Truant (Ability)

Truant	なまけ
	Lazy
Flavor text Generation III Moves only every two turns. Generation IV The Pokémon can't attack on consecutive turns. Generation V Pokémon can't attack on consecutive turns. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Truant (Japanese: なまけ Lazy) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Only three Pokémon have this Ability. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of Slakoth and Slaking.

Effect

In battle

Truant causes the user to only move every other turn. Moves which require a turn to charge, such as SolarBeam, will not work because the turn in which the move is executed is the same turn in which the Pokémon will be truant. If a Pokémon with Truant uses a move such as Hyper Beam, which recharges after use, then Truant will take effect during the turn that would normally be used recharging; however, the Pokémon still cannot switch out. The moves Worry Seed, Entrainment, and Simple Beam will not work on Pokémon with this Ability. Truant is reset by sleep and a Pokémon with Truant will always be able to attack on the turn they wake up.

Outside of battle

Truant has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The Pokémon will instead gain the Paused status whenever a special move or a Wonder Orb is used.

Pokémon with Truant

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	Truant	None	None
0289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	Truant	None	None
0632		Durant	Bug	Steel	Swarm	Hustle	Truant
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 the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Slaking
The user loses the will to fight after being hit by an attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Slaking loses the will to fight after being hit by an attack.
Norman's Slaking	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other languages

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