Sharpen (move)

Sharpen かくばる Improve Angles

The user reduces its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.

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

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

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

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Earn double the score in the next turn.

Sharpen on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sharpen on Eevee's Movedex

Sharpen (Japanese: かくばる Improve Angles) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Porygon.

Effect

Sharpen increases the user's Attack stat by one stage. Sharpen will do nothing if the user's attack has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 137 Porygon Normal -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 137 Porygon Normal 24 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 event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 095 OnixLv 5 Rock Ground New York City 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 137 Porygon Normal 24 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 137 Porygon Normal -- 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

	Porygon
The user reduces its polygon count to make itself more jagged.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Porygon	Porygon glows white and then its nose gets sharp or it turns into a hammer or a shield.
Team Rocket's Porygon	Electric Soldier Porygon		Debut
Dr. Akihabara's Porygon	Electric Soldier Porygon		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Afilar
• German: Schärfer
• Portuguese: Sharpen
• French: Affûtage
• Korean: 각지기 kākjiki
• Italian: Affilatore

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.