Mold Breaker (Ability)

Mold Breaker	かたやぶり
	Mold-Breaking
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Moves can be used regardless of abilities. Generation V Moves can be used regardless of Abilities. Generation VI Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Mold Breaker (Japanese: かたやぶり Mold-Breaking) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Eighteen Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Mold Breaker ignores the effects of Abilities that could potentially weaken or negate moves (or side-effects of moves) that its user executes; for example, a Pokémon with Mold Breaker can hit opponents that possess Levitate by using Earthquake. Mold Breaker applies regardless of target Pokémon, but only to moves executed by its user (so if two Pokemon in a Double Battle both know Earthquake, only the Pokémon with Mold Breaker can hit a Levitating opponent).

Unlike Gastro Acid, which completely negates a target's Ability, the opponents' Abilities otherwise remain in effect: Abilities that protect against status conditions (Immunity, Insomnia, etc.) will not protect the Pokémon from receiving the status condition, but (with the exception of Leaf Guard) will immediately cure it of the status inflicted. Abilities that draw attacks to the user, such as Lightning Rod and Storm Drain, will still divert attacks in double or triple battles regardless of Mold Breaker, but will not prevent the attacks from landing (or landing with 100% accuracy) or inflicting damage on the Pokémon.

In Generation IV, when a Pokémon with Mold Breaker is brought out, the message "<name> has Mold Breaker!" is displayed. In Generation V onwards, when a Pokémon with Mold Breaker is brought out, the message "<name> breaks the mold!" is displayed.

Abilities affected

Mold Breaker ignores the following Abilities, even in situations where the Ability could boost the power of a move (such as using Low Kick on a Pokemon with Heavy Metal):

Generation	Ability
Generation IV onwards	Battle Armor, Clear Body, Damp, Dry Skin, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Heatproof, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, Lightning Rod, Limber, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow Cloak, Solid Rock, Soundproof, Sticky Hold, Storm Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, Tangled Feet, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Veil, White Smoke, Wonder Guard
Generation V onwards	Big Pecks, Contrary, Friend Guard, Heavy Metal, Light Metal, Magic Bounce, Multiscale, Sap Sipper, Telepathy, Wonder Skin
Generation VI	Aroma Veil, Bulletproof, Flower Veil, Fur Coat, Sweet Veil

Outside of battle

Mold Breaker has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Mold Breaker

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	Hyper Cutter	Mold Breaker	Moxie
130M	Gyarados	Gyarados	Water	Dark	Mold Breaker	None	None
181M	Ampharos	Ampharos	Electric	Dragon	Mold Breaker	None	None
0408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground	Sand Rush	Sand Force	Mold Breaker
0530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	Sand Rush	Sand Force	Mold Breaker
0538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Inner Focus	Mold Breaker
0539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting	Sturdy	Inner Focus	Mold Breaker
0550		Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
550B	Basculin	Basculin	Water		Water	Rock Head	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon	Rivalry	Mold Breaker	Unnerve
0621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	Rough Skin	Sheer Force	Mold Breaker
0674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting	Iron Fist	Mold Breaker	Scrappy
0675		Pangoro	Fighting	Dark	Iron Fist	Mold Breaker	Scrappy
0701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying	Unburden	Limber	Mold Breaker
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 anime

Cranidos Rampardos
The user cancels out the opponent's Ability when it activates.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When the opponent's Ability activates, Cranidos cancels it out.
Roark's Cranidos	Shapes of Things to Come!		Debut
	When the opponent's Ability activates, Rampardos cancels it out.
Roark's Rampardos	O'er the Rampardos we Watched!		None

Trivia

• Roark's Rampardos's Mold Breaker stopped Ash's Pikachu and Paul's Elekid's Static in the anime, even though Static is not affected by Mold Breaker in the games.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 革新 Géxīn Dutch Schimmelbreker French Brise Moule German Überbrückung Italian Rompiforma Korean 틀깨기 Teulkkaegi Portuguese Destruidor de Molde Spanish Rompemoldes

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.