Unburden (Ability)

Unburden	かるわざ
	Acrobatics
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Raises speed if a held item is used. Generation V Raises Speed if a held item is used. Generation VI Boosts the Speed stat if its held item is used or lost. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Unburden (Japanese: かるわざ Acrobatics) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Twelve Pokémon can have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Drifloon and Drifblim.

Effect

In battle

Unburden doubles the Pokémon's Speed stat when the Pokémon's held item is lost. If there is no held item to begin with or if a held item is traded for another, Unburden will not be activated. This boost is lost if the Pokémon is switched out.

Outside of battle

Unburden has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

As long as a Pokémon with Unburden is not holding an item, it attacks or uses moves twice in one turn. Moves affected by this only have 1 PP deducted despite being used twice.

Pokémon with Unburden

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	Limber	Reckless	Unburden
0252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Unburden
0253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Unburden
0254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Unburden
0425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying	Aftermath	Unburden	Flare Boost
0426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying	Aftermath	Unburden	Flare Boost
0509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	Limber	Unburden	Prankster
0510		Liepard	Dark		Dark	Limber	Unburden	Prankster
0617		Accelgor	Bug		Bug	Hydration	Sticky Hold	Unburden
0684		Swirlix	Fairy		Fairy	Sweet Veil	None	Unburden
0685		Slurpuff	Fairy		Fairy	Sweet Veil	None	Unburden
0701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying	Unburden	Limber	Mold Breaker
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Even though Unburden's Japanese name means Acrobatics, not all of the Pokémon who have this Ability can learn Acrobatics, whose Japanese name is the Japanese spelling of the word Acrobat.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雜技 Zájì French Délestage German Entlastung Italian Agiltecnica Korean 곡예 Gok'ye Portuguese Sem Peso Spanish Liviano

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