New Abilities

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

List of New Abilities

Name	Effect
Ball Fetch	If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.
Cotton Down	When the Pokémon is hit by an attack, it scatters cotton fluff around and lowers the Speed stat of all Pokémon except itself.
Curious Medicine	When the Pokémon is brought into battle, any stat alterations of allies are removed
Dauntless Shield	Boosts the Pokémon's Defense stat when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Dragon's Maw	Increases the damage inflicted by Dragon-type moves by 50%
Gorilla Tactics	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat but only allows the use of the first selected move.
Gulp Missile	When the Pokémon uses Surf or Dive, it will come back with prey. When it takes damage, it will spit out the prey to attack.
Hunger Switch	The Pokémon changes its form, alternating between its Full Belly Mode and Hangry Mode after the end of each turn.
Ice Face	The Pokémon's ice head can take a physical attack as a substitute, but the attack also changes the Pokémon's appearance. The ice will be restored when it hails.
Ice Scales	The Pokémon is protected by ice scales, which halve the damage taken from special moves.
Intrepid Sword	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Libero	Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use.
Mimicry	Changes the Pokémon's type depending on the terrain.
Mirror Armor	Bounces back only the stat-lowering effects that the Pokémon receives.
Neutralizing Gas	If the Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas is in the battle, the effects of all Pokémon's Abilities will be nullified or will not be triggered.
Pastel Veil	Protects the Pokémon and its ally Pokémon from being poisoned.
Perish Body	When hit by a move that makes direct contact, the Pokémon and the attacker will faint after three turns unless they switch out of battle.
Power Spot	Just being next to the Pokémon powers up moves.
Propeller Tail	Ignores the effects of opposing Pokémon's Abilities and moves that draw in moves.
Punk Rock	Boosts the power of sound-based moves. The Pokémon also takes half the damage from these kinds of moves.
Quick Draw	At the start of each turn, this Pokémon has a 30% chance of moving first in the Speed Priority Bracket
Ripen	Ripens Berries and doubles their effect.
Sand Spit	The Pokémon creates a sandstorm when it's hit by an attack.
Screen Cleaner	When the Pokémon enters a battle, the effects of Light Screen, Reflect, and Aurora Veil are nullified for both opposing and ally Pokémon.
Stalwart	Ignores the effects of opposing Pokémon's Abilities and moves that draw in moves.
Steam Engine	Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat drastically if hit by a Fire- or Water-type move.
Steely Spirit	Powers up ally Pokémon's Steel-type moves.
Transistor	Increases the damage inflicted by Electric-type moves by 50%
Unseen Fist	The Pokémon can deal damage with moves that make physical contact, even if the target is protected.
Wandering Spirit	The Pokémon exchanges Abilities with a Pokémon that hits it with a move that makes direct contact.