Pixilate (Ability)

Pixilate フェアリースキン
Fairy Skin
Flavor text
Generation VI
Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves.
Generation VII
Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Generation VIII
Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
Generation IX
Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.

Pixilate (Japanese: フェアリースキン Fairy Skin) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI. From Generation VIII onward, it is the signature Ability of Sylveon.

Effect

In battle

Generation VI

Pixilate causes all Normal-type moves used by the Pokémon to become Fairy-type and receive a 30% power boost. It overrides Ion Deluge and Electrify.

Generation VII

Affected moves now receive a 20% power boost.

Generation VIII

Pixilate no longer overrides Electrify. If Max Strike is selected with Pixilate, it will turn into Max Starfall when used, unless the user is Gigantamax Alcremie, in which case it will instead turn into G-Max Finale.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Pixilate, as well as the Pokémon that can have Pixilate and learn those moves.

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Pixilate. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Mirror Move, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Pixilate by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Outside of battle

Pixilate has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Pixilate

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0282 Gardevoir Gardevoir
Mega Gardevoir
Psychic Fairy Pixilate None None
0334 Altaria Altaria
Mega Altaria
Dragon Fairy Pixilate None None
0700 Sylveon Sylveon
Fairy Fairy Cute Charm None Pixilate
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

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Pokémon Rumble World

In Pokémon Rumble World, Mega Gardevoir and Altaria have the Pixilate ability, changing the type of Normal-type moves to Fairy.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Normal-type moves become Fairy type and deal 20-25% more damage.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Pixilate is Sylveon's Ability. It increases the user's Special Attack and Special Defense by 2.5% for 1.5s, when it deals or receives damage, stacking up to 6 times.

Description

Games Description
SMD Normal-type moves that the Pokémon uses become Fairy type and deal more damage!
MDRTDX Normal-type moves used by the Pokémon become Fairy type and deal more damage.


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Diantha Mega Gardevoir Hyper Beam Adventures.png
Mega Gardevoir


The Pokémon's Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves.
Pokémon Method
User First Chapter Used In Notes
Gardevoir Mega Gardevoir's Normal-type attacks become Fairy-type attacks.
Diantha's Gardevoir Connecting with Gardevoir Debut


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 妖精皮膚 Yīujīng Pèihfū
Mandarin 妖精皮膚 / 妖精皮肤 Yāojing Pífū
France Flag.png French Peau Féérique
Germany Flag.png German Feenschicht
Italy Flag.png Italian Pellefolletto
South Korea Flag.png Korean 페어리스킨 Fairy Skin
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Mãos de Fada
Spain Flag.png Spanish Piel Feérica
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Thần Tiên Hoá


Variations of the Ability Normalize
NormalizeAerilatePixilateRefrigerateGalvanize


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