Tangling Hair (Ability)

Tangling Hair (Japanese: カーリーヘアー Curly Hair) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Alolan Diglett and Alolan Dugtrio.

Tangling Hair

カーリーヘアー

Curly Hair

Flavor text


Generation VII
Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.


Generation VIII
Contact with the Pokémon lowers the attacker's Speed stat.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the Speed of the attacking Pokémon is decreased by one stage.

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

Outside of battle

Tangling Hair has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tangling Hair

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Diglett Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
	Dugtrio Alolan Form	Ground	Steel	Sand Veil	Tangling Hair	Sand Force
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 anime

Pokémon	Method

	Alolan Dugtrio
The Pokémon can grab and bind any nearby opponents with its hair.
User	First Used In	Notes
Dugtrio	Alolan Dugtrio can grab and bind any nearby opponents with its hair.
DJ Leo's Jessica, Ashley, and Michael	Getting the Band Back Together!	Debut

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	捲髮 Gyúnfaat
Chinese	Mandarin	捲髮 / 卷发 Juǎnfǎ
Danish		Sammenfiltredt hår
Finnish		Roikkutukka
French		Mèche Rebelle
German		Lockenkopf
Italian		Boccolidoro
Korean		컬리헤어 Curly Hair
Norwegian		Sammenfiltret hår
Polish		Splątane Włosy
Portuguese	Brazil	Cabelo Desgrenhado
Portuguese	Portugal	Cabelos Rebeldes
Russian		Спутавшиеся Волосы Sputavshiyesya Volosy
Spanish		Rizos Rebeldes
Swedish		Tangling Hair

Variations of the Ability Gooey
Gooey • Tangling Hair

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