Pokémon Sword and Shield/Unused Abilities

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Some of the removed Pokémon have Abilities in previous games that are actually coded into these games despite never being used. All of them still function as expected and will work perfectly fine with the unused Pokémon species that are not found in the game.

Even though its description says otherwise, Multitype does not change Arceus' type when it carries a Z-Crystal.

ID	Name	Pokémon	Description	Effect
0x0010	Color Change	Kecleon	The Pokémon’s type becomes the type of the move used on it.	If the Pokémon gets hit by an attack, the defender's type changes to match the attack's type.
0x0028	Magma Armor	Slugma-line, Camerupt	The Pokémon is covered with hot magma, which prevents the Pokémon from becoming frozen.	In battle: Prevents from becoming frozen. Outside of battle: The number of cycles needed to hatch an egg are halved if a Pokémon with this Ability is in the party.
0x003B	Forecast	Castform	The Pokémon transforms with the weather to change its type to Water, Fire, or Ice.	Changes the form under rain, harsh sunlight or hail to match the weather.
0x004A	Pure Power	Meditite-line	Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat.	Doubles the effective Attack during damage calculation, including when using Foul Play or Body Press.
0x005A	Poison Heal	Shroomish-line, Gliscor	Restores HP if the Pokémon is poisoned instead of losing HP.	Restores 1/8 of max HP when poisoned and prevents poison damage.
0x0060	Normalize	Skitty-line	All the Pokémon’s moves become Normal type. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	Turns moves, including status moves, into Normal-type moves, and boosts their power by 20%. Thunder Wave is then able to hit Ground-type Pokémon, but not Ghost-type Pokémon.
0x0079	Multitype	Arceus	Changes the Pokémon’s type to match the Plate or Z-Crystal it holds.	Changes the Pokémon's type to match the held Plate or Z-Crystal.
0x007B	Bad Dreams	Darkrai	Reduces the HP of sleeping opposing Pokémon.	Adjacent opponents lose 1/8 of max HP every turn if they are sleeping.
0x0089	Toxic Boost	Zangoose	Powers up physical attacks when the Pokémon is poisoned.	Boosts power of physical attacks by 50% if poisoned.
0x00A8	Protean	Froakie-line, Kecleon	Changes the Pokémon’s type to the type of the move it’s about to use.	Changes the user's type when using a move, including status moves.
0x00B3	Grass Pelt	Skiddo-line	Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat on Grassy Terrain.	Boosts Defense by 50% if Grassy Terrain is present.
0x00B8	Aerilate	Mega Pinsir, Mega Salamence	Normal-type moves become Flying-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	Makes Normal-type moves Flying-type and boosts their power by 20%.
0x00B9	Parental Bond	Mega Kangaskhan	Parent and child each attacks.	With the exception of multi-strike moves, all attacks have 2 hits. The second hit deals 25% of the first hit's damage.
0x00BD	Primordial Sea	Primal Kyogre	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Fire-type attacks.	Summons heavy rain, which causes damaging Fire-type moves to fail in addition to other effects of rain.
0x00BE	Desolate Land	Primal Groudon	The Pokémon changes the weather to nullify Water-type attacks.	Summons extremely harsh sunlight, which causes damaging Water-type moves to fail in addition to other effects of harsh sunlight.
0x00BF	Delta Stream	Mega Rayquaza	The Pokémon changes the weather to eliminate all of the Flying type’s weaknesses.	Summons a mysterious air current, which lowers damage to Flying-type Pokémon by 50% if the move is super-effective.
0x00C5	Shields Down	Minior	When its HP becomes half or less, the Pokémon’s shell breaks and it becomes aggressive.	If over half of max HP, Minior is in its Meteor Form and immune to newly inflicted status conditions. If below half of max HP, Minior is in its Core Form.
0x00CE	Galvanize	Alolan Geodude-line	Normal-type moves become Electric-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.	Makes Normal-type moves Electric-type and boosts their power by 20%.
0x00D2	Battle Bond	Ash-Greninja	Defeating an opposing Pokémon strengthens the Pokémon’s bond with its Trainer, and it becomes Ash-Greninja. Water Shuriken gets more powerful.	After defeating a Pokémon, Greninja turns into Ash-Greninja. In this form, Water Shuriken has 20 base power and always hits 3 times.
0x00D5	Comatose	Komala	It’s always drowsing and will never wake up. It can attack without waking up.	Acts as if always asleep, without having the status condition. Makes the Pokémon immune to status conditions and able to attack even while asleep in this way.
0x00D8	Dancer	Oricorio	When another Pokémon uses a dance move, it can use a dance move following it regardless of its Speed.	If another Pokémon uses a dance move, the Pokémon with Dancer repeat it immediately, from slowest to fastest.
0x00DB	Dazzling	Bruxish	Surprises the opposing Pokémon, making it unable to attack using priority moves.	Protects the user's side from moves with increased priority.
0x00DF	Power of Alchemy	Alolan Grimer-line	The Pokémon copies the Ability of a defeated ally.	If an ally faints (regardless of cause), takes on the fainted ally's Ability.
0x00E9	Neuroforce	Ultra Necrozma	Powers up moves that are super effective.	Boosts moves by 25% if they become super-effective.