Assurance (move)

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}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

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

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Assurance on Eevee's Movedex

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

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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