| Rivalry | とうそうしん |
| Belligerence |
Flavor text | Generation VII | |
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| Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender. |
| Generation VIII | |
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| Becomes competitive and deals more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but deals less to Pokémon of the opposite gender. |
| Generation IX | |
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| The Pokémon's competitive spirit makes it deal more damage to Pokémon of the same gender, but less damage to Pokémon of the opposite gender. |
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Rivalry (Japanese:とうそうしんBelligerence) is anAbility introduced inGeneration IV.
Effect
In battle
 | This Ability effect may be in need of research.
Reason:Because Rivalry affectspower which is calculated for all targets, does Rivalry stack when using moves that hit multiple targets? If so, how does the stacking work?
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Generation IV
When a Pokémon with Rivalry uses an attack, the attack'spower is raised by 25% if the target and the user have the samegender, and is reduced by 25% if the target and the user have opposite genders. Rivalry also powers upconfusion damage.
Rivalry has no effect if the user or target isgender unknown (such asPorygon).
Generation V onward
Rivalry no longer powers upconfusion damage.
Outside of battle
Rivalry has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Rivalry
In other games
InExplorers of Time, Darkness andSky, and theMystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when the attacker's gender is opposite of the target, the Attack stat is reduced by one stage, and if it's matching, it's increased by one stage.
InGates to Infinity andPokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Rivalry increases the power of a move when attacking a Pokémon that shares a type. In Super Mystery Dungeon, Rivalry increases the power of a move by 20%.
Description
| Games | Description |
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| MDTDS | Boosts Pokémon's Attack when facing same gender and reduces it when not the same. | | BSL | あいてが どうせいだと こうげきがあがり いせいだと さがる | | MDGtI | Increases damage done to targets of the same type as the Pokémon.*
The Pokémon does more damage to targets that share its type!* | | SMD | The Pokémon does more damage to targets that share its type! | | MDRTDX | The Pokémon does more damage to targets that share its type. |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In other languages
