Transistor (Ability)

Transistor	トランジスタ
	Transistor
Flavor text Generation VIII Powers up Electric-type moves. Generation IX Powers up Electric-type moves.

Transistor (Japanese: トランジスタ Transistor) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Regieleki.

Effect

In battle

Generation VIII

If an Electric-type move is used by a Pokémon with this Ability, its Attack or Special Attack stat is multiplied by 1.5 during damage calculation, effectively increasing damage dealt by 50%.

Generation IX

The attacking stat multiplier has now been reduced to ~1.3 (5325/4096). None of the variations of the ability received this reduction.

Outside of battle

Transistor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Transistor

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Regieleki	Electric		Electric	Transistor	None	None
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 other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 電晶體 Dihnjīngtái Mandarin 電晶體 / 电晶体 Diànjīngtǐ French Transistor German Transistor Italian Transistor Korean 트랜지스터 Teuraenjiseuteo Brazilian Portuguese Transistor Russian Транзистор Tranzistor Spanish Transistor

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