Weakness Policy

Weakness Policy じゃくてんほけん Weakness Guarantee

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Introduced in Generation VI Pocket Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Fling Power 80

The Weakness Policy (Japanese: じゃくてんほけん Weakness Guarantee) is a type of consumable held item introduced in Generation VI.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price XYORAS SM N/A $500

Effect

A one-time use item that raises the holder's Attack and Special Attack by two stages each when hit by a super effective move.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SM An item to be held by a Pokémon. Attack and Sp. Atk sharply increase if the holder is hit with a move it's weak to.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods XY Battle Maison (32BP) ORAS Battle Maison (32BP) SM Battle Tree (48BP)

In the TCG

Main article: Weakness Policy (Primal Clash 142)

Weakness Policy

Weakness Policy was introduced as an Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the Japanese XY Era. It was first released in the Japanese Gaia Volcano expansion before debuting in English in the Primal Clash expansion, where it was released as both a Regular card and a Secret card. When this Pokémon Tool card is attached to a Pokémon, that Pokémon has no Weakness.

In other languages

This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Chinese and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Chinese.

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 弱點保險 Mandarin 弱點保險 / 弱点保险 French Vulné-Assurance German Schwächenschutz Italian Vulneropolizza Korean 약점보험 Yakjeom Boheom Brazilian Portuguese Política de Fraqueza Spanish Seguro Debilidad

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII
• On Eevee's Itemdex

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.