Protosynthesis

Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.

10 PokémonIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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Boosts the Pokémon’s most proficient stat in harsh sunlight or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.

Other abilities introduced alongside Protosynthesis.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Quark Drive	10	Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
Purifying Salt	3	Protects from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost-type moves.
Sharpness	3	Powers up slicing moves.
Thermal Exchange	3	Raises Attack when hit by a Fire-type move. Cannot be burned.
Toxic Chain	3	May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.
Wind Rider	3	Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
Guard Dog	2	Boosts Attack if intimidated, and prevents being forced to switch out.
Hospitality	2	When a Pokémon with Hospitality enters a battle, it restores HP for an ally by 25%.

No reader notes on Protosynthesis yet.

“Protosynthesis”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/protosynthesis.

Ability data from PokéAPI.