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When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a damage-dealing move (except [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=165]Struggle[/url] and Shadow moves), Color Change will change the Pokémon's own type to the type of the move that it was hit by. Color Change does not activate if the Pokémon's [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=164]substitute[/url] is hit.
Even if the Pokémon with Color Change has two types, it will only have a single type after the effect is applied. If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by Weather Ball during shadowy aura, it will become Normal-type.
Color Change will activate after the last hit of a multi-strike move. [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=248]Future Sight[/url] and [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=353]Doom Desire[/url] activate Color Change when they hit (they do not activate Color Change when used).
Status conditions are inflicted before Color Change activates. As a result, even if Color Change would make the Pokémon become a type that is immune to the status condition, the Pokémon can still be afflicted with the status condition; for example, a Pokémon with Color Change that is hit by [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=40]Poison Sting[/url] has a chance to be poisoned before it becomes Poison-type.
Color Change will not activate when the Pokémon is hit by a typeless [url=https://www.pokeonecommunity.com/index.php?mod=pokemon&action=moves&ID=686]Revelation Dancen[/url]. |
