Pickpocket

Ability used by 5 Black 2 and White 2 Pokémon.

Flavor

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

Flavor Text

Steals an item when hit by another Pokémon.

Short Effect

Steals attacking Pokémon's held items on contact.

Effect

Whenever a move makes contact with this Pokémon, if it does not have a held item, it steals the attacker's held item. This Pokémon cannot steal upon being knocked out. It can steal if the attacker has a Substitute, but cannot steal when its own Substitute is hit. If a move hits multiple times, only the last hit triggers this ability. If this Pokémon is wild, it cannot steal from a trained Pokémon.

Pokémon

Pokémon that can have this ability in this game.