Infiltrator

Summary

Infiltrator is a Pokémon ability that provides unique offensive advantages by allowing the Pokémon with this ability to bypass certain defensive measures that opponents may employ. Specifically, Infiltrator negates the effects of Substitute, Light Screen, Reflect, Aurora Veil, Mist, and Safeguard when the Pokémon attacks. This means that attacks from a Pokémon with Infiltrator will ignore the protective benefits these moves provide to opponents.

Effects:

  1. Substitute: Attacks hit through the Substitute, effectively removing the buffer the substitute provides.
  2. Light Screen and Reflect: These moves ordinarily halve the damage from special and physical attacks respectively. Infiltrator bypasses these damage reduction barriers, dealing full damage.
  3. Aurora Veil: Similar to Light Screen and Reflect but offers dual protection against both types of attacks, which Infiltrator ignores.
  4. Mist: Protects against stat reductions but Infiltrator disregards

Effects

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Pokémon with the Infiltrator ability

zubat
Zubat

Types: Poison, Flying

golbat
Golbat

Types: Poison, Flying

crobat
Crobat

Types: Poison, Flying

hoppip
Hoppip

Types: Grass, Flying

skiploom
Skiploom

Types: Grass, Flying

jumpluff
Jumpluff

Types: Grass, Flying

ninjask
Ninjask

Types: Bug, Flying

seviper
Seviper

Types: Poison

spiritomb
Spiritomb

Types: Ghost, Dark

cottonee
Cottonee

Types: Grass, Fairy

whimsicott
Whimsicott

Types: Grass, Fairy

litwick
Litwick

Types: Ghost, Fire

lampent
Lampent

Types: Ghost, Fire

chandelure
Chandelure

Types: Ghost, Fire

espurr
Espurr

Types: Psychic

meowstic-male
Meowstic-Male

Types: Psychic

inkay
Inkay

Types: Dark, Psychic

malamar
Malamar

Types: Dark, Psychic

noibat
Noibat

Types: Flying, Dragon

noivern
Noivern

Types: Flying, Dragon

dreepy
Dreepy

Types: Dragon, Ghost

drakloak
Drakloak

Types: Dragon, Ghost

dragapult
Dragapult

Types: Dragon, Ghost

bramblin
Bramblin

Types: Grass, Ghost

brambleghast
Brambleghast

Types: Grass, Ghost

meowstic-female
Meowstic-Female

Types: Psychic