Favorite ability in the games!

I have to put down Clear Body here. It's not flashy, but it's very practical to completely shut down any status reductions your opponent can throw at you. Especially since it's on a few great Pokemon: Tentacruel, Metagross, Dragapult, and the original Regi trio.
 
Prankster, I love to teeheehee with a Max HP Max DEF low speed Poké with annoying priority moves.
 
Mine is so circumstantial dependant.

Clear Body is great to stop Intimidate.
Intimidate is great, especially against a pseudo
Flame Body/Cute Charm/Effect Spore/Poison Point/Static is pretty obvious
Serene Grace is crazy if you have Swasbuck/Togekiss
Synchronise is like, mandatory if you're using a psychic PKMN.
Levitate is great to stop an earthquake

etc, etc.
 
Queenly Majesty/Dazzling/Armor Tail: not sure why we need 3 versions of the exact same ability that are all signature to 1 Pokémon each, but blocking all priority moves is so good
Harvest: leads to fun battle shenanigans if played right. I once saw a YouTuber use Harvest Tropius with Liechi Berry in BDSP and it did a lot of work
Merciless: I know Toxapex is a bad candidate for this ability since it's not a very strong attacker, but I like to use it on Showdown on the Balanced Hackmons tier (any move or ability can be used on any Pokémon, with some exceptions) to give it to mons like Mega Gengar or Eternatus (with toxic spikes support) for a super strong Venoshock.
Skill Link: I guess Loaded Dice does something similar, but I like Skill Link + King's Rock. Diabolical strategy lol
Pixilate/Refrigerate/Aerilate/Galvanize: I hope we get more abilities like these for other types. Good for moves like Hyper Voice, Extreme Speed, and Return.
Sniper: I like to pair this with Focus Energy, Scope Lens, Night Slash, etc. for super-strong, guaranteed critical hits
 
Sheep said:
Do you have a favorite ability? This can be because it's good to use in the games, it has fun/interesting mechanics, etc! What's yours?
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Moxie is a pretty fun ability when it stacks. I like using it with Scrafty or Krookodile.
 
Skill link and technician come to mind but I have others.
Pick up: free items. Especially in gen 3.
Intimidate: useful against tough trainers like the e4 or champion.
Scrappy: perfect for when I want to hit ghost types with any moves and not waste a move slot or turn on foresight.
Poison heal: Breloom and Gliscor get passive healing from just getting poisoned? That's awesome.
Fluffy: Bewear is one of my new favorites from gen 7 and it is a TANK with this ability.
Moxie: free buff for beating a pokemon? Perfect for steamrolling.
Guts: in gens where statuses are too common from trainers or wild pokemon (Kanto) this ability is very useful.
No guard: You'll never miss. Can't get hit if you defeat your opponent before they hit you
 
I like two abilities; Magic Guard, Magic Bounce.

First one to avoid the damages caused by traps and weather, and second to prevent the non-damaging moves like Taunt, Torment, etc.
 
I like levitate, and still miss it on gengar. An ability that stops me from being hit by a common attack like earthquake, especially one that I am weak to is good, and as a lover of double battles, I also appreciate ability that frees up my partner to use powerful attacks with impunity that would normally hit all all pokemon on the field.

I like intimidate too, even with the nerf making it riskier, when you get that attack drop survive extra damage it's great.

I am drawn to abilities that aren't just good on the pokemon with it but can have effects that help a partner or the team as a whole. The weather-setting abilities like drought would rank high on my list also for those reasons.
 
Not sure if I can point at a singular one, but some top picks:
-Prankster is awesome unless you're up against a Dark type.
-Magic Bounce is the ultimate 'no u'.
-Opportunist lets you yoink your opponents stat changes for free. Becomes kinda useless if the opponent doesn't make any stat changes though.
-Competitive is kinda situational but is completely busted in a game with lots of Intimidate using Pokemon like ORAS. My Wigglytuff thanked all those silly mons for the free boost by fainting them =P
-Tinted Lens is a great ability for coverage moves.
-Automatic weather set up abilities like Snow Warning/Drought/Drizzle. As well as their terrain equivalents like Electric/Grassy/etc. Surge.
 
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