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The case here is that the Plates is the origin of their powers and its wielder can use it to achieve the feats of anyone who's sourcing powers from itFrom what I've seen so far I feel like a lot of the evidence supporting Arceus having all the abilities is reliant on interpreting "power" as moves/techniques/abilities etc even though that's clearly not the case as the word used is "力" which almost always means force/strength/power/energy.
No? Because the Rightful bearer of a Plate, Arceus draws from that power and only himIs there any actual explicit example of a Pokemon gaining every ability from having a Plate? Because there are a few examples where it only amps them or changes their type.
I pointed out that 20% boost was game mechanics supported by the fact you wouldn't see a Pikachu tie a plate to his back to use that.
In fact the anime recently showed what happened if a Pokémon tried to use it. Heatran was corrupted and the Plates reached out to Arceus
Same as manga, as the plates are useless on any Pokémon besides Arceus