Telepathy

Protects against friendly Pokémon's damaging moves.

25 Pokémon22 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 5

Added in Gen 5.

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This Pokémon does not take damage from friendly Pokémon's moves, including single-target moves aimed at it.

Pokémon that can have Telepathy only as their Hidden Ability.

Other abilities introduced alongside Telepathy.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Sheer Force	30	Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.
Infiltrator	25	Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.
Unnerve	25	Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.
Regenerator	23	Heals for 1/3 max HP upon switching out.
Weak Armor	23	Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by a physical move.
Overcoat	22	Protects against damage from weather.
Sap Sipper	19	Absorbs Grass moves, raising Attack one stage.
Prankster	18	Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

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“Telepathy”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/telepathy.

Ability data from PokéAPI.