After shaking off Brock, Tetsuya went to the training room. While supervising his Pokemon to train diligently, he was also learning new knowledge to improve himself and Zero.
"Pokemon Abilities are a very peculiar concept. The first person to propose this concept was Professor Uchiki from the Orange Islands, who specializes in studying Pokemon differences.
Subsequently, professors from various regions collaborated to conduct in-depth research on this topic.
Finally, the professors led by Professor Oak gave a simple definition of Abilities, which is a special ability that every Pokemon possesses.
In other words, the essence of an Ability is a special ability that an individual may possess based on the characteristics of the Pokemon itself. Taking the Chlorophyll Ability possessed by most Grass-type Pokemon as an example.
It is precisely because of the special nature of the bodies of some Grass-type Pokemon, which are more similar to a combination of plants and animals, that their bodies become more active in sunlight. Therefore, Pokemon with Chlorophyll have increased Speed in sunny weather.
Taking Pokemon like Cubone, which have extremely strong head resistance, as an example, because their head defense is excellent, they will have the Rock Head Ability, which prevents them from taking recoil damage from their own moves.
In their research, the professors discovered that the number of Abilities possessed by each Pokemon species is different. The minimum is only one Ability, while the maximum can be three different Abilities.
Through further comparative analysis, it was found that among Pokemon species with two or three Abilities, extremely outstanding individuals often possess two different Abilities simultaneously, completely different from the single Ability of ordinary individuals.
After data integration, the professors provided a more specific explanation and classification of Abilities, namely First Ability, Second Ability, and Hidden Ability.
Pokemon with a single Ability need no further explanation. These Pokemon do not even have a Hidden Ability, and all individuals have the same Ability.
Furthermore, if a Pokemon species only has a First Ability and a Second Ability but no Hidden Ability, then the common ordinary individuals will only possess one of these Abilities as their special ability.
No Pokemon has been found to possess both the First and Second Abilities simultaneously yet.
However, if in addition to having a First Ability or a Second Ability, this Pokemon species also has a Hidden Ability.
Note that it is "or", not "and". This means that even if a Pokemon only has a First Ability and no Second Ability, if the species has a Hidden Ability, it meets the above conditions.
Similarly, a Pokemon species that has a First Ability, a Second Ability, and a Hidden Ability simultaneously naturally also meets the conditions.
Then, extremely outstanding individuals among them will, in addition to possessing one of the former two Abilities, also have an additional Hidden Ability as their special ability.
Taking Onix as an example, the species' First Ability is Rock Head, the Second Ability is Sturdy, and the Hidden Ability is Weak Armor.
Ordinary individuals will possess either the Rock Head or Sturdy Ability. Extremely outstanding individuals will simultaneously possess the Hidden Ability, Weak Armor, in addition to either the Rock Head or Sturdy Ability.
Among them, extremely outstanding individuals specifically refer to Pokemon with Elite Four Potential or higher.
According to samples, under the condition that the species has a Hidden Ability, the probability of an individual with Elite Four Potential having a Hidden Ability is around fifty percent.
Due to the small sample size for Quasi-Champion Potential, the probability can only be estimated to be between sixty and seventy percent.
Under the same conditions, all Pokemon with Champion Potential have a Hidden Ability, without exception.
Pokemon below Elite Four Potential do not have a Hidden Ability, also without exception.
At the same time, the professors also found that a Pokemon's Ability will change after evolution, but there is a pattern, which is the Continuity of Abilities.
Continuity refers to the fact that if a Pokemon individual with a First Ability changes its Ability during evolution, the corresponding transformed Ability will also be the First Ability of the next form, not the Second Ability; the same applies to Pokemon individuals with a Second Ability.
Taking Roggenrola as an example, the First Ability is Sturdy, the Second Ability is Weak Armor. The First and Second Abilities of Boldore remain unchanged. Therefore, a Roggenrola with the Sturdy Ability will still have the Sturdy Ability after evolving, and a Roggenrola with the Weak Armor Ability will still have the Weak Armor Ability after evolving.
However, the First Ability of Gigalith is Sturdy, and the Second Ability becomes Sand Stream. Thus, Roggenrola and Boldore with the First Ability, Sturdy, will still have the First Ability, Sturdy, after evolving into their final form.
And Roggenrola and Boldore with the Second Ability, Weak Armor, will have their Ability change to Gigalith's Second Ability, Sand Stream, after evolving into their final form.
If the Hidden Abilities before and after evolution are inconsistent, this property also applies to Hidden Abilities.
The professors speculate that Hidden Abilities may have other properties, but due to the very small proportion of samples with Hidden Abilities, they have not yet been able to draw conclusions."
Putting down the data, Tetsuya muttered to himself, "So that's how it is. Combusken's Speed Boost Ability is a special ability caused by its extremely well-developed leg muscles, and it's something it's bound to have as a Champion Potential Pokemon.
As for Pidgeot and Roggenrola, I can only say I was lucky and hit that roughly fifty percent probability, or in other words, Pidgeot and Roggenrola are also extremely outstanding among Elite Four Potential Pokemon.
Otherwise, it's impossible for both of them to have Hidden Abilities."
Yes, Roggenrola also has a Hidden Ability.
On Zero's panel, Roggenrola's panel after passing the Young stage is like this:
[Roggenrola]
Category: Mantle Pokemon
Type: Rock
Height: 0.5m (Average: 0.4m)
Weight: 22kg (Average: 18kg)
Ability: Weak Armor (If damaged by a physical move, Defense is lowered, and Speed is greatly increased.)
Hidden Ability: Sand Force (During Sandstorm weather, the power of Rock-type, Ground-type, and Steel-type moves is increased.)
Moves: Tackle, Sand Attack, Harden, Stealth Rock, Gravity (Egg Move), Wide Guard (Egg Move)
Level: 6 (Novice)
Potential: Elite Four
Training Method: Due to the Pokemon's special nature, feed with high-energy crystals until evolution (Synthesis method below)
Due to high Rock-type talent, supplemented with various special rocks, it can have different effects and resistances on its surface rocks (Specific details below:.)
"Moreover, Roggenrola's Weak Armor Ability will also turn into the corresponding Second Ability, Sand Stream, after evolving into Gigalith, which is like a fish in water when combined with Sand Force.
Conversely, it also proves that this Roggenrola has extremely high talent in the Rock type, which is also consistent with Zero's detection."
Tetsuya nodded slightly, indicating he had gained a lot.
After all, this kind of knowledge is not publicly available. He used to wonder why there were so-called Hidden Abilities. Now it seems it's just that individuals with excellent Potential are naturally stronger in some aspects due to their talent.
"Combusken, pay attention when you push off with your right lower leg, don't relax too much."
While thinking, Tetsuya saw that Combusken on the side was a bit unfocused, so he reminded it.
This is also what an excellent Trainer should do, because Pokemon are also living beings. They get tired, they have emotions, and they can get distracted during training. At this time, the Trainer needs to be there to remind them.
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ps: A simple explanation of the concept of dual Abilities.
Although in the official setting a Pokemon only has one Ability, I have added a reason for writing it this way. It might be a bit jarring for some readers who stick to the original setting, sorry.
Of course, it's not complete, because the timeline is earlier, and many research results haven't come out yet. (For example, the special nature of Rockruff's Own Tempo and Greninja's Bond Phenomenon Ability.)
Personally, I think this setting is probably fine...
If you don't understand the explanation, you can look at the examples, which should make it clear.
Also, not all of the protagonist's Pokemon will have dual Abilities.
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