Each Pokemon has different abilities that you can use against other trainers and defeat them. With recent updates in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, players get to learn new abilities that have been added to some Pokemon. Let’s dive into it!
This guide will show you a list and explain you all abilities in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
List Of All New Abilities – Pokemon Scarlet And Violet
In the table below, you will get to see a list of all new abilities that have been added to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
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Knowing some of these abilities can give you a good idea on what type of a Pokemon you want to play, and also allow you to create a well-planned strategy for future battles.
| Ability Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Lingering Aroma | Contact with the Pokemon changes the attacker’s Ability to Lingering Aroma. |
| Speed Sower | Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokemon is hit by an attack. |
| Well-Baked Body | The Pokemon takes no damage when hit by Fire-type moves. Instead, its Defense stat is sharply boosted. |
| Earth Eater | If hit by a Ground-type move, the Pokemon has its HP restored instead of taking damage. |
| Armor Tail | The mysterious tail covering the Pokemon’s head makes opponents unable to use priority moves against the Pokemons or its allies. |
| Guard Dog | Boosts the Pokemon’s Attack stat if intimidated. Moves and items that would force the Pokemon to switch out also fail to work. |
| Zero to Hero | The Pokemon transforms into its Hero Form when it switches out. |
| Purifying Salt | The Pokemon’s pure salt protects it from status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves. |
| Good as Gold | A body of pure, solid gold gives the Pokemon full immunity to other Pokemon’s status moves. |
| Anger Shell | When an attack causes its HP to drop to half or less, the Pokemon gets angry. This lowers its Defense and SP. Def stats but boosts its Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats. |
| Toxic Debris | Scatters poison spikes at the feed of the opposing team when the Pokemon takes damage from physical moves |
| Opportunist | If an opponent’s stat is boosted, the Pokemon seizes the opportunity to boost the same stat for itself. |
| Wind Power | The Pokemon becomes charged with it is hit by a wind move, boosting the power of the next Electric-type move to Pokemon uses. |
| Wind Rider | Boosts the Pokemon’s Attack stat if Tailwind takes effect or if the Pokemon is hit by a wind move. The Pokemon also takes no damage from wind moves. |
| Electromorphosis | The Pokemon becomes charged when it takes damage, boosting the power of the next Electric-type move the Pokemon uses. |
| Thermal Exchange | Boosts the Attack stat when the Pokemon is hit by a Fire-type move. The Pokemon also cannot be burned. |
| Cud Chew | When the Pokemon eats a Berry, it will regurgitate that Berry at the end of the next turn and eat it one more time. |
| Commander | When the Pokemon enters a battle, it goes inside the mouth of an ally Dondozo if one is on the field. The Pokemon then issues commands from there. |
| Supreme Overlord | When the Pokemon enters a battle, its Attack and Sp. Atk stats are slightly boosted for each of the allies in its party that have already been defeated. |
| Mycelium Might | The Pokemon will always act more slowly when using status moves, but these moves will be unimpeded by the Ability of the target. |
| Rocky Payload | Powers up Rock-type moves. |
| Protosynthesis | Boosts the Pokemon’s most proficient stat in harsh sunlight or if the Pokemon is holding Booster Energy. |
| Quark Drive | Boosts the Pokemon’s most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokemon is holding Booster Energy. |
| Tablets of Ruin | The power of the Pokemon’s ruinous wooden tablets lowers the Attack stats of all Pokemon Except itself. |
| Sword of Ruin | The power of the Pokemon’s ruinous sword lowers the Defense stats of all Pokemon except itself. |
| Vessel of Ruin | The power of the Pokemon’s ruinous vessel lowers the Sp. Atk stats of all Pokemon except itself. |
| Beads of Ruin | The power of the Pokemon’s ruinous beads lowers the Sp. Def stats of all Pokemon except itself. |
| Orichalcum Pulse | Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokemon enters a battle. The ancient pulse thrumming through the Pokemon also boosts its Attack stat in harsh sunlight. |
| Hadron Engine | Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokemon enters a battle. The futuristic engine within the Pokemon also boosts its Sp. Atk stat on Electric Terrain. |
And those are all of the newly added abilities into Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. That’s it for now trainers, good luck with your Pokemon battles!
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