Oblivious (Ability)

Oblivious (Japanese: どんかん Thickheaded) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Generation III
Oblivious prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by.

A Pokémon with this Ability will be cured of infatuation if it is infatuated while in battle (such as if it gains the Ability by an effect like, or is infatuated by a Pokémon with an Ability like ).

If a Pokémon is infatuated and has a status condition, if its infatuation is cured by Oblivious, the status condition icon will not disappear.

Generation IV
Pokémon with Oblivious also cannot be affected by.

If a Pokémon is infatuated and has a status condition, if its infatuation is cured by Oblivious, the status condition icon will disappear from the HP bar while it is in battle. The status condition will continue to take effect, however.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is infatuated and is holding a Mental Herb, Oblivious will cure the Pokémon of infatuation before the Mental Herb has a chance to be consumed. If the Pokémon with this Ability is holding a Destiny Knot, the Destiny Knot will be activated before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of infatuation.

Generation V
If a Pokémon is infatuated and has a status condition, if its infatuation is cured by Oblivious, the status condition icon will not disappear.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is infatuated and is holding a Mental Herb, the Mental Herb will be consumed before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of infatuation.

Generation VI
In addition to preventing infatuation, Oblivious now prevents the Pokémon from being afflicted by.

A Pokémon with this Ability will be cured of Taunt if it is taunted while in battle (such as if it gains the Ability by an effect like, or is taunted by a Pokémon with an Ability like ). If the Pokémon is holding a Mental Herb, it will be consumed before Oblivious cures the Pokémon of the Taunt.

Outside of battle
Oblivious has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Oblivious

 * Before Generation VI, did not have Oblivious.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * 's is revealed to have Oblivious as his Ability.
 * Pryce's is revealed to have Oblivious as its Ability.

Trivia

 * This Ability originated as a TCG TCG Poké-BODY.

In other languages
Dösigkeit Despiste Benêt Indifferenza どんかん 迟钝（特性）