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Acupressure (move)

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Acupressure
つぼをつく Point Strike
The user applies pressure to stress points, sharply boosting one of its stats.
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
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user and ally
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
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 (Japanese: つぼをつく Point Strike) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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Effect

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.

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

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
084 084 Doduo Normal Flying 28
085 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 28
451 451 Skorupi Poison Bug 17
452 452 Drapion Poison Dark 17
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
072 072 Tentacool Water Poison Skorupi, Drapion
213 213 Shuckle Bug Rock Skorupi, Drapion
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Trivia

  • Acupressure is the only move that can raise the user's Accuracy.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Acupresión
  • Italian: Acupressione
Variations on the move Acid Armor
Status Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier
Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow
Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish


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