Serene Grace (ability)

Serene Grace (Japanese: てんのめぐみ Heavenly Blessing) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Twelve Pokémon have this Ability. All non-legendary Pokémon with this Ability are part Normal-type.

Effect

In battle

Serene Grace will double the chance of a move having an additional effect. For example, Psychic will have a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat instead of its usual 10% chance, and Rock Smash will always lower an opponent's Defense by 1 level, as opposed to having a 50% chance of doing so. It does not, however, improve the chance of item effects.

Affected moves

The Ability affects the following moves:

Move Type Cat. Pokémon learned by* Acid  Poison  Special Air Slash  Flying  Special AncientPower  Rock  Special Astonish  Ghost  Physical Aurora Beam  Ice  Special Bite  Dark  Physical Blaze Kick  Fire  Physical Blizzard  Ice  Special Blue Flare  Fire  Special Body Slam  Normal  Physical Bolt Strike  Electric  Physical Bone Club  Ground  Physical Bounce  Flying  Physical Bubble  Water  Special BubbleBeam  Water  Special Bug Buzz  Bug  Special Charge Beam  Electric  Special Chatter  Flying  Special Confusion  Psychic  Special Constrict  Normal  Physical Cross Poison  Poison  Physical Crunch  Dark  Physical Crush Claw  Normal  Physical Dark Pulse  Dark  Special Discharge  Electric  Special Dizzy Punch  Normal  Physical Dragon Rush  Dragon  Physical DragonBreath  Dragon  Special Earth Power  Ground  Special Ember  Fire  Special Energy Ball  Grass  Special Extrasensory  Psychic  Special Fiery Dance  Fire  Special Fire Blast  Fire  Special Fire Fang  Fire  Physical Fire Punch  Fire  Physical Flame Wheel  Fire  Physical Flamethrower  Fire  Special Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical Flash Cannon  Steel  Special Focus Blast  Fighting  Special Force Palm  Fighting  Physical Freeze Shock  Ice  Physical Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical Headbutt  Normal  Physical Heart Stamp  Psychic  Physical Heat Wave  Fire  Special Hurricane  Flying  Special Hyper Fang  Normal  Physical Ice Beam  Ice  Special Ice Burn  Ice  Special Ice Fang  Ice  Physical Ice Punch  Ice  Physical Icicle Crash  Ice  Physical Iron Head  Steel  Physical Iron Tail  Steel  Physical Lava Plume  Fire  Special Leaf Tornado  Grass  Special Lick  Ghost  Physical Luster Purge  Psychic  Special Metal Claw  Steel  Physical Meteor Mash  Steel  Physical Mirror Shot  Steel  Special Mist Ball  Psychic  Special Mud Bomb  Ground  Special Muddy Water  Water  Special Nature Power  Normal  Status Needle Arm  Grass  Physical Night Daze  Dark  Special Octazooka  Water  Special Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special Poison Fang  Poison  Physical Poison Jab  Poison  Physical Poison Sting  Poison  Physical Poison Tail  Poison  Physical Powder Snow  Ice  Special Psybeam  Psychic  Special Psychic  Psychic  Special Razor Shell  Water  Physical Relic Song  Normal  Special Rock Climb  Normal  Physical Rock Slide  Rock  Physical Rock Smash  Fighting  Physical Rolling Kick  Fighting  Physical Sacred Fire  Fire  Physical Scald  Water  Special Searing Shot  Fire  Special Secret Power  Normal  Physical Seed Flare  Grass  Special Shadow Ball  Ghost  Special Signal Beam  Bug  Special Silver Wind  Bug  Special Sky Attack  Flying  Physical * Sludge  Poison  Special Sludge Bomb  Poison  Special Sludge Wave  Poison  Special Smog  Poison  Special Snore  Normal  Special Spark  Electric  Physical Steamroller  Bug  Physical Steel Wing  Steel  Physical Stomp  Normal  Physical Thunder  Electric  Special Thunder Fang  Electric  Physical Thunderbolt  Electric  Special ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical ThunderShock  Electric  Special Tri Attack  Normal  Special *** Twineedle  Bug  Physical Twister  Dragon  Special Water Pulse  Water  Special Waterfall  Water  Physical Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical

Outside of battle

Serene Grace has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Serene Grace

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Chansey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
	Togepi	Normal		Normal	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
	Togetic	Normal	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
	Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
	Blissey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
	Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	Serene Grace	None	None
	Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
	Togekiss	Normal	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
	Shaymin	Grass	Flying	Serene Grace	None	None
	Deerling	Normal	Grass	Chlorophyll	Sap Sipper	Serene Grace
	Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	Chlorophyll	Sap Sipper	Serene Grace
	Meloetta	Normal	Psychic	Serene Grace	None	None
	Meloetta	Normal	Fighting	Serene Grace	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Jirachi, Dunsparce, Meloetta and Shaymin are the only Pokémon that can have Serene Grace that do not have evolutionary relatives. Of the four, only Dunsparce is not a legendary Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 天恩 Tiān'ēn French Sérénité German Edelmut Greek Γαλήνια Χάρη Italian Leggiadro Korean 하늘의 은총 Haneul-yi Eunchong Portuguese Graça Serena Spanish Dicha

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