Suction Cups (Ability)

Suction Cups きゅうばん
Suction Cups
Flavor text
Generation III
Firmly anchors the body.
Generation IV
Negates moves that force switching out.
Generation V
Negates all moves that force switching out.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Suction Cups (Japanese: きゅうばん Suction Cups) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only three Pokémon have this Ability.

Effect

Suction Cups firmly anchors the body. This Ability prevents the opponent from forcing a switch, or in the wild ending the battle, with Roar, Whirlwind, Dragon Tail, or Circle Throw.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Suction Cups is in first place in the player's party, bites will occur more often while fishing. Sticky Hold has the same effect.

Pokémon with Suction Cups

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0224   Octillery
Water Water Suction Cups Sniper Moody
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass Suction Cups None Storm Drain
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass Suction Cups None Storm Drain
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 languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 吸盤 Xī​pán​
  French Ventouse
  German Saugnapf
  Italian Ventose
  Korean 흡반 Heupban
  Portuguese Ventosas de Sucção
  Spanish Ventosas


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.