Contrary (Ability)

Contrary	あまのじゃく
	Devil's Advocate
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Currently unknown Generation V Makes stat changes have an opposite effect. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Contrary (Japanese: あまのじゃく Devil's Advocate) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Five Pokémon have this Ability, and it is exclusively obtainable through the Dream World.

Effect

In battle

All moves or abilities that would normally increase a stat will decrease it, and ones that would normally decrease a stat will increase it. This also applies to self-inflicted moves, such as Charge Beam, Close Combat and Leaf Storm. This does not include Baton Passed stats.

Outside of battle

Contrary has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Contrary

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Gluttony	Contrary
0327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	Own Tempo	Tangled Feet	Contrary
0495		Snivy	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Contrary
0496		Servine	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Contrary
0497		Serperior	Grass		Grass	Overgrow	None	Contrary
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

For unknown reason, this ability is almost impossible to be fully utilized, as from all Pokemon that can have this ability, only the Snivy line learns a move that makes great use of this ability, which is Leaf Storm (and even then it's just that one move) while both Shuckle and Spinda learns NO move that reduce their own stats, which means this ability is pointless on them (this does not including Superpower which is Spinda's special move in the upcoming Dream World expansion).

In other languages

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