Battle Armor (Ability)

Battle Armor	カブトアーマー
	Kabuto Armor
Flavor text Generation III Blocks critical hits. Generation IV The Pokémon is protected against critical hits. Generation V The Pokémon is protected against critical hits. Generation VI Protects the Pokémon from critical hits. Generation VII Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits. Generation VIII Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits. Generation IX Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.

Battle Armor (Japanese: カブトアーマー Kabuto Armor) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Battle Armor prevents the opponent from landing a critical hit, even if they would usually always land one such as with Frost Breath, Storm Throw, Wicked Blow, Surging Strikes, or with Merciless (if the target is poisoned).

Outside of battle

Battle Armor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Battle Armor

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0104		Cubone	Ground		Ground	Rock Head	Lightning Rod	Battle Armor
0105		Marowak	Ground		Ground	Rock Head	Lightning Rod	Battle Armor
0140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
0141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
0347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	Battle Armor	None	Swift Swim
0348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	Battle Armor	None	Swift Swim
0451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
0452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
0772		Type: Null	Normal		Normal	Battle Armor	None	None
0863		Perrserker	Steel		Steel	Battle Armor	Tough Claws	Steely Spirit
0870		Falinks	Fighting		Fighting	Battle Armor	None	Defiant
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 MDRB Blocks critical hits. MDTDS Blocks critical hits on the Pokémon. BSL こうげきを きゅうしょに うけない Conq. The Pokémon is protected against critical hits. MDGtI Unavailable SMD Moves don't hit the Pokémon critically! Never ever! MDRTDX Moves are never critical hits against this Pokémon.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Blake's Kabutops, Kabutott, is revealed to have Battle Armor as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• Brock's Kabutops and Casey's Falinks, Giga, were revealed to have Battle Armor as their Ability.

Trivia

• This Ability originated as a TCG Pokémon Power.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 戰鬥盔甲 Jindau Kwāigaap * 甲蟲盔甲 Gaapchùhng Kwāigaap * Mandarin 戰鬥盔甲 / 战斗盔甲 Zhàndòu Kuījiǎ * 甲蟲盔甲 Jiǎchóng Kuījiǎ * Dutch Gevecht pantser French Armurbaston German Kampfpanzer Italian Lottascudo Korean 전투 무장 Jeontu Mujang Brazilian Portuguese Armadura de Batalha Russian Боевая Броня Boyevaya Bronya Spanish Armadura BatallaVI+ Armad. Bat.III–V Vietnamese Giáp Chiến Đấu

Variations of the Ability Battle Armor
Battle Armor • Shell Armor

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