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Iron Barbsてつのトゲ
Iron Thorns

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Generation VII
Inflicts damage to the attacker on contact with iron barbs.
Generation VIII
Inflicts damage on the attacker upon contact with iron barbs.
Generation IX
The Pokémon's iron barbs damage the attacker if it makes direct contact.

Iron Barbs (Japanese: てつのトゲ Iron Thorns) is an Ability introduced in Generation V. Prior to Generation VII, it was the signature Ability of Ferroseed and Ferrothorn.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the attacking Pokémon takes damage equal to 1/8 of its own maximum HP. If Iron Barbs causes both the Pokémon with this Ability and the attacking Pokémon to faint, then the attacking Pokémon will faint first.

If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit will activate this Ability.

Outside of battle

Iron Barbs has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Iron Barbs

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the attacking Pokémon takes damage equal to 1/10 of its own maximum HP. If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a multi-strike move that makes contact (such as Fury Swipes), each hit will activate this Ability. The Ability does not activate if the move causes the Pokémon with Iron Barbs to faint.

Description

GamesDescription
MDGtIUnavailable
SMDWhen the Pokémon is hit with a contact move like Tackle or Scratch, the attacker is damaged a little!

Trivia

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