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Anticipation

Notifies all trainers upon entering battle if an opponent has a super-effective move, Self-Destruct, Explosion, or a one-hit KO move.

11 Pokémon2 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 4

Added in Gen 4.

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When this Pokémon enters battle, if one of its opponents has a move that is super effective against it, Self-Destruct, Explosion, or a one-hit knockout move, all participating trainers are notified. The move itself is not revealed; only that there is such a move. Moves that inflict typeless damage, such as Future Sight, and moves of variable type, such as Hidden Power, count as their listed types. Counter, Metal Burst, Mirror Coat, and one-hit KO moves to which this Pokémon is immune do not trigger this ability.

Pokémon with Anticipation (9)

As a Hidden Ability2

Pokémon that can have Anticipation only as their Hidden Ability.

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Anticipation”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/anticipation.

Ability data from PokéAPI.