Neutralizing Gas (Ability)

Neutralizing Gas	かがくへんかガス
	Chemical Change Gas
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII If the Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas is in the battle, the effects of all Pokémon's Abilities will be nullified or will not be triggered. Generation IX Currently unknown

Neutralizing Gas (Japanese: かがくへんかガス Chemical Change Gas) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Koffing's evolutionary lines.

Effect

In battle

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Neutralizing Gas suppresses the effects of Abilities of other Pokémon currently in battle.

Once Neutralizing Gas is no longer applying, Abilities that activate when a Pokémon is switched in (such as Intimidate) that were suppressed immediately activate regardless of whether they have already activated (except Unnerve, which applies without displaying a message, and Imposter). If it stops applying because the Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas is switched out, those Abilities activate before the switch occurs (e.g. if Intimidate is activated this way, it will decrease the Attack of the Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas before it switches out).

Neutralizing Gas cannot suppress Neutralizing Gas, Stance Change, or Schooling.

Neutralizing Gas cannot be copied by Trace, Role Play, or Entrainment. Neutralizing Gas cannot be swapped by Skill Swap or Wandering Spirit. It can, however, be suppressed or overridden through Gastro Acid, Worry Seed, Simple Beam, Role Play, Entrainment, or Mummy. These effects persist even if Neutralizing Gas is suppressed through Gastro Acid—a Pokémon with Mold Breaker will still fail to use Skill Swap on a Pokémon with (suppressed) Neutralizing Gas.

Mold Breaker is suppressed by Neutralizing Gas.

Outside of battle

Neutralizing Gas has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Neutralizing Gas

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0109		Koffing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Stench
0110		Weezing	Poison		Poison	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Stench
110G	Weezing	Weezing	Poison	Fairy	Levitate	Neutralizing Gas	Misty Surge
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 化學變化氣體 Fahohk Binfa Heitái Mandarin 化學變化氣體 / 化学变化气体 Huàxué Biànhuà Qìtǐ French Gaz Inhibiteur German Reaktionsgas Italian Gas Reagente Korean 화학변화가스 Hwahak Byeonhwa Gas Russian Нейтрализующий Газ Neytralizuyushchiy Gaz Spanish Gas Reactivo

References

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.