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How do Abilities work in Gen 4? I'm playing Platinum. Bulbapedia says Yanma has Compound Eyes as a 'Second Ability', but when I look at his info I only see his first ability listed, Speed Boost. In fact, none of my Pokemon have second abilities. Is it just like you get one or the other, and they have a better chance of having the First Ability than the second? I'm retarded and know nothing of the finer points of these games.
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It's random when encountering in the wild. There is a chance to have one of the two abilities. Just keep catching them and you will get one. You can also use a pokemon with the ability trace to see what ability the mon had before you catch it.
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>>31547871
When you find pokemon in the wild, they have a 50/50 shot of having either Ability 1 or Ability 2. There's no real difference between having Ability 1 or Ability 2.
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>>31547922
Okay, thanks. Guess it's back to the Marsh for me...
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>>31547871
Yeah, they have one or the other. Some Pokémon didn't have optional second abilities but gained them in later generations, and Hidden Abilities are Gen V+ only.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_Ability
You can breed Yanma or find others in the chance of getting one with Compound Eyes, but when it evolves to Yanmega, it'll change to Tinted Lens.
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If you transferred from Gen 3 they all have Ability1 until they evolve at which point they might change into Ability2 depending on a hidden value of some sort.
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