Comatose (Ability)

Comatose (Japanese: ぜったいねむり Sure Sleeper) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of.

In battle
The Pokémon with this Ability is treated as if it is, without having the status condition. The Pokémon with this Ability can still use moves (including successfully using and ). It cannot be afflicted with non-volatile status conditions or become drowsy due to.

The Pokémon with this Ability takes double damage from and ; can be affected by, , and ; and cannot successfully use. However, due to not actually having the sleep status condition, the Pokémon with this Ability is not considered to have a status condition for the purposes of effects such as and Chesto Berries.

Comatose is unaffected by effects that prevent sleep (such as, and ). Comatose is unaffected by, , and. A Pokémon with using  cannot poison a target that has Comatose.

,, , , and fail if the target has the Ability Comatose. fails if either Pokémon has Comatose. Comatose cannot be copied by, , or. Comatose cannot be replaced by or suppressed by. If a Pokémon that has its Ability suppressed passes that effect to a Pokémon with Comatose via, that effect fades. If a Pokémon that already has its Ability suppressed obtains Comatose with, Comatose's effects are suppressed (i.e. the Pokémon will not be protected from status conditions, is not treated as asleep for effects such as , etc.).

If a Pokémon that already has a status condition gains Comatose (i.e. due to or ), it will not be cured of its status condition. If the Pokémon was asleep, the status has its normal effect, unaffected by Comatose.

Outside of battle
Comatose has no effect outside of battle.

In other languages
Dauerschlaf Letargo perenne Hypersommeil Sonno Assoluto ぜったいねむり 絕對睡眠（特性）