Download (Ability)

Download	ダウンロード
	Download
Flavor text Generation IV Adjusts power according to the foe's ability. Generation V Adjusts power according to a foe's defenses. Generation VI Adjusts power based on an opposing Pokémon's stats. Generation VII Compares an opposing Pokémon's Defense and Sp. Def stats before raising its own Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever will be more effective. Generation VIII Compares an opposing Pokémon's Defense and Sp. Def stats before raising its own Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever will be more effective. Generation IX The Pokémon compares an opposing Pokémon's Defense and Sp. Def stats before raising its own Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever will be more effective.

Download (Japanese: ダウンロード Download) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Porygon's evolutionary line.

Effect

In battle

Download raises either the Attack stat or Special Attack stat by one stage depending on the foe's currently lowest defensive stat: it will raise Attack if the foe's current Defense is lower than its current Special Defense stat; otherwise, it will raise Special Attack.

For determining which of the foe's defensive stats is lower, Download takes into account stat stages and the effect of Power Trick; however, it does not consider the effects of held items, Abilities such as Marvel Scale, or Wonder Room. In case of a tie between the foe's Defense and Special Defense, Download increases Special Attack.

During a Double Battle, Triple Battle, or Battle Royal, Download will calculate the average Defense and Special Defense by adding the stats of all opposing Pokémon, and determine the lowest stat between both averages.

Generation IV

	This Ability effect may be in need of research. Reason: When was the substitute interaction introduced? In what generation did this stop being the case? You can discuss this on the talk page.

Download doesn't take into account the defensive stats of opponents behind a Substitute. If all opponents are behind a substitute, Download will not activate.

Generation VIII onward

Download now takes into account the defensive stats of opponents behind a Substitute.

Outside of battle

Download has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Download

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	Trace	DownloadGen IV+	Analytic
0233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	Trace	DownloadGen IV+	Analytic
0474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	Adaptability	Download	Analytic
0649		Genesect	Bug	Steel	Download	None	None
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 games

Description

Games Description MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's Attack or Special Attack when it attacks. BSL こうげきしたとき こうげきか とくこうが あがる MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon's Attack or Sp. Atk sometimes goes up when the Pokémon uses a move on an enemy. If the enemy's Defense is higher than its Sp. Def, Sp. Atk goes up, and if its Sp. Def is higher, Attack goes up! MDRTDX The Pokémon's Attack or Sp. Atk sometimes goes up when the Pokémon uses a move on an enemy. Which one gets raised is based on the enemy's stats.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Blake's Genesect is revealed to have Download as its Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

Trivia

• All Pokémon who have this Ability were either engineered or modified by humans.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 下載 Hahjoi Mandarin 下載 / 下载 Xiàzài French Télécharge German Download Italian Download Korean 다운로드 Download Spanish Descarga Vietnamese Tải Dữ Liệu

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.