Ability profile
Intimidate Pokemon Ability
Generation
Generation III
Pokémon with ability
46
Effect
When this Pokémon enters battle, the opponent's Attack is lowered by one stage. In a double battle, both opponents are affected. This ability also takes effect when acquired during a battle, but will not take effect again if lost and reobtained without leaving battle. This ability has no effect on an opponent that has a Substitute. Overworld: If the first Pokémon in the party has this ability, any random encounter with a Pokémon five or more levels lower than it has a 50% chance of being skipped.
Flavor text
Lowers the foe’s ATTACK.
Quick summary
Intimidate is a main-series ability from Generation III. Open species profiles below to see typings, moves, and community fan rank where available.
Battle context
Generation debut
Generation III
Intimidate first appeared in Generation III. Compare how newer releases reuse or power up the effect when building themed teams.
Main series
Yes
Intimidate is used in main-series battles and links to 46 species profiles below.
46 Pokémon can have Intimidate in the official dataset.
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