Sturdy (Ability)

Sturdy	がんじょう
	Sturdy
Flavor text Generation III Negates 1-hit KO attacks. Generation IV The Pokémon is protected against 1-hit KO attacks. Generation V It cannot be knocked out with one hit. Generation VI It cannot be knocked out with one hit. Generation VII It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either. Generation VIII It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either. Generation IX The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out.

Sturdy (Japanese: がんじょう Sturdy) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generations III and IV

Sturdy makes the Pokémon unaffected by one-hit knockout moves.

Generation V onward

In addition to Sturdy's previous effect, Sturdy now works like a Focus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1 HP remaining if another Pokémon's attack or confusion damage would have brought it from full health to 0 HP. Sturdy will activate as long as a Pokémon has full HP before the attack, and therefore it can activate multiple times if the Pokémon is brought back to full health, or if the Pokémon has a maximum of 1 HP.

If a Pokémon with Sturdy is holding a Focus Sash, Sturdy will activate first. A Pokémon with Mold Breaker will ignore Sturdy. When a multi-strike move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect can only activate for hits while the user has full HP. Destiny Bond and Perish Song will not cause Sturdy to activate.

Outside of battle

Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Sturdy

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Geodude	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Geodude Alolan Form	Rock	Electric	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Galvanize
	Graveler	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Graveler Alolan Form	Rock	Electric	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Galvanize
	Golem	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sand Veil
	Golem Alolan Form	Rock	Electric	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Galvanize
	Magnemite	Electric	Steel	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Analytic
	Magneton	Electric	Steel	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Analytic
	Onix	Rock	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Weak Armor
	Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Rattled
	Pineco	Bug		Bug	Sturdy	None	Overcoat
	Forretress	Bug	Steel	Sturdy	None	Overcoat
	Steelix	Steel	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sheer Force
	Shuckle	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Gluttony	Contrary
	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	Keen Eye	Sturdy	Weak Armor
	Donphan	Ground		Ground	Sturdy	None	Sand Veil
	Nosepass	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Magnet Pull	Sand Force
	Aron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
	Lairon	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
	Aggron	Steel	Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Heavy Metal
	Relicanth	Water	Rock	Swift Swim	Rock Head	Sturdy
	Regirock	Rock		Rock	Clear Body	None	Sturdy
	Shieldon	Rock	Steel	Sturdy	None	Soundproof
	Bastiodon	Rock	Steel	Sturdy	None	Soundproof
	Bonsly	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Rock Head	Rattled
	Magnezone	Electric	Steel	Magnet Pull	Sturdy	Analytic
	Probopass	Rock	Steel	Sturdy	Magnet Pull	Sand Force
	Roggenrola	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Weak Armor	Sand Force
	Boldore	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Weak Armor	Sand Force
	Gigalith	Rock		Rock	Sturdy	Sand Stream	Sand Force
	Sawk	Fighting		Fighting	Sturdy	Inner Focus	Mold Breaker
	Dwebble	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Crustle	Bug	Rock	Sturdy	Shell Armor	Weak Armor
	Tirtouga	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
	Carracosta	Water	Rock	Solid Rock	Sturdy	Swift Swim
	Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon	Strong Jaw	None	Sturdy
	Carbink	Rock	Fairy	Clear Body	None	Sturdy
	Bergmite	Ice		Ice	Own Tempo	Ice Body	Sturdy
	Avalugg	Ice		Ice	Own Tempo	Ice Body	Sturdy
	Avalugg Hisuian Form	Ice	Rock	Strong Jaw	Ice Body	Sturdy
	Togedemaru	Electric	Steel	Iron Barbs	Lightning Rod	Sturdy
	Cosmoem	Psychic		Psychic	Sturdy	None	None
	Nacli	Rock		Rock	Purifying Salt	Sturdy	Clear Body
	Naclstack	Rock		Rock	Purifying Salt	Sturdy	Clear Body
	Garganacl	Rock		Rock	Purifying Salt	Sturdy	Clear Body
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation IX games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later. For Generation VIII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IX or later.

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Sturdy is Crustle's Ability. It increases the user's Defense and Special Defense (based on the user's level) for every 7% of the HP they are missing, up to 70%.

Description

Games Description MDRB Blocks one-hit KO moves. MDTDS Blocks one-hit KO moves on the Pokémon. BSL いちげきで たおれてしまう わざを うけない Conq. The Pokémon is protected against 1-hit KO attacks. MDGtI If the Pokémon's HP is full, no matter how much damage it takes, it will be left with 1 HP.* If the Pokémon's HP is full, it will be left with 1 HP when it takes damage that would normally make it faint! It also protects the Pokémon from one-hit KO moves like Fissure!* SMD If the Pokémon's HP is full, moves that would defeat the Pokémon instead leave the Pokémon with 1 HP! MDRTDX If the Pokémon's HP is full, moves that would defeat the Pokémon instead leave the Pokémon with 1 HP. This is also effective against moves like Fissure that can cause Pokémon to faint with a single hit.

In the anime

Dwebble	Roggenrola	Boldore
The Pokémon is prevented from being knocked out after being hit by a strong move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Dwebble	When Dwebble is hit with a powerful attack, it pulls its body into its shell. When it comes out, it doesn't have any damage on it at all.
Cilan's Dwebble	A Connoisseur's Revenge!		Debut
Roggenrola	When Roggenrola is hit with a powerful attack, it doesn't get hurt much from it. Also, when Roggenrola is hit with a one-hit knockout move, it stays in its place and does nothing. The move is then canceled on the spot.
Ash's Roggenrola	Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!		None
Boldore	When Boldore is hit with a one-hit knockout move, it stays in its place and does nothing.
Ash's Boldore	Battling the King of the Mines!		None

In the manga

Be the Best! Pokémon B+W

	Roggenrola
The Pokémon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Roggenrola	Roggenrola withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining.
Monta's Roggenrola	The Key to Triple Battles		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

	Lairon and Donphan
The Pokémon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Lairon	Lairon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit.
Sapphire's Rono	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X		Debut
Donphan	Donphan withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit.
Sapphire's Phado	The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X		Debut

• In Just My Luck...Shuckle, Lucy's Shuckle was revealed to have Sturdy as her Ability by Emerald's Pokédex.
• In volume 25, Yellow's Golem, Gravvy, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
• In volume 40, Diamond's Bastiodon, Don, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
• In volume 42, Gold's Sudowoodo, Sudobo, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
• Giovanni's Golem was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• The Pokémon Association's Pineco, Carr's Forretress, Burgh's Dwebble, Marshal's Sawk, and Cheren's Gigalith are revealed to have Sturdy as their Ability.

Trivia

• Every generation has introduced a Pokémon, or a new form of a Pokémon, that can have this ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 結實 Gitsaht Mandarin 結實 / 结实 Jiēshi Dutch Stoer Finnish Jämäkkyys French Fermeté German Robustheit Hindi डटे रेह्ना Datte Rehna Indonesian Keras Italian Vigore Korean 옹골참 Onggolcham Polish Wytrwałość Portuguese Brazil Robustez (UNITE, TCG, manga) Forte (BW034) Vigor (BW019) Portugal Robustez Russian Выносливость Vynoslivost' Spanish Latin America Resistencia Spain Robustez Vietnamese Cứng cáp Mạnh mẽ

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