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 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

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


Variations of the Ability Justified
JustifiedLightning RodMotor DriveRattledSap SipperStorm Drain


  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.