Acupressure (move)

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 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

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 Doduo Normal Flying 28 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 28 451 Skorupi Poison Bug 17 452 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 Tentacool Water Poison Skorupi, Drapion 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
	Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish

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