Competitive (Ability)

Competitive

かちき

Determined Spirit

Flavor text


Generation VI
Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered.


Generation VII
Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.


Generation VIII
Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered.


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Competitive (Japanese: かちき Determined Spirit) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

In battle

When a stat of a Pokémon with this Ability is lowered by an opponent, its Special Attack is increased by two stages. Competitive will not activate if the Pokémon with this Ability lowers its own stats (such as with Close Combat) or if its stats are lowered by an ally.

If multiple stats are lowered (such as by Memento or Venom Drench) Competitive activates for each stat lowered.

Competitive activates before a held White Herb. If the Pokémon no longer has any negative stat stages after Competitive is applied, the White Herb will not have the chance to activate.

Outside of battle

Competitive has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Competitive

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0039		Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0040		Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Frisk
144G	Articuno	Articuno	Psychic	Flying	Competitive	None	None
0174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
0350		Milotic	Water		Water	Marvel Scale	Competitive	Cute Charm
0574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
0575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
0576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
678F	Meowstic	Meowstic	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Competitive
0836		Boltund	Electric		Electric	Strong Jaw	None	Competitive
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
SMD	When the Pokémon's stats are lowered, its Sp. Atk goes up sharply!
MDRTDX	When the Pokémon's stats are lowered, the Pokémon's Sp. Atk goes up sharply.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	好勝 Housing
Chinese	Mandarin	好勝 / 好胜 Hàoshèng
French		Battant
German		Unbeugsamkeit
Italian		Tenacia
Korean		승기 Seunggi
Spanish		Tenacidad
Turkish		Rekabetçi
Vietnamese		Quyết thắng

Variations of the Ability Defiant
Defiant • Competitive

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