Transistor (Ability)

Transistor	トランジスタ
	Transistor
Flavor text Generation VIII Powers up Electric-type moves. Generation IX Powers up Electric-type moves.

Transistor (Japanese: トランジスタ Transistor) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Regieleki.

Effect

In battle

Generation VIII

If an Electric-type move is used by a Pokémon with this Ability, its Attack or Special Attack stat is multiplied by 1.5 during damage calculation, effectively increasing damage dealt by 50%.

Generation IX

The attacking stat multiplier has now been reduced to ~1.3 (5325/4096).

Outside of battle

Transistor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Transistor

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0894		Regieleki	Electric		Electric	Transistor	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 languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 電晶體 Dihnjīngtái Mandarin 電晶體 / 电晶体 Diànjīngtǐ French Transistor German Transistor Italian Transistor Korean 트랜지스터 Teuraenjiseuteo Brazilian Portuguese Transistor Russian Транзистор Tranzistor Spanish Transistor

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.