Weak Armor (Japanese: くだけるよろい, Hepburn: Breakable Armour) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. This ability was naturally exclusive to Garbodor before Generation VII.
Description
| Generations | Description |
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| Generation V | Physical attacks lower Defense and raise Speed. |
| Generation VI | Physical attacks lower its Defense stat and raise its Speed stat. |
| Generation VII | Physical attacks to the Pokémon lower its Defense stat but sharply raise its Speed stat. |
| Generation VIII | The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted. |
| Generation IX |
Effect
When a Pokémon with Weak Armor is hit by a physical attack, its defense in lowered by one stage and its speed is increased by two stages. Physical multi-strike moves (such as Pin Missile) will activate Weak Armor every time the move hits.
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Amethio's Ceruledge activating Weak Armor
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