Defiant

Description

Whenever an attack by an opposing Pokemon or an ability from an opposing Pokemon causes a stat stage of the wielder to be reduced, its Attack is raised by 2 stages. Defiant triggers once for each different stat stage reduced.

Competitive Use

Braviary and Primeape have access to Superpower and Close Combat respectively, but Defiant isn't triggered by self-inflicted stat drops, so this makes the entire ability slightly worse. However, it is still useful for preventing the effects of Intimidate for Bisharp, Braviary, and Primeape.

Found normally

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Bisharp	Dark / Steel	UU	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	65	125	100	60	70	70	490
Pawniard	Dark / Steel	LC	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	45	85	70	40	40	60	340

Found in Dream World

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Braviary	Normal / Flying	NU	Keen Eye / Sheer Force / Defiant	100	123	75	57	75	80	510
Empoleon	Water / Steel	UU	Torrent / Defiant	84	86	88	111	101	60	530
Farfetch'd	Normal / Flying	NU	Keen Eye / Inner Focus / Defiant	52	65	55	58	62	60	352
Mankey	Fighting	LC	Vital Spirit / Anger Point / Defiant	40	80	35	35	45	70	305
Piplup	Water	LC	Torrent / Defiant	53	51	53	61	56	40	314
Primeape	Fighting	NU	Vital Spirit / Anger Point / Defiant	65	105	60	60	70	95	455
Purugly	Normal	NU	Thick Fat / Own Tempo / Defiant	71	82	64	64	59	112	452
Thundurus	Electric / Flying	Uber	Prankster / Defiant	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Thundurus-T	Electric / Flying	OU	Volt Absorb / Defiant	79	105	70	145	80	101	580
Tornadus	Flying	UU	Prankster / Defiant	79	115	70	125	80	111	580
Tornadus-T	Flying	Uber	Regenerator / Defiant	79	100	80	110	90	121	580