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Role Play

In Pokémon ChampionsGen III
Game

Pokémon Champions

PsychicStatus

User replaces its Ability with the target's.

Power
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Accuracy
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PP
10
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user

Changes over time

How Role Play changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen IX

    … System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, added: Tera Shift, Zen Mode, added: Zero to Hero, or already matches the target, or if the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, added: Commander, Disguise, added: Embody Aspect, Flower Gift, Forecast, dropped: Gulp Missile, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, Neutralizing Gas, added: Poison Puppeteer, Power Construct, Power of Alchemy, added: Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, Receiver, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, added: Tera Shell, Tera Shift, Teraform Zero, Trace, Wonder Guard, added: Zen Mode, or dropped: Zen Mode. added: Zero to Hero.

  2. Gen VIII

    … Fails if the user's Ability is added: As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, added: Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, … or if the target's Ability is added: As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Flower Gift, Forecast, added: Gulp Missile, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, added: Neutralizing Gas, Power Construct, Power of Alchemy, Receiver, …

  3. Gen VII

    … Fails if the user's Ability is added: Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Multitype, added: Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, added: Zen Mode, or already matches the target, or if the target's Ability is added: Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Flower Gift, Forecast, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, added: Power Construct, Power of Alchemy, Receiver, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Trace, Wonder Guard, or Zen Mode.

  4. Gen VI

    … Fails if the user's Ability is dropped: Multitype added: Multitype, Stance Change, or already matches the target, or … Flower Gift, Forecast, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, added: Stance Change, Trace, Wonder Guard, or Zen Mode.

  5. Gen V

    … Multitype or already matches the target, added: or if the target's Ability is dropped: Multitype or added: Flower Gift, Forecast, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, Trace, Wonder Guard, or dropped: if the user is holding a Griseous Orb. added: Zen Mode.

  6. Gen IV

    … the target's Ability. Fails if the added: user's Ability is Multitype or already matches the target, if the target's Ability is added: Multitype or Wonder dropped: Guard. added: Guard, or if the user is holding a Griseous Orb.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

The user's Ability changes to match the target's Ability. Fails if the user's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Disguise, Gulp Missile, Ice Face, Multitype, Power Construct, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shift, Zen Mode, Zero to Hero, or already matches the target, or if the target's Ability is As One, Battle Bond, Comatose, Commander, Disguise, Embody Aspect, Flower Gift, Forecast, Hunger Switch, Ice Face, Illusion, Imposter, Multitype, Neutralizing Gas, Poison Puppeteer, Power Construct, Power of Alchemy, Protosynthesis, Quark Drive, Receiver, RKS System, Schooling, Shields Down, Stance Change, Tera Shell, Shift, Teraform Zero, Trace, Wonder Guard, Zen Mode, or Zero to Hero.

“The user mimics the target completely, copying the target's Ability.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Who learns Role Play

12 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

AlakazamBanetteDelphoxGreninjaMeowsticMr. RimeWyrdeerFemale MeowsticMega AlakazamMega BanetteMega DelphoxMega Greninja

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