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Sturdy
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がんじょう
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Sturdy
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Sturdy (Japanese: がんじょう Sturdy) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Thirty-two Pokémon have this ability.
Effect
In battle
Generations III and IV
Sturdy negates one-hit knockout moves.
Generation V
In addition to Sturdy's previous effect, Sturdy now works like a Focus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1 HP remaining if an attack's hit would have brought it from full health to 0 HP. Sturdy will activate as long as a Pokémon has full HP, and can therefore be used multiple times if brought back to full health. If a Pokémon with Sturdy is holding a Focus Sash, Sturdy will activate first. Final Gambit will not faint a Pokémon with Sturdy.
Multi-hit moves can break through Sturdy, like the Focus Sash. When a multi-hit move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect activates only for the move's first hit, not the entire move.
If Sturdy is somehow obtained on a Pokémon with a max HP of 1, it will continuously be able to activate.
Outside of battle
Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Sturdy
In the anime
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The user is prevented from being knocked out after being hit with a super-effective move.
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Pokémon
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Method
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User
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First Used In
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Notes
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Dwebble withdraws into its rock after being hit with a super-effective move.
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Cilan's Dwebble
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BW019
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Debut
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In other languages
- French: Fermeté
- German: Robustheit
- Italian: Vigore
- Korean: 옹골참 Onggolcham
- Portuguese: Fortificar
- Spanish: Robustez