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Ability
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“When its stats are lowered its Attack increases.”
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Defiant(JP) is a Pokémon ability introduced in the fifth generation.

Description

The ability holder's attack is increased by 2 stages whenever a stat is lowered. It will not activate if a stat is lowered by itself (like when using Close Combat) or if lowered by an ally.

If the ability holder is holding a White Herb, the ability will activate before using the White Herb. If it was attack that was lowered, Defiant will increase before activating the item, so it does not get used.

Pokémon with the Ability

Galarian

Zapdos

Pawniard Bisharp Kingambit Ogerpon
PKMNSS145-G PKMNSV624 PKMNSV625 PKMNSV983 PKMNSV1017

As a Hidden Ability

Mankey Primeape Kantonian

Farfetch'd

Piplup Prinplup
PKMNSV056 PKMNSV057 PKMNSS083 PKMNBDSP393 PKMNBDSP394
Empoleon Purugly Unovan

Braviary

Tornadus Thundurus
PKMNBDSP395 PKMNBDSP432 PKMNSS628 PKMNSS641 PKMNSS642
Passimian Obstagoon Falinks Annihilape
PKMNSS766 PKMNSS862 PKMNSS870 PKMNSV979
Pokémon Abilities
Generation III Air Lock • Arena Trap • Battle Armor • Blaze • Chlorophyll • Clear Body • Cloud Nine • Color Change • Compound Eyes • Cute Charm • Damp • Drizzle • Drought • Early Bird • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Flash Fire • Forecast • Guts • Huge Power • Hustle • Hyper Cutter • Illuminate • Immunity • Inner Focus • Insomnia • Intimidate • Keen Eye • Levitate • Lightning Rod • Limber • Liquid Ooze • Magma Armor • Magnet Pull • Marvel Scale • Minus • Natural Cure • Oblivious • Overgrow • Own Tempo • Pickup • Plus • Poison Point • Pressure • Pure Power • Rain Dish • Rock Head • Rough Skin • Run Away • Sand Stream • Sand Veil • Serene Grace • Shadow Tag • Shed Skin • Shell Armor • Shield Dust • Soundproof • Speed Boost • Static • Stench • Sticky Hold • Sturdy • Suction Cups • Swarm • Swift Swim • Synchronize • Thick Fat • Torrent • Trace • Truant • Vital Spirit • Volt Absorb • Water Absorb • Water Veil • White Smoke • Wonder Guard
Generation IV Adaptability • Aftermath • Anger Point • Anticipation • Bad Dreams • Download • Dry Skin • Filter • Flower Gift • Forewarn • Frisk • Gluttony • Heatproof • Honey Gather • Hydration • Ice Body • Iron Fist • Klutz • Leaf Guard • Magic Guard • Mold Breaker • Motor Drive • Multitype • No Guard • Normalize • Poison Heal • Quick Feet • Reckless • Rivalry • Scrappy • Simple • Skill Link • Slow Start • Sniper • Snow Cloak • Snow Warning • Solar Power • Solid Rock • Stall • Steadfast • Storm Drain • Super Luck • Tangled Feet • Technician • Tinted Lens • Unaware • Unburden
Generation V Analytic • Big Pecks • Contrary • Cursed Body • Defeatist • Defiant • Flare Boost • Friend Guard • Harvest • Healer • Heavy Metal • Illusion • Imposter • Infiltrator • Iron Barbs • Justified • Light Metal • Magic Bounce • Moody • Moxie • Multiscale • Mummy • Overcoat • Pickpocket • Poison Touch • Prankster • Rattled • Regenerator • Sand Force • Sand Rush • Sap Sipper • Sheer Force • Telepathy • Teravolt • Toxic Boost • Turboblaze • Unnerve • Victory Star • Weak Armor • Wonder Skin • Zen Mode
Generation VI Aerilate • Aroma Veil • Aura Break • Bulletproof • Cheek Pouch • Competitive • Dark Aura • Delta Stream • Desolate Land • Fairy Aura • Flower Veil • Fur Coat • Gale Wings • Gooey • Grass Pelt • Magician • Mega Launcher • Parental Bond • Pixilate • Primordial Sea • Protean • Refrigerate • Stance Change • Strong Jaw • Sweet Veil • Symbiosis • Tough Claws
Generation VII Battery • Battle Bond • Beast Boost • Berserk • Comatose • Corrosion • Dancer • Dazzling • Disguise • Electric Surge • Emergency Exit • Fluffy • Full Metal Body • Galvanize • Grassy Surge • Innards Out • Liquid Voice • Long Reach • Merciless • Misty Surge • Neuroforce • Power Construct • Power of Alchemy • Prism Armor • Psychic Surge • Queenly Majesty • Receiver • RKS System • Schooling • Shadow Shield • Shields Down • Slush Rush • Soul-Heart • Stakeout • Stamina • Steelworker • Surge Surfer • Tangling Hair • Triage • Water Bubble • Water Compaction • Wimp Out
Generation VIII As One • Ball Fetch • Chilling Neigh • Cotton Down • Curious Medicine • Dauntless Shield • Dragon's Maw • Gorilla Tactics • Grim Neigh • Gulp Missile • Hunger Switch • Ice Face • Ice Scales • Intrepid Sword • Libero • Mimicry • Mirror Armor • Neutralizing Gas • Pastel Veil • Perish Body • Power Spot • Propeller Tail • Punk Rock • Quick Draw • Ripen • Sand Spit • Screen Cleaner • Stalwart • Steam Engine • Steely Spirit • Transistor • Unseen Fist • Wandering Spirit
Generation IX Anger Shell • Armor Tail • Beads of Ruin • Commander • Costar • Cud Chew • Dragonize • Earth Eater • Electromorphosis • Embody Aspect • Good as Gold • Guard Dog • Hadron Engine • Hospitality • Lingering Aroma • Mega Sol • Mind's Eye • Mycelium Might • Opportunist • Orichalcum Pulse • Piercing Drill • Poison Puppeteer • Protosynthesis • Purifying Salt • Quark Drive • Rocky Payload • Seed Sower • Sharpness • Spicy Spray • Supersweet Syrup • Supreme Overlord • Sword of Ruin • Tablets of Ruin • Tera Shell • Tera Shift • Teraform Zero • Thermal Exchange • Toxic Chain • Toxic Debris • Vessel of Ruin • Well-Baked Body • Wind Power • Wind Rider • Zero to Hero