Defiant (Ability)

Defiant (Japanese: まけんき Competitive Spirit) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

In battle
When a stat of a Pokémon with this Ability is lowered by an opponent, its is increased by two stages. Defiant will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability lowers its own stats (such as with ) or if its stats are lowered by an ally.

If multiple stats are lowered (such as by or ), Defiant activates for each stat lowered.

If the Pokémon with this Ability is holding a White Herb, if a stat other than Attack is lowered, Defiant will trigger before the White Herb, so the user will receive the Attack boost and then the lowered stat will be restored. If its Attack is lowered, Defiant will activate first, increasing its Attack so that the White Herb cannot activate.

Outside of battle
Defiant has no effect outside of battle.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * Grimsley's is revealed to have Defiant as its Ability.

Trivia

 * This Ability can trigger when activated in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.
 * This Ability originated as a TCG TCG Poké-BODY.

In other languages
Siegeswille Competitivo Acharné Agonismo まけんき 不服输（特性）