Ability profile
Competitive Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation VI
Pokémon with ability
15
Effect
Raises Special Attack by two stages upon having any stat lowered.
Flavor text
Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered.
Quick summary
Competitive is a main-series ability from Generation VI. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation VI
Competitive first appeared in Generation VI. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Competitive is used in main-series battles and links to 15 species profiles below.
15 Pokémon can have Competitive in the official dataset.
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