Adaptability (Ability)

Adaptability	てきおうりょく
	Adaptable Power
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Powers up moves of the same type. Generation V Powers up moves of the same type. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Adaptability (Japanese: てきおうりょく Adaptable Power) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon can have this Ability, all being Water-type or Normal-type.

Effect

In battle

Adaptability increases STAB from 1.5× to 2×.

Outside of battle

Adaptability has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Adaptability

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
0341		Corphish	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Adaptability
0349		Feebas	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Adaptability
0474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	Adaptability	Download	Analytic
0550		Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
550B	Basculin	Basculin	Water		Water	Rock Head	Adaptability	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.

Trivia

• Crawdaunt is the only dual-type Pokémon that can have Adaptability as its Ability.
• No Generation II Pokémon can have Adaptability as their Ability.
• Feebas is the only Pokémon with Adaptability that does not have a Second Ability.
• All of the Pokémon that can have Adaptability as their Hidden Ability are from Generation III.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 適應力 Shìyìng-lì French Adaptabilité German Anpassung Greek Προσαρμογή Italian Adattabilità Korean 적응력 Jeok'eungryeok Portuguese Adaptabilidade Spanish Adaptable

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.