Current project: Ability check!

[chaos]

I have put up a list of all of the abilities with their short and long descriptions now.

http://www.smogon.com:81/rs/abilities/
http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/

The short descriptions are available on the listing itself, and the long descriptions are available on the individual pages. We should identify descriptions, both short and long, that need help as they have not been looked at by the public yet.

Short descriptions should ideally be a line that answers most questions about the ability. It should be as specific as possible, but also as short as possible as it will appear in listings with lots of other descriptions.

A good criterion to keep in mind for long descriptions: "does this answer every single question I have about this ability? Would I be inclined to post on the forums for a clarification?"

 

[chaos]

In addition, I'd like to get all of the "No effect" ones to say what they do in-game.

 

[Cronkite]

This is for Diamond and Pearl in game.

Honey Gather - (something along these lines) A Pokemon with this ability may gather honey after battle with a higher level of the Pokemon increasing the chance of gathering the honey. The Honey can be applied to trees throughout Sinnoh which allow one to find somewhat rare creatures as Wormadam and Combee.

Illuminate - Increases the encounters of wild Pokemon if the creature with this ability is in the front of the party.

Pickup - Depending on the level of the Pokemon, items can be found after battle. The higher the level of the Pokemon, the better the item that can be found.

Run Away - Allows a Pokemon to run away from any battle excluding trainer battles and in the case where the enemy Pokemon has used a move such as Mean Look or has an ability such as Magnet Pull, Arena Trap, or Shadow Tag.

Stench - If the Pokemon is in the front of the party, wild encounters are reduced. The higher the level of the Pokemon, the less encounters occur.

These obviously need rewording though hopefully this helps.

 

[Toothache]

A few of the non-competitive abilities, and some in-game effects of other abilities:

[ABILITY]
Illuminate: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a greater chance of occurring
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance.

[ABILITY]
Pressure: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a greater chance of occurring
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance

[ABILITY]
Arena Trap: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a greater chance of occurring
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance

[ABILITY]
Keen Eye: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a reduced chance of occurring.
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces wild encounter chance.

[ABILITY]
Stench: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a reduced chance of occurring.
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces wild encounter chance.

[ABILITY]
Intimidate: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a reduced chance of occurring.
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces wild encounter chance.

[ABILITY]
Sand Veil: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters are less likely to occur when in a sandstorm
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces wild encounters in a sandstorm

[ABILITY]
Static: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters with Electric-type Pokemon are more likely to occur.
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance with Electric types

[ABILITY]
Magnet Pull: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters with Steel-type Pokemon are more likely to occur.
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance with Steel types

[ABILITY]
Swarm: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, cries heard from wild Pokemon outside of battle are more common
[SHORT DESC]
Pokemon cries heard more often

[ABILITY]
Hustle: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters with higher level wild Pokemon have a greater chance of occurring
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance for high-level Pokemon

[ABILITY]
Vital Spirit: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When this Pokemon is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters with higher level wild Pokemon have a greater chance of occurring
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter chance for high-level Pokemon

[ABILITY]
Flame Body: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is in the party, the number of steps to hatch an egg are roughly halved.
[SHORT DESC]
Halves egg hatching time

[ABILITY]
Magma Armor: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is in the party, the number of steps to hatch an egg are roughly halved.
[SHORT DESC]
Halves egg hatching time

[ABILITY]
Compoundeyes: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is in the lead of the Party, the encounter rate of wild Pokemon holding items is increased
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounters holding items

[ABILITY]
Cute Charm: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is in the lead of the Party, the encounter rate of wild Pokemon with the opposite gender of the Cute Charm Pokemon is increases
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounters of opposite gender

[ABILITY]
Synchronise: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is sent out first in a wild battle, it has a 50% chance of making the nature match that of the Pokemon with Synchronise.
[SHORT DESC]
Passes nature to wild Pokemon

[ABILITY]
Hyper Cutter: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
If a Pokemon with this ability is in your party and you use the move Cut outside of battle, the radius of Cut is increased.
[SHORT DESC]
Increases Cut radius

[ABILITY]
White Smoke: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, wild battle encounters have a reduced chance of occurring.
[SHORT DESC]
Reduces wild encounter chance

[ABILITY]
Suction Cups: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, it is easier to catch wild Pokemon while fishing
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of fishing Pokemon

[ABILITY]
Sticky Hold: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is at the lead of the party, it is easier to catch wild Pokemon while fishing
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of fishing Pokemon

[ABILITY]
Lightning Rod: (In-game effect)
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is in the party, the number of calls recieved on the Match Call is increased
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of Match Calls

 

[Fishin]

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/soundproof

Soundproof doesn't actually list what "Sound Moves" are. Off the top of my head, Sonicboom, Hyper Voice, Perish Song, Roar, Metal Sound, Screech, Growl, and Uproar are all included, but that might be missing some. I can change it myself, but I'd like someone to confirm that it's correct.

 

[AJC]

Cute Charm
[SHORT DESC]
Contact moves cause attaction of other gender
[LONG DESC]
When stuck by a contact move the user of the contact move has a 30% chance of becoming attracted if its of the other gender unless it holds the trait Obvious or is of the same gender as the trait holder
[INGAME DESC]
when trait holder in the lead 50% of the wild encounters will be that of the gender reverse of the holder

 

[Blue Kirby]

There will be a fair few of these abilities that only have field effects (such as Synchronize) in Emerald, but not Ruby or Sapphire. Should this be noted in the descriptions or is that unnecessary?

 

[chaos]

yes. and for heavens sake, there is no [ingame desc]. ingame descriptions should be integrated with short desc and long desc

 

[Cathy]

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/soundproof

Soundproof doesn't actually list what "Sound Moves" are. Off the top of my head, Sonicboom, Hyper Voice, Perish Song, Roar, Metal Sound, Screech, Growl, and Uproar are all included, but that might be missing some. I can change it myself, but I'd like someone to confirm that it's correct.

Grasswhistle, Growl, Hyper Voice, Metal Sound, Roar, Sing, Supersonic, Screech, Snore, Uproar, Roar Of Time, Bug Buzz, Chatter, Heal Bell.

 

[TheMantyke]

okay, I'm going to try this again without the other shit in it.



The abilitys Magma armor and flame body will half the time it takes a pokemon to hatch if a pokemon with this ability is in your party

For all of the rest of these, I believe the pokemon must be in the first slot of your party.

The abilities Magnet pull and static will daw pokemon of the steel and electric type.

The abilities Intimdate and hustle will draw pokemon of a lower and higher level

The ability Compound eyes will draw out pokemon with items.

The abilities Stench and white smoke will repel wild pokemon.

The ability Cute Charm will draw out pokemon of the oppisite gender.

The ability Synchronize will lure out wild pokemon of the same nature.

 

[Blue Kirby]

Alright.

Now I'm clear on exactly what you're after, I'll get right to it.

 

[Fishin]

Grasswhistle, Growl, Hyper Voice, Metal Sound, Roar, Sing, Supersonic, Screech, Snore, Uproar, Roar Of Time, Bug Buzz, Chatter, Heal Bell.

Thanks, added those and the ones I mentioned earlier in along with a note about Perish Song (according to Serebii, while the Soundproof pokemon itself is immune to the KO effect of perish song, it can still pass it to other pokemon via Baton Pass).

 

[Blue Kirby]

To be used in conjunction with http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/

I've fixed up descriptions of abilities suggested so far, as well as compiling them alphabetically (while including changes of my own).



[ABILITY]
Arena Trap
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Compoundeyes
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the possibility of wild Pokemon holding items.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild Pokemon will have a higher chance of holding an item. This effect only applies to items that the Pokemon can be found holding regardless.

[ABILITY]
Cute Charm
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate of the opposite gender.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have against the opposite gender have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Flame Body
[SHORT DESC]
Roughly halves the amount of steps required to hatch eggs.
[LONG DESC]
Based on the initial amount of steps required to hatch an egg, Flame Body will reduce the amount of steps required in the following manner:

<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Steps Without Flame Body</th>
<th>Steps With Flame Body</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1530</td>
<td>1020</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2805</td>
<td>1530</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4080</td>
<td>2298</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5355</td>
<td>2805</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6630</td>
<td>3570</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7905</td>
<td>4095</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9180</td>
<td>4845</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10455</td>
<td>5355</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[ABILITY]
Honey Gather
[SHORT DESC]
Adds a chance of finding Honey after each battle.
[LONG DESC]
After each battle, there is a chance that a Pokemon with this ability may find Honey. This chance is relative to the level of the Pokemon, and can only occur if the Pokemon is not already holding at item.

[ABILITY]
Hustle
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate with higher level Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with higher level Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring ,relative to the highest level encounterable in that area.

[ABILITY]
Hyper Cutter:
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the area of effect of Cut.
[LONG DESC]
If a Pokemon with this ability is in your party and the move Cut is used while in the grass, more grass will be removed than usual.

[ABILITY]
Illuminate
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Intimidate
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Keen Eye
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Magma Armor
[SHORT DESC]
Roughly halves the amount of steps required to hatch eggs.
[LONG DESC]
Based on the initial amount of steps required to hatch an egg, Magma Armor will reduce the amount of steps required in the following manner:

<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Steps Without Magma Armor</th>
<th>Steps With Magma Armor</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1530</td>
<td>1020</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2805</td>
<td>1530</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4080</td>
<td>2298</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5355</td>
<td>2805</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6630</td>
<td>3570</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7905</td>
<td>4095</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9180</td>
<td>4845</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10455</td>
<td>5355</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[ABILITY]
Magnet Pull
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate against Steel Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with Steel Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Pickup
[SHORT DESC]
Adds a chance of finding an item after each battle.
[LONG DESC]
After each battle, there is a 10% chance that a Pokemon with this ability may find an item, based on their current level. A Pokemon already holding an item cannot pick up another.

<dl>

<dt>Levels 1 - 10:</dt>
<dd>Potion (30%), Antidote (10%), Super Potion (10%), Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (5%), Ultra Ball (3%), Revive (1%), Nugget (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 11 - 20:</dt>
<dd>Antidote (30%), Super Potion (10%), Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (5%), Revive (3%), Nugget (1%), King's Rock (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 21 - 30:</dt>
<dd>Super Potion (30%) Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (5%), Revive (3%), King's Rock (1%), Full Restore (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 31 - 40:</dt>
<dd>Great Ball (30%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%) Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (5%), Dusk Stone (3%), Full Restore (1%), Ether (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 41 - 50:</dt>
<dd>Repel (30%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (5%), Shiny Stone (3%), Ether (1%), White Herb (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 51 - 60:</dt>
<dd>Escape Rope (30%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (10%), Shiny Stone (5%), Dawn Stone (3%), White Herb (1%), TM 44 (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 61 - 70:</dt>
<dd>Full Heal (30%), Shiny Stone (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (10%), Dawn Stone (5%), Full Restore (3%), TM 44 (1%), Elixir (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 71 - 80:</dt>
<dd>Hyper Potion (30%) Ultra Ball (10%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (10%), Shiny Stone (10%), Dawn Stone (10%), Full Restore (5%), Max Revive (3%), Elixir (1%), TM 01 (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 81 - 90:</dt>
<dd>Ultra Ball (30%), Revive (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (10%), Shiny Stone (10%), Dawn Stone (10%), Full Restore (10%), Max Revive (5%), PP Up (3%), TM 01 (1%), Leftovers (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 91 - 100:</dt>
<dd>Revive (30%), Rare Candy (10%), Dusk Stone (10%), Shiny Stone (10%), Dawn Stone (10%), Full Restore (10%), Max Revive (10%), PP Up (5%), Max Elixir (3%), Leftovers (1%), TM 26 (1%)</dd>

</dl>

[ABILITY]
Pressure
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Run Away
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chances of successfully escaping battle.
[LONG DESC]
If the Pokemon with this ability is in battle, they will be guaranteed the ability to flee so long as they aren't under the effects of full-trapping moves or abilities. This does not apply to trainer battles, where fleeing cannot occur.

[ABILITY]
Sandstream
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate when in a sandstorm.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring, but only when venturing through an area effected by Sandstorm.

[ABILITY]
Static
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate against Electric Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with Electric Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Stench
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring. The higher the level of the Pokemon, the lower the encounter rate will become.

[ABILITY]
Sticky Hold
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of encountering Pokemon while fishing.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, it is more likely that you will be prompted to enter battle against a wild Pokemon while fishing.

[ABILITY]
Suction Cups
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of encountering Pokemon while fishing.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, it is more likely that you will be prompted to enter battle against a wild Pokemon while fishing.

[ABILITY]
Swarm
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the likelihood of hearing Pokemon cries while walking.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild Pokemon cries in the area are heard more often while walking.

[ABILITY]
Synchronize:
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the chances of encountering Pokemon with the same nature as the user.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party when entering battle against a wild Pokemon, it has a 50% chance of making the nature correspond the the nature of the Pokemon with this ability.

[ABILITY]
Vital Spirit
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate with higher level Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with higher level Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring ,relative to the highest level encounterable in that area.

[ABILITY]
White Smoke
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.



If these need to be merged with existing descriptions (in the case of Pressure, etc), I'd be happy to do that too.

 

[chaos]

synchronize has a Z, and a lot of those need HTML formatting. magma armor much?

 

[Blue Kirby]

Oh, my mistake.
I'll do the formatting now.

Would the Pickup items list look better as:

<ul>
<li>Level 1 - 10
    <ul>
    <li>Item - (30%)</li>
    <li>etc.</li>
    </ul>
</li>
<li>Level 11 - 20
    <ul>
    <li>Item - (30%)</li>
    <li>etc.</li>
    </ul>
</li>

Is there any space restriction in that regard?

 

[chaos]

pickup is better formatted as a definition list, see the html primer if you dont know what that is

flame body/magma armor shouldnt say "A Pokemon under this effect will require" every single time, make a table or something.

 

[Blue Kirby]

Alright, I've constructed tables for Magma Armor and Flame Body, and used the definition list for Pickup items, which does look seems to look a lot less cluttered.

I'm just going to go over all the abilities now to make sure there isn't anything I've missed, and then I'll get started on the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald list.

EDIT: Never mind.

 

[MegaMewtwo]

Sorry I can't really add much, just pointing out that you cannot cut grass in D/P, meaning that Hyper Cutter is special in that its out-of-battle effect is Emerald-exclusive.

 

[Dragontamer]

My issues with...
http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/air_lock
Does Sandstorm / Hail damage hurt in an air_lock? I doubt it, but it should be checked and added.

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/huge_power
What about having instead...

[ABILITY]
Huge Power
[SHORT DESC]
Doubles Attack Stat
[LONG DESC]
This Pokémon's Attack stat (not Base stat) is doubled. This includes the effects of IVs, EVs, and Nature.

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/ice_body
When Hail is in effect, this Pokémon heals 1/16 <b>Rounded down</b> of its max HP at the end of each turn.

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/iron_fist
I was under the impression that the boost was 30%

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/levitate
This Pokémon is immune to all Ground attacks, Spikes, and Toxic Spikes. It can switch out of Arena Trap. <b>The attack Gravity negates all effects of this ability</b>

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/pure_power
Same beef as with huge power

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/skill_link
Note that Clamp and other multi-turn attacks still use a random number of turns.

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/technician
If Hidden Power and Nature's Gift have a BP of 60 or less, Technician also effects them. I don't know about Fling...

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/wonder_guard
Fire Punch IIRC hits through regardless. I'm not sure however.

 

[Fishin]

Did Arena Trap, Compoundeyes, and Cute Charm. Also mentioned HP/Natural Gift/Pursuit on Technician.

Dragontamer, you know that you can edit them too, right?

 

[TheMantyke]

http://www.smogon.com:81/dp/abilities/wonder_guard
Fire Punch IIRC hits through regardless. I'm not sure however.

that's actually FireFang IIRC

 

[Blue Kirby]

Same deal as before, really.
This one is to be used in conjunction with http://www.smogon.com:81/rs/abilities/.

Notable changes include a more detailed Pickup list (being editted in), as well as revised Flame Body/Magma Armor statistics, which differs from the D/P list I already posted.

However, it must be noted that field effects were only available in Emerald (outside of Pickup). Should this be noted individually, or at the beginning of the list? I'm not sure how you want this done.


[ABILITY]
Arena Trap
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Compoundeyes
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the possibility of wild Pokemon holding items.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild Pokemon will have a higher chance of holding an item. This effect only applies to items that the Pokemon can be found holding regardless.

[ABILITY]
Cute Charm
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate of the opposite gender.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have against the opposite gender have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Flame Body
[SHORT DESC]
Roughly halves the amount of steps required to hatch eggs.
[LONG DESC]
Based on the initial amount of steps required to hatch an egg, Flame Body will reduce the amount of steps required in the following manner:

<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Steps Without Magma Armor</th>
<th>Steps With Magma Armor</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1535</td>
<td>1023</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2815</td>
<td>1535</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4095</td>
<td>2303</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5375</td>
<td>2815</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6655</td>
<td>3583</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7935</td>
<td>4095</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9215</td>
<td>4863</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10495</td>
<td>5375</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[ABILITY]
Hustle
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate with higher level Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with higher level Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring ,relative to the highest level encounterable in that area.

[ABILITY]
Hyper Cutter:
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the area of effect of Cut.
[LONG DESC]
If a Pokemon with this ability is in your party and the move Cut is used while in the grass, more grass will be removed than usual.

[ABILITY]
Illuminate
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Intimidate
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Keen Eye
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Lightningrod
[SHORT DESC]
Makes future Entry Calls more likely.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with Lightningrod is present in your lineup in Emerald, chances of you receiving an Entry Call on the Pokenav are increased.

[ABILITY]
Magma Armor
[SHORT DESC]
Roughly halves the amount of steps required to hatch eggs.
[LONG DESC]
Based on the initial amount of steps required to hatch an egg, Magma Armor will reduce the amount of steps required in the following manner:

<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Steps Without Magma Armor</th>
<th>Steps With Magma Armor</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1535</td>
<td>1023</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2815</td>
<td>1535</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4095</td>
<td>2303</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5375</td>
<td>2815</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6655</td>
<td>3583</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7935</td>
<td>4095</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9215</td>
<td>4863</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10495</td>
<td>5375</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

[ABILITY]
Magnet Pull
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate against Steel Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with Steel Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Pickup
[SHORT DESC]
Adds a chance of finding an item after each battle.
[LONG DESC]
After each battle, there is a 10% chance that a Pokemon with this ability may find an item. A Pokemon already holding an item cannot pick up another.

<p>In Ruby and Sapphire, items that could be found by Pickup were the same regardless of the level of the user.</p>

<dl>

<dt>30%:</dt>
<dd>Super Potion</dd>

<dt>10%:</dt>
<dd>Ultra Ball, Full Restore, Full Heal, Nugget, Revive, Rare Candy</dd>

<dt>5%:</dt>
<dd>Protein</dd>

<dt>4%:</dt>
<dd>PP Up</dd>

<dt>1%:</dt>
<dd>King's Rock</dd>

</dl>

<p> In Leaf Green and Fire Read, items were also found regardless of the level of the user.</p>

<dl>

<dt>15%:</dt>
<dd>Oran Berry</dd>

<dt>10%:</dt>
<dd>Aspear Berry, Cheri Berry, Chesto Berry, Pecha Berry, Persim Berry, Rawst Berry</dd>

<dt>5%:</dt>
<dd>Nugget, PP Up, Rare Candy, TM 10 (Hidden Power)</dd>

<dt>1%:</dt>
<dd>Belue Berry, Durin Berry, Pamtre Berry, Spelon Berry, Watmel Berry</dd>

</dl>

<p> In Emerald, the probability of finding specific items changes as the user's level does. A higher level user will have a better chance of receiving a rare item, as follows:</p>

<dl>

<dt>Levels 1 - 10:</dt>
<dd>Potion (30%), Antidote (10%), Super Potion (10%), Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (5%), Ultra Ball (3%), Nugget(1%) </dd>

<dt>Levels 11 - 20:</dt>
<dd>Antidote (30%), Super Potion (10%), Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Ultra Ball (5%), Revive (3%), Nugget(1%), King's Rock (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 21 - 30:</dt>
<dd>Super Potion (30%), Ultra Ball(10%), Great Ball (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy(5%), Revive (3%), Full Restore(1%), King's Rock (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 31 - 40:</dt>
<dd>Great Ball (30%), Ultra Ball(10%), Revive (10%), Repel (10%), Escape Rope (10%), Full Heal (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy(5%), Revive (3%), Full Restore(1%), King's Rock (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 41 - 50:</dt>
<dd>Repel (30%), Escape Rope (10%), X Attack (10%), Full Heal (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (5%), Revive (3%), Ether (1%), White Herb (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 51 - 60:</dt>
<dd>Escape Rope (30%), X Attack (10%), Full Heal (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (10%), Revive (5%), HP Up (3%), White Herb (1%), TM44 (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 61 - 70:</dt>
<dd>X Attack (30%), Full Heal (10%), Ultra Ball (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (10%), Revive (10%), HP Up (5%), Full Restore (3%), TM44 (1%), Elixir (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 71 - 80:</dt>
<dd>Full Heal (30%), Ultra Ball (10%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (10%), Revive (10%), HP Up (10%), Full Restore (5%), Max Revive (3%), Elixir (1%), TM01 (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 81 - 90:</dt>
<dd>Ultra Ball (30%), Hyper Potion (10%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (10%), Revive (10%), HP Up (10%), Full Restore (10%), Max Revive (5%), PP Up (3%), TM01 (1%), Leftovers (1%)</dd>

<dt>Levels 91 - 100:</dt>
<dd>Hyper Potion (30%), Rare Candy (10%), Protein (10%), Revive (10%), HP Up (10%), Full Restore (10%), Max Revive (5%), PP Up (3%), Max Elixir (1%), TM26 (1%)</dd>

</dl>

[ABILITY]
Pressure
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Run Away
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chances of successfully escaping battle.
[LONG DESC]
If the Pokemon with this ability is in battle, they will be guaranteed the ability to flee so long as they aren't under the effects of full-trapping moves or abilities. This does not apply to trainer battles, where fleeing cannot occur.

[ABILITY]
Static
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate against Electric Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with Electric Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring.

[ABILITY]
Stench
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring. The higher the level of the Pokemon, the lower the encounter rate will become.

[ABILITY]
Sticky Hold
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of encountering Pokemon while fishing.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, it is more likely that you will be prompted to enter battle against a wild Pokemon while fishing.

[ABILITY]
Suction Cups
[SHORT DESC]
Increases chance of encountering Pokemon while fishing.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, it is more likely that you will be prompted to enter battle against a wild Pokemon while fishing.

[ABILITY]
Swarm
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the likelihood of hearing Pokemon cries while walking.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild Pokemon cries in the area are heard more often while walking.

[ABILITY]
Synchronize:
[SHORT DESC]
Increases the chances of encountering Pokemon with the same nature as the user.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party when entering battle against a wild Pokemon, it has a 50% chance of making the nature correspond the the nature of the Pokemon with this ability. This effect is not applied for stationary Pokemon such as Groudon and Kyogre.

[ABILITY]
Vital Spirit
[SHORT DESC]
Increases wild encounter rate with higher level Pokemon.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters with higher level Pokemon have a higher chance of occuring ,relative to the highest level encounterable in that area.

[ABILITY]
White Smoke
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring.




EDIT: I'm soo tired, I've been staring at this screen too long. I'll convert my Emerald list to a definition list in the morning as soon as I get up.

 

[chaos]

wtf is with those tables?

here is an example of a correctly formatted table

<table class="sortable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Steps Without Magma Armor</th>
<th>Steps With Magma Armor</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1535</td>
<td>1023</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2815</td>
<td>1535</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4095</td>
<td>2303</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5375</td>
<td>2815</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6655</td>
<td>3583</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7935</td>
<td>4095</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9215</td>
<td>4863</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10495</td>
<td>5375</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

i recommend ditching whatever shitty WYSIWYG client made that mess

thanks though!

 

[eric the espeon]

[ABILITY]
Sandstorm
[SHORT DESC]
Decreases wild encounter rate when in a sandstorm.
[LONG DESC]
When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a lower chance of occuring, but only when venturing through an area effected by Sandstorm.

sandstorm is not an ability it is caled sandstream

 

[Great Sage]

Well, I suppose I'll be looking over these at some point.

EDIT: Does anyone have research regarding Focus Punch and Iron Fist? I remember somebody saying that IF doesn't boost FP.