Sniper (Ability)

Sniper	スナイパー
	Sniper
Flavor text Generation III Generation IV Powers up moves if they become critical hits. Generation V Powers up moves if they become critical hits.

Sniper (Japanese: スナイパー Sniper) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Twelve Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Critical hits will do 3× damage instead of 2×.

Outside of battle

Sniper has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Sniper

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Beedrill	Bug	Poison	Swarm	None	Sniper
	Spearow	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Sniper
	Fearow	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Sniper
	Horsea	Water		Water	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
	Seadra	Water		Water	Poison Point	Sniper	Damp
	Spinarak	Bug	Poison	Swarm	Insomnia	Sniper
	Ariados	Bug	Poison	Swarm	Insomnia	Sniper
	Remoraid	Water		Water	Hustle	Sniper	Moody
	Octillery	Water		Water	Suction Cups	Sniper	Moody
	Kingdra	Water	Dragon	Swift Swim	Sniper	Damp
	Skorupi	Poison	Bug	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
	Drapion	Poison	Dark	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
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

• All Pokémon that can have Sniper can learn at least Focus Energy or at least one move with a high critical-hit ratio.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 狙擊手 Jūjíshǒu French Sniper German Superschütze Italian Cecchino Korean 스나이퍼 Sniper Portuguese Franco-Atirador Spanish Francotirad.

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