Ability

Pokémon in the Generation III games were given abilities (Japanese: 特性 special characteristic), amongst other new concepts. Abilities serve to give Pokémon a trait that would assist them in battle such as Rough Skin on Sharpedo which allows the foe to take damage on direct contact.

All Abilities from Generation III remain in Generation IV, except for Cacophony that was removed and Air Lock was moved from #77 to #76.

Interestingly enough, abilities are very similar to Pokémon Powers from the Trading Card Game.

A

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
091	Adaptibility	IV	-	2
106	Aftermath	IV	-	4
076	Air Lock	III	1	-
083	Anger Point	IV	-	3
107	Anticipation	IV	1	4
071	Arena Trap	III	-	3

B

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
123	Bad Dreams	IV	1	-
004	Battle Armor	III	2	4
066	Blaze	III	12	-

C

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
034	Chlorophyll	III	10	11
029	Clear Body	III	6	2
013	Cloud Nine	III	-	2
016	Color Change	III	1	-
014	Compoundeyes	III	2	2
056	Cute Charm	III	3	6

D

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
006	Damp	III	-	8
088	Download	IV	-	3
002	Drizzle	III	1	-
070	Drought	III	1	-
087	Dry Skin	IV	-	4

E

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
048	Early Bird	III	-	13
027	Effect Spore	III	-	4

F

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
111	Filter	IV	-	2
049	Flame Body	III	3	2
018	Flash Fire	III	4	6
122	Flower Gift	IV	1	-
059	Forecast	III	1	-
108	Forewarn	IV	-	4
119	Frisk	IV	-	3

G

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
082	Gluttony	IV	-	3
062	Guts	III	3	10

H

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
085	Heat Proof	IV	-	2
118	Honey Gather	IV	1	-
037	Huge Power	III	-	3
055	Hustle	III	-	6
093	Hydration	IV	2	2
052	Hyper Cutter	III	-	9

I

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
115	Ice Body	IV	-	5
035	Illuminate	III	-	5
017	Immunity	III	1	1
039	Inner Focus	III	4	10
015	Insomnia	III	-	10
022	Intimidate	III	5	14
089	Iron Fist	IV	-	1

K

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
051	Keen Eye	III	5	13
103	Klutz	IV	-	2

L

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
102	Leaf Guard	IV	1	5
026	Levitate	III	25	2
031	Lightningrod	III	-	7
007	Limber	III	1	4
064	Liquid Ooze	III	-	4

M

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
098	Magic Guard	IV	-	3
040	Magma Armor	III	-	3
042	Magnet Pull	III	-	5
063	Marvel Scale	III	1	-
058	Minus	III	1	-
104	Mold Breaker	IV	2	1
078	Motor Drive	IV	1	-
121	Multitype	IV	1	-

N

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
030	Natural Cure	III	4	9
099	No Guard	IV	-	3
096	Normalize	IV	-	2

O

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
012	Oblivious	III	-	16
065	Overgrow	III	12	-
020	Own Tempo	III	-	11

P

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
053	Pickup	III	1	8
057	Plus	III	1	-
090	Poison Heal	IV	-	2
038	Poison Point	III	-	11
046	Pressure	III	18	2
074	Pure Power	III	2	-

Q

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
095	Quick Feet	IV	-	5

R

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
044	Rain Dish	III	-	3
120	Reckless	IV	-	1
079	Rivalry	IV	-	9
069	Rock Head	III	2	16
024	Rough Skin	III	2	-
050	Run Away	III	-	15

S

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
045	Sand Stream	III	3	-
008	Sand Veil	III	7	4
113	Scrappy	IV	-	2
032	Serene Grace	III	1	7
023	Shadow Tag	III	2	-
061	Shed Skin	III	10	2
075	Shell Armor	III	1	9
019	Shield Dust	III	4	1
086	Simple	IV	-	3
092	Skill Link	IV	-	2
112	Slow Start	IV	1	-
097	Sniper	IV	-	7
081	Snow Cloak	IV	2	3
117	Snow Warning	IV	2	-
094	Solar Power	IV	-	3
116	Solid Rock	IV	-	2
043	Soundproof	III	3	4
003	Speed Boost	III	1	2
100	Stall	IV	-	1
009	Static	III	8	4
080	Steadfast	IV	1	3
001	Stench	III	-	4
060	Sticky Hold	III	-	6
114	Storm Drain	IV	-	4
005	Sturdy	III	5	17
021	Suction Cups	III	2	1
105	Super Luck	IV	-	3
068	Swarm	III	4	8
033	Swift Swim	III	8	17
028	Synchronize	III	3	8

T

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
077	Tangled Feet	IV	-	5
101	Technician	IV	-	7
047	Thick Fat	III	-	15
110	Tinted Lens	IV	-	4
067	Torrent	III	12	-
036	Trace	III	-	5
054	Truant	III	2	-

U

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
109	Unaware	IV	-	2
084	Unburden	IV	-	2

V

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
072	Vital Spirit	III	1	3
010	Volt Absorb	III	1	2

W

#	Name	Generation	Single	Dual
011	Water Absorb	III	1	9
041	Water Veil	III	-	4
073	White Smoke	III	1	-
025	Wonder Guard	III	1	-

Each Ability listed above is linked to an article containing a list of Pokémon that learn that ability. For those lists:

• Pokémon listed under 'Single ability' can only have that ability, for example, Squirtle can only have Torrent. (233 Pokémon)
• Pokémon listed under 'Dual ability' can have that ability or another, for example, Chansey can have either the ability Natural Cure or the ability Serene Grace. (260 Pokémon)

Individual Pokémon can only have one ability - Pokémon that are under a dual ability listing have a 50-50 chance of having either of their two abilities when encountered or hatched by a trainer.