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==Effect==
==Effect==
Spectral Thief does damage. If successful, it also steals the target's positive [[Statistic|stat]] stages (if any) right before doing damage. Spectral Thief bypasses {{m|substitute}}s.
Spectral Thief deals damage. If successful, it also steals the target's positive [[Statistic|stat]] stages (if any) immediately before dealing damage. Spectral Thief bypasses {{m|substitute}}s, and can successfully steal stat boosts from the boss of a [[Max Raid Battle]] even if it currently has a shield up. If the target has an Ability such as {{a|Clear Body}}, {{a|White Smoke}}, or {{a|Hyper Cutter}} that normally prevents some or all of its stats from being lowered, Spectral Thief can still steal boosts in those stats.


Spectral Thief will steal all positive stat stages; even if the sum of the user's existing stat stages and the target's stat stages exceeds +6 in a stat, as long as the target's stat stages are positive, they will be reduced to 0. If the user has the Ability {{a|Simple}}, then the stolen stat stages will be doubled; if the user has the Ability {{a|Contrary}}, then the stat boosts will become stat drops when stolen.
Spectral Thief will steal all positive stat stages; even if the sum of the user's existing stat stages and the target's stat stages exceeds +6 in a stat, as long as the target's stat stages are positive, they will be reduced to 0. If the user has the Ability {{a|Simple}}, then the stolen stat stages will be doubled; if the user has the Ability {{a|Contrary}}, then the stat boosts will become stat drops when stolen.

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