| Weak Armor
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くだけるよろい
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| Broken Armor
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Flavor text
| Generation V
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| Physical attacks lower Defense and raise Speed.
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| Generation VI
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| Physical attacks lower its Defense stat and raise its Speed stat.
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| Generation VII
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| Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.
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| Generation VIII
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| Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.
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| Generation IX
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| The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted.
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Weak Armor (Japanese: くだけるよろい Broken Armor) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.
Effect
In battle
Generations V and VI
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a physical move, its Defense is decreased by one stage and its Speed is increased by one stage.
If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a physical multistrike move (such as Fury Swipes), each hit activates this Ability.
Generation VII onwards
Weak Armor now raises Speed by two stages.
Outside of battle
Weak Armor has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Weak Armor
In other games
Description
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Description
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| MDGtI
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When the Pokémon is hit by a physical move, its Defense goes down, but its Travel Speed rises.*
When it's hit by a physical move, the Pokémon's Defense goes down, and its Travel Speed goes up!*
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| SMD
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When it's hit by a physical move, the Pokémon's Defense goes down and its Travel Speed goes up!
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
 Ceruledge
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| The Pokémon's armor shatters when it takes damage from physical moves, but its speed is sharply boosted.
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Method
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Notes
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When Ceruledge is hit by a physical move, the outer layer of its armor briefly glows purple and then shatters. A red glow then shoots up around Ceruledge's body, boosting its speed.
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| Amethio's Ceruledge
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Charge! Galar Mine!
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Debut
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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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