Anticipation (Ability)

Anticipation	きけんよち
	Danger Premonition
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Senses the foe's dangerous moves. Generation V Senses a foe's dangerous moves. Generation VI Senses an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves. Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Anticipation (Japanese: きけんよち Danger Premonition) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Seven Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Generation IV

When a Pokémon with Anticipation enters the battle or a Pokémon gains the Ability Anticipation, it causes the Pokémon to "shudder" if any opponent has a damaging move that is super-effective against the Pokémon with Anticipation, a one-hit knockout move, or Selfdestruct or Explosion.

Hidden Power, Judgment, Weather Ball, and Natural Gift are treated as Normal-type moves. Counter, Metal Burst, and Mirror Coat do not trigger Anticipation.

Generation V

The moves Selfdestruct and Explosion no longer trigger Anticipation by default.

Counter, Metal Burst, and Mirror Coat are counted as attacking moves of their types, so can trigger Anticipation. Techno Blast is treated as a Normal-type move.

Generation VI onward

The moves Self-Destruct and Explosion can trigger Anticipation in Inverse Battles, if the Pokémon is weak to Normal-type moves.

Anticipation ignores a mysterious air current.

Outside of battle

Anticipation has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, a Pokémon detects super-effective moves by hitting the opponent with a regular attack.

Pokémon with Anticipation

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
0339		Barboach	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
413G	Wormadam	Wormadam	Bug	Ground	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
413S	Wormadam	Wormadam	Bug	Steel	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
0453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel	Iron Barbs	None	Anticipation
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 Generation V games, Ferrothorn has no Hidden Ability.

In the anime

Croagunk
The user predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Croagunk can sense when a strong opponent is nearby. It can also sense the opponent inside its own Poké Ball.
Brock's Croagunk	Losing Its Lustrous!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Croagunk
The user predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Croagunk can sense when an opponent is sneaking up behind it.
Saturn's Croagunk	Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra I		Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Toxicroak
The user predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Toxicroak can sense when an opponent is sneaking up behind it.
Saturn's Toxicroak	A Battle With Wills		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 預知危險 Yùzhī Wēixiǎn Dutch Anticipatie French Anticipation German Vorahnung Italian Presagio Korean 위험예지 Wiheom Yeji Polish Niecierpliwość Portuguese Antecipação Spanish Anticipación

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