Last-Ditch Effort (skill)

Last-Ditch Effort	さいごのちから
	Last Stand
Skill Increases damage when things are looking desperate.

Last-Ditch Effort (Japanese: さいごのちから Last Stand) is a skill in Pokémon Shuffle.

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• Activation
• Effect
  • Skill level growth
• Pokémon with this skill
• Version history
• In other languages

Activation

This skill activates only when the "moves" counter reads 3 or fewer in a move-based stage, or the time counter reads 00:10 (or 10 seconds) or fewer in a time-based stage.

• In move-based stages, note that the counter decrements when the player makes a move, and the skill then checks the counter after this decrement. Threfore, the player effectively has 4 opportunities to use Last-Ditch Effort, when the move counter reads 3, 2, 1, or 0.
• During the window, if an enemy disruption causes matches to occur, then it is possible for Last-Ditch Effort to trigger additional activations.
• In time-based stages, it is possible to trigger Last-Ditch Effort several times by making a move, forcing the board to settle quickly, and making another move, all within the final 10 seconds of the stage.

Effect

When activated, this skill multiplies the damage of the initial match only.

Other damage multipliers, such as those based on match size, type matchups, or status conditions, are applied as usual. See Pokémon Shuffle → Damage for more details.

Skill level growth

Increasing skill level will increase the damage dealt by the initial match.

Skill Level	Skill Points		Activation rate (Match of X)			Damage
	Total	To next	3	4	5
1	—	5	50%	100%	100%	5×
2	5	15				6×
3	20	20				7.5×
4	40	60				10×
5	100	—				15×

Pokémon with this skill

Icon	Pokémon	Type	Max Attack Power	Swap?	PSB drops
	Victini	Psychic	145	✔	N/A
	Lickitung	Normal	120	✘	Main stage 686
	Zygarde Complete Forme	Dragon	120	✔	Ultra Challenge (Week 11)
	Heatran	Fire	115	✘	N/A
	Genesect Shiny	Bug	115	✘	N/A
	Conkeldurr	Fighting	110	✘	Main stage 588
	Regirock	Rock	110	✘	Great Challenge (Week 4)
	Dusknoir	Ghost	110	✘	Great Challenge (Week 18)
	Seismitoad	Water	110	✘	Main stage 657
	Walrein	Ice	110	✔	N/A
	Hippowdon Male	Ground	105	✘	Main stage 616
	Jigglypuff	Fairy	105	✔	N/A
	Skuntank	Poison	105	✘	N/A
	Scrafty	Dark	105	✘	N/A
	Bastiodon	Rock	105	✘	N/A
	Dartrix	Grass	105	✘	N/A
	Torracat	Fire	105	✘	N/A
	Brionne	Water	105	✘	N/A
	Pikachu Surprised	Electric	100	✘	N/A
	Grimer Alola Form	Dark	100	✘	N/A
	Spearow	Flying	100	✘	N/A
	Lombre	Grass	100	✘	N/A
	Roggenrola	Rock	90	✘	N/A
	Kakuna	Poison	90	✘	N/A
	Horsea	Water	90	✘	N/A

Version history

Version	Release date	Changes
1.4.6 (3DS) v1.10 (Mobile)	April 4, 2017 (3DS) April 5, 2017 (Mobile)	Increases the base damage multiplier and effect growth of Last-Ditch Effort: base damage multiplier: 2× → 5× effect growth: 2.4×/3×/4×/6× → 6×/7.5×/10×/15×
1.5.0 (3DS)	January 9, 2018	Changes the description of Last-Ditch Effort: old: "Attacks do more damage when things are looking desperate." new: "Increases damage when things are looking desperate."

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Dernières Forces
German		Letzte Kraft
Italian		Ultima risorsa
Spanish		Último Esfuerzo

This article is missing names in other languages. Please feel free to edit this article to add the missing names and complete it.

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