Tera Shift

When Terapagos enters the battle, it turns into its Terastal Form until the end of the battle.

1 PokémonIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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When the Pokémon enters a battle, it absorbs the energy around itself and transforms into its Terastal Form.

Other abilities introduced alongside Tera Shift.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Protosynthesis	10	Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
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.

No reader notes on Tera Shift yet.

“Tera Shift”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/tera-shift.

Ability data from PokéAPI.