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Ball Fetch

If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.

Ball Fetch

Pokémon ability

Pokémon

1

As Hidden Ability

0

Introduced

Generation 8

Games with pages

1

Flavor

In-game flavor text and effect notes for this ability.

Flavor Text

If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.

Short Effect

If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.

Effect

At any time after the first Poké Ball is thrown and fails to catch a Pokémon, at the end of a turn, if a Pokémon with Ball Fetch is on the field and not holding another item, it will pick up the same type of ball as the first one thrown.

Pokémon

1 Pokémon, including forms, can have Ball Fetch.
How each game describes Ball Fetch, newest first. Every row links to that game's own ability page.

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