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:
- Substitute: Attacks hit through the Substitute, effectively removing the buffer the substitute provides.
- 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.
- Aurora Veil: Similar to Light Screen and Reflect but offers dual protection against both types of attacks, which Infiltrator ignores.
- Mist: Protects against stat reductions but Infiltrator disregards
Effects
- This Pokémon's moves ignore light screen, reflect, and safeguard.
Flavor Texts
- black-white: Passes through the foe’s barrier and strikes.
- black-2-white-2: Passes through the foe’s barrier and strikes.
- x-y: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier and strikes.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier and strikes.
- sun-moon: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
- sword-shield: Passes through the opposing Pokémon’s barrier, substitute, and the like and strikes.
- scarlet-violet: The Pokémon's moves are unaffected by the target's barriers, substitutes, and the like.
Pokémon with the Infiltrator ability
Zubat
Types: Poison, Flying
Golbat
Types: Poison, Flying
Crobat
Types: Poison, Flying
Hoppip
Types: Grass, Flying
Skiploom
Types: Grass, Flying
Jumpluff
Types: Grass, Flying
Ninjask
Types: Bug, Flying
Seviper
Types: Poison
Spiritomb
Types: Ghost, Dark
Cottonee
Types: Grass, Fairy
Whimsicott
Types: Grass, Fairy
Litwick
Types: Ghost, Fire
Lampent
Types: Ghost, Fire
Chandelure
Types: Ghost, Fire
Espurr
Types: Psychic
Meowstic-Male
Types: Psychic
Inkay
Types: Dark, Psychic
Malamar
Types: Dark, Psychic
Noibat
Types: Flying, Dragon
Noivern
Types: Flying, Dragon
Dreepy
Types: Dragon, Ghost
Drakloak
Types: Dragon, Ghost
Dragapult
Types: Dragon, Ghost
Bramblin
Types: Grass, Ghost
Brambleghast
Types: Grass, Ghost
Meowstic-Female
Types: Psychic