Cursed Body (Ability)

Cursed Body のろわれボディ
Cursed Body
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Generation V
May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
Generation VI
May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
Generation VII
May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
Generation VIII
May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
Generation IX
May disable a move that has dealt damage to the Pokémon.

Cursed Body (Japanese: のろわれボディ Cursed Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a damaging move, there is a 30% chance that the Cursed Body will disable that move of the attacking Pokémon for 4 turns (including the turn Cursed Body activates). Struggle cannot be disabled. Cursed Body can activate even if the attacker is behind a substitute or if the Pokémon with Cursed Body is knocked out, but will not activate if the attack hits the substitute of the Pokémon with Cursed Body.

If Cursed Body disables a multi-strike move before it has finished all of its hits, it will not prevent the other hits from being executed. Cursed Body can disable a move that calls another move if the called move dealt damage.

If a Pokémon uses a damaging Z-Move on a Pokémon with Cursed Body, that damaging Z-Move can be disabled (with no effect on the base move), temporarily preventing it from being used twice with the effect of Rotom Powers, but otherwise having no tangible effect. However, if Cursed Body would disable a status Z-Move (such as Z-Nature Power), the base status move will be disabled.

Outside of battle

Cursed Body has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Cursed Body

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0094   Gengar
Ghost Poison Cursed BodyGen VII+ None None
0105   Marowak
Alolan Form
Fire Ghost Cursed Body Lightning Rod Rock Head
0222   Corsola
Galarian Form
Ghost Ghost Weak Armor None Cursed Body
0353   Shuppet
Ghost Ghost Insomnia FriskGen IV+ Cursed Body
0354   Banette
Ghost Ghost Insomnia FriskGen IV+ Cursed Body
0478   Froslass
Ice Ghost Snow Cloak None Cursed Body
0592   Frillish
Water Ghost Water Absorb Cursed Body Damp
0593   Jellicent
Water Ghost Water Absorb Cursed Body Damp
0854   Sinistea
Ghost Ghost Weak Armor None Cursed Body
0855   Polteageist
Ghost Ghost Weak Armor None Cursed Body
0885   Dreepy
Dragon Ghost Clear Body Infiltrator Cursed Body
0886   Drakloak
Dragon Ghost Clear Body Infiltrator Cursed Body
0887   Dragapult
Dragon Ghost Clear Body Infiltrator Cursed Body
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later.
  • For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games Description
MDGtI Unavailable
SMD When the Pokémon takes damage from an enemy's move, it sometimes seals the move!
MDRTDX When the Pokémon takes damage from an enemy's move, it sometimes seals the move.


In the anime

 
Frillish
 
Jellicent
 
Acerola's Gengar
 
Ash's Gengar
The Pokémon disables one of its opponent's moves or the opponent's movement.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  When Frillish is hit by an opponent's attack that causes physical contact, Frillish's body becomes surrounded in a dark indigo aura which then covers the opponent's body. The opponent can then no longer use the move that inflicted the damage onto Frillish.
Trip's Frillish A Rival Battle for Club Champ! Debut
  When Jellicent gets hit by an attack, Jellicent's body shakes and is surrounded by a pinkish aura. The opponent's body shakes and is surrounded by a pinkish aura in the same manner, and the attack that caused the activation is disabled.
Marlon's Jellicent The Road to Humilau! None
  When Gengar hits the opponent with an attack, the opponent becomes surrounded by a circle of dark aura, preventing it from moving; or, when Gengar is hit by an attack, its body shivers. The opponent then also starts shivering and becomes unable to use the attack that hit Gengar.
Acerola's Greedy Rapooh The Battlefield of Truth and Love! None
Ash's Gengar A Flood of Torrential Gains! None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 詛咒之軀 Jojau-jī Kēui *
詛咒身體 Jojau Sāntái *
Mandarin 詛咒之軀 / 诅咒之躯 Zǔzhòu-zhī Qū *
咒术之躯 Zhòu Shù Zhī Qū *
詛咒身體 Zǔzhòu Shēntǐ *
  Czech Prokleté tělo
  Dutch Vervloekt lichaam
  Finnish Kirottu keho
  French Corps Maudit
  German Tastfluch
  Hindi श्रापित शरीर Shraapit Shareer
  Indonesian Tubuh Terkutuk
  Italian Corpofunesto
  Korean 저주받은바디 Jeojubad-eun Body
  Polish Szkodliwe Ciało
Portuguese   Brazil Corpo Amaldiçoado
  Portugal Corpo Maldito
  Russian Проклятое Тело Proklyatoye Telo
Spanish   Latin America Cuerpo Maldito
  Spain Cuerpo MalditoVI+
Cue. MalditoV
  Vietnamese Cơ Thể Bị Nguyền Rủa


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