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Battle Armor カブトアーマー Kabuto Armor Flavor text Generation III Blocks critical hits. Generation IV The Pokémon is protected against critical hits. Generation V The Pokémon is protected against critical hits. Generation VI Protects the Pokémon from critical hits. Generation VII Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits. Generation VIII Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits.

Battle Armor (Japanese: カブトアーマー Kabuto Armor) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Battle Armor prevents the opponent from landing a critical hit, even if they would usually always land one such as with Frost Breath, Storm Throw, Wicked Blow, Surging Strikes or with Merciless (if the user is poisoned).

Outside of battle

Battle Armor has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Battle Armor

In other games

Description

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Blake's Kabutott is revealed to have Battle Armor as his Ability.

Brock's Kabutops is revealed to have Battle Armor as its Ability.

Trivia

This Ability originated as a TCG Pokémon Power.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 戰鬥盔甲 Jindau Kwāigaap *

甲蟲盔甲 Gaapchùhng Kwāigaap * Mandarin 戰鬥盔甲 / 战斗盔甲 Zhàndòu Kuījiǎ *

甲蟲盔甲 Jiǎchóng Kuījiǎ * Dutch Gevecht pantser French Armurbaston German Kampfpanzer Italian Lottascudo Korean 전투 무장 Jeontu Mujang Portuguese Armadura de Batalha Russian Боевая Броня Boyevaya Bronya Spanish Armadura Batalla *

Armad. Bat. * Vietnamese Giáp Chiến Đấu



