Anticipation
Summary
Anticipation is an ability in the Pokémon series that provides strategic advantages in battles. When a Pokémon with Anticipation enters the battlefield, it shudders if any opponent has a move that is either super effective against it or capable of causing a one-hit knockout (OHKO), like "Fissure" or "Sheer Cold."
Effects: - Detection of Dangerous Moves: The wincing or shuddering cue helps players anticipate potential threats and make informed decisions. This can be particularly useful in competitive play for predicting and countering the opponent's strategies. - Super Effective Moves Awareness: Knowing which opponent has moves that can critically damage or incapacitate your Pokémon helps in switching to a more suitable Pokémon or employing defensive strategies.
Other Interesting Facts: - Competitive Play: While not as commonly seen as some other abilities, Anticipation provides a psychological edge by potentially revealing crucial information about the opponent’s moveset early in the match. - **Coverage
Effects
- When this Pokémon enters battle, if one of its opponents has a move that is super effective against it, self destruct, explosion, or a one-hit knockout move, all participating trainers are notified. The move itself is not revealed; only that there is such a move. Moves that inflict typeless damage, such as future sight, and moves of variable type, such as hidden power, count as their listed types. counter, metal burst, mirror coat, and one-hit KO moves to which this Pokémon is immune do not trigger this ability.
Flavor Texts
- diamond-pearl: Senses the foe’s dangerous moves.
- platinum: Senses the foe’s dangerous moves.
- heartgold-soulsilver: Senses the foe’s dangerous moves.
- black-white: Senses a foe’s dangerous moves.
- black-2-white-2: Senses a foe’s dangerous moves.
- x-y: Senses an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Senses an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- sun-moon: The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- sword-shield: The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves.
- scarlet-violet: The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon's dangerous moves.
Pokémon with the Anticipation ability
Eevee
Types: Normal
Barboach
Types: Water, Ground
Whiscash
Types: Water, Ground
Wormadam-Plant
Types: Bug, Grass
Croagunk
Types: Poison, Fighting
Toxicroak
Types: Poison, Fighting
Ferrothorn
Types: Grass, Steel
Hatenna
Types: Psychic
Hattrem
Types: Psychic
Hatterene
Types: Psychic, Fairy
Flittle
Types: Psychic
Wormadam-Sandy
Types: Bug, Ground
Wormadam-Trash
Types: Bug, Steel
Eevee-Starter
Types: Normal
Ponyta-Galar
Types: Psychic
Rapidash-Galar
Types: Psychic, Fairy
Eevee-Gmax
Types: Normal
Hatterene-Gmax
Types: Psychic, Fairy