Anticipation (Ability)

Anticipation	きけんよち
	Danger Premonition
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown Generation IV Senses the foe's dangerous moves. Generation V Senses a foe's dangerous moves. Generation VI Senses an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves. Generation VII The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves. Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Anticipation (Japanese: きけんよち Danger Premonition) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Generation IV

When a Pokémon with Anticipation enters the battle or a Pokémon gains the Ability Anticipation, it causes the Pokémon to "shudder" if any opponent has a damaging move that is super effective against the Pokémon with Anticipation, a one-hit knockout move, or Selfdestruct or Explosion.

Hidden Power, Judgment, Weather Ball, and Natural Gift are treated as Normal-type moves. Counter, Metal Burst, and Mirror Coat do not trigger Anticipation.

Generation V

The moves Selfdestruct and Explosion are now treated like all other Normal-type moves, and thus no longer trigger Anticipation.

Counter, Metal Burst, and Mirror Coat are counted as attacking moves of their types, so can trigger Anticipation. Techno Blast is treated as a Normal-type move.

Generation VI onward

Hidden Power is now treated as its effective type rather than Normal-type. Revelation Dance and Multi-Attack are treated as Normal-type moves.

Normal-type moves (including Self-Destruct and Explosion) can trigger Anticipation in Inverse Battles, if the Pokémon is weak to Normal-type moves.

Anticipation ignores a mysterious air current.

Outside of battle

Anticipation has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Anticipation

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Adaptability	Anticipation
0339		Barboach	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0340		Whiscash	Water	Ground	Oblivious	Anticipation	Hydration
0413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
413G	Wormadam	Wormadam	Bug	Ground	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
413S	Wormadam	Wormadam	Bug	Steel	Anticipation	None	Overcoat
0453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	Anticipation	Dry Skin	Poison Touch
0598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel	Iron Barbs	None	Anticipation
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 Generation V, Ferrothorn has no Hidden Ability.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when a Pokémon with Anticipation attacks an opponent with a regular attack it can detects if the opponent has any super-effective moves.

Since Gates to Infinity, Anticipation increases the chance of evading super-effective moves and one-hit knockout moves.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Shows if the foe has super-effective moves upon hitting it with a regular attack. BSL つうじょうこうげきを すると じぶんにたいしてこうかが ばつぐんの わざがあるか わかる MDGtI It's easier for the Pokémon to dodge supereffective moves and one-hit KO moves.* It makes it easier for the Pokémon to dodge moves that are super effective against it, as well as one-hit KO moves, such as Fissure!* SMD It makes it easier for the Pokémon to dodge moves that are super effective against it, as well as one-hit KO moves, such as Fissure!

In the anime

Croagunk
The Pokémon predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Croagunk can sense when a strong opponent is nearby. It can also sense the opponent inside its own Poké Ball.
Brock's Croagunk	Losing Its Lustrous!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Croagunk
The Pokémon predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Croagunk can sense when an opponent is sneaking up behind it.
Saturn's Croagunk	Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra I		Debut

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Toxicroak
The Pokémon predicts the movement of a stronger opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Toxicroak can sense when an opponent is sneaking up behind it.
Saturn's Toxicroak	A Battle With Wills		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 危險預知 Ngàihhím Yuhjī * 預知危險 Yuhjī Ngàihhím * Mandarin 危險預知 Wéixiǎn Yùzhī / Wēixiǎn Yùzhī * 預知危險 Yùzhī Wéixiǎn * Dutch Anticipatie French Anticipation German Vorahnung Italian Presagio Korean 위험예지 Wiheom Yeji Portuguese Antecipação Spanish Anticipación Vietnamese Dự báo nguy hiểm

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