I Made Up 16 New Pokemon Abilities

[@philipgelderblom6878]

I love abilities and items that copy each other. Having the passive healing of leftovers combined with a berry or assault vest would be great

[@liammbiscwit]

Just harvest in the sun

[@meticakolli1237]

We do not need leftovers + leftovers on any pokemon except for delibird

[@repstylegaming9730]

Ability: Glock 19. You instantly win but you get arrested.

[@derpious267]

A while back I came up with an ability called "Plague". It acts like mummy but poisons the user, regardless of type. The user starts out poisoned.

[@devinnall2284]

I'd give Tropius an ability called Grafting that allows it to permanently gain the effect of any berry it is holding so stat berries would act like choice items without locking you in, super effective berries would permanently remove one of it's weaknesses, and healing berries would work as a better version of leftovers healing 1/8 of hp every turn instead of only 1/16 this wouldn't be too broken since Tropius isn't actually that good and it makes sense thematically because you're basically 'Grafting' different berries onto his little chin beard which would make them literally part of its body

[@gesundheitoh520]

i love this

[@genericcatgirl]

@@borzoilover4156 There is already an ability called corrosion that allows poison to affect steel and poison types but not one that allows it to be super effective, sadly

[@borzoilover4156]

@@genericcatgirl oh i didnt know what Pokémon is it

[@genericcatgirl]

@@borzoilover4156 Salazzle

[@borzoilover4156]

@@genericcatgirl oh right ok thanks nargacuga

[@BthIX]

Ability idea: Indestructible. Leaves Pokemon who use self-destructive moves with 1 HP remaining instead of knocking themselves out

[@Popuonow.1]

That’s literally how old sturdy used to work

[@davidowusu1184]

Ambipom should have Ambidextrous. Able to hold two items at the same time

[@natlus_]

Double choice items go brrr

[@davidowusu1184]

@@natlus_ ikr

[@shawntross6104]

What about my version of Ambidextrious?

[@naoyukiyoneyama5222]

I love that idea!

[@dawnsbuneary]

I came up with abilities that set up the "room" moves upon entering the battle. Trick Caster sets up Trick Room, Magic Caster sets up Magic Room, and Wonder Caster sets up Wonder Room.

[@jul1us787]

How would trick room work on switch in? Would the slowest mon move instantly? Sounds broken if so

[@demi-femme4821]

Use a Pokémon with Trick Caster to ruin VGC instantly.

[@ProvidenceSP]

You could give Trick caster to caterpie and he will have 100% usage in vgc

[@ElenaPog]

Magic caster and wonder caster sound really interesting and I’d love to see them. Trick caster however, with VGC’s dynamic speed, oh dear god

[@awsmguy175]

that’s so deadly!

[@cheoplays6477]

I came up with 3 cool ideas for abilities: 1) Weird Guard - All damage dealt to and from you deal neutral damage 2) Speedster - When the Pokemon is first sent out to battle, it's speed, evasion and accuracy all raise by one stage, but evasion can no longer be changed 3) Focus Pressure - Moves deal 50% more damage but take 2 pp instead of 1

[@Nihilismatic]

All of these except maybe speedster are gamebreakingly overpowered my guy

[@Waffleraptor626]

@@Nihilismatic Weird Guard is a worse version of a ability

[@Nihilismatic]

@@Waffleraptor626 I know, but the BETTER VERSION of the ability is tied to a Pokémon with exactly one hp. If you give this to any moderately bulky mon that gets Toxic, it’d be one of the best walls in the game since it isn’t threatened by anything that hasn’t set up.

[@Blackstarrkhalis]

@@Nihilismaticweird guard isn’t OP as he stated it affects both Pokémon attacking. So the weird guard Pokémon and the enemy Pokémon both just do normal damage to each other which isn’t op at all. It actually can happen normally if both of you don’t have super effective moves in the first place

[@Nihilismatic]

@@Blackstarrkhalis Yeah, but the fact that you don’t do supereffective damage doesn’t matter. It’s clearly a defensive ability, as your main damage source will probably come from residual damage. Can you imagine trying to stop a Toxapex without a super-effective move? A Gyarados that’s dragon-dancing without any? It guarantees that whatever role the assigned Pokémon gets, it’ll excel at it. Even a follow me Pokémon with this would be hella good, since there’s actually no reason not to bring it with it having zero bad matchups. If the mons highest stat is bulk, it’ll be an amazing wall. If it’s highest stat is attack/special attack, it’ll be an amazing set up-sweeper. If it’s highest stat is speed, it’ll be an amazing support Pokémon. Wonder guard is balanced around one HP, but this ability *isn’t* balanced around anything. If put on around 50% of the dex would make them a competitively viable Pokémon immediately.

[@bigledian4008]

Some of my ability ideas. Sunburn: harsh sun burns pokemon. Third degree: fire type pokemon can be burned. Misdirection: triggers the secondary effect of any of the Pokèmon's moves. Combo star: moves that hit multiple times increase in damage by 10% for each consecutive each hit. Envenom: all biting moves have a chance to Poison. Sun shower: water type moves are boosted in sunlight and fire type moves are boosted in rain. Steam cloud: raises evasiveness when hit by a water type move.

[@shawntross6104]

Here's one I thought of. Ambidextrous Pokemon with more than 2 hands can make any physical move with either 60 or less base power, or 80% or less accuracy, a 30% chance to hit 2 to 5 times. Thoughts?

[@shawntross6104]

Also some others. Stuncoat: 2/3 chance to either poison or paralyze when hit by physical move. Psychocoat: 2/3 change to either confuse or poison when hit by a physical move. Contaminate: Water attacks gain a 1/3 chance to poison. Specialty Tactics: Same type status moves that target your opponent deal damage equal to the user's level

[@bigledian4008]

@shawntross6104 maybe just make it hit twice. It sounds a bit op if a move with 60 base power can it up to 5 times

[@Cyberpunkninja92]

Misdirection looks like a better serene grace as of now, I would make it so that if a pokemon with misdirection is hit with a move and the secondary effect activates, the pokemon with misdirection gets the benefits, or penalties, instead

[@SymbioticVader]

Combo star on maushold would be insanely broken

[@antz045]

Endothermic/ Heat Absorb: Fire Type Version of Water Absorb Mental Mind: Raise Special Attack when hit by Psychic Move Weed Eater: Recovers Health if Hit with a Grass Move Iron Foot: Powers up all Kicking Moves Critical Booster: (Sheer Force for High Critical Hit Moves) Bug Eater: Recovers Health if Hit with a Bug Move (predominately an ability for bird Pokemon)

[@whatyoulookinfor]

second wind is literally just anger shell

[@kalynmarcus6307]

The drawback of overripen should be that it makes you confused, since overripe foods tend to ferment

[@DangerDurians]

Seeing quickstart I now understand the design decision behind defeatist

[@bea_chan]

9:49 About this, I think it's unfair that the Electric type doesn't have an equivalent ability to this. So introducing Surge, an ability that powers up Electric-type moves by 50% when the Pokemon that has it falls to 1/3 of its max HP. I could see this as a hidden ability for the Pikachu line, as well as select Pikaclones and Electric-types with stats about on par with a fully-evolved starter Pokemon(since all standard starters get Blaze, Torrent, or Overgrow as a hidden ability). Also, I could see Sweet Dreams as a PERFECT signature ability for Cresselia!

[@Fonzie4444]

Y'know how there's an ability for every wether and terrain? What about a trio of abilities that set up the feild states related to the pledge moves? A trick room setting ability would be super cool too.

[@MEPlaysGames]

Y'know I kinda dig the pledge ones

[@JanusHoW]

An auto-Trick Room ability would be absolutely broken, even if it only lasted for 3-5 turns like weather does. It would become the only viable play style for serious competitive play due to how many mons it would enable.

[@olafmikoaj3121]

It would be broken. Switching is first performer action in battle before any attacks. Trick room has the lowest priority to make sure it doesn't mess up with speed order mid turn. And what about Magic room and Wonder room setting abbility? Could even two different rooms exists at the same time? So many questions...

[@AquaStyles]

How about at the end of the turn the user switched onto the field trick room is set up to make it balanced

[@JanusHoW]

@@AquaStyles Then you might as well just use the move Trick Room. Or better yet, a Pokemon that can use the move with priority.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

“Hasty is already the name of a nature” Psychic the type and Psychic the special attack: 😐 Anyway have some ability ideas: - Overchill: Ice-types can be frozen - Anti-Hero: Dark-type moves are super effective against Fighting-types - Rebellious: Boosts attack by one stage if hit by a Fighting-type move - Arms Expert: Boosts the power of ball and bomb moves - Cauterize: Burn heals 1/8 HP, attack drop from burn is removed - Mana Block: Immunity to Fairy-type moves - Toxic Partner: Badly poisons infatuated Pokémon - Conformist: Ignores attacking abilities - Mystic Power: Doubles Special Attack - Aqua Affinity: Increases the power of Water-type moves by 50% - Snakeskin: Halves damage from non-contact moves, but doubles that of Steel-type moves At least two of these are stolen from Pokémon Clover, but under a different name.

[@kappaprimus]

Toxic partner is my favourite

[@kalosianporygon]

As a Berry fan, I wasn't aware of the existence of the Max Berries format. Detonate can be a fun Ability for the Voltorb line.

[@IronDino]

Ideas for New Abilities Round Break; Recovers 1/16 HP when using a Status Move. (It acts as a nerfed version of Forager and would be given mostly to Fighting Type Pokémon.) Perfect Accuracy; offensive moves go last in its priority slot, but bypass accuracy checks to always hit. (Like Mycelium Might + No Guard) Waterjet Cutter; increases the critical hit ratio by two stages. Recompence; is immune to Ghost-type moves and will increase the power of Ghost-type moves by 50% when hit by one. (Like Flash Fire) Puppeteer; Deals 50% more damage against a trapped target , takes 50% less damage from a trapped target. Cacophony; Doubles the power of Sound based moves. Opportunist; Increases the power of priority moves by 30%. Combative; Turns Normal type moves into Fighting type moves . (Like Galvanize or Pixilate) Ensnare; Trapping moves deal 1/8 damage per turn instead of 1/16 Event Horizon; Gravity intensifies for five turns. (Gravity) Chronal Distortion; Twists dimensions on the field for five turns. (Trick Room) Quantum Flux; Causes any active battle effects to swap sides. (Court Change) Paradigm Shift; Reverses type effectiveness for five turns.

[@yourpsychicfriendfredbear]

One I made for a weak pigeon fakemon was something like Arson. If the pokemon makes contact with another pokemon, the ability partially activates and text says that pokemon feels oily. If the oiled up one is hit by a fire type move it WILL be burned. Being oily acts as a non-volatile status condition, so moves and whatnot affecting that would come into play.

[@naoyukiyoneyama5222]

I made a new ability called "riskless". It is basically sheer force for negative effect moves. It decreases the power of attacking moves by 20%. But in exchange, it removes the negative effects of those moves. For example, if Pokemon with this ability uses brave bird, the power reduces to 96 (120 * 0.8 = 96), but the user will not take recoil damage (does not affect moves with posirive effects, two turn moves, or the accuracy of the move).

[@unwithering5313]

Will this affect moves that hurt you when you miss? (Reckless treats that as recoil)

[@naoyukiyoneyama5222]

@@unwithering5313 No. Actually, ignore what I said about two turn moves. So it is able to use a weaker two turn moves (e.g. solar beam and blast burn).

[@naoyukiyoneyama5222]

Sorry, I meant to say yes. It does affect those moves.

[@KanderUdon]

Edit: Just watched the vid, you guys had a lot of the same ideas as me lol Elementalist - This Pokemon has its stats raised when hit by an elemental attack. Immune to elemental attacks. (Fire boosts attack, Grass boosts defense, Electric boosts special attack, water boosts special defense.) Hollow Ear - This Pokémon is immune to sound based moves. It cannot be confused Evasion Stance - When at full HP, this pokemon will dodge all moves without 100% accuracy. Critical Stance - When at full HP, all of the user’s moves will Crit. Vexing Spirits - The Pokemon directly across from this Pokemon is unable to switch out naturally. At the end of each turn, that Pokemon has a 50% chance to become confused. Careful Guard - This Pokemon will be protected from all contact moves before it moves each turn. Doesn’t work on switch in. Caged Reality - After being hit, this Pokemon summons a reality cage, trapping itself and the attacker inside. Once inside, they can only target and be targeted by each other. The cage lasts 3 turns. Not triggered when hit by a partner. Charge Time - This Pokemon’s attacks have 1.5x power if they are the last on the field to move. Psyche Out - On switch in, opposing Pokemon’s special attack stats are lowered by one stage. Preparation - This Pokemon is immune to multi turn attacks. (Solar Beam, Fly, Phantom Force) Not immune if the move is charged early. Versatility - This Pokemon will always have equal attack and special attack stats when it switches in. Its stats will default to whichever stat is higher. (EVs effect both) Lagging Illusion - On switch-in this Pokémon sets up trick room. Toxic Blood - If this Pokemon is hit by a draining move, the attacker will faint. Demotivated - This Pokemon will always move last in its priority bracket. Knowledge Over All - This Pokemon always has access to protect and recover, along with 4 other moves. Royal Command - Each turn, this Pokemon(commander) will summon a member of its family. Each member acts independently of the commander. Maximum of three members active at one time. (Each member acts as a new Pokemon that can be targeted by the opponent. Every member attacks a random opponent each turn with an attack stat of 50, with a 50 power typeless move every turn.) Members have 1 HP and the same speed stat as the commander. If the commander faints, all members do as well. Strong Armor - This Pokemon is immune to damage from all damaging moves under 80 base power. (Secondary effects still apply) Pure Rage - If this pokemon attacks and does no damage, its attack is raised by 1 stage. Photosynthesis - This Pokémon is immune to Light Based Moves. It heals 50% of its maximum HP if hit by a Light Based Move. Veiled Eyes - This Pokémon is immune to Light based moves. Radiant Glow - The power of Light Based Moves is increased by 1.5x. Blazing Glare - All Light Based Moves are converted to Fire type. Smoke Bomb - Whenever this Pokémon switches out, it sets up Fog. Trickster - All supereffective hits are now resisted, all resisted hits are supereffective, all immune hits OHKO, and all OHKO moves do no damage. Only works on defense. Clear Focus - This Pokemon can know 5 moves at any one time. Hazy Figure - This Pokemon gains a 25% evasion boost in the fog. Ice Eater - This Pokemon is immune to Ice type attacks. Heals 25% when hit by a ice type attack. Sound Sleeper - This Pokemon always sleeps for 3 turns. Each turn asleep, this Pokémon heals 25% health. Sluggish Scent - All Pokemon on the field besides the user have their evasion cut in half. Alter of Ruin - All Pokemon on the field besides the user have their speed reduced by 25%. Risky Stance - All users moves will crit, and the user will always be crit. Sore Loser/Auto-Bomb - When this Pokémon would faint, it instead uses self destruct Magic Guard - This Pokémon takes 50% less damage from fairy and dragon attacks. Bad Sport - When this Pokemon attacks, the target becomes taunted Vampiric - This Pokemon’s biting moves heal the user for 50% of the damage dealt. The stronger ones of these are signature abilities on mons that have other limitations

[@elfabrip]

These are some pretty cool ideas, but some of them already kind of exist Charge Time is very similar to Analytic, maybe the power boost is different but I can't remember Toxic Blood is similar to Liquid Ooze, but it instantly kills instead of converting the healing into damage Demotivated is the same as Stall iirc Magic Guard already exists and makes you take no indirect damage (status, weather, hazards, etc), but your idea is completely original, just the name is the same you might be a bit of a GameFreak designer yourself lol

[@KanderUdon]

@@elfabrip thanks g ye demotivated is for a specific mon that stall wouldn’t have made sense on

[@Cyberpunkninja92]

I hope no critical stance pokemon get eruption or water spout

[@KanderUdon]

@@Cyberpunkninja92 it was exclusive for a regional form of sawk

[@Playerofakind]

ting lu has a skill that's like a special atk intimidate just wish other mons had something like it

[@rodrickgoldberg2324]

Ability ideas -Silent fury: Doubles the power of the Pokemon’s next attack when targeted with a status move. If the move restricts their own move choices (Disable or Torment), all their stats get a plus 2 boost. -Last Breath: The Pokémon is able to finish their turn even when their HP hits zero. (So you can pull off Counter and Mirror Coat even if you end up dying). Overstimulated: If the Pokémon is confused or paralyzed, their speed is doubled (Yes, this would override the normal speed cut paralysis usually does). It is still possible for the Pokémon to lose their turn though. Halfsies: The Pokémon shares it’s held item with its partner in double battles. The effect for both of them is half the power of normal. Cumulative: The Pokemon’s Attack and Speed both get a plus 1 boost every turn while Snowing/Hailing. Flooding: All Pokémon on the field are unable to escape while the ability holder is present during while it’s raining.

[@kairu808]

I think the Rush Hour ability would work better if instead of nerfing the move's damage, it would consume more PP at the cost of bypassing the charge/recharge turn

[@Judgementday3010]

I think Tough Guy should just reduce the damage of all moves 60 base power by 50%. It seems like it would be useful and good for balance.

[@tailz555]

I had the idea for an ability called "perfect memory" where a pokemon keeps all its stat changes even after switching and being sent out again. The drawback being that it also keeps stat drops, so switching when something like sticky web is on the field would keep lowering its speed stat.

[@thequagiestsire]

Here’s mine: *Echoing Blows* “The Pokémon deals more damage if it uses the same move multiple times in succession.” The user’s moves will deal 1.1x damage per time used repeatedly, similar to the Metronome item. Similar to the item, the damage boost caps at 2x and fades if you use a different move. This ability stacks with Metronome.

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

I had an idea similar to the Hasty ability mentioned, essentially being the signature ability for the Steel/Dragon pseudo legend, whose body is essentially a shape shifting cannon. "Blind-Fire" allows the user to use charging or recharging moves in one turn, but ONLY on the first turn they're on the field. This effect resets after it switches out.

[@AshZucchini8168]

The point of the name “gorilla tactics” is that, while it sounds like “guerilla tactics,” an actual _gorilla’s_ tactics would be much simpler, but have brute force behind them. With that in mind, calling its special equivalent “mind games” doesn’t really make sense. Something like “repetitive thought” would make more sense I think

[@Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin]

New regional shuckle's ability Fumigate: Resets entire field when switched in. Eliminates hazards, screens, volatile status, weather and terrain ALL gone!

[@Cyberpunkninja92]

Ability ideas Conductivity: Boosts the power of all electric type moves by 2x in rain. Warmonger: boosts attack stats of allies by 1 stage, once per switch in. Spellsword: all special attacking moves use the physical attack stat and do 1.3x damage Illusionary Fist: all physical moves use the special attack stat and do 1.3x damage Calcustriker: all moves crit, but this pokemon will always move last.

[@AttmozGlaishur]

“Royal” ability: Causes the enemy to flinch on their first attack: Serperior, Aegislash, Arcanine, Bisharp

[@davidevans2863]

How about a chef type pokemon with an ability known as "Gourmet" that improves the effects of held food. So all berries except health healing berries would also raise a random stat by 1 and all healing berries and leftover would become 50% better

[@TheManManoel]

I agree with the Tought guy ability but make so that the secondary effects of moves still happen. So, for example, if you used nuzzle a pokemon with that ability would take no damage but would still get paralyzed

[@that2amvagueexistentialdread]

One of the two of you talks a little too fast when you're reading a script but the banter between you two when you're off the script is fun.

[@gaster000]

One thing I remember is that in one of the Pokemon fangames they made Mega Haxorus a real thing, and it's ability was Fearmonger, which was intimidate that works for both attacking stats.

[@buplix8890]

In the sense False Start takes inspiration from Prankster, Psychic types should be immune, because they could read the mind of a False Start mon and figure out their tactic.

[@darthoak5453]

I came up with an ability called “No Pain No Gain” where it’s basically just a life orb, 1.3x dmg on attacking moves but lose 1/10 hp

[@The30ph]

I think another cool concept for the opposite of slow start would be "warm-up" an ability that if a pokemon spends 5 turns on the field without switching out then it would get a 30% boost on all stats. To balance this if the pokemon switches out it would have to spend the 5 turns all over again for the boosts

[@coolguy5133]

Maybe in part 2, I'm guessing that there is going to be an alternative Ability for Arceus that would work like the Legend Plate, essentially freeing up Arceus's held item.

[@indy63_24]

My creation, Explosive Body: Survives self-destructive moves by taking recoil damage instead, at the cost of some power.

[@robertlupa8273]

I would NOT want to face a Pokemon with Detonate in a Nuzlocke.

[@smoldog6013]

sweet dreams + comatose + leftovers + recover or something = completely fucking unkillable

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

It can’t have two abilities at once

[@EpicEvan5]

One custom ability idea I have is for an ability called “thunderstorm.” This ability will set up both rain and electric terrain for 5 turns on switch in

[@quorryraphael9980]

Probably too strong idk

[@unwithering5313]

Very powerful, BUT on a Pokemon like Lanturn; who is both Water/ Electric AND not very strong for modern standards then it could potentially counterbalance things.

[@Beastamon]

Death stare might as well be called Stinkeye. Rush Hour can be called Hyperactive.

[@ASCENSiON_]

Might as well share some abilities that I have planned for my own region! Ambidextrous: This Pokémon can hold two different held items at once. Big Beatdown: Sound based moves from this Pokémon or allies have an increased critical hit ratio. Cuteness Overload: This Pokémon inflicts infatuation after taking or dealing damage, regardless of gender. Entomophobia: Dealing or taking contact damage has a 30% chance to inflict Infestation on the target. Firepower: This Pokémon gains STAB damage from Fire Type moves. Groove Jam: This Pokémon heals itself and allies for 1/10th of their max HP after a sound based move is used. Insulation: This Pokémon is immune to the negative effects of weather conditions, and ignores opposing Pokemon's damage boosts from weather conditions. Radiation: Badly poisons any other Pokémon on the field after that Pokémon spends one turn in battle. Reunion: While on the field with another ally that has Reunion in a double battle, both Pokémon will gain a boost in every stat by 1 stage. Seasickness: This Pokémon gradually drains 10% of the health of aquatic Pokémon every turn, and takes less damage from Water type moves. Trip Like I Do: Dealing or taking contact damage has a 30% chance to confuse the target. Unstable Mutation: This Pokémon transforms into a random Pokémon every turn (complete with a different moveset and temporary new ability while transformed). Controlled Mutation: This Pokémon transforms into a random fully evolved Pokémon every turn (Unstable Mutation changes into this ability after evolution).

[@shawntross6104]

My version of Ambidextrous would be absolutely broken.

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Imagine having a controlled mutation mon and it just switches between Mightyena and Raticate every turn. Both of the mutation mons would be banned fast though. I’m guessing Mutation would become an As One-like ability. And that the Controlled Mutation takes priority over Uncontrolled Mutation.

[@ASCENSiON_]

The mutation abilities are exclusive to a two stage line of Ultra Beasts called Mutamoeba and Titanogella, and Unstable Mutation will become Controlled Mutation when Mutamoeba evolves. It would function like As-One with whatever other ability the Pokémon it transformed into can carry for that turn. The difference between the two is that Unstable Mutation can turn the user into NFE's, while Controlled Mutation removes the NFE's from the selection pool in exchange for legendaries. These abilities are a huge gamble to begin with, and could be overpowered or useless at random, depending on whatever Titanogella wants to be for a turn. It could go from Eternatus to Spinda in an instant.

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

@@ASCENSiON_ still banned because of that very reason. The RNG is insane.

[@ASCENSiON_]

Absolutely lmao

[@leviwatson1891]

I'd love an ability that assists in catching, a parasect or breloom only get you so far, are worthelss against ghost or even rock and steel types, and aren't super helpful outside of catching, especially late game. Maybe an ability that makes every move under 60 power have the same effect as false swipe, so you have other elemental options without the risk of knocking them out. Call it "Held Back" or something and make it only 2nd or 3rd stage so you aren't completely helpless early game

[@lordecramox7394]

I've always had an ability idea that I thought would be sick as hell. Parasite Prevent all other Pokemon on the field from healing. If they would've healed, then heal for 50% of what they would've, percentage-wise. Also applies to allied Pokemon.

[@shoot4thestars176]

I feel like Parasite would indicate that the Pokemon would steal the healing effect- or at least part of it

[@lordecramox7394]

@@shoot4thestars176 That... Is what it does. Did you not click Read More?

[@ZZbOOt770]

With "Fast Learner", every pokemon will just be smeargle on steroids

[@nestor916]

My concept (for some fighting or ghost types ig) Loyal Soul - If this pokemon was to be knocked out before it performed its move, it does it and then faints.

[@dahubbzgaming]

Detonate might be my favorite here. So chaotic. I'm honestly surprised they still haven't made Special attack version of Itimidate.

[@myheartismadeofstars]

Turtonator with Detonate

[@OneMoreBookMatt]

I was thinking about a way to make articuno good and came with the ability “Northen Lights”, since articuno is know for summon auroras AND hail, this ability would make him summon snow and Aurora Veil while in the field. You combo this with Blizzard, Freezy Dry, Hurricane and Tera Blast Ground and equipe with Assault Vest and he became really good

[@gideonlosee]

A pokemon with detonate would be a nightmare for nuzlockers. Both using one and fighting one

[@Alnoots]

I think it'd be fun to have an ability that's like moody, but for other abilities. So change abilities to a random one once per turn

[@Otherfox-be9up]

Tough guy blocking fake out and spin is...

[@seungkwanbot3203]

also called being a ghost type

[@wafflebroz]

“Sloppy Seconds” When this Pokémon is hit by a contact move it induces the encore mechanic

[@zealotoftheorchard9853]

How am I supposed to use swallow after lick?

[@ninjathis3009]

Distracting: Chance to redirect attacks made on your partner in a double battle to the pokemon with the ability. Jealous: When an opponent uses an item, this pokemon uses it as well. Apologetic: When the Pokemon with this ability attacks an ally with a damaging move, it will also heal them a small percentage of HP after.

[@torchilicho]

I’ve had a ton of ideas but here’s a few of the better ones: Clogged toilet: if a stat is lowered by the opponent it goes down the first turn but then goes up twice the second turn. Flip trick: kick and spin moves boost speed if they hit, lose health if miss. (I made this before rapid spin increases speed) Biofuel: every time a berry is consumed the pokemon gets a speed increase. Low ground: if pokemon is shorter def goes up, goes down if pokemon is taller. (Same height nothing.) Walk tall: if pokemon is taller than opponent attack goes up, goes down if pokemon is shorter (same height nothing.) Resolve: accuracy is guaranteed to hit after second consecutive use of move that missed the last turn, EXCLUDING ohko moves.

[@ASCENSiON_]

I need to know what kind of Pokémon/Fakémon would be running an ability called "Clogged Toilet" LMFAOOOO

[@torchilicho]

@ lol probably muk BUT there should totally be a toilet mon.

[@ASCENSiON_]

Maybe Pelipper too lmao

[@torchilicho]

@@ASCENSiON_ oh yeah he is kinda like a toilet haha that’s true

[@gamerek9546]

Here's an idea: malware a porygon Z ability-installs one of these 3 on the enemy klutz,a new ability called lag where user has 50% chance to use it's last move and the last one is also a new one glitchy this one makes the user have 50% chance to get a random status at the end of the turn(charm,confusion etc)

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Choice Band users when they get hit by lag: Oh-Oh N-No, Anyyy-Any-nee-Ways

[@gamerek9546]

it's time to ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-run *server isn't responding*

[@BluMNBafnGaming]

Also what about an ability that reverses all type matchups on the field for the next 5 turns basically creating an inverse battle for a short bit.

[@captainpolar2343]

"When this pokemon faints from a superffective move, it swaps the dimensions inversing all type matchups"

[@wanderingfoxgod]

I thought of abilities base from my favorite game Ragnarok Online. Comet crash - upon entering/switching in all pokemon will have burn status, this ability will also activate flash fire, well baked body and alike. this ability will only activate once throughout the match. Devotion - The pokemon will absorb half of the damage targeted to its ally, damage calculation is base on the absorbing Pokemon's defense or Special Defense. Frenzied - If health is less than 1/3 speed stats is doubled Steel Body - The less health the pokemon has the lesser the damage it gets. Clearance - upon entering, all feild effects are cleared such as hazards, terrains and substitute. Dragonology - Increase effectiveness and resistance against dragon types. Beast bane - Increase effectiveness and resistance against flying and bug types, increase effectiveness and resistance against fish and beast like pokemon. Freezing skin - If attacked with a contact move 10% chance to freeze the attacker. I tried to balance them LOL

[@CorruptdKetchup]

Ambidextrous (the ability to hold two items) for stuff like ambipom would be fun. It would be kinda busted, but come on. It’s on fucking ambipom.

[@TornadoZX825]

I've come up with some wack-ass abilities of varying levels of overpoweredness before, here's a few Perfect Strikes: Every time you land a critical hit, your crit damage multiplier increases. (This got paired with a fakemon whose signature move boosts its crit ratio by 1 every time it lands) Muscle Memory: Spamming a move makes it stronger Mind Over Matter: You take no damage from burn and poison, also your Special Attack is multiplied by 1.5 while burned, poisoned or paralyzed Dead Magic: While you're on the field, Dark is resistant to, and strong against Fairy Magic Knight: If you use an attacking move, you will always use your higher Attacking stat for damage calculation (does not apply to Body Press or Foul Play) Ultimate Guard: When hit by an attacking move, you will always apply your higher Defending stat (does not apply to Psyshock or Secret Sword) Unyielding Fist: Your contact moves never miss. Fancy Footwork: Multiplies the power of your kicking koves by 1.2 Radiation: Your super-effective moves deal 2.5x damage instead of 2x, also your Electric-type attacks ignore abilities Plasma Buster: While you're on the field, Electric is resistant to, and strong against Ground

[@amigomorton5193]

A new ability for Victreebel "Devour": At the end of a turn, if an opposing Pokémon is at critical health, it will faint through this ability, then, the Pokémon with this ability gains 1,5 HP of what the opponent had left before.

[@haddy106]

Love how "Rock Hard" makes you predominantly resistant to moves that are supereffective on Rock

[@evanallaire2829]

8 Ability Ideas: Frosty: Boosts Ice Moves in Snow by 2x Fireproof: Immunity to Fire Type Moves & Will o Wisp Vanity: Boosts Special Attack Drastically every time its hit with a Super Effective Move First Served: First Turn Always goes First Final Destination: If its KOd Immediately, the Oposer Dies Abnormality: Normal Type Moves are Super Effective Aganist Other Normal Types Stone Muncher: Heals by 20% when hit by Rock Moves Metro Boost: Triples the Power of Metromone Attacks, & makes it always Priority

[@LuxminosityBoy]

Great or at least interesting ideas overall, instead of lowering stats, I'd change false start to only give prio to low dmg moves just like technician or your invented Tough Guy, I'm surprised you didn't think about aplying that same base power rule to this ability. Also I'd change death stare's name to paranoia, since being paranoid is related to the mind and therefore to SpA. Just some random thoughts I had while watching this, really enjoyed it

[@fiamma_1585]

Tough guy is an interesting one... When a Pokémon is burned the power of its physical moves gets divided by 2... This would make the combo Tough Guy + Burn really op. Imagine threats like Dragon Dance mons getting burned and completely neutralized by a Tough Guy user

[@MEPlaysGames]

The way I laid it out, Tough Guy wouldn't quite work like that. Burn cuts the final damage in half, not the base power of the move itself. So the same way Technician doesn't start boosting moves if the user is burned, Tough Guy wouldn't start blocking them if the target is burned

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

6:13 add a side effect that means it only works if the user isn’t holding Clear Amulet, or just lowers the move’s base power.

[@hillrp1]

Overeater: Each time during a turn that a held berry could activate, it will Very niche, basically only works against multi-hit moves, but the idea is that if you eat a berry, you still have the berry until the end of the turn. So if you're hit by a population bomb while holding a sitrus berry, you always heal back each time you drop below 50% for one turn. Alternatively, you could activate something like a kee berry for each of the up to 5 hits of something like scale shot

[@paintkiller93]

My ideas: Sheer Determination: pokemon gets boost in attack stats when health is below 1/3 Auto gravity Auto room settings (trick room, wonder room, etc) Something with a name like solar power but skips all charging turns for hyper beam type attacks in the sun only. An ability that is a built in life orb

[@afossileel]

Friendly: increases the chances of catching wild Pokémon. It could also give a slight defense boost to give it some competitive use

[@dm98five]

I imagine a cool one could be like power napper which boosts attack and special attack when affected by sleep, or restful sleeper which gives a large heal every turn while asleep would probably shake up the competitive scene a bit

[@peachesaupear8455]

One really cool ability i once saw in a ROM hack (idk if it ever actually released) was an ability called Quickdraw on a bandito Pokémon. It made the priority of all moves for all Pokémon be 0 while the Pokémon was on the field, except for Protect, Detect, Wide Guard, and Quick Guard (tho I guess the move Quick Guard would be useless in this situstion anyway). All other moves would go based on a Speed check alone, including negative priority moves like Trick Room and Roar.

[@FriendOfHatkid]

My ideas: An ability that works like built-in torment on your pokemon. How about making it increase your speed by 30%, but you cannot use 2 of the same move in a row. Making it 50% boost would just be broken. The name? Idk. Maybe "Unrepeatable" Next - "No Target" - an ability taht increases the higher attack stat of your mon by 25%, but whatever move you use in a double battle will hit the other mon not targetted by your attack. And, you cannot target your ally in any way. And make it not work in single battles. And moves that hit multiple targets have no drawback, but smth like earthquake will still hit your ally. And lastly, how about an ability that works like imprison - a move that blocks a target from using all move it shares with the user. "Anti Copycat". A dumb name, I know. And this abilty won't work on other mons with this abilty, so mirror matches won't come down to speed tie or who trained in speed more.

[@Pablo360able]

Fast Learner is insane. It's basically type-limited Sketch. In other words, every Pokemon with that ability is Smeargle.

[@myheartismadeofstars]

Better name for Rush Hour, how about "Efficiency"? The idea is that they don't waste time with their moves (making it the opposite of Truant in a sense) allowing them to be used quicker, but they aren't as strong

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Shared Care: The user benefits from its ally's healing effects and receives 50% of that healing Lead Feet: Reduces Speed but ignores grounded hazards and terrains Wary: The user's attacks don't trigger abilities, but the power of moves is sightly reduced

[@shawntross6104]

I really like that wary ability

[@BthIX]

Forager balance idea: ability doesn't activate if the Pokemon has any defense/evasiveness star boosts or on turns where they use status moves

[@crystalpokedude4329]

Another one in a similar vein to Rock Hard is Bladeproof, which makes you immune to slashing moves (anything effected by Sharpness.)

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

Just thought of an ability- Last Hurrah. What it does, is if you're going to faint before you get to make your move that turn, you don't faint until after you move, but you auto faint after it. Power of move is reduced by 10% and Status moves lose 10 accuracy. So it could be clutch or could amount to nothing

[@buplix8890]

Sounds like destiny bond with extra steps

[@insanityworks4ussu4skrowyt34]

False Start would be very powerful if the Pokémon with it can learn Foul Play. It uses the opponent's Attack stat for damage, so most likely it would lower the user's Attack - which does basically nothing if they only use Foul Play for a physical attack. Granted, that's 1 move out of however many moves there are, so not too bad, but still a powerful option.

[@Jigglypuff_and_Tsareena_fan]

I had plenty of ideas for abilities that do surround some of my favorite Pokémon. Lullaby: This ability slightly boosts sound based moves, but it's better aligned with Sing, which makes it hit no matter what and goes through Soundproof. Adaptive: This ability is a bit overpowered but meh meh. Everytime it's hit by a move, it's starts to get more and more resistant to the move/type. It also will slowly get more and more stronger with moves.

[@futureDreamer4]

Power plant: Moves that cause recoil after use heals the user hp instead. Moves that require charging are ignored.

[@DanielisAwesome52]

Fast Learner for all Baby Pokemon would give them a unique feature, and make them worthwhile to use. I imagine it would be more based on their learnset rather than type. That way if they see or get hit by a move they can learn (say Egg Moves they weren't born with) they could adopt those moves. Would give TPCi incentive to introduce more Baby pokemon as well since they'd then have a usage. Also if games keep Legends Arceus's ability to just readjust the move set on the fly it would become super powerful in a playthough, you hatch a Baby Pokemon and keep it as a Baby to teach it every move it can learn for free.

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

This honestly feels like a podcast

[@lolAvalanche]

I’d say Tough Guy should be based on how much damage the move would deal to you instead of being based on base power. Probably hits that do less than x% to you are nullified. Would probably still block rapid spin.

[@depressedfoxling]

An ability I just thought of today, is one called "Heckle". Basically, it's like Intimidate, but with Physical Defense. 😜

[@Elfos64]

I had an idea for a new ability for Kricketune: Conductor- gives all sound moves used by it and doubles partner perfect accuracy and +1 priority, maybe with chance to boost random stat. I feel that Fast Learner would be too broken, would mess up balanced move pools.

[@ashngoyuchiha215]

Tough guy can simply be a hidden ability, so it wouldn’t be possible to be obtained early in casual play through

[@BthIX]

It'd make more sense if Tough Guy negated all damage that does less than say 1/10th of their max HP. So hail, standstorm, trapping moves, burns, and poison wouldnt do damage

[@The_D_ray]

You know what? I like Detonate a lot! However, I would change to something different: "The Pokémon with this ability will (fucking) explode if it receives a Critical Hit." This would be very good for stalling Pokémon or those who tend to set up a lot. They will still be useful even if the whole "setting up" doesn't work, and they would be less annoying to fight against because just ONE Critical Hit would instantly faint them.

[@greydonmccall9680]

False start is insanely overpowered, priority damage move followed by priority uturn/volt switch or whatever to reset the stat drop, very good revenge killer. Maybe instead it should only activate on the first turn like fake out? Still very strong but a lot more counter play with bulk, immunities, protect, speed, etc

[@noxthedremoralord2683]

I feel like Detonate should be a stronger variant to Aftermath, where the Pokemon deals damage equal to double the damage received on the turn it faints

[@GamerFromJump]

Rush Hour could instead of nerfing, either use 2 PP per move, or reduce accuracy (since you’re “shooting from the hip” basically).

[@explodingpancakeofawesomen8594]

IMO Dialga and Palkia should've gotten doper abilities than Pressure. I always imagined Dialga basically having Drizzle but with Trick Room instead of rain. Maybe they could've redistributed its stats so it would have much lower speed but when it enters the field time itself gets warped allowing Dialga to move first. Same thing with Palkia and Gravity I guess, just something that lets it warp space

[@terra593]

This is UTTERLY broken, but a new ability for regigigigigigigias I thought over is called Power Through Time, and it is simple: all stat changes and minor status conditions (like confusion) stay with Regigigas when swapped out (have +4 attack when forced out by something like tailwind? Come back with that buff already in place) This could be a double-edged sword however, keeping bad effects like confusion and your minus stats.

[@cameronmyers5716]

*whirlwind

[@Zeturic]

How about an ability version of Stomping Tantrum's effect? It doubles the power of your next move if your previous move failed. Imagine if it stacked with Stomping Tantrum. It'd become a base 300 power move.

[@ShivaniGupta-wx8gc]

I dont have names for these abilities but i have some effects which can be useful 1changes all status conditions[burn,paralyzed,poison,toxic,confusion]to benefit user burn heals u and gives 50% atk boost Confusion has a 33% chance to heal you like drain punch and so on Edit:these effects are too op so they are halved 2 the pokemon always has protect 3the user gets all the -tive conditions of partner but the partner -tive conditions are removed 4 every time you repeat the move its bp increases upto 2x status moves with acc checks increase their acc effects reset if u change your move 5the user gets +2 boosts to every stat but it reduces by one every turn till -2 6 if the user is on the field field effects time increase by 2x [trick room will last 10turns misty terrain with terrain extender lasts 16 turns and so on] 7moves affecting the user have half luck [moves like torch song will still increase your spa everytime but other moves affected by serene grace would be effected] 8all attacking moves have +1 prio but status moves have -1 prio if u dont use status move u use struggle every 5 turn

[@dustindurham6825]

I came up with an ability called Stubborn. It's a defense version of Defiant. It's the signature hidden ability of my starter Brayser.