Rattled (Ability)

Rattled びびり
Jitter
Flavor text
Generation V
Some move types scare it and boost its Speed.
Generation VI
Some move types scare it and boost its Speed stat.
Generation VII
Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Generation VIII
Dark-, Ghost-, and Bug-type moves scare the Pokémon and boost its Speed stat.
Generation IX
The Pokémon gets scared when hit by a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type attack or if intimidated, which boosts its Speed stat.

Rattled (Japanese: びびり Jitter) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Generations V to VII

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type damaging move, its Speed is increased by one stage. No immunity is granted to these types of moves, however.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a Bug-, Dark-, or Ghost-type multistrike move, each hit activates this Ability.

Generation VIII

Rattled now also activates if a Pokémon with this Ability is affected by Intimidate.

Outside of battle

Rattled has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Rattled

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0052 Meowth Meowth
Alolan Form
Dark Dark Pickup Technician
0053 Persian Persian
Alolan Form
Dark Dark Fur Coat Technician
0129 Magikarp Magikarp
Water Water Swift Swim None
0165 Ledyba Ledyba
Bug Flying Swarm Early Bird
0185 Sudowoodo Sudowoodo
Rock Rock Sturdy Rock Head
0206 Dunsparce Dunsparce
Normal Normal Serene Grace Run Away
0209 Snubbull Snubbull
Fairy Fairy Intimidate Run Away
0210 Granbull Granbull
Fairy Fairy Intimidate Quick FeetGen IV+
0261 Poochyena Poochyena
Dark Dark Run Away Quick FeetGen IV+
0293 Whismur Whismur
Normal Normal Soundproof None
0366 Clamperl Clamperl
Water Water Shell Armor None
0438 Bonsly Bonsly
Rock Rock Sturdy Rock Head
0550 Basculin Basculin
White-Striped Form
Water Water Adaptability Mold Breaker
0613 Cubchoo Cubchoo
Ice Ice Snow Cloak Slush RushGen VII+
0835 Yamper Yamper
Electric Electric Ball Fetch None
0848 Toxel Toxel
Electric Poison Static Klutz
0960 Wiglett Wiglett
Water Water Gooey Sand Veil
0961 Wugtrio Wugtrio
Water Water Gooey Sand Veil
0982 Dudunsparce Dudunsparce
Normal Normal Serene Grace Run Away
0999 Gimmighoul Gimmighoul
Chest Form
Ghost Ghost None None
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.

Trivia

  • The types that trigger this Ability are all super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon, but no Psychic-type Pokémon can have this Ability.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 膽怯 Dáamhip
Mandarin 膽怯 / 胆怯 Dǎnqiè
French Phobique
German Hasenfuß
Italian Paura
Korean 주눅 Junuk
Brazilian Portuguese Medroso
Spanish Cobardía
Variations of the Ability Justified
JustifiedLightning RodMotor Drive • • Sap SipperStorm Drain
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