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 held item introduced in Generation VI. It is an in-battle effect item that raises the holder's Attack and Special Attack if hit by a super effective move.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh N/A $500

Effect

If the holder is hit by a super effective move, it consumes the Weakness Policy and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each.

It does not activate if the holder already has both +6 Attack and +6 Special Attack stat stages (unless its Ability is Contrary, in which case it will not activate if the holder has both -6 Attack and -6 Special Attack stat stages). It does not activate if the holder is protected from or unaffected by the super effective move (e.g. due to Telepathy or Wonder Guard).

If multiple Pokémon each holding a Weakness Policy are hit by a super effective move at once, each hit Pokémon will consume its Weakness Policy before Symbiosis transfers any item (including Weakness Policies).

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh 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 (32 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (32 BP) SMUSUM Battle Tree (32 BP) SwSh Battle Tower (20 BP)

In the TCG

Weakness Policy

Main article: Weakness Policy (Primal Clash 142)

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

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

External links

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

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