Immunity (Ability)

"Immunity" redirects here. For the type mechanic, see Type → Type effectiveness.

Immunity	めんえき
	Immunity
Flavor text Generation III Prevents poisoning. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned. Generation V Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned. Generation VI Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned. Generation VII The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned. Generation VIII The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned. Generation IX The Pokémon's immune system prevents it from being poisoned.

Immunity (Japanese: めんえき Immunity) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Immunity prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by poison.

A Pokémon with this Ability will be cured of poison if it is poisoned while in battle (such as if it gains the Ability outside of battle or by an effect like Skill Swap, or is poisoned by a Pokémon with an Ability like Mold Breaker).

Generation III

If a poisoned Pokémon with Immunity is sent into battle as one of the lead Pokémon or to replace a fainted Pokémon, or gains Immunity due to Trace, it will not be cured of poison until after a Pokémon takes its turn (uses a move, switches out, etc.). It will be cured of poison if it is switched in to replace a switched out Pokémon (including if switched in via Baton Pass).

If a poisoned Pokémon has Immunity as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain poisoned when switched out.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is poisoned and is holding a Pecha, Lum, or Drash Berry, Immunity will cure the Pokémon of poison before the Berry has a chance to be consumed.

Generation IV

When a poisoned Pokémon with Immunity enters battle, it will be cured of poison.

If a poisoned Pokémon has Immunity as its original Ability but not its current Ability, if it is one of the active Pokémon at the end of the battle or switched out, it will be cured of poison (with no message).

Generation V onward

If a poisoned Pokémon has Immunity as its original Ability but not its current Ability, it will remain poisoned when switched out.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is poisoned and is holding a Pecha or Lum Berry, the Berry will be eaten and cure the Pokémon of poison before Immunity has a chance to activate.

A Pokémon with Immunity can be poisoned by Sunsteel Strike if the attacker has Poison Touch, but will be cured of poison immediately.

Outside of battle

Generation III and IV

Pokémon with this Ability can't take damage from poison outside of battle.

If a poisoned Pokémon gains Immunity by evolution, it will not be cured of poison until sent into battle. Pokémon with Immunity will not be poisoned by the Gentleman's Kirlia in the Battle Pike nor the Battle Arcade's game board.

Generation V onward

Immunity no longer has an effect outside of battle as Pokémon no longer take damage from poison when not in battle.

Pokémon with Immunity

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal	Immunity	Thick Fat	Gluttony
0207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	Hyper Cutter	Sand Veil	Immunity
0335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	Immunity	None	Toxic Boost
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 MDRB Prevents becoming poisoned or badly poisoned. MDTDS Protects the Pokémon from becoming poisoned or badly poisoned. BSL どくじょうたい もうどくじょうたいに ならない Conq. Prevents the Pokémon from being poisoned. MDGtI Unavailable SMD It protects the Pokémon from getting poisoned or badly poisoned! MDRTDX It protects the Pokémon from getting Poisoned or Badly Poisoned.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In volume 23, Red's Snorlax, Snor, was revealed to have Immunity as his Ability.
• Sidney's Zangoose is revealed to have Immunity as his Ability.

Pokémon Battle Frontier

Zangoose
The immune system of the Pokémon prevents it from getting poisoned.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	If Zangoose was hit by a move that can poison it, it will not get poisoned.
Enta's Zangoose	The Predestined Battle!		Debut

Trivia

• Zangoose's inspiration, the mongoose, is likely the reason it has this Ability, as mongooses may be resistant or immune to snake venom.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 免疫 Míhnyihk Mandarin 免疫 Miǎnyì French Vaccin German Immunität Italian Immunità Korean 면역 Myeon'yeok Brazilian Portuguese Imunidade Spanish Inmunidad Turkish Bağışıklık Vietnamese Miễn dịch

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