Assurance (move)

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Assurance
ダメおし Make Sure
If the foe has already taken some damage in the same turn, this attack's power is doubled.
Battles
Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0
Points double if last to appeal.
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earns double the score on the final performance.

Assurance (Japanese: ダメおし Make Sure) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Contents

Effect

Assurance inflicts damage and will deal double damage if the foe has already received damage on the turn it is used.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
015 Beedrill Bug Poison 34
019 Rattata Normal 25
020 Raticate Normal 29
021 Spearow Normal Flying 29
022 Fearow Normal Flying 35
052 Meowth Normal 41
053 Persian Normal 49
056 Mankey Fighting 25
057 Primeape Fighting 25
109 Koffing Poison 15
110 Weezing Poison 15
197 Umbreon Dark 43
198 Murkrow Dark Flying 25
203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 28
232 Donphan Ground 31
261 Poochyena Dark 29
262 Mightyena Dark 32
318 Carvanha Water Dark 26
319 Sharpedo Water Dark 26
408 Cranidos Rock 24
409 Rampardos Rock 24
461 Weavile Dark Ice --
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
142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Spearow, Fearow
Murkrow, Honchkrow
227 Skarmory Steel Flying Spearow, Fearow
Murkrow, Honchkrow
246 Larvitar Rock Ground Cranidos, Rampardos
336 Seviper Poison Rattata, Raticate
Meowth, Persian
Mankey, Primeape
Umbreon
Girafarig
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Absol
Glameow, Purugly
Weavile
359 Absol Dark Rattata, Raticate
Meowth, Persian
Mankey, Primeape
Umbreon
Girafarig
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Seviper
Glameow, Purugly
Weavile
431 Glameow Normal Rattata, Raticate
Meowth, Persian
Mankey, Primeape
Umbreon
Girafarig
Donphan
Poochyena, Mightyena
Seviper
Absol
Weavile
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.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Buena Baza
  • German: Gewissheit
  • Italian: Garanzia


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