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Sharpen (move)

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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
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 (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.

Contents

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
137 137 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
137 137 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
095 095 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
137 137 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
137 137 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


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.
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