Tangling Hair (Ability)

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Tangling Hair カーリーヘアー
Curly Hair
Flavor text
Generation VII
Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.
Generation VIII
Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.
Generation IX
Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.

Tangling Hair (Japanese: カーリーヘアー Curly Hair) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Alolan Diglett and Alolan Dugtrio.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the Speed of the attacking Pokémon is decreased by one stage.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multistrike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit activates this Ability.

Outside of battle

Tangling Hair has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tangling Hair

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0050 Diglett Diglett
Alolan Form
Ground Steel Sand Veil Tangling Hair Sand Force
0051 Dugtrio Dugtrio
Alolan Form
Ground Steel Sand Veil Tangling Hair Sand Force
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 animation

Pokémon animated series

DJ Leo Dugtrio Tangling Hair.png
Alolan Dugtrio


The Pokémon can grab and bind any nearby opponents with its hair.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Dugtrio Alolan Dugtrio can grab and bind any nearby opponents with its hair.
DJ Leo's Jessica, Ashley, and Michael Getting the Band Back Together! Debut


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 捲髮 Gyúnfaat
Mandarin 捲髮 / 卷发 Juǎnfǎ
Denmark Flag.png Danish Sammenfiltredt hår
Finland Flag.png Finnish Roikkutukka
France Flag.png French Mèche Rebelle
Germany Flag.png German Lockenkopf
Italy Flag.png Italian Boccolidoro
South Korea Flag.png Korean 컬리헤어 Curly Hair
Norway Flag.png Norwegian Sammenfiltret hår
Poland Flag.png Polish Splątane Włosy
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Cabelo Desgrenhado
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Cabelos Rebeldes
Russia Flag.png Russian Спутавшиеся Волосы Sputavshiyesya Volosy
Spain Flag.png Spanish Rizos Rebeldes
Sweden Flag.png Swedish Tangling Hair


Variations of the Ability Gooey
GooeyTangling Hair


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