Tangling Hair (Ability)

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 multi-strike 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
	Diglett Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
	Dugtrio Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
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 the anime

	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 Danish Sammenfiltredt hår Finnish Roikkutukka French Mèche Rebelle German Lockenkopf Italian Boccolidoro Korean 컬리헤어 Curly Hair Norwegian Sammenfiltret hår Polish Splątane Włosy Portuguese Brazil Cabelo Desgrenhado Portugal Cabelos Rebeldes Russian Спутавшиеся Волосы Sputavshiyesya Volosy Spanish Rizos Rebeldes Swedish Tangling Hair

Variations of the Ability Gooey
Gooey • Tangling Hair

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