Hidden Ability Speculation

Started by Bounsweet October 30th, 2016 12:03 PM
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To date, all of the starters in Gen I-VI have had their Hidden Abilities available for in-game play through events, Friend Safari, etc. What do you think/hope the Hidden Abilities will be for not just the starters, but all of the Pokemon revealed so far in Alola?

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Levitate/Sniper makes sense for Dicidueye
Contrary/Defiant/No Guard makes thematic sense (since he's a heel) for Incineroar
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This. I would totally like that to be honest


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I'm with MegaKuriboh's idea of Serene Grace for Primarina. Although it'll make Scald damn overpowered.
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I think the starters will all get a completly new hidden ability. Like the gen 6 starters. I mean protean, magician and bulletproof all are good (with the exception magician, which is only good for item-farming). So I think all of them will get a completly new Hidden Ability. But I have to admit, that Serene Grace, Sheer Force and Adaptability would be perfect for the three starters. But if they are using existing Abilitiys for the starters, then I think Decidueye would get Shadow Tag. It's new attack is the best hint for a trapping Ability xD

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make Scald damn overpowered
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I'm hoping Decidueye doesn't get Sniper due to battling reasons, but it really seems appropriate considering its appearance. Technician could be cool as well.

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Phyromatical could be right - we might just end up getting three new abilities altogether, considering how many 7th Gen Pokemon have been getting brand new abilities so far.
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All I'm hoping is that they don't pull another Greninja and make Decidueye's ability incredibly overpowered compared to the other two, I want all of them to get equally useful abilities, and if they are all unique even better.

As for non starters I hope Alolan Raichu gets a hidden ability, I think having Static like regular Raichu would be nice.

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I really want Primarina to get Dancer as an ability. Especially if a Quiver Dance happens. <3
Except that Quiver Dance is unlikely to happen due to its Japanese name being Butterfly Dance, which explains why it's limited to butterfly and moth-based Pokemon as far as non-Lilligant users go.

All I'm hoping is that they don't pull another Greninja and make Decidueye's ability incredibly overpowered compared to the other two, I want all of them to get equally useful abilities, and if they are all unique even better.

As for non starters I hope Alolan Raichu gets a hidden ability, I think having Static like regular Raichu would be nice.
For some reason I feel the Alola Forms won't get hidden abilities, since most of them are already getting different abilities from what their regular counterparts have.

And yes, equal starter treatment please. Greninja oversaturation was what annoyed me a lot in 6th Gen (I don't personally hate Greninja but I do get sick of it stealing the spotlight).
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If the Pokémon descriptions have anything to do with their Ability, the Water Starter should have Dancer as the HA.

Shadow Trap won't make sense with the Grass Signature Move.

I feel No Guard, Sheer Force, etc are fitting for Fire.

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I like the idea of Decidueye having Levitate as its Hidden Ability. Primarina will probably get Serene Grace aaaand Incineroar could get Moxie. That's probably more wishful thinking but still possible!

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If Alolan Form get no Hidden Abilities, then I guess it will be really limited to use Sandslash and Ninetails because Hail is not really used compared to Sandstorm.
I agree that Alolan Sandslash and Ninetales are already facing a downside to their regular forms competitively since both having Snow Cloak means they need a Hail team to be effective and Hail is the most unviable weather of all. Alolan Sandslash also faces the issue of 4x weaknesses to two common types.
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I like the idea of Decidueye having Levitate as its Hidden Ability. Primarina will probably get Serene Grace aaaand Incineroar could get Moxie. That's probably more wishful thinking but still possible!
Eh tbh I don't get why Decidueye would get Levitate as a HA, it seems like a bit of a random HA (why wouldn't all Decidueye's be able to avoid Ground-type attacks?). Though I guess we have had Pokémon in the past where Levitate is one of their potential abilities (e.g. Bronzong) but eh it's never made too much sense to me tbh.

I think Technician would be a cool HA for Decidueye to have, since it brings to mind precision and focus imo which I feel Decidueye would make use of.

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If Kommo-o doesn't get Multiscale I'm going to riot.
I can see why the ability would work due to the Jangmo-o line's scales, but I'm keeping hopes low here since the ability's only current users are Flying-types (such as Dragonite and Lugia) and TV Tropes even states the ability seems to be associated with Flying-type. But then again, Lunala did get what was essentially a clone of Multiscale.
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I can see why the ability would work due to the Jangmo-o line's scales, but I'm keeping hopes low here since the ability's only current users are Flying-types (such as Dragonite and Lugia) and TV Tropes even states the ability seems to be associated with Flying-type. But then again, Lunala did get what was essentially a clone of Multiscale.
Yeah, I'm just really hoping he's viable competitively. Multiscale would help him help him out immensely since I get the feeling he's not going to be super fast so he's going to need to be able to take a hit.
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I'm with MegaKuriboh's idea of Serene Grace for Primarina. Although it'll make Scald damn overpowered.
I'd like to see Serene Grace boosted moonblast...
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Serene Grace or Pixilate as people have suggested for Primarina would be awesome. Serene Grace Scald would be great to use in battle, though I agree that the whole Hyper Voice + -ate Ability is getting old. What if Primarina learns something crazy like Boomburst? Or has usable attack and learns something useful (and equally crazy) like Body Slam or Extreme Speed?

Incineroar seems like a typical Moxie Pokemon but that's incredibly boring. I could also see it with Sheer Force or Adaptability. Which imo would be more useful. I think Decidueye will be the most interesting. I feel like it could be something stupid like Harvest or Overcoat, but maybe we could get something cool like Aerilate (which would be the first time a Pokemon got an -ate ability from a type that it doesn't possess).