How many abilities are there in the game?

Question

Just asking for the number.

Answer 1

191 + Cacophony (I don't count it as an ability).

Comments

Believe it or not, I had just looked this up yesterday xD

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What a coincidence! Thanks!

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what is Cacophony?

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I believe Cacaphony was the beta for the ability Soundproof. It's in Ruby/Sapphire's coding and had the same effect when put on a Pokemon.

Answer 2

As of Generation 9, there are now 318 abilities.

Source

Answer 3

There are now 260 abilities, including Cacophony.

There's a list of them here.

Comments

It's right there in this site, though.
https://pokemondb.net/ability