Weakness Policy

Weakness Policy じゃくてんほけん Weakness Insurance

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Introduced in Generation VI Pocket Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 80

The Weakness Policy (Japanese: じゃくてんほけん Weakness Insurance) is a type of consumable held item introduced in Generation VI. It raises the holder's Attack and Special Attack if it is hit by a super-effective move.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh N/A $500 SV $50,000 $12,500

Effect

If the holder is hit by a super-effective move, it consumes the Weakness Policy, and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each.

A Pokémon with Contrary will have its Attack and Special Attack lowered by two stages instead unless it is hit by a super-effective move from a Pokémon with Mold Breaker.

It does not activate if the holder already has both +6 Attack and +6 Special Attack stat stages (unless its Ability is Contrary, in which case it will not activate if the holder has both -6 Attack and -6 Special Attack stat stages). It does not activate if the holder is protected from or unaffected by the super-effective move (e.g. due to Telepathy). Fixed-damage moves (such as Seismic Toss or Mirror Coat) will never activate the Weakness Policy, even if the move's type is supereffective on the holder.

If multiple Pokémon each holding a Weakness Policy are hit by a super-effective move at once, each hit Pokémon will consume its Weakness Policy before Symbiosis transfers any item (including Weakness Policies).

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSPLA An item to be held by a Pokémon. Attack and Sp. Atk sharply increase if the holder is hit with a move it's weak to. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder is hit with a move it's weak to, this policy sharply boosts its Attack and Sp. Atk stats.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods XYORAS Battle Maison (32 BP) SMUSUM Battle Tree (32 BP) SwSh Battle Tower (20 BP) SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Flying: 92-100 points) SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after completing the main storyline)

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XY Jump Festa 2014 Weakness Policy All December 21 to 22, 2013 SwSh Players Cup III items All April 23 to 26, 2021

As a held item

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period XY XY Sylveon Taiwan Various Eevee House Sylveon South Korea Various 2014 World Championships Aegislash United States August 16 to 17, 2014 SwSh Wolfe Glick's Gigantamax Coalossal All August 14 to 16, 2021

Gallery

Artwork

Artwork from Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Weakness Policy in Pokémon UNITE

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, the Weakness Policy is a held item that grants Attack buff upon taking damage that lasts for 3s and can stack 4 times. The buff is equal to 2%/2.5%/3% at Grade 1, 10, and 20 respectively. This item also increases HP and Attack: 70 and 0 at Grade 1 respectively and 210 and 15 at Grade 30.

In the TCG

Weakness Policy

Main article: Weakness Policy (Primal Clash 142)

Weakness Policy was introduced as an Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Japanese XY Era. It was first released in the Japanese Gaia Volcano expansion before debuting in English in the Primal Clash expansion, where it was released as both a Regular card and a Secret card. When this Pokémon Tool card is attached to a Pokémon, that Pokémon has no Weakness.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 弱點保險 Yeuhkdím Bóuhím Mandarin 弱點保險 / 弱点保险 Ruòdiǎn Bǎoxiǎn French Vulné-Assurance German Schwächenschutz Italian Vulneropolizza Korean 약점보험 Yakjeom Boheom Brazilian Portuguese Política de Fraqueza Spanish Seguro Debilidad Thai บัตรประกันจุดอ่อน Weakness Guarantee

See also

• Blunder Policy

External links

• On Smogon Itemdex:
  • Generation VI – VII – VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.