with Suction Cups

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0224		Octillery	Water		Water	Suction Cups	Sniper	Moody
0345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	Suction Cups	None	Storm Drain
0346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	Suction Cups	None	Storm Drain
0???	Māīka	Māīka	Dark	Psychic	Contrary	Suction Cups	???
0???	Karamanero	Karamanero	Dark	Psychic	Contrary	Suction Cups	???
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

• Although this Ability was introduced in Generation III, no Pokémon introduced in Generation IV or Generation V can have it.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 吸盤 Xī​pán​ French Ventouse German Saugnapf Italian Ventose Korean 흡반 Heupban Portuguese Ventosas de Sucção Spanish Ventosas

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