SV AAA - Common Ability Index
AKA the dummie's guide to ladder cheese
Last Updated: 03/01/2025
Many people find themselves struggling to get into Almost Any Ability due to a perception of "jankiness" and being unable to immediately tell which Pokemon are likely to use which abilities. This index intends to serve, alongside our Viability Rankings, as a resource to index the most common abilities a given Pokemon will run, as well as some more niche options you may find during a laddering session. Abilities are listed roughly in order of how common they are. Bolded abilities are, according to the official VR, the most viable and generally the best to consider using for yourself. Abilities generally considered unviable or outclassed will be marked with italics. Many of the abilities listed here are not considered viable, but because they are common, they are listed here to help new players getting into the tier understand what they may be running into.
To be considered for this ability index, a Pokemon has to either:
- Be ranked on our official Viability Rankings
- Reach 3.41% usage
If a VR ranked Pokemon has under 1.8% Usage at 1500, it will not be featured due to lack of data
This index will be updated roughly every month to use the most up-to-date data possible. All data used is sourced directly from the index of stats. If an ability reached 300 uses in a month and at least 3% usage on a particular Pokemon, it is considered for this index. Huge thanks to Chessking345 for automating the majority of this!
Scrappy, Fluffy, Regenerator, Water Absorb, Refrigerate, Intimidate, Wandering Spirit
Sword of Ruin, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Fluffy, Tough Claws
Well-Baked Body, Intimidate, Fluffy, Volt Absorb, Prankster, Water Absorb
Ground-Immunity Abilities, Adaptability, Well-Baked Body, Magic Guard, Prankster, Bulletproof, Hadron Engine
Prankster, Corrosion, Intimidate, Earth Eater, Fluffy, Beads of Ruin, Regenerator
Regenerator, Sap Sipper
Sword of Ruin, Scrappy, Pressure, Tough Claws, Mind's Eye, Magic Guard
Primordial Sea, No Guard, Drizzle, Swift Swim
Sword of Ruin, Magic Guard, Adaptability, Serene Grace, Sheer Force
Sheer Force, Psychic Surge No Guard, Hadron Engine, Protean
Regenerator, Motor Drive, Unaware, Weak Armor, Surge Surfer, Fluffy
Pixilate, Unaware, Fluffy, Stamina
Desolate Land, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Water Absorb
Regenerator, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Weak Armor, Galvanize, Surge Surfer
Desolate Land, Sheer Force, Beads of Ruin, Hadron Engine, Magic Guard, Serene Grace
Bulletproof, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Water Absorb, Well-Baked Body, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Refrigerate
Sniper, Sword of Ruin, Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Hustle
Desolate Land, Magic Guard
Regenerator, Primordial Sea, Stamina, Electric-Immunity Abilities, Sheer Force, Fluffy
Well-Baked Body, Fluffy, Unaware
Psychic Surge, Pixilate
Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force, Mold Breaker
Sharpness
Hadron Engine, Adaptability, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Beads of Ruin, Sheer Force
Desolate Land, Grassy Surge, Mold Breaker, Chlorophyll, Sword of Ruin
Primordial Sea, Sword of Ruin, Grassy Surge, Adaptability, Surge Surfer, Swift Swim
Hadron Engine, Refrigerate, Ground-Immunity Abilities
Regenerator, Water Absorb, Fluffy, Unaware
Magic Guard, Hadron Engine
Volt Absorb
Adaptability, Dragon's Maw, Sword of Ruin, Regenerator, Weak Armor, Technician, Mold Breaker, Toxic Chain
Well-Baked Body, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Regenerator, Hadron Engine, Psychic Surge
Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Tough Claws, Well-Baked Body
Fluffy, Unaware, Volt Absorb, Magic Guard
Primordial Sea, Sword of Ruin
Unaware, Magic Guard, Stamina, Regenerator, Fluffy, Vessel of Ruin, Prankster
Fluffy, Sand Stream, Water Absorb, Ground-Immunity Abilities
Normalize, Sheer Force, Merciless, Prankster
Regenerator
Fluffy, Aerilate, Desolate Land, Water Absorb
Tinted Lens, Sword of Ruin, Adaptability
Water-Immunity Abilities, Fluffy
Primordial Sea, Swift Swim
Well-Baked Body, Flame Body, Fluffy
Regenerator, Unaware, Hadron Engine, Drought, Drizzle
Corrosion, Regenerator, Fluffy, Intimidate
Galvanize, Punk Rock, Download, Refrigerate, Hydration
Technician, Adaptability
Prankster, Regenerator
Normalize, Queenly Majesty
Refrigerate, Pixilate, Hadron Engine, Galvanize
Prankster, Sturdy, Oblivious
Regenerator, Adaptability
Fluffy, Well-Baked Body, Bulletproof
Sheer Force, Primordial Sea, Hadron Engine, Aerilate
Ground-Immunity Abilities, Regenerator, Steelworker
Magic Guard
AKA the dummie's guide to ladder cheese
Last Updated: 03/01/2025
Many people find themselves struggling to get into Almost Any Ability due to a perception of "jankiness" and being unable to immediately tell which Pokemon are likely to use which abilities. This index intends to serve, alongside our Viability Rankings, as a resource to index the most common abilities a given Pokemon will run, as well as some more niche options you may find during a laddering session. Abilities are listed roughly in order of how common they are. Bolded abilities are, according to the official VR, the most viable and generally the best to consider using for yourself. Abilities generally considered unviable or outclassed will be marked with italics. Many of the abilities listed here are not considered viable, but because they are common, they are listed here to help new players getting into the tier understand what they may be running into.
To be considered for this ability index, a Pokemon has to either:
- Be ranked on our official Viability Rankings
- Reach 3.41% usage
If a VR ranked Pokemon has under 1.8% Usage at 1500, it will not be featured due to lack of data
This index will be updated roughly every month to use the most up-to-date data possible. All data used is sourced directly from the index of stats. If an ability reached 300 uses in a month and at least 3% usage on a particular Pokemon, it is considered for this index. Huge thanks to Chessking345 for automating the majority of this!
Scrappy, Fluffy, Regenerator, Water Absorb, Refrigerate, Intimidate, Wandering Spirit Sword of Ruin, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Fluffy, Tough Claws Well-Baked Body, Intimidate, Fluffy, Volt Absorb, Prankster, Water Absorb Ground-Immunity Abilities, Adaptability, Well-Baked Body, Magic Guard, Prankster, Bulletproof, Hadron Engine Prankster, Corrosion, Intimidate, Earth Eater, Fluffy, Beads of Ruin, Regenerator Regenerator, Sap Sipper Sword of Ruin, Scrappy, Pressure, Tough Claws, Mind's Eye, Magic Guard Primordial Sea, No Guard, Drizzle, Swift Swim Sword of Ruin, Magic Guard, Adaptability, Serene Grace, Sheer ForceSheer Force, Psychic Surge No Guard, Hadron Engine, Protean Regenerator, Motor Drive, Unaware, Weak Armor, Surge Surfer, Fluffy Pixilate, Unaware, Fluffy, Stamina Desolate Land, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Water Absorb Regenerator, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Weak Armor, Galvanize, Surge Surfer Desolate Land, Sheer Force, Beads of Ruin, Hadron Engine, Magic Guard, Serene Grace Bulletproof, Regenerator, Magic Guard, Water Absorb, Well-Baked Body, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Refrigerate Sniper, Sword of Ruin, Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Hustle Desolate Land, Magic Guard Regenerator, Primordial Sea, Stamina, Electric-Immunity Abilities, Sheer Force, Fluffy Well-Baked Body, Fluffy, Unaware Psychic Surge, Pixilate Magic Guard, Desolate Land, Sheer Force, Mold Breaker Sharpness Hadron Engine, Adaptability, Dragon's Maw, Tinted Lens, Beads of Ruin, Sheer Force Desolate Land, Grassy Surge, Mold Breaker, Chlorophyll, Sword of Ruin Primordial Sea, Sword of Ruin, Grassy Surge, Adaptability, Surge Surfer, Swift Swim Hadron Engine, Refrigerate, Ground-Immunity Abilities Regenerator, Water Absorb, Fluffy, Unaware Magic Guard, Hadron Engine Volt Absorb Adaptability, Dragon's Maw, Sword of Ruin, Regenerator, Weak Armor, Technician, Mold Breaker, Toxic Chain Well-Baked Body, Tinted Lens, Magic Guard, Regenerator, Hadron Engine, Psychic Surge Adaptability, Tinted Lens, Ground-Immunity Abilities, Tough Claws, Well-Baked Body Fluffy, Unaware, Volt Absorb, Magic Guard Primordial Sea, Sword of Ruin Unaware, Magic Guard, Stamina, Regenerator, Fluffy, Vessel of Ruin, Prankster Fluffy, Sand Stream, Water Absorb, Ground-Immunity AbilitiesNormalize, Sheer Force, Merciless, Prankster Regenerator Fluffy, Aerilate, Desolate Land, Water Absorb Tinted Lens, Sword of Ruin, Adaptability Water-Immunity Abilities, Fluffy Primordial Sea, Swift Swim Well-Baked Body, Flame Body, Fluffy Regenerator, Unaware, Hadron Engine, Drought, Drizzle Corrosion, Regenerator, Fluffy, Intimidate Galvanize, Punk Rock, Download, Refrigerate, Hydration Technician, Adaptability Prankster, RegeneratorNormalize, Queenly Majesty Refrigerate, Pixilate, Hadron Engine, Galvanize Prankster, Sturdy, Oblivious Regenerator, Adaptability Fluffy, Well-Baked Body, Bulletproof Sheer Force, Primordial Sea, Hadron Engine, AerilateGround-Immunity Abilities, Regenerator, SteelworkerMagic Guard
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