Telepathy (Japanese: テレパシーTelepathy) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.
Effect
In battle
A Pokémon with Telepathy avoids damaging moves used by its allies. This includes attacks with multiple targets (such as Discharge), attacks exclusively targeting an ally with Telepathy (such as Thunderbolt), and attacks that could potentially heal an ally with Telepathy (such as Pollen Puff and Present). However, it is unprotected from its allies' status moves (such as Teeter Dance or Confuse Ray).
When Telepathy prevents an attack from hitting, the message "<name> avoids attacks by its ally Pokémon!" will be displayed.
The Pokémon reads its teammates' minds and won't take damage from its teammates' moves! For example, even if a teammate uses Earthquake , the Pokémon won't be hit by it!
In animation
Pokémon animated series
Pikachu
The Pokémon predicts and dodges attacks from its allies.
