Competitive (Ability)

Competitive	かちき
	Determined Spirit
Flavor text Generation VI Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered. Generation VII Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered. Generation VIII Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered. Generation IX Boosts the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat sharply when its stats are lowered by an opposing Pokémon.

Competitive (Japanese: かちき Determined Spirit) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

In battle

When a stat of a Pokémon with this Ability is lowered by an opponent, its Special Attack is increased by two stages. Competitive will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability lowers its own stats (such as with Close Combat) or if its stats are lowered by an ally.

If Special Attack is lowered, it is then raised by Competitive, resulting in a net gain (when lowered by one stage) or no net change (when lowered by two stages). Because there are no moves that lower Special Attack by 3 stages, it is functionally impossible to lower the Special Attack of a Pokémon with Competitive without first suppressing the Ability.

If multiple stats are lowered (such as by Memento or Venom Drench) Competitive activates for each stat lowered.

Competitive activates before a held White Herb. If the Pokémon no longer has any negative stat stages after Competitive is applied, the White Herb will not have the chance to activate.

Outside of battle

Competitive has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Competitive

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+	Friend Guard
0040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+	Frisk
0144		Articuno Galarian Form	Psychic	Flying	Competitive	None	None
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	CompetitiveGen VI+	Friend Guard
0350		Milotic	Water		Water	Marvel Scale	CompetitiveGen VI+	Cute Charm
0393		Piplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	CompetitiveGen IX+
0394		Prinplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	CompetitiveGen IX+
0395		Empoleon	Water	Steel	Torrent	None	CompetitiveGen IX+
0574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	CompetitiveGen VI+	Shadow Tag
0575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	CompetitiveGen VI+	Shadow Tag
0576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	CompetitiveGen VI+	Shadow Tag
0678		Meowstic Female	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Competitive
0836		Boltund	Electric		Electric	Strong Jaw	None	Competitive
0940		Wattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
0941		Kilowattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
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.

• Prior to Generation IX, Piplup, Prinplup, and Empoleon had Defiant instead of Competitive as their Hidden Ability.

In other games

Description

Games Description SMD When the Pokémon's stats are lowered, its Sp. Atk goes up sharply! MDRTDX When the Pokémon's stats are lowered, the Pokémon's Sp. Atk goes up sharply.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 好勝 Housing Mandarin 好勝 / 好胜 Hàoshèng French Battant German Unbeugsamkeit Italian Tenacia Korean 승기 Seunggi Spanish Tenacidad Turkish Rekabetçi Vietnamese Quyết thắng

Variations of the Ability Defiant
Defiant • Competitive

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