What Pokemon has the highest number of abilities?

Question

With and without forms, with and without removed abilities, and if it affects amything, with and without event abilities so e.g.
- With forms: Ogerpon: Defiant (Teal Mask), Sturdy (Cornerstone Mask), Water Absorb (Wellspring Mask), Mold Breaker (Hearthflame Mask), Embody Aspect (all Terastallised forms).
- Without forms: Rockruff: Keen Eye, Vital Spirit, Steadfast, Own Tempo.
- With removed abilities: Litwick line: Infiltrator, Flash Fire, Shadow Tag, Cursed Body, tying with Rockruff (see above)
- Without event abilities: Litwick line (see above)
- Without any of the above: yeah nice try bud, I'm not typing out every single Pokemon with 2 abilities and a hidden one.

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Are you asking us, or are you telling us?

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Other notable examples include:
Basculin with 5 abilities (each form shares 2 abilities, and has a unique third ability)
Revavroom with 7 abilities (normally has 2 abilities, but each of the 5 unobtainable Starmobiles have a unique ability)

As well as regional forms with different abilities from their base, though most of the time you still only get a total of 3-5 even between them all. Here are some of the more edge cases:
Meowth, despite having 2 regional variants, only has 5 abilities between all of them, leaving it matched by a good handful of Pokemon with only 1 variant.
Slowbro has both a regional and a mega, but once again only has 5 abilities between all of them.
Despite having 3 regional forms, Tauros only has 4 abilities between all of them.
Mr. Mime is notable for being the only regional variant with all 6 ability slots being unique between the two forms.

Revavroom remains the most at 7, but I didn't check removed abilities.

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@Ditto It was an example, but I wanted to make it easier for whoever wrote the question. I realise how tiny the e.g. is now though

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I also didn't realize how many there were.

Also KRLW how do Grimer and Muk have 6?

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Regional forms I believe Ditto

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Both forms of Grimer and Muk have Poison Touch

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@Ditto ah, that must have not registered for me when I was first looking at it because it's a regular ability for one and the HA for the other. You're right, they only have 5 abilities.

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Mr. Mime and Lycanroc have 6 abilities, and Bulbapedia says no Pokemon species have more than that. Now do we just need to list all Pokemon that have 4 abilities in one form?

Answer 1

Pokemon species with the most abilities if you include unobtainable abilities
Revavroom: overcoat, filter, intimidate, speed boost, toxic debris, misty surge, stamina

Pokemon species with the most abilities if you ignore unobtainable abilities
Mr. Mime: soundproof, filter, technician, vital spirit, screen cleaner, ice body
Lycanroc: keen eye, sand rush, steadfast, vital spirit, no guard, tough claws

Pokemon with the most abilities if you count forms separately
Hisuinian Growlithe: intimidate, flash fire, justified, rock head (ability was changed in gen 9)
Kleavor: swarm, sheer force, steadfast, sharpness (ability was changed in gen 9)
Hisuinian Sneasel: inner focus, keen eye, poison touch, pickpocket (ability was changed in gen 9)
Shiftry: chlorophyll, early bird, wind rider, pickpocket (ability was changed in gen 9)
Venipede: poison point, swarm, quick feet, speed boost (ability was changed in gen 6)
Blue striped Basculin: reckless, rock head, adaptability, mold breaker (ability was changed in B2W2, and the in-game trade Basculin in White has rock head)
Basculegion: rattled, swift swim, adaptability, mold breaker (ability was changed in gen 9)
Litwick: flash fire, flame body, shadow tag, infiltrator (shadow tag Litwick was never obtainable, ability was changed in gen 6)
Hisuinian Braviary: keen eye, sheer force, defiant, tinted lens (ability was changed in gen 9)
Hisuinian Sliggoo: sap sipper, overcoat, shell armor, gooey (ability was changed in gen 9)
Rockruff: keen eye, vital spirit, steadfast, own tempo (own tempo Rockruff needs to be found in specific places but it's also not a hidden ability)
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Can’t you get own tempo rockruff without events in some of the newer games?

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You absolutely can.

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edited

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You forgot Revavroom, which has 7 total abilities when counting the Starmobile forms. The Starmobiles are unobtainable, but considering this question counts unreleased abilites like Shadow Tag Litwick, I think it should be included.