Duplicate Abilities
These type changing abilities are mainly used in competitive by starters.
What are Protean and Libero?
A Gen VI pokemon that is the only one in which a physical movement of the system was required.
What is Malamar/Inkay?
An attacking move that always increases a specific stat.
What is Power-Up Punch?
A Chargestone Cave resident that was later copied by a generational bug line.
What is Joltik/Galvantula?
A group of women that combined held all of the different Eeveelutions, or at least they did.
Who are Kimono Girls?
Abilities that negate the effects of weather.
What are Cloud 9 and Air Lock?
A fairly common evolution method was made much more specific for Shelmet and Karrablast because of this specification.
What is the need to be traded with each other?
A move that restores the user’s HP.
What is Shore Up?
A pokemon whose types were unique for one generation before being overshadowed by the following pseudo.
What is Vibrava/Flygon?
Unovans found only in the stadium in Nimbasa City. They are the players, of course!
Who are Infielders?
These evacuation abilities cause the users to switch out when damaged below half HP.
Gen IX introduced many new requirements to evolve pokemon, including this way for Bisharp.
What is fainting three other Bisharps (that hold a Leader's Crest)?
An offensive move that can lower the user’s defense and special defense stats.
What is Spit Up?
A Rotom form that was later joined by a fossil.
What is Rotom-Frost?
The lowest rank for males in the Gen VI Battle Chateau.
What is Baron?
These abilities cause contact moves against this pokemon to lower the attacker’s speed.
What are Gooey and Tangling Hair?
The exact conditions required to evolve a Sliggoo.
What is overworld rain or fog?
One of the few offensive moves that can combat a status effect.
What is Wake-Up Slap?
The only Ultra Beast that introduced a new typing combination.
What is Nihilego?
First responders that somehow only appear in Alola.
Who are Firefighters?
The signature abilities of Bruxish and Tsareena, these abilities prevent opponents from using priority moves.
What are Dazzling and Queenly Majesty?
Besides collecting the coins, the quirk that Gimmighoul’s evolution has that no other evolution has.
What is not being able to be cancelled with the B button?
A multi-hit move that always hits a set amount of times.
What is Beat Up?
A Gen 3 pokemon that was later joined by a this other Hoenn pokemon. (Need both Pokemon)
What is Numel/Camerupt?
Gen 1 exclusive whip-wielding trainers who tend to use Pokemon similar to real life beasts, such as Tauros or Sandslash.
Who are Tamers?