Merciless (Ability)

Merciless (Japanese: ひとでなし Miscreant) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Mareanie and Toxapex.

Merciless

ひとでなし

Miscreant

Flavor text


Generation VII
The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.


Generation VIII
The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.

Effect

In battle

Attacks used by the Pokémon with this Ability will always become critical hits against poisoned targets, unless that target has Battle Armor or Shell Armor or is under the effects of Lucky Chant.

Outside of battle

Merciless has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Merciless

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Mareanie	Poison	Water	Merciless	Limber	Regenerator
	Toxapex	Poison	Water	Merciless	Limber	Regenerator
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 the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Moon's Mareanie was revealed to have Merciless as her Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	不仁不義 Bātyàhnbātyih
Chinese	Mandarin	不仁不義 / 不仁不义 Bùrénbùyì
French		Cruauté
German		Quälerei
Italian		Spietatezza
Korean		무도한행동 Mudohan Haengdong
Russian		Беспощадность Besposhchadnost'
Spanish		Ensañamiento

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