Vessel of Ruin

Lowers Special Attack of all Pokémon except itself.

1 PokémonIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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In-depth effect

The power of the Pokémon’s ruinous vessel lowers the Sp. Atk stats of all Pokémon except itself.

Other abilities introduced alongside Vessel of Ruin.

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 Vessel of Ruin yet.

“Vessel of Ruin”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/vessel-of-ruin.

Ability data from PokéAPI.