Weak Armor (Ability)

Weak Armor (Japanese: くだけるよろい Broken Armor) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Weak Armor

くだけるよろい

Broken Armor

Flavor text


Generation V
Physical attacks lower Defense and raise Speed.


Generation VI
Physical attacks lower its Defense stat and raise its Speed stat.


Generation VII
Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.


Generation VIII
Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat.

Effect

Generations V and VI

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a physical move, its Defense is decreased by one stage and its Speed is increased by one stage.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a physical multi-strike move (such as Fury Swipes), each hit activates this Ability.

Generation VII onwards

Weak Armor now raises Speed by two stages.

Outside of battle

Weak Armor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Weak Armor

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Onix	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Weak Armor
	Omanyte	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Omastar	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Kabuto	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
	Kabutops	Rock	Water	Swift Swim	Battle Armor	Weak Armor
	Slugma	Fire		Fire	Magma Armor	Flame Body	Weak Armor
	Magcargo	Fire	Rock	Magma Armor	Flame Body	Weak Armor
	Corsola Galarian Form	Ghost		Ghost	Weak Armor	None	Cursed Body
	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	Keen Eye	Sturdy	Weak Armor
	Roggenrola	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Weak Armor	Sand Force
	Boldore	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Weak Armor	Sand Force
	Dwebble	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Crustle	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Garbodor	Poison		Poison	Stench	Weak Armor	Aftermath
	Vanillite	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	Snow Cloak	Weak Armor
	Vanillish	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	Snow Cloak	Weak Armor
	Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice	Ice Body	Snow Warning	Weak Armor
	Vullaby	Dark	Flying	Big Pecks	Overcoat	Weak Armor
	Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying	Big Pecks	Overcoat	Weak Armor
	Sinistea	Ghost		Ghost	Weak Armor	None	Cursed Body
	Polteageist	Ghost		Ghost	Weak Armor	None	Cursed Body
	Cursola	Ghost		Ghost	Weak Armor	None	Perish Body
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VIII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later.

Prior to Generation VII, Roggenrola and Boldore did not have Weak Armor.

In other games

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI	When the Pokémon is hit by a physical move, its Defense goes down, but its Travel Speed rises.* When it's hit by a physical move, the Pokémon's Defense goes down, and its Travel Speed goes up!*
SMD	When it's hit by a physical move, the Pokémon's Defense goes down and its Travel Speed goes up!

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	碎裂鎧甲 Seuiliht Hóigaap
Chinese	Mandarin	碎裂鎧甲 / 碎裂铠甲 Suìliè Kǎijiǎ
French		Armurouillée
German		Bruchrüstung
Italian		Sottilguscio
Korean		깨어진갑옷 Kkaeeojin Gab'ot
Portuguese		Armadura Fraca
Spanish		Armadura Frágil* Arm. Frágil*

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