Adaptability
Summary
Adaptability
Adaptability is a Pokémon ability that significantly enhances the power of a Pokémon's same-type attack bonus (STAB) moves. Normally, a Pokémon's STAB moves receive a 50% power boost. However, with Adaptability, this boost is doubled to 100%. This means that a Pokémon with Adaptability will see its STAB moves dealing twice the damage compared to using non-STAB moves of the same power.
Effects:
- STAB Enhancement:
- A regular Pokémon without Adaptability using a same-type move would see an increase in move power from, for example, 100 to 150.
- A Pokémon with Adaptability, however, would increase this power from 100 to 200.
Notable Pokémon with Adaptability:
- Mega Beedrill: Upon Mega Evolution, Beedrill gains Adaptability, making its Poison- and Bug-type moves extremely powerful.
- Basculin
Effects
- This Pokémon inflicts twice as much damage with moves whose types match its own, rather than the usual same-type attack bonus of 1.5×.
Flavor Texts
- diamond-pearl: Powers up moves of the same type.
- platinum: Powers up moves of the same type.
- heartgold-soulsilver: Powers up moves of the same type.
- black-white: Powers up moves of the same type.
- black-2-white-2: Powers up moves of the same type.
- x-y: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- sun-moon: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- sword-shield: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
- scarlet-violet: Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon.
Pokémon with the Adaptability ability
Eevee
Types: Normal
Corphish
Types: Water
Crawdaunt
Types: Water, Dark
Feebas
Types: Water
Porygon-Z
Types: Normal
Basculin-Red-Striped
Types: Water
Skrelp
Types: Poison, Water
Dragalge
Types: Poison, Dragon
Yungoos
Types: Normal
Gumshoos
Types: Normal
Basculegion-Male
Types: Water, Ghost
Basculin-Blue-Striped
Types: Water
Lucario-Mega
Types: Fighting, Steel
Beedrill-Mega
Types: Bug, Poison
Gumshoos-Totem
Types: Normal
Eevee-Starter
Types: Normal
Eevee-Gmax
Types: Normal
Basculin-White-Striped
Types: Water
Basculegion-Female
Types: Water, Ghost