Quick Feet (Ability)

Quick Feet	はやあし
	Quick Feet
Flavor text Generation IV Boosts Speed if there is a status problem. Generation V Boosts Speed if there is a status problem. Generation VI Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition. Generation VII Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition. Generation VIII Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition. Generation IX Boosts the Speed stat if the Pokémon has a status condition.

Quick Feet (Japanese: はやあし Quick Feet) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

While a Pokémon with this Ability has a status condition, its Speed is increased by 50%. Additionally, a Pokémon with this Ability does not lose Speed due to paralysis.

Outside of battle

If a Pokémon with Quick Feet is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased by 50%. It shares this effect with Stench, White Smoke and Infiltrator (since Generation VIII).

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield only, this Ability instead decreases the chance of hidden encounters by 87.5%.

Generation IX

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet this Ability has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Quick Feet

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	Volt Absorb	None	Quick Feet
0210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	Intimidate	Quick FeetGen IV+	Rattled
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	Pickup	Quick FeetGen IV+	Honey Gather
0217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	Guts	Quick FeetGen IV+	Unnerve
0261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	Run Away	Quick FeetGen IV+	Rattled
0262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark	Intimidate	Quick FeetGen IV+	Moxie
0263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal	Pickup	GluttonyGen IV+	Quick Feet
0263		Zigzagoon Galarian Form	Dark	Normal	Pickup	Gluttony	Quick Feet
0264		Linoone	Normal		Normal	Pickup	GluttonyGen IV+	Quick Feet
0264		Linoone Galarian Form	Dark	Normal	Pickup	Gluttony	Quick Feet
0285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	Effect Spore	Poison HealGen IV+	Quick Feet
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.

Pokémon that formerly had Quick Feet

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Quick FeetGen V
0544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Quick FeetGen V
0545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	Poison Point	Swarm	Quick FeetGen V
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 Generation V, Venipede, Whirlipede, and Scolipede have Quick Feet as their Hidden Ability. It was obtained by befriending Scolipede in Pleasant Forest if using an account connected with Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. In Generation VI, their Hidden Ability is replaced with Speed Boost.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

If the Pokémon is inflicted with a bad status condition, its Travel Speed is raised by one level. As a result, the Pokémon cannot be slowed.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's Movement Speed when it has any status problems. BSL わるいじょうたいに なると いどうそくどが あがる MDGtI Unavailable SMD When the Pokémon gets a bad status condition, its Travel Speed goes up! MDRTDX When the Pokémon gets a bad status condition, like poison or paralysis, its Travel Speed goes up for a while.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Galarian Linoone
The Pokémon becomes faster if it has a status condition.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When afflicted with a status condition, Galarian Linoone's Speed increases.
A Team Yell Grunt's Linoone	Zap!! A Rising Beam of Light		Debut

• In volume 24, Green's Granbull was revealed to have Quick Feet as his Ability.

Trivia

• Although the Ability was introduced in Generation IV, no Generation IV Pokémon can have Quick Feet.
• This Ability originated as a TCG Poké-BODY.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 飛毛腿 Fēimòuhtéu Mandarin 飛毛腿 / 飞毛腿 Fēimáotuǐ French Pied Véloce German Rasanz Italian Piedisvelti Korean 속보 Sokbo Brazilian Portuguese Dar no Pé Spanish Pies Rápidos

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