Merciless (Ability)

Merciless	ひとでなし
	Brute
Flavor text Generation VII The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned. Generation VIII The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned. Generation IX The Pokémon's attacks become critical hits if the target is poisoned.

Merciless (Japanese: ひとでなし Brute) is an Ability introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature Ability of Mareanie and Toxapex.

Effect

In battle

Attacks used by the Pokémon with this Ability will always become critical hits against poisoned targets, unless that target has Battle Armor or Shell Armor or is under the effects of Lucky Chant.

Outside of battle

Merciless has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Merciless

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0747		Mareanie	Poison	Water	Merciless	Limber	Regenerator
0748		Toxapex	Poison	Water	Merciless	Limber	Regenerator
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Moon's Mareanie was revealed to have Merciless as her Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

Trivia

• The Japanese name of the ability contains a pun on the word ひとで starfish, explaining its restriction to only Mareanie and Toxapex.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 不仁不義 Bātyàhnbātyih Mandarin 不仁不義 / 不仁不义 Bùrénbùyì French Cruauté German Quälerei Italian Spietatezza Korean 무도한행동 Mudohan Haengdong Russian Беспощадность Besposhchadnost' Spanish Ensañamiento

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.