Trace (Ability)

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Trace (Japanese: トレース Trace) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
==Effect==
===In battle===
Trace copies the Ability of a random adjacent opponent, replacing Trace itself.
This is activated when the Pokémon with Trace enters battle or when a Pokémon gains Trace. In Wonder Launcher battles, Trace can be activated by an ally's Ability Urge.
Trace can be swapped by . In Generations III and , Trace can be copied by , but In later generations, Trace cannot be copied by Role Play, , or . fails if used by a Pokémon with Trace.
====Generation III====
It can copy any Ability, but if it copies Trace, it will not activate again.
====Generation IV====
There are now Abilities that cannot be copied by Trace.
Trace can not copy the ability of a Pokémon holding a Griseous Orb.
While a Pokémon with Trace is in battle, if at any time an opponent has an Ability that can be copied by Trace, Trace will activate and replace itself with that Ability. Trace can only activate once while a Pokémon is on the field; even if the Pokémon gains Trace again (e.g. via ) after activating it the first time, Trace cannot activate until after it is switched out.
In a Double Battle with only one opponent remaining, if a Pokémon with Trace is sent into battle to replace a fainted Pokémon, Trace has a 50% chance to select the non-present opponent and not activate. Once a Pokémon takes its turn (uses a move, switches out, etc.), Trace will activate and copy the Ability of the opponent that is present.
====Generation V====
When a Pokémon with Trace enters battle, it copies a random adjacent opponent's Ability (replacing itself). If no opponents have Abilities that can be copied by Trace when the Pokémon with Trace enters battle, Trace cannot be activated until it enters battle again.
====Generation VI onward====
While a Pokémon with Trace is in battle, if at any time an adjacent opponent has an Ability that can be copied by Trace, Trace will activate and replace itself with that Ability. Even if a Pokémon had previously activated Trace, if it gains Trace again (e.g. via ), Trace will activate at the first opportunity.
===Abilities that cannot be copied===
Trace cannot copy any of the following Abilities in generations marked with a ✔.
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
							
Trace can copy .
===Outside of battle===
Trace has no effect outside of battle.
==Pokémon with Trace==
==In other games==
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When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move or regular attack, Trace replaces itself with the Ability of the attacking Pokémon. Trace does not distinguish between foes and allies, and can be activated by beneficial moves such as . Prior to Gates to Infinity, Pokémon can have more than one Ability—if a Pokémon has more than one Ability, Trace chooses one at random. The copied Ability lasts until the Pokémon enters a new floor.
===Description===
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
* In , Blue's Porygon2 was revealed to have Trace as its Ability.
* In the , Diantha mentioned that her has Trace as its Ability.
==In other languages==
Category:Ability-changing Abilities
Category:Abilities that cannot be copied
Category:Abilities that activate upon entering battle
de:Erfassen
es:Calco
fr:Calque
it:Traccia
ja:トレース
zh:复制（特性）