Pokémon Sword and Shield: All Abilities and Hidden Abilities
E-H
In general, Abilities and Hidden Abilities are helpful effects that automatically happen in battle and sometimes in the overworld. However, some Abilities and Hidden Abilities are not useful. Here are all of the Abilities and Hidden Abilities from E through H.
- Early Bird
- Effect Spore
- Emergency Exit
- Filter
- Flame Body
- Flare Boost
- Flash Fire
- Flower Gift
- Fluffy
- Forewarn
- Friend Guard
- Frisk
- Gluttony
- Gooey
- Gorilla Tactics
- Grassy Surge
- Gulp Missile
- Guts
- Harvest
- Healer
- Heatproof
- Heavy Metal
- Honey Gather
- Huge Power
- Hunger Switch
- Hustle
- Hydration
- Hyper Cutter
Early Bird
A Pokémon with this Ability will wake up from Sleep on their own faster than Pokémon without it. This includes self-induced sleep via Rest.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Natu
- Xatu
- Seedot
- Nuzleaf
- Shiftry
Effect Spore
When a Pokémon with Effect Spore is hit by another Pokémon that makes contact with it, the opposing Pokémon has a 10% chance of getting poisoned, paralyzed, or put to sleep. Grass-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Overcoat, and Pokémon holding Safety Goggles are immune to Effect Spore.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
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- Morelull
- Shiinotic
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Vileplume
- Gossifleur
- Eldegoss
Electric Surge
A Pokémon with Electric Surge turns the ground into Electric Terrain when it enters a battle.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Pincurchin
Emergency Exit
A Pokémon with Emergency Exit automatically flees a battle or switches out when its HP drops below half it's maximum HP.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Golisopod
Filter
When hit with super-effective moves, a Pokémon that knows Filter will only receive 1/4 of the damage.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Mime Jr.
Flame Body
When a Pokémon with Flame Body is hit by a move that makes physical contact, there's a 30% chance that the attacking Pokémon will become burned.
Overworld effect: If the first Pokémon in your party has Flame Body, then the time it takes to hatch any Pokémon Eggs in your party is halved.
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Litwick
- Lampent
- Chandelure
- Carkol
- Coalossal
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Sizzilpede
- Centiskorch
Flare Boost
If the Pokémon with this Ability is burned, its special moves are increased by 50%.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Drifloon
- Drifblim
Flash Fire
This Ability makes the Pokémon immune to Fire-type moves and activates when hit by a Fire-type attack.
Overworld effect: If the first Pokémon in your party knows Flash Fire, there's a 50% chance you'll encounter a Fire-type Pokémon in the wild if one is possible in the area.
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Vulpix
- Ninetales
- Growlithe
- Arcanine
- Flareon
- Litwick
- Lampent
- Chandelure
- Heatmore
- Sizzlipede
- Centiskorch
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Rolycoly
- Carkol
- Coalossal
Flower Gift
A Pokémon with Flower Gift will cause an increase in Attack and Special Defense by 1.5 times for itself and its allies when weather conditions are at harsh sunlight in battle.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Cherrim (Overcast Form)
- Cherrim (Sunshine Form)
Fluffy
Pokémon with Fluffy take double damage from Fire-type moves, but half damage from moves that make contact.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Stufful
- Bewear
- Wooloo
- Dubwool
Forewarn
A Pokémon with Forewarn is shown its opponent's highest power move.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Munna
- Musharna
Friend Guard
This Ability reduces the damage your allies receive by 25%. However, it doesn't reduce damage dealt by direct damage moves.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Cleffa
- Clefairy
Frisk
This Ability lets the Pokémon see its opponents held item when it enters battle.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Gothita
- Gothorita
- Gothitelle
- Phantump
- Trevenant
- Pumpkaboo
- Gourgeist
- Noibat
- Noivern
- Orbeetle
- Impidimp
- Morgrem
- Grimmsnarl
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Duskull
- Dusclops
- Dusknoir
Gluttony
A Pokémon with this Ability will eat Berries when they are at 50% health or lower instead of waiting until they are at 25% HP or lower.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Shuckle
- Zigzagoon
- Linoone
- Heatmore
- Applin
- Flapple
- Appletun
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Snorlax
- Munchlax
- Skwovet
- Greedant
Gooey
When a Pokémon with this Ability gets hit by a move that makes contact, the opposing Pokémon decreases Speed by one stage.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Goomy
- Sliggoo
- Goodra
Gorilla Tactics
A Pokémon with Gorilla Tactics will only be able to use one move, but that Attack is boosted by 50%.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Darmanitan (Galarian Form)
Grassy Surge
When a Pokémon with Grassy Surge enters a battle, it makes the ground into Grassy Terrain.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Grookey
- Thwackey
- Rillaboom
Gulp Missile
Whenever a Pokémon with Gulp Missile uses Surf or Dive, they come back with prey in their mouths. When the Pokémon takes damage, they attack by spitting the prey at their opponent.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Cramorant
Guts
When a Pokémon with this Ability has a status condition, its Attack is increased by 50%.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Machop
- Machoke
- Machamp
- Tyrogue
- Larvitar
- Timburr
- Gurdurr
- Conkeldurr
- Throh
- Obstagoon
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Flareon
Harvest
A Pokémon with this Ability has a 50% chance of restoring a Berry after using it during battle. Additionally, Harvest always activates when weather conditions are in harsh sunlight. Harvest can only activate once per turn.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Phantump
- Trevenant
Healer
This Ability has a 30% chance of curing an ally's status conditions.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Hatenna
- Hattrem
- Hatterene
- Spritzee
- Aromatisse
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Bellossom
Heatproof
A Pokémon with Heatproof only experiences half the damage caused by Fire-type attacks and burns.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Bronzor
- Bronzong
- Rolycoly
Heavy Metal
This Ability doubles the weight of the Pokémon that has it.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Duraludon
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Bronzor
- Bronzong
- Cufant
- Copperajah
Honey Gather
This Ability has no effect during battle.
Overworld effect: A Pokémon with this Ability has a chance of picking up Honey after a battle finishes. The higher the level Pokémon, the more likely they are to find Honey.
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Combee
- Cutiefly
- Ribombee
Huge Power
This Ability doubles the Attack stat of the Pokémon that has it.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Bunnelby
- Diggersby
Hunger Switch
A Morpeko that knows Hunger Switch will change between its two forms every turn. If Morpeko knows Aura Wheel, the move will be changed back and forth between an Electric-type move and a Dark-type move.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Morpeko (Full Belly Mode)
- Morpeko (Hangry Mode)
Hustle
This Ability doubles the user's Attack stat but lowers the accuracy of the user's physical moves by 20%.
Overworld effect: If the first Pokémon in your party knows Hustle, the chance of coming across high-leveled Pokémon increases by 50%.
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Togepi
- Togetic
- Togekiss
- Remoraid
- Delibird
- Darumaka
- Durant
- Deino
- Zweilous
- Dracozolt
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Combee
- Rufflet
- Flapple
Hydration
A Pokémon with Hydration will be cured of non-volatile status conditions it may have if it's raining.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Wingull
- Tympole
- Palpitoad
- Shelmet
- Accelgor
- Goomy
- Sliggoo
- Goodra
Pokémon that can have this as a Hidden Ability:
- Lapras
- Vaporeon
- Barboach
- Whiscash
Hyper Cutter
Pokémon with Hyper Cutter cannot have their Attack stat lowered by opponents.
Overworld effect: None
Pokémon that can have this Ability:
- Krabby
- Kingler
- Mawile
- Trapinch
- Corphish
- Crawdaunt
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