Synchronize (Ability)

Not to be confused with Synchronoise (move).

Synchronize	シンクロ
	Synchro
Flavor text Generation III Passes on status problems. Generation IV Passes on a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe.DPPt Passes a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe.HGSS Generation V Passes a burn, poison, or paralysis to the foe. Generation VI Passes poison, paralyze, or burn to the Pokémon that inflicted it. Generation VII The attacker will receive the same status condition if it inflicts a burn, poison, or paralysis to the Pokémon. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Synchronize (Japanese: シンクロ Synchro) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Synchronize is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned by another Pokémon, that Pokémon will be inflicted with the same status condition. Synchronize will not inflict sleep or freeze.

Even if Synchronize would have no effect due to the other Pokémon already having a status condition or the other Pokémon's type, Ability, or team condition (e.g. Safeguard), it will still activate (revealing it as the Pokémon's Ability), but have no effect. Synchronize can affect a Pokémon behind a substitute. Synchronize can be activated by other Pokémon's Abilities, such as Static and Synchronize itself; it cannot be activated by the Toxic Orb or Flame Orb.

If a Pokémon with Synchronize has a Berry that cures the status condition it was just inflicted with, Synchronize will activate before the Berry is eaten.

Generation III to IV

When a Pokémon with Synchronize is badly poisoned by another Pokémon, that Pokémon will be inflicted with the regular poison condition.

If Psycho Shift is used by a burned, paralyzed, or poisoned Pokémon targeting a Pokémon with Synchronize, Synchronize activates after Psycho Shift cures the user of its status condition. Therefore, Synchronize will inflict the status condition anew in such a case.

Toxic Spikes do not activate this Ability unless a Pokémon on the field directly causes a Pokémon with Synchronize to switch in, such as by using the moves Roar or Whirlwind.

Generation V and VI

When a Pokémon with Synchronize is badly poisoned by another Pokémon, that Pokémon will now be inflicted with the bad poison condition, rather than the regular poison condition.

If Psycho Shift is used by a burned, paralyzed, poisoned, or badly poisoned Pokémon targeting a Pokémon with Synchronize, Synchronize now activates before Psycho Shift cures the user of its status condition. Therefore, Synchronize will fail to inflict the status condition anew in such a case.

Toxic Spikes do not activate this Ability, even if another Pokémon forced the Pokémon with this Ability to switch in by using a move like Roar or Dragon Tail.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onward, if a Pokémon with Synchronize is in the first place in the party (even if fainted) when a wild Pokémon is encountered, there is a 50% chance that the game will force it to have the same Nature as the Pokémon with this Ability. This does not apply to roaming Pokémon, Pokémon in the Pokéwalker, or Pokémon in the Entree Forest. In Emerald, it also does not apply to stationary Pokémon (such as Regirock or Rayquaza).

In SOS Battles, Synchronize may take effect on subsequently called allies if a Pokémon with Synchronize moves to the first place in the party during the battle. Due to a bug, however, the called Pokémon will Synchronize to the Nature of the Pokémon that was originally in the first spot.

Starting in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, if a Pokémon with Synchronize is leading the party, gift Pokémon (except Pokémon obtained via Mystery Gift) that are in the Undiscovered Egg Group will always have the same Nature as the Pokémon with this Ability. Starting in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, this applies regardless of the Pokémon's Egg Group; however, this does not apply to the Eevee Egg received at the Pokémon Nursery.

Pokémon with Synchronize

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0063		Abra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0064		Kadabra	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0065		Alakazam	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	Inner Focus	Magic Guard
0151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	None	None
0177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	Synchronize	Early Bird	Magic Bounce
0196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic	Synchronize	None	Magic Bounce
0197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	Synchronize	None	Inner Focus
0280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	Synchronize	Trace	Telepathy
0517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
0518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic	Forewarn	Synchronize	Telepathy
0605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
0606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic	Telepathy	Synchronize	Analytic
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Kirlia
The Pokémon inflicts its status condition on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Kirlia is inflicted with a status condition, the same status condition appears on the opponent's body.
Ruby's Rara	Cunning Kirlia		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 同步 Tùhngbouh Mandarin 同步 Tóngbù French Synchro German Synchro Italian Sincronismo Korean 싱크로 Synchro Portuguese Sincronizar Spanish Sincronía Turkish Eşitleme Vietnamese Đồng hóa

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