Rattled (Ability)

Rattled	びびり
	Jitter
Flavor text Generation V Some move types scare it and boost its Speed. Generation VI Some move types scare it and boost its Speed stat. Generation VII Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat. Generation VIII Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat. Generation IX The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.

Rattled (Japanese: びびり Jitter) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Generations V to VII

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type damaging move, its Speed is increased by one stage. No immunity is granted to these types of moves, however.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type multistrike move, each hit activates this Ability.

Generation VIII

Rattled now also activates if a Pokémon with this Ability is affected by Intimidate.

Outside of battle

Rattled has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Rattled

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0052		Meowth Alolan Form	Dark		Dark	Pickup	Technician	Rattled
0053		Persian Alolan Form	Dark		Dark	Fur Coat	Technician	Rattled
0129		Magikarp	Water		Water	Swift Swim	None	Rattled
0165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	Swarm	Early Bird	Rattled
0185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Rattled
0206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
0209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy	Intimidate	Run Away	Rattled
0210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	Intimidate	Quick FeetGen IV+	Rattled
0261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	Run Away	Quick FeetGen IV+	Rattled
0293		Whismur	Normal		Normal	Soundproof	None	Rattled
0366		Clamperl	Water		Water	Shell Armor	None	Rattled
0438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Rattled
0550		Basculin White-Striped Form	Water		Water	Rattled	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	Snow Cloak	Slush RushGen VII+	Rattled
0835		Yamper	Electric		Electric	Ball Fetch	None	Rattled
0848		Toxel	Electric	Poison	Rattled	Static	Klutz
0960		Wiglett	Water		Water	Gooey	Rattled	Sand Veil
0961		Wugtrio	Water		Water	Gooey	Rattled	Sand Veil
0982		Dudunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
0999		Gimmighoul Chest Form	Ghost		Ghost	Rattled	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.

Pokémon that formerly had Rattled

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0902		Basculegion	Water	Ghost	RattledGen VIII	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
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 Pokémon Legends: Arceus's internal code, Basculegion's Ability is Rattled instead of Swift Swim.

Trivia

• The types that trigger this Ability are all super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon, but no Psychic-type Pokémon can have this Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 膽怯 Dáamhip Mandarin 膽怯 / 胆怯 Dǎnqiè French Phobique German Hasenfuß Italian Paura Korean 주눅 Junuk Brazilian Portuguese Medroso Spanish Cobardía

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