Wonder Skin (Ability ID: 147)

In-Game Description

"Blocks most damage boosting and multihit abilities."

Extended In-Game Description (280-300 chars)

Prevents opposing damage-boosting abilities like Hustle and Guts from applying multipliers. Also blocks multihit abilities like Parental Bond from striking multiple times. Provides comprehensive protection against offensive ability strategies and setup sweepers.

Character count: 286

Detailed Mechanical Explanation

Wonder Skin is functionally identical to Fort Knox, providing comprehensive protection against offensive ability modifiers.

Core Mechanics

Wonder Skin operates identically to Fort Knox:

• Set with the fortKnox = TRUE property
• Implemented with exactly the same code: constexpr Ability WonderSkin = { .fortKnox = TRUE, };
• Has the same description: "Blocks most damage boosting and multihit abilities"

What Wonder Skin Blocks

Damage Boosting Abilities

Wonder Skin blocks offensive multiplier abilities by preventing them from activating against the Wonder Skin user:

Major Damage Boosters:

• Hustle (+40% physical damage)
• Flash Fire (+50% Fire damage when activated)
• Guts (+50% physical damage when statused)
• Plus/Minus (doubles damage with partner)
• Rivalry (+25% damage vs same gender)
• Swarm abilities (Overgrow, Blaze, Torrent, Swarm - +50% at low HP)
• Levitate (+25% Flying damage)
• And many other custom abilities with onOffensiveMultiplier

Type-Based Boosts:

• All -ate abilities (Pixilate, Refrigerate, etc.)
• Weather-specific damage boosts
• Terrain-based multipliers

Multihit Abilities

Blocks abilities using onParentalBond hook:

• Parental Bond (makes moves hit twice)
• Hyper Aggressive (makes moves hit twice)
• Multi Headed (2-3 hits based on heads)
• Primal Maw (double hit for bite moves)
• Dual Wield (double hit for certain moves)
• Raging Boxer (double hit for punch moves)
• And other abilities with onParentalBond

"Blocking" Mechanics

When Wonder Skin "blocks" an ability:

• Damage boosting: The multiplier effect doesn't apply - no bonus damage is dealt
• Multihit abilities: The move only hits once instead of multiple times

The blocking occurs in the damage calculation phase (CalculateAbilityMultipliers) where the code checks if (!hasFortKnox) before applying offensive multipliers.

Critical Exception

Some abilities resist Fort Knox with resistsFortKnox = TRUE:

• Parental Bond itself resists Fort Knox
• Multi Headed resists Fort Knox
• These can bypass Wonder Skin's protection

Relationship to Fort Knox

Wonder Skin is completely identical to Fort Knox mechanically:

• Same internal implementation (fortKnox = TRUE)
• Same description and functionality
• Different names for thematic variety

This appears to be a design choice to give different Pokemon the same protective effect under different thematic names.

Pokemon Distribution

Wonder Skin appears on defensive Pokemon like:

• Paldean Wooper
• Mega Swalot
• Furfrou Star Trim
• Terapagos Stellar
• Mega Clodsire

Strategic Implications

Wonder Skin creates a powerful defensive wall against:

• Offensive ability strategies (Huge Power, Hustle, etc.)
• Multihit movesets (Parental Bond, Multi Headed, etc.)
• Weather-based attackers relying on ability boosts

This makes it particularly valuable in competitive play against setup sweepers and multihit attackers, forcing opponents to rely purely on base stats and move power rather than ability enhancements.