Aftermath (Ability) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Aftermath

ゆうばく

Induced Explosion

Flavor text

Generation V
Damages the attacker landing the finishing hit.

Generation VII
Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit.

Generation VIII
Damages the attacker if it contacts the Pokémon with a finishing hit.

Generation IX
Damages the attacker if it knocks out the Pokémon with a move that makes direct contact.

Aftermath (Japanese: ゆうばく Induced Explosion) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

When a Pokémon with this Ability faints due to damage from a move that makes contact, the attacking Pokémon takes damage equal to ¼ of its own maximum HP. This Ability will not activate if a Pokémon with Damp is on the field.

Outside of battle

Aftermath has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Aftermath

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, and the Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) games, when the Pokémon faints, it sometimes causes an explosion similar to Selfdestruct, reducing HP by half on team members and by 40 on hostile Pokémon, as well as destroying items.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Aftermath activates when hit by a contact move from an adjacent enemy, dealing damage equal to 25% of the attacking Pokémon's maximum HP. Aftermath will also cause the Pokémon to explode when it is hit by an explosion, dealing damage equal to 25% of the Pokémon's maximum HP to itself and surrounding Pokémon, as well as destroying all walls, items, and special tiles.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Causes the Pokémon to explode upon fainting.
BSL	このポケモンがたおれたときにばくはつする
MDGtI	Unavailable
SMD	When the Pokémon takes huge damage from a contact move like Tackle or Scratch, it counterattacks to damage the enemy! If the Pokémon is hit by an explosion, it will explode, too!

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Trivia

All Pokémon that are able to have this Ability can learn Explosion. Aftermath's similarity to Explosion is more apparent in languages other than English, including the original Japanese, in which the Ability is known as ゆうばく Yūbaku (Induced Explosion). This is also why the Ability Damp affects Aftermath.
Prior to becoming an Ability, Aftermath appeared as a TCG Attack.

In other languages

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