Tera Shift (Ability)

Tera Shift	テラスチェンジ
	Tera Change
Flavor text Generation IX When the Pokémon enters a battle, it absorbs the energy around itself and transforms into its Terastal Form.

Tera Shift (Japanese: テラスチェンジ Tera Change) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX. It is one of the signature Abilities of Terapagos.

Effect

In battle

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when Terapagos enters the battle, it turns into it’s Terastal form until the end of the battle.

Tera Shift has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tera Shift

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
1024		Terapagos Normal Form	Normal		Normal	Tera Shift	None	None
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 太晶變形 Taaijīng Binyìhng Mandarin 太晶變形 / 太晶变形 Tàijīng Biànxíng French Téramorphose German Tera-Wandel Italian Teramorfosi Korean 테라체인지 Tera Cheinji Spanish Teracambio

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