Receiver (Ability)

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Receiver	レシーバー
	Receiver
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Receiver (Japanese: レシーバー Receiver) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

In battle

When an allied Pokémon faints in battle, a Pokémon with Receiver as its Ability will gain the fainted Pokémon's Ability in place of its own. When this happens, the new Ability activates immediately, as if it had just entered the battle.

Pokémon with Receiver

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0???	Passimian	Passimian	Fighting		Fighting	Receiver	None	Unknown
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.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 接球手 Jipkàuhsáu Mandarin 接球手 Jiēqiúshǒu French Receveur German Receiver Italian Ricezione Korean 리시버 Receiver Polish Odbiorca Russian Приёмник Priyomnik Spanish Receptor

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