Ripen - Ability ID 247

In-Game Description

"Doubles resistance, healing and stat raises provided by Berries."

Extended In-Game Description

For use in Elite Redux extended ability UI (IMPORTANT: exactly 280-300 chars counted WITH spaces)

Ripen doubles all beneficial berry effects. Healing berries restore twice as much HP, stat-boosting berries raise stats by 2 stages instead of 1, resist berries reduce super-effective damage by 75% instead of 50%, and PP-restoring berries restore twice as much PP.

Character count: 282

Detailed Mechanical Explanation

For Discord/reference use

Ripen is a comprehensive berry-enhancing ability that affects all types of beneficial berry effects:

Affected Berry Categories:

1. Healing Berries: All HP-restoring berries have their healing doubled

   • Includes percent-based healing (Sitrus Berry, etc.) and fixed healing berries
   • Also affects healing from Berry Juice

2. Stat-Boosting Berries: Stat increases are doubled from 1 stage to 2 stages

   • Liechi Berry (Attack), Salac Berry (Speed), Petaya Berry (Sp. Attack), etc.
   • Ganlon Berry (Defense), Apicot Berry (Sp. Defense)
   • Lansat Berry (critical hit ratio), Starf Berry (random stat)
   • Micle Berry (accuracy boost)
   • Also affects stat boosts from Kee Berry (Defense when hit by physical) and Maranga Berry (Sp. Defense when hit by special)

3. Resist Berries: Type-resist berries provide enhanced damage reduction

   • Normal effectiveness: 50% damage reduction → 75% damage reduction (0.25x modifier)
   • Only triggers on super-effective moves or Normal-type moves
   • Includes berries like Occa Berry (Fire), Yache Berry (Ice), Chople Berry (Fighting), etc.

4. Status Cure Berries: No direct enhancement (they simply cure status conditions)

   • Pecha Berry (poison), Cheri Berry (paralysis), Rawst Berry (burn), etc.
   • These berries work normally with Ripen

5. PP-Restoring Berries: PP restoration is doubled

   • Leppa Berry restores twice as much PP to moves

6. Retaliation Berries: Damage dealt to attackers is doubled

   • Jaboca Berry (damages physical attackers) and Rowap Berry (damages special attackers)
   • Damage increases from 1/8 of attacker's max HP to 1/4

Implementation Notes:

• Works with the HasRipenEffect() function which also includes Apple Pie and Sugar Rush abilities
• Unaffected by Unnerve ability (berry effects still trigger)
• Does not affect confusion berries' healing (they still heal normally and cause confusion if flavor is disliked)
• Berry consumption and activation conditions remain the same - only the effects are enhanced

Competitive Usage:

• Particularly effective with Sitrus Berry for enhanced recovery
• Combines well with stat-boosting berries for setup sweepers
• Resist berries become extremely powerful defensive tools (75% damage reduction)
• Most beneficial on Pokémon that can reliably trigger berry consumption through self-damage or low HP thresholds