Marvel Scale

Increases Defense to 1.5× with a major status ailment.

3 Pokémon2 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 3

One of the original abilities, from Gen 3 (Ruby & Sapphire).

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Whenever this Pokémon has a major status ailment, it has 1.5× its Defense. This bonus does not count as a stat modifier.

Pokémon that can have Marvel Scale only as their Hidden Ability.

Other abilities introduced alongside Marvel Scale.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Swift Swim	44	Doubles Speed during rain.
Sturdy	42	Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
Keen Eye	39	Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
Chlorophyll	37	Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.
Inner Focus	35	Prevents flinching.
Intimidate	35	Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
Levitate	32	Evades Ground moves.
Swarm	31	Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.

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“Marvel Scale”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/marvel-scale.

Ability data from PokéAPI.