Rattled (Ability)

Rattled びびり
Jitter
Flavor text
Generation V
Some move types scare it and boost its Speed.
Generation VI
Some move types scare it and boost its Speed stat.
Generation VII
Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Generation VIII
Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Generation IX
The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.

Rattled (Japanese: びびり Jitter) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Generations V to VII

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type damaging move, its Speed is increased by one stage. No immunity is granted to these types of moves, however.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type multi-strike move, each hit activates this Ability.

Generation VIII

Rattled now also activates if a Pokémon with this Ability is affected by Intimidate.

Outside of battle

Rattled has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Rattled

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0052   Meowth
Alolan Form
Dark Dark Pickup Technician Rattled
0053   Persian
Alolan Form
Dark Dark Fur Coat Technician Rattled
0129   Magikarp
Water Water Swift Swim None Rattled
0165   Ledyba
Bug Flying Swarm Early Bird Rattled
0185   Sudowoodo
Rock Rock Sturdy Rock Head Rattled
0206   Dunsparce
Normal Normal Serene Grace Run Away Rattled
0209   Snubbull
Fairy Fairy Intimidate Run Away Rattled
0210   Granbull
Fairy Fairy Intimidate Quick FeetGen IV+ Rattled
0261   Poochyena
Dark Dark Run Away Quick FeetGen IV+ Rattled
0293   Whismur
Normal Normal Soundproof None Rattled
0366   Clamperl
Water Water Shell Armor None Rattled
0438   Bonsly
Rock Rock Sturdy Rock Head Rattled
0550   Basculin
White-Striped Form
Water Water Rattled Adaptability Mold Breaker
0613   Cubchoo
Ice Ice Snow Cloak Slush RushGen VII+ Rattled
0835   Yamper
Electric Electric Ball Fetch None Rattled
0848   Toxel
Electric Poison Rattled Static Klutz
0960   Wiglett
Water Water Gooey Rattled Sand Veil
0961   Wugtrio
Water Water Gooey Rattled Sand Veil
0982   Dudunsparce
Normal Normal Serene Grace Run Away Rattled
0999   Gimmighoul
Chest Form
Ghost Ghost Rattled 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 Rattled

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0902   Basculegion
Water Ghost RattledGen VIII Adaptability Mold Breaker
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.

Trivia

  • The types that trigger this Ability are all super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon, but no Psychic-type Pokémon can have this Ability.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 膽怯 Dáamhip
Mandarin 膽怯 / 胆怯 Dǎnqiè
  French Phobique
  German Hasenfuß
  Italian Paura
  Korean 주눅 Junuk
  Brazilian Portuguese Medroso
  Spanish Cobardía
Variations of the Ability Justified
JustifiedLightning RodMotor DriveRattledSap SipperStorm Drain


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