Zen Mode (Ability)

Zen Mode

ダルマモード

Daruma Mode

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Generation V
Changes the Pokémon's shape when HP is halved.


Generation VI
Currently unknown


Generation VII
Currently unknown


Generation VIII
Currently unknown


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Zen Mode (Japanese: ダルマモード Daruma Mode) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Darmanitan is the only Pokémon that can have this Ability, which allows it to change form.

Effect

In battle

When Darmanitan's HP drops to below half, it will change into its Zen Mode at the end of the turn. If it loses its Ability, or recovers HP to above half while in its Zen Mode, it will change back to its Standard Mode. This Ability only works on Darmanitan, even if it is copied by Role Play, Entrainment, or Trace, or swapped with Skill Swap.

Outside of battle

Zen Mode has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Zen Mode

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire	Sheer Force	None	Zen Mode
555Z	Darmanitan	Darmanitan	Fire	Psychic	None	None	Zen Mode
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 anime

Pokémon	Method
Darmanitan Bianca's father's Darmanitan Unnamed Trainer's Darmanitan
Changes the Pokémon's shape when HP is halved.
User	First Used In	Notes
	When Darmanitan comes out of Zen Mode, flames form on its eyebrows and its body changes instantly back to Standard Mode, or Darmanitan's body becomes surrounded in red-yellow flames and it changes back into Standard Mode.
A wild Darmanitan	Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!	Debut
Bianca's father's Red Flash Darmanitan	Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!	None
Unknown Trainer's three Darmanitan	A Maractus Musical!	None

In the manga

Pokémon	Method
Darmanitan
The Pokémon changes shape when its HP is halved.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Darmanitan transforms into a statue version of itself after getting hit.
N's Darmanitan	Black & White chapter	Debut

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		不倒翁模式 Bùdǎowēng Móshì
Finnish		Zen-tila
French		Mode Transe
German		Trance-Modus
Italian		Stato Zen
Portuguese		Modo Zen
Spanish		Modo Daruma

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.