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 Boosts the Pokémon's Sp. Atk stat sharply when its stats are lowered by an opposing Pokémon.

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
	Jigglypuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
	Wigglytuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Frisk
	Articuno Galarian form	Psychic	Flying	Competitive	None	None
	Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	Cute Charm	Competitive	Friend Guard
	Milotic	Water		Water	Marvel Scale	Competitive	Cute Charm
	Piplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Competitive
	Prinplup	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Competitive
	Empoleon	Water	Steel	Torrent	None	Competitive
	Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
	Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
	Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	Frisk	Competitive	Shadow Tag
	Meowstic Female	Psychic		Psychic	Keen Eye	Infiltrator	Competitive
	Boltund	Electric		Electric	Strong Jaw	None	Competitive
	Wattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
	Kilowattrel	Electric	Flying	Wind Power	Volt Absorb	Competitive
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

• Prior to Generation IX, Piplup, Prinplup, and Empoleon had Defiant instead of Competitive as their Hidden Ability.

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 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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