Unconventional Items
A series of items exist that boost the power of a given type's moves by this amount in the current generation.
What is 1.2x?
Lumiose City is based roughly on this real life city.
What is Paris?
Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem all embody concepts originating from this belief system.
What is Taoism?
Most languages name this ability a direct translation of the word pressure, but this language instead calls it "Erzwinger," which translates to force.
What is German?
free space
Amoonguss
In generation 4, Metagross would attempt to beat its most common counters of Rotom and Skarmory by using this item in addition to Trick.
What is Iron Ball?
This Pokemon is based on the larval stage of the real life antlion insect.
What is Trapinch?
These two red, avian, generation 3 Pokemon were once one and the same according to a prototype sketch.
What are Latias and Blaziken?
Most legendary trios have analogous or identical abilities, but this Pokemon breaks from the pattern by using Pressure over their radiating bursting and blazing auras.
What is Kyurem?
This legendary trio features one of the most sus Pokemon in OU since it released, at least in its alternate form.
What are the genies? (landorUS, tornadUS, thundurUS)
This signature item boosted an otherwise unusable 80 base attack ground type to one of the strongest offensive threats in generations 2 and 3.
What is Thick Club?
Bruxish draws inspiration from this real life fish.
What is the (reef) triggerfish?
There are two evolutionary lines based on the mythical creature baku. Name both of these lines.
What are the Drowzee and Munna lines?
This is this ability's out-of-battle effect.
What is increasing the chance that higher-level pokemon will be encountered in wild encounters.
This form-changing item needs to be held by a certain box legendary to return it to its original state.
What is the GriseoUS orb?
In generation 2, this item was used in tandem with Thief to deprive the opponent of their access to Leftovers.
What is no item?
This location in the Pokemon world corresponds to the largest active volcano in Japan.
What is Mt. Chimney?
This line of Pokemon shares an origin with the Magost Berry.
What is the Bounsweet line?
This is the only middle stage Pokemon with access to pressure.
What is Dusclops?
These twin abilities boost the power of their users if another pokemon with one of them is present.
What are plUS and minUS?
This item designed to speed up EV training was used to power up Bronzong's Gyro Balls on offensive sets in generation 4.
What is Macho Brace?
Three berries in the Pokemon world draw inspiration from fruits in the real life Annona genus (custard-apple family). Name at least two of these berries.
What are the Yache, Babiri, and Custap berries?
Despite this Pokemon sharing an origin with the move Razor Wind, it is not able to learn Razor Wind through any means.
What is Sneasel?
This is the only Pokemon not currently obtainable in generation 8 that has Pressure as an ability (very sus).
What is Deoxsus?
Thanks to this ability, Lucario became the only Pokemon in the gen 4 metagame capable of always attacking through scarf Jirachi's infamous Iron Head while also taking very little damage from it.
What is inner focUS?