Guts (Ability)

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Flavor text Generation III Ups Attack if suffering. Generation IV Boosts Attack if there is a status problem. Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Guts (Japanese: こんじょう Guts) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Thirteen Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Guts raises the Attack stat by 50% while affected by the Burn, Paralysis, or Poison status ailments. The Attack drop from Burn does not occur. In Generation IV, the Attack stat is also raised by the Sleep status ailment.

Outside of battle

Guts has no effect outside of battle.

Mystery Dungeon

A Pokémon with this ability will gain a 100% bonus to physical attack, provided that the Pokémon has a major status affliction.

Pokémon with Guts

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying
277		Swellow	Normal	Flying

Dual ability

#	Pokémon		Type		Other ability

In the anime

File:Ursaring guts.png

Ursaring activating Guts

Ursaring. After being affected by a status ailment, Ursaring's eyes and then its body glow red and its power dramatically increases.

• Activated by Paul's Ursaring in Evolving Strategies!.

Trivia

• No Generation IV Pokémon have this ability.

In other languages

• Spanish: Agallas
• Italian: Dentistretti
• German: Adrenalin