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api/abilities/Adaptability.json

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 {
-  "name": "Adaptability",
-  "description": "Powers up moves of the same type."
+  "ability_name": "Adaptability",
+  "effect": "Adaptability increases the effectiveness of STAB moves from the usual 1.5× to 2×.
+For example, a Water-type Pokémon using Surf (base power 90) would normally get an effective power of 135. With Adaptability it would be 180 instead.",
+  "description": "Powers up moves of the same type as the Pokémon."
 }

api/abilities/Aerilate.json

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 {
-  "name": "Aerilate",
-  "description": "Turns Normal-type moves into Flying-type moves."
+  "ability_name": "Aerilate",
+  "effect": "Aerilate causes all Normal-type attacking moves used by the Pokémon to become Flying-type, and increase in power by 20%.
+Flying-type Pokémon also gain STAB from those moves (which means an effective increase of 80%).
+In Generation 6, Aerilate increases affected moves' power by 30%.",
+  "description": "Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little."
 }

api/abilities/Aftermath.json

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 {
-  "name": "Aftermath",
-  "description": "Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit."
+  "ability_name": "Aftermath",
+  "effect": "If an attacker faints a Pokémon with Aftermath using a contact move, the attacker will lose 1⁄4 of their maximum HP.",
+  "description": "Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit."
 }

api/abilities/Air Lock.json

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 {
-  "name": "Air Lock",
+  "ability_name": "Air Lock",
+  "effect": "Air Lock suppresses all effects brought on by weather, including move power increases, end-of-turn damage, accuracy changes, relevant abilities and so on.",
   "description": "Eliminates the effects of weather."
 }

api/abilities/Analytic.json

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 {
-  "name": "Analytic",
-  "description": "Boosts move power when the Pok\u00e9mon moves last."
+  "ability_name": "Analytic",
+  "effect": "Boosts move power when the Pokémon moves last.
+",
+  "description": "Boosts move power when the Pokémon moves last."
 }

api/abilities/Anger Point.json

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 {
-  "name": "Anger Point",
-  "description": "Maxes Attack after taking a critical hit."
+  "ability_name": "Anger Point",
+  "effect": "Anger Point raises the ability-bearer's Attack to its maximum level - +6 stages or 4× usual power - when a move targeting it receives a critical hit.",
+  "description": "The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat."
 }

api/abilities/Anticipation.json

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 {
-  "name": "Anticipation",
-  "description": "Senses a foe's dangerous moves."
+  "ability_name": "Anticipation",
+  "effect": "A Pokémon with Anticipation will shudder upon entering battle, if an opponent has a move that is super-effective against it, or a One-Hit-KO move (Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine or Sheer Cold). It only activates when the ability-bearer switches in, not when an opponent switches in.
+Anticipation does not activate if the opponent has a move that varies in type, such as Hidden Power, Judgment or Weather Ball, even if those moves would be super-effective.",
+  "description": "The Pokémon can sense an opposing Pokémon’s dangerous moves."
 }

api/abilities/Arena Trap.json

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 {
-  "name": "Arena Trap",
-  "description": "Prevents the foe from fleeing."
+  "ability_name": "Arena Trap",
+  "effect": "Arena Trap prevents opponents from fleeing or switching out. Raised Pokémon are not affected.
+Raised Pokémon are any Flying types or those under the effects of Levitate, Magnet Rise or Telekinesis. Full details in glossary.
+If a Pokémon with Arena Trap is the leading party Pokémon, wild Pokémon are twice as likely to appear.",
+  "description": "Prevents opposing Pokémon from fleeing."
 }

api/abilities/Aroma Veil.json

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 {
-  "name": "Aroma Veil",
-  "description": "Protects allies from attacks that limit their move choices."
+  "ability_name": "Aroma Veil",
+  "effect": "Protects allies from attacks that limit their move choices.
+",
+  "description": "Protects itself and its allies from attacks that limit their move choices."
 }

api/abilities/Aura Break.json

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 {
-  "name": "Aura Break",
-  "description": "Reduces power of Dark- and Fairy-type moves."
+  "ability_name": "Aura Break",
+  "effect": "Aura Break cancels the effects of the abilities Fairy Aura and Dark Aura and instead reduces the power of Dark-type and Fairy-type moves by 25%, for all Pokémon on the field.
+Aura Break is not affected by the abilities Mold Breaker, Teravolt, or Turboblaze.
+Aura Break is the signature ability of Zygarde. Similarly, the abilities it reverses are also signature abilities of legendary Pokémon from Pokémon X&Y: Xerneas and Yveltal.",
+  "description": "The effects of “Aura” Abilities are reversed to lower the power of affected moves."
 }

api/abilities/Bad Dreams.json

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 {
-  "name": "Bad Dreams",
-  "description": "Reduces a sleeping foe's HP."
+  "ability_name": "Bad Dreams",
+  "effect": "Bad Dreams causes all sleeping opponents to lose 1⁄8 of their maximum HP at the end of each turn.",
+  "description": "Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon."
 }

api/abilities/Ball Fetch.json

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 {
-  "name": "Ball Fetch",
-  "description": "Retrieves a Pok\u00e9 Ball from a failed throw."
+  "ability_name": "Ball Fetch",
+  "effect": "If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle.",
+  "description": "If the Pokémon is not holding an item, it will fetch the Poké Ball from the first failed throw of the battle."
 }

api/abilities/Battery.json

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 {
-  "name": "Battery",
-  "description": "Raises power of teammates' Special moves."
+  "ability_name": "Battery",
+  "effect": "Battery allows the Pokémon to raise the power of teammates' special moves.",
+  "description": "Powers up ally Pokémon’s special moves."
 }

api/abilities/Battle Armor.json

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 {
-  "name": "Battle Armor",
-  "description": "The Pok\u00e9mon is protected against critical hits."
+  "ability_name": "Battle Armor",
+  "effect": "Battle Armor prevents the Pokémon from receiving a critical hit.",
+  "description": "Hard armor protects the Pokémon from critical hits."
 }

api/abilities/Battle Bond.json

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 {
-  "name": "Battle Bond",
-  "description": "Transform into Ash-Greninja after causing opponent to faint."
+  "ability_name": "Battle Bond",
+  "effect": "Battle Bond causes Greninja to transform into Ash-Greninja when it KOs an opponent.
+Battle Bond also increases the power of Greninja's signature move Water Shuriken.",
+  "description": "Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon’s bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful."
 }

api/abilities/Beast Boost.json

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 {
-  "name": "Beast Boost",
-  "description": "The Pok\u00e9mon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pok\u00e9mon."
+  "ability_name": "Beast Boost",
+  "effect": "The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon.
+",
+  "description": "The Pokémon boosts its most proficient stat each time it knocks out a Pokémon."
 }

api/abilities/Berserk.json

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 {
-  "name": "Berserk",
-  "description": "Raises Special Attack when HP drops below half."
+  "ability_name": "Berserk",
+  "effect": "Berserk raises the Pokémon's Special Attack by one stage when its HP falls below 50%.",
+  "description": "Boosts the Pokémon’s Sp. Atk stat when it takes a hit that causes its HP to become half or less."
 }

api/abilities/Big Pecks.json

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 {
-  "name": "Big Pecks",
-  "description": "Protects the Pok\u00e9mon from Defense-lowering attacks."
+  "ability_name": "Big Pecks",
+  "effect": "Big Pecks prevents the ability-bearer's Defense stat from being lowered, for example via Tail Whip.",
+  "description": "Protects the Pokémon from Defense-lowering effects."
 }

api/abilities/Blaze.json

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 {
-  "name": "Blaze",
-  "description": "Powers up Fire-type moves in a pinch."
+  "ability_name": "Blaze",
+  "effect": "Blaze increases the power of Fire-type moves by 50% (1.5×) when the ability-bearer's HP falls below a third of its maximum (known in-game as in a pinch).",
+  "description": "Powers up Fire-type moves when the Pokémon’s HP is low."
 }

api/abilities/Bulletproof.json

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 {
-  "name": "Bulletproof",
-  "description": "Protects the Pok\u00e9mon from ball and bomb moves."
+  "ability_name": "Bulletproof",
+  "effect": "Bulletproof makes the Pokémon immune to ball and bomb moves.
+In Generation 6, Rock Blast is not affected by Bulletproof.",
+  "description": "Protects the Pokémon from some ball and bomb moves."
 }

api/abilities/Cheek Pouch.json

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 {
-  "name": "Cheek Pouch",
-  "description": "Restores additional HP when a Berry is consumed."
+  "ability_name": "Cheek Pouch",
+  "effect": "Cheek Pouch restores the bearer's HP when a Berry is consumed, on top of the berry's usual effects.
+So for example, it may cure a status condition and restore HP, or restore more HP than normal.",
+  "description": "Restores HP as well when the Pokémon eats a Berry."
 }

api/abilities/Chlorophyll.json

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 {
-  "name": "Chlorophyll",
-  "description": "Boosts the Pok\u00e9mon's Speed in sunshine."
+  "ability_name": "Chlorophyll",
+  "effect": "Chlorophyll doubles the ability-bearer's Speed during bright sunshine.",
+  "description": "Boosts the Pokémon’s Speed stat in harsh sunlight."
 }

api/abilities/Clear Body.json

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 {
-  "name": "Clear Body",
-  "description": "Prevents other Pok\u00e9mon from lowering its stats."
+  "ability_name": "Clear Body",
+  "effect": "Prevents other Pokémon from lowering its stats.
+",
+  "description": "Prevents other Pokémon’s moves or Abilities from lowering the Pokémon’s stats."
 }

api/abilities/Cloud Nine.json

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 {
-  "name": "Cloud Nine",
+  "ability_name": "Cloud Nine",
+  "effect": "Cloud Nine suppresses all effects brought on by weather, including move power increases, end-of-turn damage, accuracy changes, relevant abilities and so on.",
   "description": "Eliminates the effects of weather."
 }

api/abilities/Color Change.json

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 {
-  "name": "Color Change",
-  "description": "Changes the Pok\u00e9mon's type to the foe's move."
+  "ability_name": "Color Change",
+  "effect": "Color Change changes the ability-bearer's type, when hit by a damage dealing move, to the type of that move. For example being hit by X Scissor will change the Pokémon to Bug-type. Dual-type Pokémon change to single-types.
+If a Pokémon with Color Change has a Substitute, the ability does not activate. Color Change activates for the last strike of a multi-hit move.
+In Generations 3-4, Color Change activates on the first strike of a multi-hit move, thus subsequent hits may be not very effective.",
+  "description": "The Pokémon’s type becomes the type of the move used on it."
 }

api/abilities/Comatose.json

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 {
-  "name": "Comatose",
-  "description": "The Pok\u00e9mon is always asleep but can still attack."
+  "ability_name": "Comatose",
+  "effect": "Comatose causes the Pokémon to behave as if it were asleep, though it doesn't officially have the Sleep status condition. It can still use its regular moves, but cannot be inflicted with any major status condition (sleep, poison, paralysis, burn, or freeze).
+Moves that target sleeping Pokémon (such as Dream Eater) work on a Pokémon with Comatose, and the ability-bearer can use the moves Sleep Talk and Snore. The power of Hex and Wake-Up Slap still doubles when targeted at a Comatose Pokémon (though Wake-Up Slap does not suppress Comatose).
+Comatose cannot be removed or replaced via moves like Skill Swap or the Mummy ability. The move Purify and the Chesto Berry item do not work on a Pokémon with Comatose.",
+  "description": "It’s always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up."
 }

api/abilities/Competitive.json

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 {
-  "name": "Competitive",
-  "description": "Raises Special Attack when the Pok\u00e9mon's stats are lowered."
+  "ability_name": "Competitive",
+  "effect": "Competitive raises the ability-bearer's Special Attack when a stat-lowering move is targeted at it.",
+  "description": "Boosts the Sp. Atk stat sharply when a stat is lowered."
 }

api/abilities/Compound Eyes.json

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 {
-  "name": "Compound Eyes",
-  "description": "The Pok\u00e9mon's accuracy is boosted."
+  "ability_name": "Compound Eyes",
+  "effect": "Compound Eyes raises the ability-bearer's accuracy by 30%.
+In Generations 3-5, this ability's name was formatted as Compoundeyes.
+If a Pokémon with Compound Eyes is first in the party, Pokémon that can be holding items have that chance increase from 50% to 60% (for common items), 5% to 20% (for uncommon items) or 1% to 5% (for rare items).",
+  "description": "The Pokémon’s compound eyes boost its accuracy."
 }

api/abilities/Contrary.json

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 {
-  "name": "Contrary",
+  "ability_name": "Contrary",
+  "effect": "Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.
+",
   "description": "Makes stat changes have an opposite effect."
 }

api/abilities/Corrosion.json

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 {
-  "name": "Corrosion",
-  "description": "The Pok\u00e9mon can poison Steel and Poison types."
+  "ability_name": "Corrosion",
+  "effect": "Corrosion allows the bearer to poison any Pokémon, including Steel and Poison types.",
+  "description": "The Pokémon can poison the target even if it’s a Steel or Poison type."
 }

api/abilities/Cotton Down.json

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 {
-  "name": "Cotton Down",
-  "description": "Lowers foe's Speed when hit."
+  "ability_name": "Cotton Down",
+  "effect": "When a Pokémon with Cotton Down is hit by an attack, it lowers the attacker's Speed.",
+  "description": "When the Pokémon is hit by an attack, it scatters cotton fluff around and lowers the Speed stat of all Pokémon except itself."
 }

api/abilities/Cursed Body.json

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 {
-  "name": "Cursed Body",
-  "description": "May disable a move used on the Pok\u00e9mon."
+  "ability_name": "Cursed Body",
+  "effect": "May disable a move used on the Pokémon.
+",
+  "description": "May disable a move used on the Pokémon."
 }

api/abilities/Cute Charm.json

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 {
-  "name": "Cute Charm",
-  "description": "Contact with the Pok\u00e9mon may cause infatuation."
+  "ability_name": "Cute Charm",
+  "effect": "If a Pokémon with Cute Charm is hit by a move that makes contact, there is a 30% chance the attacker will become infatuated. It will not infatuate Pokémon of the same gender, genderless Pokémon, nor those with the ability Oblivious.
+Infatuated Pokémon have a 50% chance of being immobilized by love each turn and unable to attack.
+If a Pokémon with Cute Charm is the leading party Pokémon, the chance of encountering a Pokémon of the opposite gender is 2⁄3.",
+  "description": "Contact with the Pokémon may cause infatuation."
 }

api/abilities/Damp.json

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 {
-  "name": "Damp",
-  "description": "Prevents the use of self-destructing moves."
+  "ability_name": "Damp",
+  "effect": "Damp prevents all Pokémon on the field from using the moves Selfdestruct and Explosion. It also prevents damage (to the Damp Pokémon only) from the ability Aftermath.",
+  "description": "Prevents the use of explosive moves, such as Self-Destruct, by dampening its surroundings."
 }

api/abilities/Dancer.json

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 {
-  "name": "Dancer",
-  "description": "Copies the foe's Dance moves."
+  "ability_name": "Dancer",
+  "effect": "When another Pokémon on the field uses any Dance move, Dancer causes the ability-bearer to use that same move immediately afterward. They will still use their own move originally selected, at the usual time (e.g. after the opponent if they are slower).
+Effects and status conditions apply for both the copied move and original move. For example if the Dancer Pokémon is confused, they may hurt themselves in confusion when using their move and when copying a Dance move.
+The moves that Dancer can copy are:",
+  "description": "When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed."
 }

api/abilities/Dark Aura.json

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 {
-  "name": "Dark Aura",
-  "description": "Raises power of Dark type moves for all Pok\u00e9mon in battle."
+  "ability_name": "Dark Aura",
+  "effect": "Dark Aura raises the power of Dark-type moves by 33% for all Pokémon on the field (not just the ability-bearer).
+It is the signature ability of Yveltal.",
+  "description": "Powers up each Pokémon’s Dark-type moves."
 }

api/abilities/Dauntless Shield.json

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 {
-  "name": "Dauntless Shield",
-  "description": "Boosts Defense in battle."
+  "ability_name": "Dauntless Shield",
+  "effect": "Boosts Defense in battle.
+",
+  "description": "Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat when the Pokémon enters a battle."
 }

api/abilities/Dazzling.json

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 {
-  "name": "Dazzling",
-  "description": "Protects the Pok\u00e9mon from high-priority moves."
+  "ability_name": "Dazzling",
+  "effect": "Dazzling makes the Pokémon immune to high-priority moves (i.e. those with a priority above 0).",
+  "description": "Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves."
 }

api/abilities/Defeatist.json

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 {
-  "name": "Defeatist",
-  "description": "Lowers stats when HP drops below half."
+  "ability_name": "Defeatist",
+  "effect": "When the HP of a Pokémon with Defeatist falls below 50%, its Attack and Special Attack stats are halved.",
+  "description": "Halves the Pokémon’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats when its HP becomes half or less."
 }

api/abilities/Defiant.json

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 {
-  "name": "Defiant",
-  "description": "When its stats are lowered its Attack increases."
+  "ability_name": "Defiant",
+  "effect": "When its stats are lowered its Attack increases.
+",
+  "description": "Boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered."
 }

api/abilities/Delta Stream.json

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 {
-  "name": "Delta Stream",
-  "description": "Creates strong winds when the ability activates."
+  "ability_name": "Delta Stream",
+  "effect": "Delta Stream creates strong winds when the ability is activated (by Rayquaza Mega-Evolving).
+Strong winds have the following effects:
+The abilities Cloud Nine or Air Lock are still able to bypass the effects of Delta Stream, but Mold Breaker is not.",
+  "description": "The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type’s weaknesses."
 }