what does mold breaker do pokemon

Mold Breaker is an ability that lets a Pokémon ignore certain abilities on its target so its moves work as if those abilities weren’t there.

What Mold Breaker Does

• The user’s moves bypass enemy abilities that would normally block, reduce, or alter those moves.

• Classic example: Normally, Levitate makes a Pokémon immune to Ground moves, but a Mold Breaker user can still hit it with Earthquake or other Ground attacks.

• It also ignores abilities like Water Absorb, Sturdy, Multiscale, Thick Fat, etc., whenever they would hinder the move’s damage or secondary effect.

Key Details and Limits

• The effect only applies while the Mold Breaker user’s move is being used; once the move resolves, the target’s ability works normally again (for things like curing status afterward).

• It does not override everything: for example, permanent type or form changes from abilities (like Color Change) are not undone mid-move.

• When a Pokémon with Mold Breaker enters battle, a message like “It breaks the mold!” appears to signal the ability is active.

Simple Example

• Your Haxorus with Mold Breaker uses Earthquake on a Rotom with Levitate:
  • In a normal case, Rotom is immune and takes no damage.
  • With Mold Breaker, Levitate is ignored for that attack and Rotom is hit normally.

TL;DR: Mold Breaker makes your moves act as if the opponent’s “protective” ability doesn’t exist, letting you hit targets and apply effects you normally couldn’t.

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