Stench (Ability)

Stench (Japanese: あくしゅう Stench) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. All that have this Ability are Poison types. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature Ability of and.

Generations III and IV
Stench has no effect in battle.

Generation V onward
Stench has a 10% chance of making the target when hit by a damaging move. Stench does not stack with King's Rock or Razor Fang.

Outside of battle
If a Pokémon with Stench is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a wild Pokémon is decreased by 50%. It shares this effect with and.

In the, the encounter rate is decreased by 25%.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
If a Pokémon with Stench is attacked by an adjacent Pokémon, the attacker may become terrified for a short time.

Description

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In the anime

 * In Sliding Into Seventh!, Jeremiah's was known to have Stench as its Ability, but the Ability activated off-screen.

Trivia

 * Stench is the first Ability in index number order.

In other languages
Duftnote Hedor Puanteur Tanfo あくしゅう 恶臭（特性）