Orichalcum Pulse (Ability)

Orichalcum Pulse	ひひいろのこどう
	Hihiirokane Pulse
Flavor text Generation IX Turns the sunlight harsh when the Pokémon enters a battle. The ancient pulse thrumming through the Pokémon also boosts its Attack stat in harsh sunlight.

Orichalcum Pulse (Japanese: ひひいろのこどう Hihiirokane Pulse) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature Ability of Koraidon.

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• Effect
  • In battle
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Orichalcum Pulse
• Trivia
• In other languages

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Effect

In battle

Orichalcum Pulse summons harsh sunlight in battle as soon as a Pokémon with Orichalcum Pulse enters the battle. Its effects are the same as the move Sunny Day, which lasts for five turns. This can be extended to eight turns if the Pokémon is holding a Heat Rock.

Orichalcum Pulse also boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat by roughly 33% (or more precisely, by a factor of 5461/4096) in harsh sunlight. This boost will occur even if the Pokémon is holding a Utility Umbrella.

Orichalcum Pulse displays a message when the Pokémon enters the battle, even if there already is harsh sunlight. However, if harsh sunlight is summoned or has faded while a Pokémon with Orichalcum Pulse already is in battle, no message is displayed (contrary to Protosynthesis).

Skill Swap fails if either Pokémon has Orichalcum Pulse. Trace can copy Orichalcum Pulse. Role Play, Entrainment, and Doodle all fail when used on a target with Orichalcum Pulse. Orichalcum Pulse is affected by Simple Beam, Mummy, and Lingering Aroma.

Orichalcum Pulse will fail if overworld weather is present.

Outside of battle

Orichalcum Pulse has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Orichalcum Pulse

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
1007		Koraidon	Fighting	Dragon	Orichalcum Pulse	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

Trivia

• Orichalcum Pulse's name refers to orichalcum, a mythological metal found in ancient Greek texts.
  • Orichalcum Pulse's Japanese name refers to hihiirokane, a legendary metal found in Japanese texts and said to be harder than diamonds and to never rust. The word can also be spelled in kanji as 日緋色金 hihiirokane, meaning sun-scarlet metal, possibly referencing the Ability's effect to set up harsh sunlight and Koraidon's status as the game mascot of Pokémon Scarlet.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	緋紅脈動 Fēihùhng Mahkduhng
	Mandarin	緋紅脈動 / 绯红脉动 Fēihóng Màidòng
French		Pouls Orichalque
German		Orichalkum-Puls
Italian		Ritmo d’Oricalco
Korean		진홍빛고동 Jinhong-bit Godong
Spanish		Latido Oricalco

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.