- Telepathy redirects here. For Pokémon who are able to talk telepathically in human language, see Talking Pokémon.
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| The Pokémon anticipates and dodges the attacks of its allies.
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Telepathy (Japanese: テレパシー Telepathy) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.
Effect
In battle
A Pokémon with Telepathy avoids damaging moves used by its allies. This includes attacks with multiple targets (such as Discharge), attacks exclusively targeting an ally with Telepathy (such as Thunderbolt), and attacks that could potentially heal an ally with Telepathy (such as Pollen Puff and Present). However, it is unprotected from its allies' status moves (such as Teeter Dance or Confuse Ray).
When Telepathy prevents an attack from hitting, the message "<name> avoids attacks by its ally Pokémon!" will be displayed.
Outside of battle
Telepathy has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Telepathy
In other games
Description
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Unavailable
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The Pokémon reads its teammates' minds and won't take damage from its teammates' moves! For example, even if a teammate uses Earthquake  , the Pokémon won't be hit by it!
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Trivia
In other languages
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This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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