Pickpocket
Ability used by 2 Sun & Moon Pokémon.
Flavor
In-game flavor text and effect notes for this ability.
Flavor Text
Steals an item from an attacker that made direct contact.
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.
Pickpocket
Sun & Moon ability
Pokémon
2
