Sheer Force (Ability): Difference between revisions

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Sheer Force (Japanese: ちからずく Sheer Force) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Sheer Force raises the base power of all damaging moves that have any additional effects by approximately 30% (a multiplier of 5325/4096), but their additional effects are ignored. Sheer Force boosts Order Up even if Commander is not activated, and increases to stats (if any) apply normally.

Reducing the target's stats, increasing the user's stats, inflicting a status condition on the target (volatile or otherwise, but excluding bound), and causing the target to flinch are all considered additional effects, so damaging moves that have a chance (up to and including a 100% chance) to cause these effects will have their power increased, in exchange for ignoring whatever chance they had to cause these effects. Furthermore, Anchor Shot, Ceaseless Edge, Eerie Spell, Genesis Supernova, Secret Power, Sparkling Aria, Spirit Shackle, and Stone Axe are explicitly considered to have added effects that can be removed by Sheer Force. However, Thousand Waves, whose effect is otherwise identical to Anchor Shot and Spirit Shackle, is not.

Sheer Force does not consider recoil or decreasing the user's own stats to be additional effects. Properties of moves—such as having a high critical-hit ratio, being unable to miss, having variable power or powering up, or having a charging turn, among others—are not considered additional effects. Moves that have one of these properties in addition to an additional effect will be powered up and only the additional effect will be negated. For example, Flare Blitz inflicts recoil damage to the user, but also has an additional effect to burn; if the user has Sheer Force, Flare Blitz's damage will be boosted by 30% and the user will take recoil damage, but it cannot burn the target. Effects of Fling caused by holding specific items are not considered additional effects for the purposes of Sheer Force. Scale Shot is not considered to have additional effects for the purposes of Sheer Force.

If (and only if) a move is boosted by the effect of Sheer Force, several effects that normally happen after attacking will be skipped. This includes the effects of Eject Button, Red Card, Shell Bell, Kee Berry, and Maranga Berry; the recoil damage from Life Orb; the Abilities Color Change, Pickpocket, Wimp Out, Emergency Exit, Berserk and Anger Shell; as well as Meloetta's opportunity to switch forms if it acquires Sheer Force and uses Relic Song. Other effects are not negated this way; therefore, if a Pokémon with Sheer Force holding a Life Orb uses a move boosted by Sheer Force, it will gain the passive damage boost (because it isn't a secondary effect of the move nor is it on the list of skipped effects), but the Pokémon will not be damaged by the Life Orb.

Sheer Force does not affect Max Moves, neither powering them up nor removing their secondary effects.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Sheer Force, as well as the Pokémon that can have Sheer Force and learn those moves.

Move Type Cat. Power and Boost Learned by Air Slash  Flying  Special 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Ancient Power  Rock  Special 60 78 * {{{6}}} Astonish  Ghost  Physical 30 39 {{{6}}} Bite  Dark  Physical 60 78 {{{6}}} Blizzard  Ice  Special 110 143 {{{6}}} Body Slam  Normal  Physical 85 110.5 {{{6}}} Bounce  Flying  Physical 85 110.5 {{{6}}} Breaking Swipe  Dragon  Physical 60 78 {{{6}}} Bubble  Water  Special 40 52 {{{6}}} Bubble Beam  Water  Special 65 84.5 ** {{{6}}} Bug Buzz  Bug  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Bulldoze  Ground  Physical 60 78 {{{6}}} Burning Jealousy  Fire  Special 70 91 {{{6}}} Charge Beam  Electric  Special 50 65 ** {{{6}}} Chilling Water  Water  Special 50 65 {{{6}}} Confusion  Psychic  Special 50 65 {{{6}}} Crunch  Dark  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}} Crush Claw  Normal  Physical 75 97.5 * {{{6}}} Dark Pulse  Dark  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Dragon Rush  Dragon  Physical 100 130 {{{6}}} Dragon Breath  Dragon  Special 60 78 {{{6}}} Dynamic Punch  Fighting  Physical 100 130 ****** {{{6}}} Earth Power  Ground  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Ember  Fire  Special 40 52 {{{6}}} Esper Wing  Psychic  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Extrasensory  Psychic  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Fake Out  Normal  Physical 40 52 {{{6}}} Fire Blast  Fire  Special 110 143 {{{6}}} Fire Fang  Fire  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Fire Punch  Fire  Physical 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Flame Charge  Fire  Physical 50 65 * {{{6}}} Flame Wheel  Fire  Physical 60 78 {{{6}}} Flamethrower  Fire  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical 120 156 {{{6}}} Flash Cannon  Steel  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Focus Blast  Fighting  Special 120 156 {{{6}}} Force Palm  Fighting  Physical 60 78 *** {{{6}}} Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical 120 156 {{{6}}} Headbutt  Normal  Physical 70 91 ******* {{{6}}} Heat Wave  Fire  Special 95 123.5 {{{6}}} Hurricane  Flying  Special 110 143 {{{6}}} Ice Beam  Ice  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Ice Fang  Ice  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Ice Punch  Ice  Physical 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Icicle Crash  Ice  Physical 85 110.5 {{{6}}} Icy Wind  Ice  Special 55 71.5 {{{6}}} Iron Head  Steel  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}} Iron Tail  Steel  Physical 100 130 {{{6}}} Lava Plume  Fire  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Liquidation  Water  Physical 85 110.5 {{{6}}} Low Sweep  Fighting  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Metal Claw  Steel  Physical 50 65 {{{6}}} Mud Bomb  Ground  Special 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Mud Shot  Ground  Special 55 71.5 {{{6}}} Mud-Slap  Ground  Special 20 26 ********** {{{6}}} Mystical Fire  Fire  Special 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Play Rough  Fairy  Physical 90 117 {{{6}}} Poison Fang  Poison  Physical 50 65 * {{{6}}} Poison Jab  Poison  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}} Poison Sting  Poison  Physical 15 19.5 {{{6}}} Poison Tail  Poison  Physical 50 65 {{{6}}} Pounce  Bug  Physical 50 65 {{{6}}} Power-Up Punch  Fighting  Physical 40 52 ********* ** {{{6}}} Psybeam  Psychic  Special 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Psychic  Psychic  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Psychic Noise  Psychic  Special 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Razor Shell  Water  Physical 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Rock Climb  Normal  Physical 90 117 * {{{6}}} Rock Slide  Rock  Physical 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Rock Smash  Fighting  Physical 40 52 ************ ********* * {{{6}}} Rock Tomb  Rock  Physical 60 78 {{{6}}} Sandsear Storm  Ground  Special 100 130 {{{6}}} Scald  Water  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Scorching Sands  Ground  Special 70 91 {{{6}}} Secret Power  Normal  Physical 70 91 {{{6}}} Shadow Ball  Ghost  Special 80 104 {{{6}}} Signal Beam  Bug  Special 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Sky Attack  Flying  Physical 140 182 {{{6}}} Sludge Bomb  Poison  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Sludge Wave  Poison  Special 95 123.5 {{{6}}} Snarl  Dark  Special 55 71.5 {{{6}}} Snore  Normal  Special 50 65 {{{6}}} Steel Wing  Steel  Physical 70 91 {{{6}}} Stomp  Normal  Physical 65 84.5 * {{{6}}} Stone Axe  Rock  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Struggle Bug  Bug  Special 50 65 * {{{6}}} Throat Chop  Dark  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}} Thunder  Electric  Special 110 143 {{{6}}} Thunder Fang  Electric  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Thunderbolt  Electric  Special 90 117 {{{6}}} Thunder Punch  Electric  Physical 75 97.5 {{{6}}} Trailblaze  Grass  Physical 50 65 {{{6}}} Twister  Dragon  Special 40 52 * {{{6}}} Upper Hand  Fighting  Physical 65 84.5 {{{6}}} Water Pulse  Water  Special 60 78 ***** {{{6}}} Waterfall  Water  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}} Zap Cannon  Electric  Special 120 156 * {{{6}}} Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical 80 104 {{{6}}}

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Sheer Force. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Mirror Move, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Sheer Force by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.