The reason Pokemon has such a large and expanding fan b🐟ase is because the franchise has various levels of interest and depth fans can partake in. Some are surface-level fans who like the creature designs and the anime.
Others are deeply invested and love researching Pokemon abilities, EV and IV training, and a lot more complex parts of the video games and training card game. Let's take a look at 10 Pokemon abilities introduced through 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Sword & Shield that sound more powerful than they are.
10 Truant
Most people reading the word truant likely think it sounds cool until they realize it relates to kids who don't go to school. It's often associated with the word lazy and a big part of that is how it's implemented in Pokemon as an ability. It makes it so the Pokemon who has it can only attack every other turn. It is the signature ability of Slaking and makes it so a Pokemon with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:legendary-equivalent base stats is useless and is nothing more than wasted 💞potential in the world of Pokemon.
9 Honey 🤪Gather
No one's going to read the ability Honey Gather and think it's otherworldly or extremely powerful, but they'd at least expect it to be useful. This ability does nothing in battle and it only really has the Pokemon picking up honey as a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:held item occasionally after battle if they already aren't holding an item. The best part about this ability is that it can come equipped as a hidden ability for Teddiursa which seems to be a subtle gesture a🍸nd nod towards Winnie the Pooh and his honey-loving ways that captured children's hearts across the globe.
8 🧸 Light Metal
The ability Heavy Metal will be covered a bit later on but it's time to focus on its wispier counterpart, Light Metal. It halves the Pokemon's weight which directly affects damage outputs for weight-related moves. The bummer here is that it doesn't affect speed at all🐠 which seems odd.
If something weighs half of what it used to but retains its overall strength then the logical thing would be that said creature would also see an increase in its speed since it is carrying less weight. Light Metal seems mor🧜e like a missed opportunity than a mistake.
7 Magician
Since Pokemon is a Japanese franchise that's often translating things to the best of its ability to languages like English or Spanish, it's understandable that the words might not always fit what they're meant to describe. The ability Magician for instance seems like something that tricks the opponent or at least uses some sort of sleight of hand. All it does is steal the held item of its opponent if that opponent is holding an item and is hit with a move. Why on Ear🧜th is it called Magician instead of Steal, Thief, or Pickpocket?
6 Hustle
Anyone who played any form of organized sports growing up is familiar with the saying "Hard work and hustle beats talent when talent doesn't work hard or hustle," which was drilled into athlete's minds from their coaches for the last century it feels like. As one begins to read the ability Hustle's effect and see it increases attack by 50% serotonin💝 is let off in the brain, only to come crashing down when it's followed by the fact that it also reduces the Pokemon's accuracy with physical moves by 20% across the board.
5 💃 Heavy Metal ♍
The ability Light Metal was 💃just covered and it's time to look at its counterpart ability called Heavy Metal. On top of being a popular genre of music, this ability can also be considered a descriptor of material used to craft powerful armor. The ability doubles the weight of the Pokemon who has it which increases the damage on weight-focused moves. Many of those moves have recoil damage and/or low ༒accuracy, so the ability itself isn't exactly the game-changer in battle its name would suggest.
4 ඣ Magma Armor 🐼
It's hard to deny how cool Magma Armor sounds as an ability. Gamers who play 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:role-playing games understand what an item or🔥 piece of armor named magma armor could be if they came across it or crafted it in their ಌjourney.
A 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Fire-type Pokemon with Magma Armor doesn't inflict the burn status effect on contact or even deal damage period. It simply makes it so the owner can't be frozen solid in battle.ꦦ It does however make the hatching of eggs for breeders happen a lot quicker as the number of steps required for hatching is halved.
3 Steadfast
Steadfast is a solid word often used to describe stoic or immovable characters who stand their ground. An ability with this name should allow the Pokemon to do the same, right? This assumption is quite wrong as the ability raises the speed stat of the Pokemon with it every time that Pokemon flinches in battle. Flinching seems like the opposite of what anyone would associate with𒐪 the word steadfast, and on top of that raising the speed of something also seems counter-intuit꧅ive to what a steadfast creature's response would be.
2 𓄧 Plus & Minus
The name should be a dead giveaway that the abilities are lackluster, but not everyone is familiar with the entire roster of Pokemon. These abilities are connected and only work if another partner Pokemon is in battle with the opposite ability. When this happens the special attack is boosted for both Pokemon in battle. Unless the game features a lot of double battles these abilities are useless and remove and all effectiveness. Not surprising considering the Pikachu clones▨ named Plusle and Minun are the inspiration of these abilities.
1 ꧃ Illum🦋inate
Now, the word illuminate is a pretty powerful action that's often tied to the strength of light. As a Pokemon ability, the assumption is that it probably powers up 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Electric-type moves or maybe confuses the opponent with bright lights that lower its accuracy or something similar to that. The ability Illuminate just makes it so wild Pokemon are twice as likely to appear if the Pokemon with the ability happens to be leading the trainer's Pokemon party as the creature 🌸in the very top spot. Pretty disappointing, huh?