Lernean (Ability)

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Lernean
Insurgence
Grows more heads when it loses HP.

Lernean is an ability exclusive to Pokémon Insurgence. It is the signature ability of Mega Hydreigon and was revealed on January 8, 2016 by thesuzerain on Twitter.

Effect

In battle

Lernean splits the power of a damaging move across each head. The move hits "n" times and each hit's damage is calculated as follows:

LerneanHitEquation.png

Where:

n is the total number of heads that Hydreigon currently has, defined by its sprite,

d is the amount of damage calculated before applying Lernean,

r is the remaining number of hits to be executed.


If none of these attacks are negated or blocked by effects such as Substitute then the total damage multiplier that the attacker experiences is 1.15 + 0.075 × (n - 5).


Example: If the user's attack is calculated to deal 60 damage before applying Lernean while the user has 6 heads:

LerneanCalculationExample.png

Outside of battle

Lernean has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Lernean

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
635 1.png Hydreigon
Mega Hydreigon
Dark Dragon Lernean None None