Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Abilities

Powers up moves of the same type.

Damages the foe landing the finishing hit.

Eliminates the effects of weather.

Raises Attack upon taking a critical hit.

Senses the foe’s dangerous moves.

Prevents the foe from fleeing.

Reduces a sleeping foe’s HP.

The Pokémon is protected against critical hits.

Powers up Fire-type moves in a pinch.

Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed in sunshine.

Prevents its stats from being lowered.

Eliminates the effects of weather.

Changes the Pokémon’s type to the foe’s move.

The Pokémon’s accuracy is boosted.

Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation.

Prevents combatants from self-destructing.

Adjusts power according to the foe’s ability.

The Pokémon makes it rain if it appears in battle.

The Pokémon makes it sunny if it is in battle.

Reduces HP if it is hot. Water restores HP.

The Pokémon awakens quickly from sleep.

Contact may paralyze, poison, or cause sleep.

Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.

Contact with the Pokémon may burn the foe.

It powers up Fire-type moves if it’s hit by one.

Powers up party Pokémon when it is sunny.

CASTFORM transforms with the weather.

Determines what moves the foe has.

The Pokémon can check the foe’s held item.

Encourages the early use of a held Berry.

Boosts Attack if there is a status problem.

Weakens the power of Fire-type moves.

The Pokémon may gather Honey from somewhere.

Raises the Pokémon’s Attack stat.

Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.

Heals status problems if it is raining.

Prevents the Attack stat from being lowered.

The Pokémon regains HP in a hailstorm.

Raises the likelihood of meeting wild Pokémon.

Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned.

The Pokémon is protected from flinching.

Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep.

Lowers the foe’s Attack stat.

Boosts the power of punching moves.

Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.

The Pokémon can’t use any held items.

Prevents problems with status in sunny weather.

Gives full immunity to all Ground-type moves.

The Pokémon draws in all Electric-type moves.

The Pokémon is protected from paralysis.

Inflicts damage on foes using any draining move.

The Pokémon only takes damage from attacks.

Prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.

Prevents Steel-type Pokémon from escaping.

Ups Defense if there is a status problem.

Ups Sp. Atk if another Pokémon has Plus.

Moves can be used regardless of abilities.

Raises Speed if hit by an Electric-type move.

Changes type to match the held Plate.

All status problems heal when it switches out.

Ensures both Pokémon’s and foe’s attacks land.

All the Pokémon’s moves become the Normal type.

Prevents it from becoming infatuated.

Powers up Grass-type moves in a pinch.

Prevents the Pokémon from becoming confused.

The Pokémon may pick up items.

Ups Sp. Atk if another Pokémon has Minus.

Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned.

Contact with the Pokémon may poison the foe.

The Pokémon raises the foe’s PP usage.

Boosts the power of physical attacks.

Boosts Speed if there is a status problem.

The Pokémon gradually recovers HP in rain.

Powers up moves that have recoil damage.

Raises Attack if the foe is of the same gender.

Protects the Pokémon from recoil damage.

Inflicts damage to the foe on contact.

Enables sure getaway from wild Pokémon.

The Pokémon summons a sandstorm in battle.

Boosts the Pokémon’s evasion in a sandstorm.

Enables moves to hit Ghost-type foes.

Boosts the likelihood of added effects appearing.

Prevents the foe from escaping.

The Pokémon may heal its own status problems.

The Pokémon is protected against critical hits.

Blocks the added effects of attacks taken.

The Pokémon is prone to wild stat changes.

Increases the frequency of multi-strike moves.

Temporarily halves Attack and Speed.

Powers up moves if they become critical hits.

Raises evasion in a hailstorm.

The Pokémon summons a hailstorm in battle.

Boosts Sp. Atk, but lowers HP in sunshine.

Reduces damage from supereffective attacks

Gives full immunity to all sound-based moves.

Its Speed stat is gradually boosted.

The Pokémon moves after even slower foes.

Contact with the Pokémon may cause paralysis.

Raises Speed each time the Pokémon flinches.

The stench helps keep wild Pokémon away.

Protects the Pokémon from item theft.

The Pokémon draws in all Water-type moves.

It is protected against 1-hit KO attacks.

Negates foes’ moves that force switching out.

Heightens the critical- hit ratios of moves.

Powers up Bug-type moves in a pinch.

Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed in rain.

Passes a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe.

Raises evasion if the Pokémon is confused.

Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.

Ups resistance to Fire-​ and Ice-type moves.

Powers up “not very effective” moves.

Powers up Water-type moves in a pinch.

The Pokémon copies the foe’s ability.

Pokémon can’t attack on consecutive turns.

Ignores any change in ability by the foe.

Raises Speed if a held item is used.

Prevents the Pokémon from falling asleep.

Restores HP if hit by an Electric-type move.

Restores HP if hit by a Water-type move.

Prevents the Pokémon from getting a burn.

Prevents its stats from being lowered.

Only supereffective moves will hit.