Acupressure (move)

Acupressure つぼをつく Point Strike

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect the user or an adjacent ally

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0   Points of next appeal doubles

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Acupressure on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Acupressure on Eevee's Movedex

Acupressure (Japanese: つぼをつく Point Strike) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Acupressure chooses one of the user's Stats at random and raises it by two stages. It can raise either the user's Attack, Defense, Speed, Special Attack, Special Defense, Accuracy or Evasion stat but will not attempt to raise a stat that is already maximized. Acupressure will fail if the user or target is under the effects of Substitute.

In a double battle, Acupressure may also be used on an ally to raise one of its stats chosen at random.

Generation V

When a Pokémon is under the effects of Substitute, it can successfully use Acupressure on itself, but Acupressure used on it by an ally will fail.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	28				28
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	28				28
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	no				39
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	no				42
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	17				17
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	17				17
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	no				29
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 072 Tentacool Water Poison Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title French Acupression German Akupressur Greek Πιεσοθεραπεία Italian Acupressione Korean 경혈찌르기 Gyeonghyeol Jjireugi Serbian Akupritisak Spanish Acupresión

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