All Abilities in Pokemon Champions

Abilities define nearly every matchup in Pokemon Champions, shaping how teams deal damage, absorb hits, and control momentum. Unlike moves, abilities are always active, which makes understanding them essential for climbing ranked play. This guide breaks down all abilities in Pokemon Champions, including returning staples and the new mechanics introduced alongside Mega Evolutions.

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Abilities are passive effects tied to each Pokemon. Some boost stats or damage, others grant immunities or punish opponents for attacking. In a competitive setting, they often matter more than raw stats because they influence every turn without requiring input.

Many familiar abilities return with identical effects. Mega Evolution plays a major role in Pokemon Champions, granting Pokemon fixed abilities that activate immediately upon transformation. These abilities cannot be changed and often define the Mega’s role entirely.

From classic effects like Adaptability and Levitate to new additions like Dragonize and Mega Sol, Abilities have the potential to influence every aspect of battle. Players who understand how Abilities interact will have a clear advantage as the meta continues to evolve.

Champions' players can change a Pokemon's Ability for VP, but they can only learn Abilities already in that Pokemon's wheelhouse. For example, Drampa can learn Berserk, Sap Sipper, or Cloud Nine, it's hidden Ability. Here are all the Abilities and the Pokemon that have them in Pokemon Champions.

All Abilities in Pokemon Champions

Ability	Effect	Pokemon
Adaptability	Powers up moves of the same type from 1.5x to 2x	Male Basculegion Female Basculegion
Aftermath	Attackers that knock out the Pokemon with contact moves take damage equal to 1/4 of their max HP.	Garbodor
Analytic	When the Pokemon loves lasts, its move is boosted.	Starmie Watchdog
Anger Point	When the Pokemon takes a critical hit, it's Attack stat is boosted to the sixth stage.	Camerupt Crabominable Krookodile Tauros Paldean Tauros
Anticipation	The Pokemon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves.	Hatterene Toxicroack
Aroma Veil	Protects itself and allies from attacks that limit move choice.	Alcremie Aromatisse
Berserk	When an attack causes its HP to drop to 1/2 or less of its max, the Pokemon's Sp. Atk is boosted by one stage.	Drampa
Big Pecks	Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.	Pidgeot
Blaze	When its HP drops to 1/3 or less of its max, the Pokémon's Fire-types moves are boosted by 50%.	Charizard Typhlosion Hisuian Typhlosion
Bulletproof	Protects the Pokemon from some ball and bomb moves.	Chesnaught Kommo-o
Cheek Pouch	When the Pokemon eats a berry, it restores HP as well.	Dedenne Diggersby Maushold
Chlorophyll	In sunshine, the Pokemon's Speed stat is boosted.	Leafeon Scovillain Venusaur Victreebel Whimsicott
Clear Body	Prevents other Pokemon's moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokemon's stats.	Dragapult Garganacl
Cloud Nine	Eliminates the effects of weather.	Altaria Drampa
Competitive	When a stat is lowered, the Pokemon's Sp. Atk is sharply boosted.	Female Meowstic Milotic
Compound Eyes	The Pokemon's compound eyes boost its accuracy.	Vivillon
Contrary	Stat changes have an opposite effect.	Serperior
Corrosion	The Pokemon can poison the target even if it's a Steel or Poison-type.	Glimmora Salazzle
Cud Chew	If the Pokemon eats a berry, it will eat the same berry again at the end of the next turn.	Farigiraf Paldean Tauros
Curious Medicine	When the Pokemon is brought into battle, its allies stat alterations are removed.	Galarian Slowking
Cursed Body	When the Pokemon takes damage from a move, the attacker has a 30% chance of gaining the "Move Disabled" status for four turns.	Gengar
Cute Charm	Contact with the Pokemon may cause infatuation.	Clefable Lopunny Milotic Sylveon
Damp	Prevents the use of explosive moves (like Self Destruct) by dampening its surroundings.	Belibolt Politoed
Defiant	When its stats are lowered, the Pokemon's Attack stat is sharply boosted.	Empoleon Kingambit Passimian
Disguise	When the Pokemon is in its Disguised Form and would take damage from a move, it loses 1/8 of its max HP but takes no damage. It also changes into Busted Form.	Mimikyu
Dragonize	The Pokémon's Normal-type moves become Dragon-type and are boosted by 20%.	Feraligatr
Drizzle	When it enters battle, the Pokemon makes it rain. Good for Rain teams in the competitive circuit.	Pelipper Politoed
Drought	When the Pokemon enters battle, the sunlight turns harsh. Good for Sun teams in the competitive circuit.	Charizard Ninetales Torkoal
Dry Skin	Resores HP when it rains or when hit by a Water-type move. However, it reduces HP in sunshine and increases the damage received from Fire-type moves.	Heliolisk Toxicroak
Early Bird	If hit by a Ground-type move, the Pokemon has its HP restored instead of reduced.	Orthworm
Electromorphosis	When the Pokemon takes damage, it becomes charged and the next Electric-type move it uses is boosted.	Bellibolt
Flame Body	Contact with the Pokemon may burn the attacker.	Chandelure Talonflame Volcarona
Flash Fire	When hit by a Fire-type move, the Pokemon's Fire-type moves are boosted.	Arcanine Hisuian Arcanine Armarouge Chandelure Houndoom Ninetales Typholsion
Flower Veil	Allied Grass-type Pokemon are protected from status conditions and stat-reducing effects/moves.	Florges
Forecast	The Pokemon transforms with the weather into a Water, Fire, or Ice-type.	Castform
Friend Guard	Reduces all damage done to allies.	Maushold Vivillon
Frisk	The Pokemon can check an opposing Pokemon's Held Item when it enters a battle.	Banette Espathra Gourgeist Noivern Trevenant Hisuian Typhlosion Wyrdeer
Fur Coat	Halves the damage from physical moves that it the Pokemon.	Furfrou
Gale Wings	When the Pokemon HP is full, it's Flying-type moves take priority.	Talonflame
Gluttony	If the Pokemon is holding a berry to be eaten when its HP drops to 1/4 or less of its max, it will instead eat the berry when its HP drops to 1/2 or less of its max.	Appletun Flapple Simisage Simisear Simipour Snorlax Victreebel
Gooey	Contac with the Pokemon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.	Goodra Hisuian Goodra
Guts	When the Pokemon has a status condition, it's Attack stat is boosted.	Heracross
Harvest	May create another Berry after one is used.	Trevenant
Healer	Sometimes heals an ally's status condition.	Audino Aromatisse Hatterene
Heatproof	When the Pokemon is hit with a Fire-type move, the damage is halved.	Polteageist Sinistcha
Heavy Metal	Doubles the Pokemon's weight.	Aggron
Hospitality	When the Pokemon enters the battle, it restores a small amount of an ally's HP. Doubles only.	Polteageist Sinistcha
Huge Power	Doubles the power of the Pokemon's physical moves.	Azumarill
Hunger Switch	The Pokemon changes its form, alternating between its Full Belly Mode and Hangry Mode after the end of every turn.	Morpeko
Hustle	Boosts the Pokemon's Attack stat but lowers its Accuracy.	Flapple
Hydration	If it's raining, the Pokemon's status conditions are healed.	Goodra Vaporeon
Hyper Cutter	The Pokémon's pincers prevent other Pokemon from lowering it's Attack stat.	Pinsir
Ice Body	When it's snowing, the Pokemon has 1/16 of its max HP restored at the end of every turn.	Avalugg Hisuian Avalugg Glaceon Glalie Mr. Rime Vanilluxe
Illuminate	Prevents the Pokemon's Accuracy from being lowered.	Starmie Watchog
Illusion	Comes out disguised as the Pokemon in the party's last spot.	Zoroark Hisuian Zoroark
Impostor	The Pokemon transforms itself into the Pokemon it's facing.	Ditto
Infiltrator	Passes through the opposing Pokemon's barrier, substitute, and strikes.	Chandelure Dragapult Male Meowstic Noivern Spiritomb Whimsicott
Innards Out	Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit by the amount equal to its last HP.	Victreebel
Inner Focus	The Pokemon protects itself from flinching.	Alakazam Dragonite Gallade Glalie Kangaskhan Lucario Mudsdale Sneasel Umbreon
Insomnia	The Pokemon cannot fall asleep.	Ariados Banette Gourgeist Scovillian
Intimidate	The Pokemon lowers all opposing Pokemon's Attack stat by one stage upon entering the able.	Arbok Arcanine Hisuian Arcanine Incineroar Tauros Paldean Tauros
Iron Fist	Punching moves are boosted by 20%.	Crabominable Conkeldurr Infernape Golurk Pangoro
Justified	When the Pokemon is hit by a Dark-type move, it's Attack stat is boosted.	Arcanine Absol Gallade Lucario
Keen Eye	The Pokemon's Accuracy cannot be lowered.	Midday form Lycanroc Midnight form Lycanroc Male Meowstic Pelipper Pidgeot Sableye Toucannon Watchog
Klutz	The Pokemon can't use any Held Items.	Audino Golurk Lopunny
Leaf Guard	In harsh sunlight, the Pokemon is immune to status conditions.	Leafeon Meganium Tsareena
Levitate	The Pokemon is immune to Ground-type moves, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Stick Web.	Chimecho Delphox Hydreigon Rotom (any form)
Light Metal	The Pokemon's weight is halved.	Scizor
Lightning Rod	Electric-type moves boost the Pokemon's Sp. Atk and doesn't deal damage.	Raichu Rhyperior
Limber	The Pokemon is immune to Paralysis.	Ditto Hawlucha Liepard Lopunny Stunfisk Toxapex
Liquid Voice	All sound-based moves become Water-type moves.	Primarina
Long Reach	The Pokemon can use contact moves without having to touch its opponents.	Decidueye
Magic Bounce	The Pokemon is immune to status conditions.	Absol Clefable Espeon Hatterene Sableye
Magic Guard	The Pokemon only takes damage from attacks.	Alakazam Clefable Reuniclus
Magician	The Pokemon steals the Held Item of the Pokemon it hits.	Delphox Klefki
Magma Armor	The Pokemon is immune to being frozen.	Camerupt
Marvel Scale	When it has a status conditions, the Pokemons Defense stat is boosted by 50%.	Milotic
Mega Launcher	Aura and Pulse moves are boosted by 50%.	Blastoise Clawitzer
Mega Sol	The Pokemon can use its moves as if the weather were harsh sunlight (even when its not)	Meganium
Merciless	The Pokemon's attacks become critical hits when its target is Poisoned.	Toxapex.
Mimicry	The Pokemon's type is changed to match the Terrain. For example, Fairy-type in Fairy, Grass-type in Grass, etc.	Galarian Stunfisk
Minus	If an ally with the Plus or Minus Ability is also on the field, the Pokemon's Sp. Atk is boosted by 50%.	Manectric
Mirror Armor	When hit with a stat-lowering effect, the Pokemon bounces it back onto the target.	Corviknight
Mold Breaker	All moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.	Male Basculegion Female Basculegion Pinsir
Moody	Raises one stat by two stages and lowers another stat by one stage every turn.	Glalie Scovillain
Motor Drive	When hit by an Electric-type move, the Pokemon doesn't take damage and it's Speed stat is boosted.	Emolga
Moxie	After KO any Pokemon, the Pokemon's Attack stat is boosted.	Heracross Krookodile Quaquaval Pinsir
Multiscale	When the Pokemon's HP is full, it only takes half damage.	Dragonite
Mummy	Contact with the Pokemon changes the attacker's Ability to Mummy.	Cofagrigus
Natural Cure	When the Pokemon is switched out of battle it heals all status conditions.	Roserade Starmie Trevenant
No Guard	Incoming and outgoing attacks always land.	Golurk Hawlucha Midnight form Lycanroc Machamp Pidgeot
Oblivious	The Pokemon is immune to Infatuated, Taunted, and Intimidate.	Mamoswine Salazzle Slowbro Slowking
Opportunist	If an opponent's stat is boosted, the Pokemon gains the same boost.	Espathra
Overcoat	The Pokemon is immune to Sand, Hail, and Powder.	Forretress Kommo-o Reuniclus Scizor
Overgrow	When the Pokemon's HP is low, its Grass-type moves are boosted.	Chesnaught Decidueye Hisuian Decidueye Meganium Meowscarada Serperior Simisage Torterra Venusaur
Own Tempo	The Pokemon is immune to becoming Confused or the Intimidate effect.	Avalugg Slowbro Galarian Slowbro Slowking Galarian Slowking Tinkaton
Pickpocket	When an attacker makes direct contact, the Pokemon steals an item from it.	Weavile Tinkaton
Pickup	There's a chance the Pokemon will pick up an item when used from an opposing Pokemon during battle.	Diggersby Gourgeist
Piercing Drill	The Pokemon can land moves even when its target is Protected and deals 1/4 of the move's damage.	Excadrill

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Pixilate	Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves and are boosted.	Altaria Gardevoir Sylveon
Plus	When an ally is also on the field, the Sp. Attack stat of the Pokemon is boosted.	Ampharos Dedenne
Poison Heal	If the Pokemon is poisoned, HP is restored instead of reduced.	Gliscor
Poison Point	Contact with the Pokemon may Poison the attacker.	Sneasler Toxicroak
Prankster	Increases the priority of the Pokemon's status moves by one stage.	Male Meowstic Whimsicott
Pressure	Opponents expend one more PP when using moves against the Pokemon.	Aerodactyl Kingambit Sneasler Spiritomb Weavile
Protean	Changes the Pokemon's type to the type of the move it's about to use.	Greninja Meowscarada
Pure Power	The Pokemon doubles its Attack stat.	Medicham
Purifying Salt	The Pokemon is immune to status conditions and damage from Ghost-type moves is halved.	Garganacl
Quick Draw	The Pokemon occasionally moves first.	Galarian Slowbro
Quick Feet	When the Pokemon has a status condition, its Speed stat is boosted.	Jolteon
Rain Dish	When it is raining, the Pokemon gradually regains HP.	Blastoise Pelipper
Receiver	The Pokemon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.	Passimian
Reckless	Moves with recoile damage are boosted.	Emboar Rhyperior
Refrigerate	The Pokemon's Normal-type moves become Ice-type and are boosted by 20%.	Aurorus Glalie
Regenerator	The Pokemon has 1/3 of its max HP restored when it switches out of battle.	Audino Hydrapple Reuniclus Slowbro Galarian Slowbro Slowking Galarian Slowking Toxapex
Ripen	Doubles the effects of berries eaten by the Pokemon.	Appletun Flapple
Rivalry	Deals more damage to Pokemon of the same gender and less to Pokemon of the opposite gender.	Luxray
Rock Head	Protects the Pokemon from recoil damage.	Aerodactyl Aggron Hisuian Arcanine Steelix Tyrantrum
Rough Skin	When an attacker makes contact with the Pokemon, it takes damage.	Garchomp
Sand Force	Rock-type, Ground-type, and Steel-type moves are boosted in sandstorms.	Excadrill Garchomp Hippowdon Steelix
Sand Rush	The Pokemon's Speed stat is boosted in sandstorms.	Excadrill Midday form Lycanroc
Sand Spit	The Pokemon creates a sandstorm when it's hit by an attacker makes contact.	Sandaconda
Sand Stream	The Pokemon summons a sandstorm when it's hit enters battle. Good for Sand teams in the competitive meta.	Tyranitar Hippowdon
Sand Veil	The Pokemon's Evasiveness is boosted in a sandstorm.	Garchomp Gliscor Heliolisk Orthworm Sandaconda Stunfisk
Sap Sipper	The Pokemon's Attack stat is boosted when hit by a Grass-type move rather than taking damage.	Azumarill Drampa Farigiraf Goodra Hisuian Goodra Wyrdeer
Scrappy	The Pokemon can hit Ghost-type Pokemon with Normal and Fighting-type moves.	Decidueye Kangaskhan Lopunny Pangoro
Screen Cleaner	When the Pokemon enters battle, the effects of Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil are nullified for all Pokemon.	Mr. Rime
Sharpness	Slicing moves are boosted.	Gallade Kleavor Hisuian Samurott
Shed Skin	The Pokemon may heal its own status conditions.	Arbok Sandaconda
Sheer Force	Removes additional effects to increase the power of a move.	Camerupt Conkeldurr Kleavor Steelix Tauros Toucannon
Shell Armor	The Pokemon is immune to critical hits.	Hisuian Goodra Samurott Slowbro Torkoal Torterra
Shield Dust	Additional effects of attacks are blocked by the Pokemon.	Vivillon
Skill Link	Maximizes the number of times multi-strike moves hit.	Heracross Toucannon
Slush Rush	When it is snowing, the Pokemon's Speed stat is boosted.	Beartic
Sniper	Critical hits are boosted.	Ariados Beedrill
Snow Cloak	The Pokemon's Evasiveness is boosted when it is snowing.	Beartic Glaceon Alolan Ninetales
Snow Warning	The Pokemon summons a snowstorm when it enters battle. Good for Snow Teams in the competitive field.	Abomasnow Aurorus Alolan Ninetales Vanilluxe
Solid Rock	Super-effective moves are reduced.	Camerupt Rhyperior
Soundproof	The Pokemon is immune to sound-based moves.	Abomasnow Bastiodon Kommo-o
Speed Boost	The Pokemon's Speed stat is boosted every turn.	Espathra
Spicy Spray	When the Pokemon takes damage, it burns its attacker.	Scovillain
Stall	The Pokemon moves last in turn order.	Sableye
Stalwart		Archaludon Skarmory
Stamina	When the Pokemon takes damage, its Defense stat is boosted by one stage.	Archaludon Mudsdale
Stance Change	The Pokemon changes to its Blade form when it uses an attack move and changes into its Shield form when it uses King's Shield.	Aegislash
Static	Contact with the Pokemon may cause Paralysis.	Ampharos Bellibolt Manectric Raichu Stunfisk
Steadfast	Each time the Pokemon flinches, its Speed stat is boosted.	Gallade Lucario Midday form Lycanroc Machamp
Stench	The Pokemon may cause the target to flinch.	Garbodor
Sticky Hold	Held Items can't be remove from the Pokemon.	Hydrapple
Strong Jaw	The Pokemon's biting moves are boosted.	Avalugg Tyrantrum
Sturdy	The Pokemon is immune to one hit KO moves and endures 1 HP if hit with a move that would be a KO.	Aggron Hisuian Avalugg Bastiodon Forretress Garganacl Steelix
Super Luck	The Pokemon's critical hit ratio is boosted.	Absol
Super sweet Syrup	When the Pokemon enter's a battle, the opposing Pokemon's Evasiveness is lowered.	Hydrapple
Supreme Overlord	When the Pokemon enters a battle, its Attack and Sp. Atk are boosted by 10% for each of its allies that have already been defeated.	Kingambit
Surge Surfer	The Pokemon's Speed stat is doubled on Electric Terrain.	Alolan Raichu
Swarm	When the Pokemon's HP is low, the Pokemons Bug-type moves are boosted.	Ariados Beedril Heracross Kleavor Scizor Volcarona
Sweet Veil	The Pokemon and its allies are immune to falling asleep.	Alcremie Slurpuff Tsareena
Swift Swim	When it is raining, the Pokemon's Speed stat is boosted.	Male Basculegion Female Basculegion Beartic
Symbiosis	The Pokemon passes its Held Item to an ally that has used a Held Item.	Florges Oranguru
Synchronize	If the Pokemon is Burned, Paralyzed, Poisoned, Badly Poisoned by another Pokemon's move or Ability, that Pokemon will also be inflicted with the same status condition.	AAlakazam Espeon Gardevoir Umbreon
Tangled Feet	When the Pokemon is confused, its evasion is boosted.	Mr. Rime Pidgeot
Technician	The Pokemon's weaker moves are boosted.	Maushold Roserade Scizor
Telepathy	The Pokemon doges attacks from its allies.	Gardevoir Medicham Noivern Oranguru
Thick Fat	Damage from Fire and Ice-type moves is halved.	Appletun Azumarill Mamoswine Snorlax Venusaur
Torrent	When the Pokemon's HP drops to 1/3 of its max, its Water-type moves are boosted by 50%.	Blastoise Empoleon Feraligatr Greninja Primarina Quaquaval Samurott Hisuian Samurott Simipour
Tough Claws	Moves that make direct contact with its target are boosted.	Aerodactyl Charizard Dusk form Lycanroc
Toxic Debris	When the Pokemon takes damage from physical moves, Poison Spikes are scattered at its opponent's feet.	Glimmora
Trace	When the Pokemon enters a battle, it copies an opposing Pokemon's Ability.	Alakazam Gardevoir Meowstic
Unaware	The Pokemon ignores the target's stat changes.	Clefable Skeledirge
Unburden	If the Pokemon's Held Item is used or lost, its Speed stat is boosted.	Hawlucha Liepard Slurpuff Sneasler
Unnerve	The opposing Pokemon is unable to eat berries.	Aerodactyl Arbok Corviknight Houndoom Tyranitar
Unseen Fist	The Pokemon can deal reduced damage with moves that make physical contact, even if the target is protected.	Golurk
Vital Spirit	The Pokemon cannot fall asleep.	Midnight form Lycanroc
Wandering Spirit	The Pokemon exchanges Abilities with a Pokemon it hits with a direct contact move.	Runerigus
Water Absorb	Restores HP if the Pokemon is hit by a Water-type move rather than reducing it.	Araquanid Vaporeon
Water Bubble	The Pokemon is immune to burning and Fire-type moves are less effective against it.	Araquanid
Weak Armor	Physical attacks to the Pokemon lower its Defense stat but sharply increase its Speed stat.	Armarouge
Zero to Hero	The Pokemon transforms into its Hero Form when it switches out.	Palafin