Beautiful Music (ID: 622)

Summary

Beautiful Music adds a 50% chance to infatuate targets when using sound-based moves, with the unique property of bypassing all gender restrictions. This makes it one of only two abilities (along with Pure Love) that can infatuate any Pokemon regardless of gender or lack thereof.

Mechanics

• Trigger: When using any sound-based move (FLAG_SOUND)
• Effect: 50% chance to infatuate the target after hit
• Special Property: canInfatuateAny = TRUE (ignores gender restrictions)
• Affected Moves: All sound moves including Hyper Voice, Boomburst, Disarming Voice, Sing, Perish Song, etc.

Code Implementation

Located in src/abilities.cc:

constexpr Ability BeautifulMusic = {
    .onAttacker = +[](ON_ATTACKER) -> int {
        CHECK(ShouldApplyOnHitAffect(target))
        CHECK(Random() % 2)  // 50% chance
        CHECK(IsSoundMove(battler, move))
        return AbilityStatusEffect(MOVE_EFFECT_ATTRACT);
    },
    .canInfatuateAny = TRUE,
};

AI Scoring

The AI recognizes this ability and adds a 50% weighted attract score when evaluating sound moves, helping it understand the utility of the secondary effect.

Strategic Value

• Turns sound moves into dual-purpose attacks (damage + disable)
• Works on ALL Pokemon including genderless ones
• Synergizes with powerful sound moves like Boomburst
• Creates setup opportunities with 50% opponent immobilization chance

Extended In-Game Description (280-300 chars)

"Sound moves gain 50% chance to infatuate targets, ignoring ALL gender restrictions. Works on any Pokemon including genderless. Only ability besides Pure Love that bypasses gender limits for attraction. Turns damaging sound attacks into potential disablers."

Character count: 282