Beads Of Ruin

Gen IX

Effect

The power of the Pokémon’s ruinous beads lowers the Sp. Def stats of all Pokémon except itself.

GenerationGen IX

Pokemon1

Hidden Ability Holders0

Game Descriptions

Gen IXThe power of the Pokémon's ruinous beads lowers the Sp. Def stats of all Pokémon except itself.

Beads Of Ruin in Battle

Beads of Ruin passively lowers the Special Defense of all other Pokemon on the field — both opponents and allies — while the Pokemon with this ability is active. This reduction is not a stat stage change and cannot be cleared by moves like Haze or blocked by abilities like Clear Body. It functions as a persistent 0.75x multiplier to the Special Defense stat.

The effect applies immediately when the Pokemon enters the field and remains active as long as it stays in battle. It does not stack with multiple instances and is removed the moment the Pokemon with Beads of Ruin switches out or faints.

Beads of Ruin is the signature ability of Chi-Yu, the Fire/Dark-type Legendary Pokemon introduced in Generation IX. It is part of the Ruin quartet of abilities, alongside Tablets of Ruin (lowers Attack), Sword of Ruin (lowers Defense), and Vessel of Ruin (lowers Special Attack). Combined with Chi-Yu's extremely high Special Attack stat, the universal Sp. Def reduction makes it one of the most offensively threatening Pokemon in the game.

Pokemon With Beads Of Ruin (1)

# ▲		Name	Type	Other Abilities	Hidden?	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	Total
#1004		Chi-Yu	dark fire	–	Regular	55	80	80	135	120	100	570

Related Abilities (Gen IX)

Ability	Pokemon	Description
Lingering Aroma	1	Contact changes the attacker's Ability to Lingering Aroma.
Seed Sower	1	Turns the ground into Grassy Terrain when the Pokémon is hit by an attack.
Thermal Exchange	3	Raises Attack when hit by a Fire-type move. Cannot be burned.
Anger Shell	1	When the Pokémon's HP drops below half, Anger Shell lowers its Defense and Special Defense but its Attack, Special Attack and Speed are raised.
Purifying Salt	3	Protects from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost-type moves.
Well Baked Body	1	Immune to Fire-type moves, and Defense is sharply boosted.
Wind Rider	3	Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
Guard Dog	2	Boosts Attack if intimidated, and prevents being forced to switch out.

Beads Of Ruin

Beads Of Ruin in Battle

Pokemon With Beads Of Ruin (1)

Related Abilities (Gen IX)

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