Superpower (move)

Superpower ばかぢから Great Power

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Superpower on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Superpower on Eevee's Movedex

Superpower (Japanese: ばかぢから Great Power) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Superpower inflicts damage and then lowers the user's Attack stat and Defense stat by one stat level each.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground		43	58				58
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	no			52				52
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			41		43	48
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	no			48		51	57
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			58		63	71
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock	25			25				25
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	25			25				25
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	25			25				25
386		Deoxys Attack Forme	Psychic		Psychic	30			30				30
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal	no			41				41
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water	no			48				48
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal	no			25			no
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no				49
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no				57
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting	no			no				57
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting	no			no				49
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire	no			no				39
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire	no			no				47
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	no			no				--
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no				55
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	no			no				51
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	no
183		Marill	Water		Water
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	no
341		Corphish	Water		Water
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By move tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground						✔	✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground						✔	✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water						✔	✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water						✔	✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug						✔	✔
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire						✔	✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water						✔	✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying						✔	✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔	✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water						✔	✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water						✔	✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water						✔	✔
183		Marill	Water		Water						✔	✔
184		Azumarill	Water		Water						✔	✔
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel						✔	✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground						✔	✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark						✔	✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting						✔	✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water						✔	✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground						✔	✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground						✔	✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting						✔	✔
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting						✔	✔
304		Aron	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock						✔	✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark						✔	✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water						✔	✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark						✔	✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug						✔	✔
359		Absol	Dark		Dark						✔	✔
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice						✔	✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel						✔	✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground						✔	✔
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water						✔	✔
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric						✔	✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock						✔	✔
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying						✔	✔
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground						✔	✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock						✔	✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground						✔	✔
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal						✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 327 Spinda Normal Dream World - Rugged Mountain 359 Absol Dark Dream World - Rugged Mountain 449 Hippopotas Ground Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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

	Totodile
The user becomes outlined in blue and can lift heavy objects.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Totodile	Totodile's body becomes surrounded in a light blue aura. It then picks up a large rock and throws it at the opponent.
Khoury's Totodile	A Rivalry to Gible On!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Regirock
The user strikes the opponent with a powerful punch.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Regirock	Regirock raises one of its hands and strikes the opponent with a powerful punch.
Brandon's Regirock	VS. Regirock		Debut

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing sections and complete it. Reason: missing 3rd gen image(s).

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	DPPt	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Until Pokémon Platinum, no Fighting-type Pokémon could learn Superpower, despite it being a Fighting-type move.
• Superpower's German name is the same as the name for the ability Huge Power in German.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 蠻力 Mánlì French Surpuissance German Kraftkoloss Greek Υπερδύναμη Italian Troppoforte Korean 엄청난힘 Eomcheongnan Him Polish Super Moc Brazilian Portuguese Superpoder Serbian Supermoć Spanish Fuerza Bruta

Variations of the move Superpower
Superpower • Close Combat

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