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 during Generation VIII, in The Crown Tundra. It is the signature Ability of Regieleki.

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• Effect
  • In battle
    • Generation VIII
    • Generation IX
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Transistor
• Trivia
• In other languages

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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).

Outside of battle

Transistor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Transistor

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0894		Regieleki	Electric		Electric	Transistor	None	None
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.

Trivia

• Transistor is the only variation of Steelworker that does not increase the attacking stats by a multiplier of 1.5 (though it used to, in Generation VIII).

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

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.