Multiscale (Ability)

Multiscale	マルチスケイル
	Multiscale
Flavor text Generation V Reduces damage when HP is full. Generation VI Reduces damage the Pokémon takes when its HP is full.XY Reduces the damage taken by the Pokémon when its HP is full.ORAS Generation VII Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes when its HP is full. Generation VIII Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full. Generation IX Reduces the amount of damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full. Champions Halves the damage the Pokémon takes while its HP is full.

Multiscale (Japanese: マルチスケイル Multiscale) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

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• Effect
  • In battle
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Multiscale
• In other games
  • Pokémon UNITE
• In other languages

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Effect

In battle

Multiscale reduces damage taken from damage-dealing moves by half when at maximum HP. It does not reduce the amount of HP taken from moves that deal direct damage.

When hit with a multistrike move at maximum HP, only the first hit will have its damage reduced. All further hits deal full damage.

Outside of battle

Multiscale has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Multiscale

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	Inner Focus	None	Multiscale
0149		Dragonite Mega Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	Multiscale	None	None
0249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	Pressure	None	Multiscale
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 other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Multiscale is Dragonite's Ability, after evolving from Dragonair. It reduces the damage received by the user by 20% for 2.5s. This Ability can be triggered every 15 seconds.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	多重鱗片 Dōchùhng Lèuhnpin
	Mandarin	多重鱗片 / 多重鳞片 Duōchóng Línpiàn
French		Multiécaille
German		Multischuppe
Italian		Multisquame
Korean		멀티스케일 Multiscale
Brazilian Portuguese		Multiescamas
Spanish	Latin America	Multiescamas
	Spain	MultiescamasVIII+ CompensaciónV–VII

Variations of the Ability Multiscale
Multiscale • Shadow Shield

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.