Protean (Ability)

Protean	へんげんじざい
	Protean
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's using. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Protean (Japanese: へんげんじざい Protean) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI. Four Pokémon can have this Ability. This Ability is exclusively obtained as a Hidden Ability.

Effect

In battle

Immediately before using a move, a Pokémon with Protean as its ability will change its type to that of the move it is using. If a dual-type Pokémon triggers this Ability, then it will lose its secondary type and only the primary type will change. Using Hidden Power changes the user's type into Normal, rather than the type changing to the type of the Hidden Power. A Pokémon with Protean will not change type when using Struggle. Also, every move the Pokémon uses will gain STAB, except for Hidden Power.

Outside of battle

It is unknown if Protean has an effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Protean

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	Color Change	None	Protean
0656		Froakie	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Protean
0657		Frogadier	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Protean
0658		Greninja	Water	Dark	Torrent	None	Protean
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 French Protéen German Wandlungskunst Italian Mutatipo Korean 변환자재 Byeonhwan Jajae Spanish Mutatipo

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.