Cotton Down (Ability)

Cotton Down (Japanese: わたげ Cotton Down) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Gossifleur and Eldegoss.

Cotton Down

わたげ

Cotton Down

Flavor text


Generation VIII
When the Pokémon is hit by an attack, it scatters cotton fluff around and lowers the Speed stat of all Pokémon except itself.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a damaging move, the Speed of all other Pokémon is decreased by one stage.

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

Outside of battle

Cotton Down has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Cotton Down

#	Pokémon	Types	First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Gossifleur	Grass	Grass	Cotton Down	Regenerator	Effect Spore
	Eldegoss	Grass	Grass	Cotton Down	Regenerator	Effect Spore
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.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	棉絮 Mìhnséuih
Chinese	Mandarin	棉絮 Miánxù
French		Effilochage
German		Wollflaum
Italian		Lanugine
Korean		솜털 Somteol
Polish		Zrzucenie Bawełny
Russian		Комок Хлопка Komok Khlopka
Spanish		Pelusa

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