Mold Breaker

In Pokémon ChampionsGen IV

Game

Pokémon Champions

This Pokémon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokémon.

Who has it: 24 Pokémon
On Showdown: 0.8% of Champions VGC teams bring it
Showdown rating

How it works in Champions

This Pokémon's moves and their effects ignore certain Abilities of other Pokémon. The Abilities that can be negated are Armor Tail, Aroma Veil, Aura Break, Battle Armor, Big Pecks, Bulletproof, Clear Body, Contrary, Damp, Dazzling, Disguise, Dry Skin, Earth Eater, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Flower Veil, Fluffy, Friend Guard, Fur Coat, Good as Gold, Grass Pelt, Guard Dog, Heatproof, Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, Ice Face, Ice Scales, Illuminate, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, Light Metal, Lightning Rod, Limber, Magic Bounce, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Mind's Eye, Mirror Armor, Motor Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, Overcoat, Own Tempo, Pastel Veil, Punk Rock, Purifying Salt, Queenly Majesty, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow Cloak, Solid Rock, Soundproof, Sticky Hold, Storm Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, Sweet Veil, Tangled Feet, Telepathy, Tera Shell, Thermal Exchange, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Bubble, Water Veil, Well-Baked Body, White Smoke, Wind Rider, Wonder Guard, and Wonder Skin. This affects every other Pokémon on the field, whether or not it is a target of this Pokémon's move, and whether or not their Ability is beneficial to this Pokémon.

“The Pokémon's moves are unimpeded by the Ability of the target.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Changes over time

How Mold Breaker changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen IX
… Abilities that can be negated are added: Armor Tail, Aroma Veil, Aura Break, Battle Armor, … Contrary, Damp, Dazzling, Disguise, Dry Skin, added: Earth Eater, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Flower Veil, Fluffy, Friend Guard, Fur Coat, added: Good as Gold, Grass Pelt, added: Guard Dog, Heatproof, Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, Ice Face, Ice Scales, added: Illuminate, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, … Magic Bounce, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, added: Mind's Eye, Mirror Armor, Motor Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, Overcoat, Own Tempo, Pastel Veil, Punk Rock, added: Purifying Salt, Queenly Majesty, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, … Cups, Sweet Veil, Tangled Feet, Telepathy, added: Tera Shell, Thermal Exchange, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Bubble, Water Veil, added: Well-Baked Body, White Smoke, added: Wind Rider, Wonder Guard, and Wonder Skin. This …
Gen VIII
… Pecks, Bulletproof, Clear Body, Contrary, Damp, ~~dropped: Dark Aura,~~ Dazzling, Disguise, Dry Skin, ~~dropped: Fairy Aura,~~ Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Flower … Pelt, Heatproof, Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, added: Ice Face, Ice Scales, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, … Magic Bounce, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, added: Mirror Armor, Motor Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, Overcoat, Own Tempo, added: Pastel Veil, Punk Rock, Queenly Majesty, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, …
Gen VII
… Clear Body, Contrary, Damp, Dark Aura, added: Dazzling, Disguise, Dry Skin, Fairy Aura, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, Flower Veil, added: Fluffy, Friend Guard, Fur Coat, Grass Pelt, … Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, Overcoat, Own Tempo, added: Queenly Majesty, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, Shell Armor, … Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, added: Water Bubble, Water Veil, White Smoke, Wonder Guard, …
Gen VI
… Abilities that can be negated are added: Aroma Veil, Aura Break, Battle Armor, Big Pecks, added: Bulletproof, Clear Body, Contrary, Damp, added: Dark Aura, Dry Skin, added: Fairy Aura, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, added: Flower Veil, Friend Guard, added: Fur Coat, Grass Pelt, Heatproof, Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, … Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, Multiscale, Oblivious, added: Overcoat, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, Sap Sipper, … Hold, Storm Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, added: Sweet Veil, Tangled Feet, Telepathy, Thick Fat, Unaware, …
Gen V
… can be negated are Battle Armor, added: Big Pecks, Clear Body, added: Contrary, Damp, Dry Skin, Filter, Flash Fire, Flower Gift, added: Friend Guard, Heatproof, added: Heavy Metal, Hyper Cutter, Immunity, Inner Focus, Insomnia, Keen Eye, Leaf Guard, Levitate, added: Light Metal, Lightning Rod, Limber, added: Magic Bounce, Magma Armor, Marvel Scale, Motor Drive, added: Multiscale, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Sand Veil, added: Sap Sipper, Shell Armor, Shield Dust, Simple, Snow … Drain, Sturdy, Suction Cups, Tangled Feet, added: Telepathy, Thick Fat, Unaware, Vital Spirit, Volt Absorb, Water Absorb, Water Veil, White Smoke, added: Wonder Guard, and Wonder ~~dropped: Guard.~~ added: Skin. This affects every other Pokémon on … is a target of this Pokémon's ~~dropped: move. The Attack modifier from an ally's Flower Gift~~ added: move, and whether or not their Ability is ~~dropped: not negated.~~ added: beneficial to this Pokémon.