Pokemon Abilities are perfect ways to get extra effects going each turn. While Pokemon TCG Pocket does not have as many Abilities to choose from compared to the long-standing Pokemon TCG, there are plenty of options that crop up to the top due to their usefulness in a battle.
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Some Abilities help their types gain advantage, while others are splashable and can be combined with any deck to open up new paths to victory. So, which are the best Abilities, and which ones require a bit more legwork to utilize? Here are Pokemon with Abilities you should keep an eye out for due to their usefulness.
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Porygon
Peek At Your Next Card
Porygon is a funny little Colorless Pokemon with a unique design. It also has an Ability that is unique to itself. Data Scan lets you look at the top card of your deck once per turn.
While this doesn’t do much in terms of damage or getting points, you can use it to see if your next draw will help you out or not. Then, you can combine this Ability with a card like Poke Ball, which will shuffle your deck and give you a different card for your next draw.
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Butterfree
Heal Your Pokemon
Butterfree has a very helpful Ability since it can heal your entire team by 20 every turn. This means any Pokemon that took a beating from your opponent has a chance to come back if the game stalls long enough.
Butterfree also doesn’t need to be in the Active Spot, making it an excellent method of supporting your team from the safety of the Bench.
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Victreebel
Wrangle Up A Benched Pokemon
Fragrance Trap doesn’t let your opponent’s Pokemon run away. They can try, but as long as Victreebel is in the Active Spot, you’ll be able to drag them back out without effort.
Victreebel can choose any Pokemon from the Bench, which will allow you to strike at your opponent’s weakest targets. So, it is a very useful Ability to use to score some strategic points.
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Poliwrath
Too Tough To Touch
Poliwrath has some extra protection due to its Counterattack Ability. Each time it takes damage due to one of your opponent’s attacks, it deals 20 damage right back. With 150 HP, this means weaker Pokemon will put themselves at risk of trying to take Poliwrath down.
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Mega Punch also does decent damage, giving Poliwrath a way to strike back after being hit. This can bridge the gap and even create game states where your opponent must sacrifice one of their cards to take down yours.
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Cloyster
A Hardened Shell
Cloyster has 120 HP and an Ability that makes your opponent’s attacks weaker each time they hit. Shell Armor allows Cloyster to last just a bit longer, but with a three Energy Move that does 70, it doesn’t really offer much else besides protection.
Regardless, taking ten less damage can buy you at least one extra turn when dealing with some weaker Pokemon. This works best if you get Cloyster out early in the game.
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Greninja
An Aggressive Ability
Greninja’s Water Shuriken is one of the most aggressive Abilities in Pokemon TCG Pocket. Once Greninja is on the field, you can start dealing an extra 20 damage each turn to any Pokemon on your opponent’s side of the field.
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This is the perfect counter for when your opponent uses Potion to buy themselves an extra turn since the damage from Greninja evens the odds in a fight.
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Magneton
Charge Up Your Attack
Magneton is a useful Electric Pokemon to have on the Bench. This Stage One Pokemon may have a Move that costs four whole Energy, but its Volt Charge Ability lets it passively get ready to attack.
Combined with Lt. Surge, you can move some of the Energy that it has stored to another Electric-type specified on the card, such as Electabuzz or Raichu, making it a flexible skill.
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Gengar Ex
Stop Supporters In Their Tracks
Gengar Ex is an investment that will surely have its highs and lows as the meta continues to change with every additional collection of cards. Gengar Ex can stop Supporters from being played from the hand.
Unlike the standard Gengar that needs to attack first before this effect goes live, Gengar ex can do this passively from the Active Spot.
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Hypno
A Chance To Fall Asleep
Putting your opponent’s Pokemon to sleep is a fantastic stall tactic. Hypno lets you have this Ability on the Bench by using Sleep Pendulum. This means the potential to put your opponent’s Pokemon to sleep each turn.
The only downside is that you need a coin flip to put your opponent’s Pokemon to sleep and another good coin flip to keep it locked under status effects when it is their turn to attack.
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Gardevoir
Booming With Psychic Energy
Gardevoir’s Psy Shadow Ability makes it useful for any deck that runs Psychic-type Pokemon. This is because it lets you take an extra Psychic Energy that can be used on your Active Pokemon.
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This Energy acceleration allows moves to strengthen some of the best decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket. This Ability even stacks with other copies of itself.
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Weezing
Turn The Field Toxic
Status Effects are an interesting way to tilt the scales in your favor without having to hit to do damage. Weezing is able to Poison your opponent’s Active Pokemon using its Ability, Gas Leak.
This will put damage counters on your opponent’s Pokemon between turns unless they switch it out to reset the Status Effect. Weezing can do this passively without needing Energy to perform a Move.
A Bulletproof Pokemon
Melmetal is the Pokemon with the most protection in Pokemon TCG Pocket. With its Ability, Hard Coat, you take 20 less damage from attacks. Against certain Basic Pokemon, this means taking zero damage from their attacks.
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The extra turns you buy with this Ability can make using Heavy Impact more effective at taking down your opponent’s Pokemon in only two hits.
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Pidgeot
Pulling The Ol Switcheroo
Sabrina is one of the best supporter cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket. Meanwhile, Pidgeot can mimic the effect using Drive Off, allowing you to take advantage of your opponent’s Bench once per turn.
What makes this Ability even more splashable is that Pidgeot is a Colorless Pokemon. So any deck can potentially use it since it does not require you to use a different type of Energy.
- Released
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October 30, 2024
- Publisher(s)
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The Pokemon Company
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer