AncientPower (move)

AncientPower げんしのちから Primeval Power

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Battles Type  Rock Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

AncientPower on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex AncientPower on Eevee's Movedex

AncientPower (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Power) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Ancient Power inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of raising all of the user's stats excluding Accuracy and Evasion by one stage.

Other effects

Three Pokémon evolve when they know AncientPower: Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega.

Description

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Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	no			no			33				36
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	49			49			37				37
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	54			54			37				37
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	55			55			46				46
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	65			65			54				54
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	29			29			25				25
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	no			no			29				29
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	no			no			29				29
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	no			no			29				29
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	50			50			50				50
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal	no				21	33				33
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying	no				21	33				33
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	no			no			33				33
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	no			no			41				48
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire	no			no			26				28
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock	no			no			26				28
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground	no			no			--				--
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	43			45			32				32
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	88			88			57				57
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	88			88			57				57
251		Celebi	Grass	Psychic	20			20			28				28
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic	no			25			25				26
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic	no			25			25				26
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no			43			43				43
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	no			48			36				36
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	no			37			31				31
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	no			37			31				31
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	no			49			64		55	55
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock	no			43			43				43
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock	no			33			33				33
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	no			33			33				33
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	no			33			33				33
382		Kyogre	Water		Water	no			15			15	45		45
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	no			15			15	45		45
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	no			15			15	45		45
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	no			no			28				33
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	no			no			28				36
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel	no			no			28				28
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel	no			no			28				28
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass	no			no			33				36
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	no			no			33				33
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground	no			no			--				--
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	no			no			20	10		10
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon	no			no			20	10		10
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	no			no			--				--
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			no			20	10		10
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon	no			no				10		10
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock	no			no			no				18
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock	no			no			no				18
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				18
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no			no				18
643		Reshiram	Dragon	Fire	no			no			no				15
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric	no			no			no				15
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	no			no			no				15
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
004		Charmander*	Fire		Fire
050		Diglett*	Ground		Ground
098		Krabby	Water		Water	no			no
102		Exeggcute*	Grass	Psychic
104		Cubone*	Ground		Ground
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	no			no
152		Chikorita*	Grass		Grass
158		Totodile	Water		Water
194		Wooper	Water	Ground
206		Dunsparce*	Normal		Normal
220		Swinub*	Ice	Ground
231		Phanpy*	Ground		Ground
246		Larvitar*	Rock	Ground
258		Mudkip	Water		Water	no			no
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	no			no
322		Numel	Fire	Ground	no			no
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	no
341		Corphish	Water		Water	no
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying	no			no			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 move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water						✔	✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water						✔	✔
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic						✔	✔
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic						✔	✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass						✔	✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice						✔	✔
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water						✔	✔
139		Omastar	Rock	Water						✔	✔
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water						✔	✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water						✔	✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying						✔	✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying						✔	✔
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying						✔	✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying						✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
152		Chikorita	Grass		Grass						✔	✔
153		Bayleef	Grass		Grass						✔	✔
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass						✔	✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water						✔	✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water						✔	✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water						✔	✔
176		Togetic	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying						✔	✔
194		Wooper	Water	Ground						✔	✔
195		Quagsire	Water	Ground						✔	✔
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground						✔	✔
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock						✔	✔
218		Slugma	Fire		Fire						✔	✔
219		Magcargo	Fire	Rock						✔	✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
222		Corsola	Water	Rock						✔	✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark						✔	✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying						✔	✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying						✔	✔
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass						✔	✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water						✔	✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground						✔	✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground						✔	✔
299		Nosepass	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel						✔	✔
304		Aron	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark						✔	✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark						✔	✔
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic						✔	✔
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic						✔	✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water						✔	✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark						✔	✔
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic						✔	✔
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic						✔	✔
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass						✔	✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass						✔	✔
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug						✔	✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug						✔	✔
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
369		Relicanth	Water	Rock						✔	✔
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice						✔	✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel						✔	✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water						✔	✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel						✔	✔
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel						✔	✔
422		Shellos	Water		Water						✔	✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground						✔	✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic						✔	✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass						✔	✔
468		Togekiss	Normal	Flying						✔	✔
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying						✔	✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel						✔	✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon						✔	✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon						✔	✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel						✔	✔
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon						✔	✔
489		Phione	Water		Water						✔	✔
490		Manaphy	Water		Water						✔	✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
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 II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison New York Pokémon Center 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 the anime

Piloswine	Mamoswine	Yanmega	Yanma
The user forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Yanma	Yanma's body glows white and it creates a see through after image of itself. The after image then spins quickly and creates a silver ball in front of Yanma's body. Yanma then launches the ball at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		Debut
Yanmega	Yanmega's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its body. It then launches the ball at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
Piloswine	Piloswine's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its nose. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Piloswine	A Breed Stampede!		None
Mamoswine	Mamoswine's body glows white and the glow comes off its body and forms a silver ball on the end of its tusks. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	Trials and Adulations!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Kabutops
The user releases a powerful blast of energy from its body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Kabutops	Kabutops crosses its scythes across its chest and opens them quickly. A ring of energy then appears behind its body and it releases a blast of energy from its body at the opponent.
Brock's Kabutops	Heads On Kabutops!		Debut

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventures

	Dialga
The user releases a powerful blast of energy and converts them into rocks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Dialga	Dialga releases a powerful blast of energy and converts them into rocks.
A wild Dialga	The Advent of Legendary Pokémon!!		Debut

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

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

Trivia

• AncientPower is learned by every fossil Pokémon and a large number of legendary Pokémon.
• Piloswine, which evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up knowing this move, has been able to learn it by breeding since the move's introduction. This trait is shared with Rollout, which has had a similar history with Lickitung.
• There are only six Pokémon that can learn AncientPower and both of its variations: Togetic, Togekiss, Yanma, Yanmega, Giratina, and Smeargle (via Sketch).

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 原始之力 Yuánshǐ-zhī Lì Dutch Oeroude Kracht French Pouv.Antique German Antik-Kraft Greek Αρχαία Δύναμη Hebrew כוח עתיק coah atick Indonesian Kekuatan Purba Tenaga Purba Italian Forzantica Korean 원시의힘 Weonsa-yi Him Polish Antyczna Moc Portuguese Brazil Poder Antigo Portugal Poder Antigo Serbian Drevna Moć Spanish Poder Pasado

Variations of the move AncientPower
AncientPower • Silver Wind • Ominous Wind

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