New Abilities

As with all new Pokémon generations, Pokémon Scarlet & Violet introduce a variety of new moves. This page is to list all of the new abilities introduced in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

List of New Abilities

Name	Effect
Anger Shell	When an attack causes its HP to drop to half or less, the Pokémon gets angry. This lowers its Defense and Sp. Def stats but boosts its Attack, Sp. Atk, and Speed stats.
Armor Tail	The mysterious tail covering the Pokémon's head makes opponents unable to use priority moves against the Pokémon or its allies.
Beads of Ruin	The power of the Pokémon's ruinous beads lowers the Sp. Def stats of all Pokémon except itself.
Commander	When the Pokémon enters a battle, it goes inside the mouth of an ally Dondozo if one is on the field. The Pokémon then issues commands from there.
Costar	When the Pokémon enters a battle, it copies an ally's stat changes.
Cud Chew	When the Pokémon eats a Berry, it will regurgitate that Berry at the end of the next turn and eat it one more time.
Earth Eater	If hit by a Ground-type move, the Pokémon has its HP restored instead of taking damage.
Electromorphosis	The Pokémon becomes charged when it takes damage, boosting the power of the next Electric-type move the Pokémon uses.
Embody Aspect	The Pokémon's heart fills with memories, causing the Teal Mask to shine and the Pokémon's Speed stat to be boosted.
Embody Aspect	The Pokémon's heart fills with memories, causing the Hearthflame Mask to shine and the Pokémon's Attack stat to be boosted.
Embody Aspect	The Pokémon's heart fills with memories, causing the Wellspring Mask to shine and the Pokémon's Sp. Def stat to be boosted.
Embody Aspect	The Pokémon's heart fills with memories, causing the Cornerstone Mask to shine and the Pokémon's Defense stat to be boosted.
Good as Gold	A body of pure, solid gold gives the Pokémon full immunity to other Pokémon's status moves.
Guard Dog	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat if intimidated. Moves and items that would force the Pokémon to switch out also fail to work.
Hadron Engine	Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle. The futuristic engine within the Pokémon also boosts its Sp. Atk stat on Electric Terrain.
Hospitality	Heals up to 25% of its partner Pokémon's Maximum Hit Points when it enters battle
Lingering Aroma	Contact with the Pokémon changes the attacker's Ability to Lingering Aroma.
Mind's Eye	The Pokémon ignores changes to opponents' evasiveness, its accuracy can't be lowered, and it can hit Ghost types with Normal- and Fighting-type moves.
Mycelium Might	The Pokémon will always act more slowly when using status moves, but these moves will be unimpeded by the Ability of the target.
Opportunist	If an opponent's stat is boosted, the Pokémon seizes the opportunity to boost the same stat for itself.
Orichalcum Pulse	Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle. The ancient pulse thrumming through the Pokémon also boosts its Attack stat in harsh sunlight.
Poison Puppeteer	Pokémon poisoned by Pecharunt's moves will also become confused.
Protosynthesis	Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat in harsh sunlight or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.
Purifying Salt	The Pokémon's pure salt protects it from status conditions and halves the damage taken from Ghost-type moves.
Quark Drive	Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat on Electric Terrain or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.
Rocky Payload	Powers up Rock-type moves.
Seed Sower	Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon is hit by an attack.
Sharpness	Powers up slicing moves.
Supreme Overlord	When the Pokémon enters a battle, its Attack and Sp. Atk stats are slightly boosted for each of the allies in its party that have already been defeated.
Supersweet Syrup	Lowers the evasion of opposing Pokémon by 1 stage when first sent into battle
Sword of Ruin	The power of the Pokémon's ruinous sword lowers the Defense stats of all Pokémon except itself.
Tablets of Ruin	The power of the Pokémon's ruinous wooden tablets lowers the Attack stats of all Pokémon except itself.
Tera Shift	When the Pokémon enters a battle, it absorbs the energy around itself and transforms into its Terastal Form.
Tera Shell	The Pokémon's shell contains the powers of each type. All damage-dealing moves that hit the Pokémon when its HP is full will not be very effective.
Teraform Zero	When Terapagos changes into its Stellar Form, it uses its hidden powers to eliminate all effects of weather and terrain, reducing them to zero.
Thermal Exchange	Boosts the Attack stat when the Pokémon is hit by a Fire-type move. The Pokémon also cannot be burned.
Toxic Chain	May badly poison the opponent when the user lands a move against them.
Toxic Debris	Scatters poison spikes at the feet of the opposing team when the Pokémon takes damage from physical moves.
Vessel of Ruin	The power of the Pokémon's ruinous vessel lowers the Sp. Atk stats of all Pokémon except itself.
Well-Baked Body	The Pokémon takes no damage when hit by Fire-type moves. Instead, its Defense stat is sharply boosted.
Wind Power	The Pokémon becomes charged when it is hit by a wind move, boosting the power of the next Electric-type move the Pokémon uses.
Wind Rider	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat if Tailwind takes effect or if the Pokémon is hit by a wind move. The Pokémon also takes no damage from wind moves.
Zero to Hero	The Pokémon transforms into its Hero Form when it switches out.