Turboblaze ターボブレイズ
Turboblaze
Flavor text
Generation V
Moves can be used regardless of Abilities.
Generation VI
Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
Generation VII
Moves can be used on the target regardless of its Abilities.
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Turboblaze (Japanese: ターボブレイズ Turboblaze) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. It is the signature Ability of Reshiram, which White Kyurem adopts.

Effect

In battle

Turboblaze ignores the effects of Abilities that could potentially affect the damage or effects of a move that its user executes. For example, a Pokémon with Turboblaze can hit opponents that possess Levitate by using Earthquake. Turboblaze applies regardless of target Pokémon, but only to moves executed by its user (so if two Pokemon in a Double Battle both know Earthquake, only the Pokémon with Turboblaze can hit a Pokémon with Levitate).

Unlike Gastro Acid, which completely negates a target's Ability, the opponents' Abilities otherwise remain in effect:

  • Abilities that prevent status conditions (such as Immunity and Oblivious) will not protect the Pokémon from receiving the status condition; however, many of these Abilities also have effects to cure the Pokémon of the status condition if afflicted, which are not negated by Turboblaze.
  • Abilities that draw attacks to the user, such as Lightning Rod and Storm Drain, will still divert attacks regardless of Turboblaze, but will not nullify the damage or boost the Pokémon's stats.
  • If a Pokémon with Own Tempo consumes a held Berry that may cause confusion in response to the move of a Pokémon with Turboblaze, it will become confused if it dislikes the flavor (although Own Tempo will then activate and cure it of confusion).

Turboblaze can ignore the Abilities of Pokémon other than the target; for example, if a Pokémon with Turboblaze uses Thunder Wave on a Grass-type Pokémon whose ally has Flower Veil, the target will still be paralyzed.

When a Pokémon with Turboblaze uses a move, even the effects of allies' Abilities (notably Flower Gift, Sweet Veil, Aroma Veil and Flower Veil) are ignored for the duration of that move. As such, if the move of a Pokémon with Turboblaze triggers an Ability (such as Gooey or Cursed Body) or item (such as Destiny Knot), the Pokémon with Turboblaze will not be protected by its allies' Abilities; likewise, if a Destiny Knot held by a Pokémon with Turboblaze is activated during the use of its own move (such as in response to the target's Cute Charm), that target will not be protected by its allies' Aroma Veil. This also means that a Pokémon with Turboblaze will not gain Attack due to an ally's Flower Gift.

If a Pokémon with Turboblaze forces a Pokémon to switch in with a move like Roar or Dragon Tail, Abilities that affect entry hazards will be ignored (except Magic Guard). If forced to switch in this way:

In Generation VI, a Pokémon with Overcoat will be affected by powder and spore moves as well.

When a Pokémon with Turboblaze is brought out, the message "<name> is radiating a blazing aura!" will be displayed.

Abilities affected

Turboblaze ignores the following Abilities, even in situations where the Ability could increase the power of a move (such as using Low Kick on a Pokemon with Heavy Metal or using a Fire-type move on a Pokémon with Dry Skin):

Generation Ability
Generation V onwards Battle Armor, Big Pecks, Clear Body, Contrary, Damp, Dry Skin, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Friend Guard, Heatproof, Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, Light Metal, Lightning Rod, Limber, Magic Bounce, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow Cloak, Solid Rock, Soundproof, Sticky Hold, Storm Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, Tangled Feet, Telepathy, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Veil, White Smoke, Wonder Guard, Wonder Skin
Generation VI onwards Aroma Veil, Bulletproof, Flower Veil, Fur Coat, Overcoat, Sweet Veil
Generation VII Dazzling, Disguise, Queenly Majesty


Turboblaze does not ignore the effects of Aura Break or Magic Guard.

Outside of battle

Turboblaze has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Turboblaze

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0643   Reshiram
Dragon Fire Turboblaze None None
646W Kyurem Kyurem
Dragon Ice Turboblaze 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.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 渦輪火焰 Wōlún Huǒyàn
  French TurboBrasier
  German Turbobrand
  Italian Piroturbina
  Korean 터보블레이즈 Turboblaze
  Brazilian Portuguese Turbochama
  Spanish Turbollama


Variations of the Ability Mold Breaker
Mold BreakerTurboblazeTeravolt


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.