Justified (Ability)

Justified	せいぎのこころ
	Heart of Justice
Flavor text Generation V Raises Attack when hit by a Dark-type move. Generation VI Boosts the Attack stat when it's hit by a Dark-type move. Generation VII Being hit by a Dark-type move boosts the Attack stat of the Pokémon, for justice. Generation VIII Being hit by a Dark-type move boosts the Attack stat of the Pokémon, for justice. Generation IX When the Pokémon is hit by a Dark-type attack, its Attack stat is boosted by its sense of justice.

Justified (Japanese: せいぎのこころ Heart of Justice) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with Justified is hit by a Dark-type damaging move, its Attack is increased by one stage. This Ability does not provide immunity or reduction to the damage, nor does it activate from a Dark-type move hitting its Substitute. Dark-type multi-strike moves (such as Beat Up) will activate Justified once per strike, increasing the Attack stat that many stages.

Outside of battle

Justified has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Justified

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	Intimidate	Flash Fire	Justified
0059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	Intimidate	Flash Fire	Justified
0359		Absol	Dark		Dark	Pressure	Super LuckGen IV+	Justified
0448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	Steadfast	Inner Focus	Justified
0475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	Steadfast	SharpnessGen IX+	Justified
0638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting	Justified	None	None
0639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting	Justified	None	None
0640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting	Justified	None	None
0647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting	Justified	None	None
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.

Pokémon that formerly had Justified

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0058		Growlithe Hisuian Form	Fire	Rock	Intimidate	Flash Fire	JustifiedGen VIII
0059		Arcanine Hisuian Form	Fire	Rock	Intimidate	Flash Fire	JustifiedGen VIII
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 Pokémon Legends: Arceus's internal code, Hisuian Growlithe's and Arcanine's Hidden Ability is Justified instead of Rock Head.

In other games

Description

Games Description Conq. Raises Attack if hit by a Dark-type move. MDGtI The Pokémon's attack goes up each time it's hit by a Dark-type move.* Each time the Pokémon is hit by a Dark-type move, its Attack goes up!* SMD Each time the Pokémon is hit by a Dark-type move, its Attack goes up!

In the anime

Gallade
When the Pokémon is hit by a Dark-type attack, its attack power is boosted by its sense of justice.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	When Gallade gets hit by a Dark-type move, he becomes surrounded by an orange aura, and his arm blades grow longer than usual, increasing his attack power.
Rinto's Gallade	Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Blake's Keldeo, Kelden, is revealed to have Justified as its Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

Trivia

• Justified is the only Ability whose name begins with the letter J.
• Except in Inverse Battles, no Pokémon with this Ability is weak to Dark.
  • Only three Pokémon with this Ability—Growlithe, Arcanine, and Gallade—do not normally resist Dark-type moves.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 正義之心 Jingyih-jī Sām Mandarin 正義之心 / 正义之心 Zhèngyì-zhī Xīn Finnish Oikeutus French Cœur Noble German Redlichkeit Hindi Heart of Justice Italian Giustizia Korean 정의의마음 Jeong'ui-yi Ma'eum Polish Sprawiedliwość Portuguese Brazil Justificado Portugal Justiceiro Spanish Justiciero Turkish Haklı

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