Big Pecks (Ability)

Big Pecks はとむね
Pigeon Breast
Flavor text
Generation V
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering attacks.
Generation VI
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering attacks.
Generation VII
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Generation VIII
Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects.
Generation IX
Prevents the Pokémon from having its Defense stat lowered.

Big Pecks (Japanese: はとむね Pigeon Breast) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Big Pecks prevents other Pokémon from lowering the Defense stat stage of the Pokémon with this Ability. It does not prevent the Pokémon with this Ability from lowering its own Defense, such as by using Shell Smash. It does not prevent Spectral Thief from stealing (i.e., resetting) positive stat changes.

Effects that decrease Defense without using stat stages, such as Guard Swap, Heart Swap, or Guard Split, are unaffected by Big Pecks.

This Ability can be ignored by Pokémon with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, and Turboblaze.

Outside of battle

Big Pecks has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Big Pecks

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0016   Pidgey
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0017   Pidgeotto
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0018   Pidgeot
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled FeetGen IV+ Big Pecks
0441   Chatot
Normal Flying Keen Eye Tangled Feet Big Pecks
0519   Pidove
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0520   Tranquill
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0521   Unfezant
Normal Flying Big Pecks Super Luck Rivalry
0580   Ducklett
Water Flying Keen Eye Big Pecks Hydration
0581   Swanna
Water Flying Keen Eye Big Pecks Hydration
0629   Vullaby
Dark Flying Big Pecks Overcoat Weak Armor
0630   Mandibuzz
Dark Flying Big Pecks Overcoat Weak Armor
0661   Fletchling
Normal Flying Big Pecks None Gale Wings
0821   Rookidee
Flying Flying Keen Eye Unnerve Big Pecks
0822   Corvisquire
Flying Flying Keen Eye Unnerve Big Pecks
0962   Bombirdier
Flying Dark Big Pecks Keen Eye Rocky Payload
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
MDGtI Prevents Defense from being lowered.*
The Pokémon's Defense won't be lowered!*
SMD The Pokémon's Defense won't be lowered!


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Trivia

  • The name "Big Pecks" is a pun, referring to both pecking with a beak and the pectoralis major.
    • Similarly, Big Pecks's Japanese name, Hatomune, can also be taken to mean "a proud heart".

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 健壯胸肌 Gihnjohng Hūnggēi *
鴿胸 Gaphūng *
Mandarin 健壯胸肌 / 健壮胸肌 Jiànzhuàng Xiōngjī
  French Cœur de Coq
  German Brustbieter
  Italian Pettinfuori
  Korean 부풀린가슴 Bupullin Gaseum
  Brazilian Portuguese Bico Grande
  Spanish Sacapecho
  Vietnamese Tấm Chắn Ngực
Variations of the Ability Keen Eye
Keen EyeIlluminateHyper CutterBig Pecks


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