Solar Power (Ability)

Solar Power	サンパワー
	Sun Power
Flavor text Generation III Generation IV Boosts Sp. Atk, but lowers HP in sunshine. Generation V In sunshine, Sp. Atk is boosted but HP decreases.

Solar Power (Japanese: サンパワー Sun Power) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Six Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

In sunshine, Solar Power raises the Special Attack stat 1.5×, but lowers the user's HP by 1/8 of its maximum HP at the end of each turn.

Outside of battle

Solar Power has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Solar Power

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Charmander	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Solar Power
	Charmeleon	Fire		Fire	Blaze	None	Solar Power
	Charizard	Fire	Flying	Blaze	None	Solar Power
	Sunkern	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
	Sunflora	Grass		Grass	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Early Bird
	Tropius	Grass	Flying	Chlorophyll	Solar Power	Harvest
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.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 太陽能量 Tàiyáng Néngliàng French Force Soleil German Solarkraft Italian Solarpotere Korean 선파워 Sun Power Portuguese Poder Solar Spanish Poder Solar

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