Pokémon Who Should Have Different Abilities 

SHARPNESS LEAVANNY

I never really understood why Rampardos never got the Rock Head ability. It's literally built to have Rock Head as its ability. Instead they gave it to my favorite fossil Pokémon, Tyrantrum.

Grumpig Own Tempo -> Magic Bounce (since it bounces a lot)

I think that Flygon should have access to either Sand Stream or Tinted Lens as opposed to just Levitate

Sandslash's claws are not actually tough as they break off and regenerate constantly. They are noted to be especially sharp, though, so Sharpness could also work.

I really hope there's an absolutely massive overhaul to a bunch of Pokemon in the future. I know this gen Pokemon like Empoleon and Shiftry got ability replacements/new abilities, but a few mons a Generation is painfully slow.

Galvanize on Electivire woud be great. An Electric-type, base 144 power Double-Edge would just be a way better way to capitalize on Electivire’s Attack stat than Wild Charge or Supercell Slam. (Seriuously though, why is Gamefreak so incapable of making a good physical Electric move?)

I was shocked Armarogue and Ceruledge didn’t get mega launcher and sharpness. As the two “cool” mons and signature version exclusives, with sig moves that would take advantage. Also the kanto birds should get weather abilities, hail/snow for articuno, sun for moltres and drizzle for zapdos

A Pokémon that is sorely lacking in the Ability department is Delibird. I feel instead of a 2nd Ability that prevents Sleep he could get Unaware. He seems to not really be aware of his Present possibly being an explosive. There's also Unburden since he'll likely move faster after lightening its load of presents. Or because Delibird is a Christmas Pokémon there's always a chance of a White Christmas so Snow Warning is an option.

Swanna Hydration -> Swift Swim (x2 SPE, surefire Hurricane, boosted Hydro Pump)

Quaquaval not having Dancer is really a shame. Moxie is cool, but still...

I'd love to see Tough Claws Golisopod, but I know I never will.

Hear me out: Day Lycanroc should have Sand Force, not Sand Rush. He's a speedy boi, but the attack is rather low.

Meganium should also get a buff in the ability department, people often say it should get triage regenerator or flower veil as abilities since its a defensive pokemon and leaf gaurd is just mostly useless anyhow. I feel like the best buff for it would either be grassy surge or triage personally so it can get priority gigadrains or become a little extra bulky from the grassy terrain recovery and it can help the rest of the team with it, i feel like filter could also work to just make super effective attacks less effective against meganium and make it better at tanking hits in general

ok but GOGOAT WITH TECHNICIAN. he has incredible coverage just through level up moves with aerial ace and bulldoze, both of which are 60 bp and would be made way more viable. he could also run razor leaf on a story team until he finally got access to horn leech or leaf blade. plus he needs to have good “technique” to carry people up steep surfaces as the “mount pokémon”, so it just suits him well. edit: another idea - WAILORD WITH NO GUARD. it’s literally based on the largest animal in existence so how are you gonna miss an attack on one😳

Weaville keep Inner Focus as Ability 1(counter Intimidate)

Serviper Shed Skin -> Clear Body (prevents DEF drop from Crush Claw, Zangoose signature move) Infiltrator -> Merciless (Zangoose's Hidden Ability is Toxic Boost so it would likely want to get poisoned)

Flygon This is a no brainer; Hidden Ability: N/A -> Tinted Lens

I’ve used a Sharpness Doublade in the rom hack Radical Red before, it was quite good

I feel like the Hypno change is such an obvious one, but GF has that weird sense that they don't want to give legendary exclusive abilities out to other pokémon. It probably has happened outside the weather abilities, but I can't really think of an example. I also think the game would not be negatively impacted too much if they upped the accuracy of hypnosis just a little bit. A lot of pokémon that learn it probably would still prefer using other moves, but I think it would be interesting if we had things like hypnosis Gengar or Politoed actually having a little viability

I got some clean ideas for you. 1. Give chimeco wind rider since it has literally no reason to be used right now with so many other psychic levitators. Plus its a wind chime so nice. 2. Give meganium thicc fat so it can do something 3. Give tentacruel regenerator since its a jellyfish 4. Just give pinsir defiant so that it can have a niche when intimidate spam is common

Could also see Levitate on Doublade, and Rough Skin on Sandslash. Cool vid tho, been hosting a competitive format with those kind of additions for years, and it's nice to see people are finally wondering about them on a more competitive standpoint, rather than wanting to give every Electric types Illuminate.

Hear me out on this one Competitive Typhlosion. It's literally based on one of the most badass mustelids in the world: the honey badger. I feel like Ty would really benefit from the ability and become a much scarier sweeper without the need of Choice Specs for extra power

Vikavolt should get Speed Boost. The dex describes it as fast, despite it only having 40 speed. Flygon summons sandstorms. Give it Sandstream. Emerald mentions Swampert swimming as fast as a jet ski. Replace Damp with Swift Swim. Motor Drive Rotom (fan actually gets an ability) Perish Body Dusknoir Dancer Maractus Fur Coat Furret. Fluffy Flareon. Cursed Body Spiritomb.

Your editing is amazing! Great work.

I would think Reckless would be a more fitting ability for rampardos

I'd say that Regigas's ability feels like Gamefreak slapped it on so whatever fits lol

these were good suggestions and got my creativity going, thinking of other new abilities for pokemon!

What if Paradoxes got their contemporary's abilities? What if UB's got hidden abilities? I could see Nihilego with Clear Body/Levitate, Buzzwole Guts/Moxie, Xukitree with Lightning Rod, Kartana with Sharpness/Wind Rider, Guzzlord with Gluttony, Naganadel with Tinted Lens/Poison Point/Adaptability, and Blacephalon with Dazzling. I don't know what would Pheromosa, Celesteela, or Stakataka would have.

Gengar line make its Ability into Levitate and Hidden Ability into Cursed Body

I like how you tought abilities on these mons in such a way that they improve these mons liability and they actually make sense

Would like to see you cover some mons in the next part that GameFreak seemingly wants you to like / promoted a lot, but failed to make you like competitively. Milotic (Cute Charm to Multiscale), Ampharos (added ability Electric Surge), Zebstrika (Lightning Rod to Speed Boost), Dusknoir (added ability Prankster/Intimidate), all of the eeveelutions (Flareon Fur Coat, Glaceon Slush Rush, etc), and other "popular but bad" Pokemon.

I always though Cacnea and Cacnitune should have rough skin. I mean, they're cacti.

I imagined Chatot from PMD saying that he started listening to that "punk rock" music that the kids are all crazy about

for rampardos over rock head I think we go with reckless and get the maximum damage out with rock head because with this power crept metagame its always getting out sped and one shot so I would give it a sash and let it rip with one head smash and die (Kepp it as the opening pokemon). also for a moveset update mostly because I like this pokemon so much hear em out EXTREME SPEED it can pick up KO's against faster pokemon with that because I dint think it has any priority moves

I actually think tha No Guard in Honedge and Doublade makes a lot of sense lore and bodywise. I mean, they're purely sword, NO SHIELDS... so... no guard... get it?

I honestly think Leafeon and Glaceon need better abilities that aren’t relying on weather set ups. I think Leafeon should get sharpness since it gets access to Swords Dance, Leaf Blade, and X-Scissors. Glaceon I think should get refrigerate mostly cuz I think it’s a good strong ability for ice types and Glaceon can have another strong move and get access to Hyper Voice like slyveon as well make use of its 130 sp. atk

I've been checking out your stuff lately. I like the stuff, so I gave you a subscribe. I got a Pokemon suggestion, as I've used this before. Revavroom is cool, but its abilities are awful. I've never liked Filter, and Overcoat is practically useless on it (Why did they give it to a Steel Type). There's a handful of stuff it could use. Speed Boost might be a bit OP, but Stench (Since it's a car), Sturdy, Clear Body, Motor Drive, Sheer Force, Neutralizing Gas, Steely Spirit and Adaptability would be good.

Sharpness with sandlash too! Look his hands!

My favorite Pokémon is Flapple and it’s always just a little bit disappointing that it can’t get Levitate as an ability. It can’t take a lot of hits so an immunity would be pretty sweet

I know this would be busted but levitate magnizone makes so much sense. I think zoroark getting prankster defeats the purpose of its gimmick but hey it makes sense too. I think giving furret fluffy would help it be a little less dogshit. I think decidueye should get sniper, long reach is ok but eh

Magnezone All 3 of its abilities are solid but Levitate tho

Ampharos needs No Gaurd. So it can fire off 100% zap cannons. It's like a special equivalent to Machamp.

Maractus, one of the most forgettable Pokémon that people would very unlikely to encounter it in the wield in gen 5 tho I do like it a lot so what abilities would be handy and make sense We’ll changing water absorb would be a no brainer as storm drain just a lot better that it already has I would say I’ve Rough Skin or Thermal Exchange could be fun choices and give Maractus some more survivability (and cactuses 🌵 are both very spiky and can survive the hottest of weather thanks to them store water well to keep themself hydrated!) Absolutely love this video idea! Great work!

Rock head Rampardos would be scary considering choice band Hisui Arcanine can two hit ko many Pokémon that resist rock with its head smash.

because you gave magmortar armor cannon, i feel like electivire could easily get plasma fists. it’s abilities are good but i could see iron fist or galvanize working better, it has body slam and quick attack that could become electric. however one that i think is even better is Stakeout Starmie. Analytic has always been mediocre on starmie but it has its benefits, so why don’t we just give it the better version so it can compete with power creep? i feel like meteor beam sets would be dangerous to switch into and rapid spin can let it outspeed scarfers and provide utility. Both types naturally check great tusk too.

I think your Feraligator suggestion is nice thematically, but really mechanically it's just not there as the moves that you want to boost get better boosted by Sheer Force + Life Orb and it enables more of his kit. I think if anything Feraligator really needs the Dark Type and that's it, or swift swim since you do not wanna see a gator in your waters. Your Sandslash and Doublade suggestions are fire and really good ideas now that we have better abilities. If you want a mon to rework abilities for, Aerodactyle suffers so bad. Who the fruit uses Pressure or Unnerve and it lacks any STAB options for Rock Head. Can Game Freak stop screwing around with this mon? They also took away Double Edge.

How about turning this into a series, "Giving 'EVERY' Pokemon a More Apt Ability"?? Great vid, btw

TINITED LENS FLYGON SINCE IT LITERALLY HAS TINTED LENS

I was surprised to find out rampardos doesn't have rock head since it's head is literally just a rock

Doublade should have had a brand new ability. It should have been something like No Guard, but only 1 sided and made Doublade able to ignore protect moves. Think about it, it is 2 swords... it can attack you from any angle. It fits it thematically, and it would have been a really cool niche for it to have.

A Pokémon: Has a signature move or abaility This guy: "And I took that personally"

9:40 Chatot, bring back the old ability Cacophony and have it so sound based moves deal double damage.

i genuinely think that tinkaton would be a prime candidate for huge power. think about it, HUGE hammer, HUGE power. not to mention its does not have the greatest attack stat at 75, meaning that it would not be completely broken in the offense department, and you would have to choose between mold breaker or huge power. it would not only balance itself out, but it would make tinkaton better yet not completely broken.

I was thinking that Shiftry should have gotten Speed Boost probably... It doesn't make sense but it does in some way.

Hypno getting bad dreams is PERFECT! The face he doesn’t have good access to a sleep lobe is wild af. Can’t wait for part 2

Rarely do I agree with videos like this, these are all dead on

I think some abilities should also be updated. Imagine Rough Skin also applying to contact moves. Why does skin hurt if a Pokémon is hit but not additionally as a your Pokémon makes contact. Garchomp would be back to OU!

Keen eye sould work like compound eyes. Also, Magmortar should get armor cannon

I understand it will be too broken, but intimidate Garchomp. This just make sense.

I have two potential abilities for Flygon. Compoundeyes can give an amazing boost for a Special Moveset for Flygon. Not to mention allow it to run Dragon Rush with less drawback. The other is Tinted Lens, allowing for boasted power against bad matchups by attacking with full power hits that do neutral damage rather than resisted damage.

Not existing abilities, but abilities that would thematically fit imo: Sickle wind: wind-based moves are powered up 50% and deal physical damage Give it to sneasel/weavile, since they're based on a kamaitachi Stone crunch: biting moves deal super-effective damage on rock types Give it to sableye, since it feeds on gems

Exploud with punk rock is literally perfect

Sheer force is why better than strong jaw because with a life orb all your biting moves are boosted by 63%.

Some Pokemon I think need a different ability 1. Rampardos should have Rock Head 2. Weavile should have Tough Claws 3. Rillaboom should have Gorilla Tactics 4. Magnezone should have Levitate 5. Vespiquen and Nidoqueen should have Queenly Majesty 6. Golisopod should have Intimidate 7. Toedscruel should have Effect Spore 8. Mismagius, Alakazam, Hatterene, Delphox and Grimmsnarl should have Illusion 9. Flygon should have Sand Rush or Sand Force 10. Pyroar should have Competitive

Doduo and Dodrio could definitely benefit from gaining Hustle, as none of their Abilities are a morsel of serviceable. Carvanha and Sharpedo should totally have Strong Jaw as their second main Ability, since Mega Sharpedo is unlikely to be returning anytime soon. Given how hard it fell off in Gen 9 with Knock Off and Triple Axel being stripped off of it’s initial movepool, Weavile would benefit immensely from Tough Claws. Unburden would also be rad, but given how Sneasler is already considered utterly busted with that very Ability, Tough Claws should be a reasonable buff for an Ice-type that did what it does best; sweep.

Did I just watch a crocodile rip a man’s arm off

Venusaur Thick Fat Blastoise Mega Launcher Meganuim Triage Typhlosion Drought Feraligatr Strong Jaws Sceptile Sharpness Torterra Weak Armor Infernape Adaptability Emboar Huge Power Samurott-U Sharpness Chesnaught Filter Delphox Magic Guard Inteleon Compatitve - Regigigas- Clear Body Phione Simple Hoopa Unbound-Magic Bounce Volcanion Flash Fire & Water Absorb into one ability

Swampert with regenerator-swampert is based on axolotls animals who can regenerate their bodies and damp is a useless ability on seampert Armarouge with mega launcher And Ceruledge with sharpness

Some of these I thought already had those abilities.

Hisuian Typhlosion Frisk -> Serene Grace (Inferno Parade spam)

8:15 If Hypno had access to Gravity, it would have a much better chance at landing Hypnosis. (Or if it got a signature move that had a better chance of inflicting sleep; Pendulate, Psychic, 100% Accuracy. In addition to Insomnia and Vital Spirit, this move fails on Pyschic and Dark types, and Pokémon with the Own Tempo ability.)

Weavile could have Tough Claws as an ability. That might make it overpowered though. I'd also like to see Armarouge and Ceruledge get Mega launcher and Sharpness respectively. They are stuck with some pretty mid abilities in flash fire and weak armor. Another one I'd like is Gengar to get literally anything that's not cursed body. Gengar is so frail that cursed body is barely useful on it. Give it Perish body. This would put an opponent on a time limit and force them to switch, and could be a disgustingly overpowered combo with Mega gengar's shadow tag ability.

Shuckle: Gluttony --> Cheek Pouch Reason: In Gen 2 Shuckle would turn Berry (10 HP heal) into Berry Juice (20 HP heal). Making Berries heal more, so getting some (additional) healing after eating a berry makes sense to me

I think Machamp could have iron fist instead of his hidden steadfast ability. He's got plenty of punch attacks in his roster

I like that most of these proposed changes were done in Radical Red, which just shows how odd Gamefreak’s choices are with abilities and moves

If you have No Guard Fury Cutter can't miss ever, 40 starting power, makes it easily the most evil spammable move, paired with a Metronome, you're laughing your way to the bank

yoou covered Ferakigatr but now Meganius was done much more dirty with its hidde ability I want it to get regenerator

Butterfree should have swift swin since some Pokedex states that he is a good flyer even on the rain

Gogoat Ability 2: N/A -> Thick Fat

Ampharos could really use a new ability, especially in a post-mega world. Static is nice but it doesn’t have the bulk nor recovery to make use of it, and Plus is Plus. I suggest *Electric Surge* since the options for Electric Terrain setter is quite sparse and right now is just Pincurchin (who doesn’t even have Volt Switch), it would be the go-to setter because of this. Bonus points for giving its pre-evos Fluffy. We all know how abysmal Wigglytuff’s bulk is, even with the 140 HP so hear me out on this one. Let’s replace HA Frisk with *Fur Coat* actually justifiable choice don’t worry . This alone single handedly makes a huge difference and make it actually physically bulky now. Maybe give it STABs Boomburst and Moonblast and buff its Sp. Atk (85 > 90/95) for damage output and Sp. Def (50 > 70/75) to further support its new found bulk and it’s good to go. You can easily give Golisopod a HA, between *Shell Armor (actually usable typing and bulk for ability to work), Intimidate, Tough Claws, Defiant, or even Multiscale* the choice is yours. EDIT: Sharpness Kabutops, need i say more?………..ok replace Battle Armor

Weavile, get Infiltrator. Fits the Mon and gives it's revenge killer niche even better usage by letting it come in and kill something with a sub up or something with screens.

All the eeveelution should get their corresponding field ability (e.g Drought, Drizzle, Grassy Surge, Misty Surge etc...). Also Mawile should get Huge power back in its regular form. Lilligent should get Queenly Majesty, along with Diancie.

Alolan raichu should have levitate. Surge surfer is a neat idea, but the speed boost is often redundant due to its already high speed, and there aren't any good terrain setters youd wanna use with it. Levitate makes sense, since alolan raichu is literally floating on its tail, and would neutralize a major weakness.

literally ANYTHING viable for wailord would be amazing. dondozo is who wailord should’ve been also dusknoir’s hidden ability being frisk is so tragic

It’s only right to do their counterparts: Electivire - Iron Fist (self explanatory, tho could use a buff as almost all the users would benefit from it; on side-note give it Drain Punch) Bastiodon - I was gonna go with Fitler, until I heard of the idea of Earth Eater Bastiodon which works even better

Hi, have a 10 page Google, dock of abilities and types. I would change on Pokémon if I could. Interestingly, I end up giving out tough claws the most, and I didn’t think of it for Sandslash

The magnezone line needs to get levitate!

I would like Sandslash to have Rough Skin. The dex consistently mentions that Sandslash uses its spines to defend itself.

Psychic Surge/Neuroforce Mewtwo 😊.

Granbull Rattled -> Strong Jaw

Aftermath wobuffet tho

Slaking with slow start to keep him balanced and a bit more useable competitively

How on Earth do you help Flareon? The abilities it got are good, but it can't fully be used effectively. I thought maybe giving it Fluffy would be a good idea, but I'm not sure if that would do the trick

Swampert Replace damp with hydration, plays into the axolotl healing thing too

Flame Body is more utility, especially with hatching Eggs. So don’t replace, instead just add.

We need tinted lens flygon we know we do

Go on!!! This is cute and you’re cooking

I will never stop saying that Chimecho, the WIND CHIME POKEMON, not getting Wind Rider or Wind Power when introduced in Teal Mask is a crime. The fact they swapped out one of Shiftry's abilities so they got one of them is salt in the wound.

Vespiquen is neat...but damn is she crippled because of her typing, even with an ability change i doubt that would fix her flaws (seriously why did they try making a defensive bug/flying mon)