Filter (Ability)

Filter	フィルター
	Filter
Flavor text Generation IV Powers down super-effective moves.DPPt Reduces damage from supereffective attacks.HGSS Generation V Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. Generation VI Reduces damage from supereffective attacks. Generation VII Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken. Generation VIII Reduces the power of supereffective attacks taken. Generation IX Reduces the power of supereffective attacks that hit the Pokémon.

Filter (Japanese: フィルター Filter) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Prior to Generation VI and in Generation VIII, it was the signature Ability of Mime Jr. and Mr. Mime. In Generation IX, it is the signature Ability of Revavroom.

Effect

In battle

Filter reduces damage from super effective moves by 25%. For example, a move that would do 2× damage will do 1.5× damage instead.

Outside of battle

Filter has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Filter

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0122		Mr. Mime	Psychic	Fairy	Soundproof	FilterGen IV+	Technician
0306		Aggron Mega Aggron	Steel		Steel	Filter	None	None
0439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy	Soundproof	Filter	Technician
0966		Revavroom	Steel	Poison	Overcoat	None	Filter
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Filter reduces the damage received from supereffective moves by 25%.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, it reduces the damage by about 12.5%.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Filter is Mr. Mime's Ability. After this Pokémon uses a move, it reduces the damage received for a short time.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Reduces the damage that the Pokémon suffers from super-effective moves. BSL こうかがばつぐんの わざの ダメージを へらす MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon takes less damage from supereffective moves! MDRTDX The Pokémon takes less damage from supereffective moves.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Emerald's Mr. Mime is revealed to have Filter as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• Sabrina's Mr. Mime is revealed to have Filter as her Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 過濾 Gwoleuih Mandarin 過濾 / 过滤 Guòlǜ French Filtre German Filter Italian Filtro Korean 필터 Filter Brazilian Portuguese Filtro Spanish Filtro Turkish Filtre Vietnamese Bộ Lọc

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.