Telepathy (Ability)

Telepathy redirects here. For Pokémon who are able to talk telepathically in human language, see Talking Pokémon.

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Telepathy	テレパシー
	Telepathy
Flavor text Generation V Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VI Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VII Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation VIII Anticipates an ally's attack and dodges it. Generation IX The Pokémon anticipates and dodges the attacks of its allies.

Telepathy (Japanese: テレパシー Telepathy) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

	This Ability effect may be in need of research. Reason: Does Telepathy protects ally from Pollen Puff and Present? You can discuss this on the talk page.

A Pokémon with Telepathy avoids damaging moves used by its allies. This includes attacks with multiple targets (such as Discharge), as well as attacks exclusively targeting an ally with Telepathy (such as Thunderbolt). However, it is not protected from its allies' status moves (such as Teeter Dance or Confuse Ray).

When Telepathy prevents an attack from hitting, the message "<name> avoids attacks by its ally Pokémon!" will be displayed.

Outside of battle

Telepathy has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Telepathy

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Wobbuffet	Psychic		Psychic	Shadow Tag	None	Telepathy
	Ralts	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
	Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
	Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
	Wynaut	Psychic		Psychic	Shadow Tag	None	Telepathy
	Dialga	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
	Dialga Origin Forme	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
	Palkia	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
	Palkia Origin Forme	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
	Giratina Altered Forme	Ghost	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
	Munna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
	Musharna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
	Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
	Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
	Noibat	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
	Noivern	Flying	Dragon	Frisk	Infiltrator	Telepathy
	Oranguru	Normal	Psychic	Inner Focus	Telepathy	Symbiosis
	Tapu Koko	Electric	Fairy	Electric Surge	None	Telepathy
	Tapu Lele	Psychic	Fairy	Psychic Surge	None	Telepathy
	Tapu Bulu	Grass	Fairy	Grassy Surge	None	Telepathy
	Tapu Fini	Water	Fairy	Misty Surge	None	Telepathy
	Blipbug	Bug		Bug	Swarm	Compound Eyes	Telepathy
	Dottler	Bug	Psychic	Swarm	Compound Eyes	Telepathy
	Orbeetle	Bug	Psychic	Swarm	Frisk	Telepathy
	Rabsca	Bug	Psychic	Synchronize	None	Telepathy
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 other games

Description

Games Description MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon reads its teammates' minds and won't take damage from its teammates' moves! For example, even if a teammate uses Earthquake , the Pokémon won't be hit by it!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Henry's Oranguru, Fanguru, was revealed to have Telepathy as his Ability.
• Colress's Beheeyem was revealed to have Telepathy as his Ability.

Trivia

• Telepathy is the most common Ability to have as a Hidden Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 心靈感應 Sāmlìhnggámying Mandarin 心靈感應 / 心灵感应 Xīnlínggǎnyìng French Télépathe German Telepathie Italian Telepatia Korean 텔레파시 Telepathy Russian Телепатия Telepatiya Spanish Telepatía Vietnamese Thần Giao Cách Cảm

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