Power Gem (move)

Power Gem パワージェム Power Gem

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Battles Type  Rock Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TR63 in Pokémon Sword and Shield

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Power Gem (Japanese: パワージェム Power Gem) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR63 in Generation VIII.

Effect

Generations IV and V

Power Gem inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation VI

Power Gem's power changed from 70 to 80.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Special PP  10 Agile Strong Power  80  60  100 Accuracy  100%  100%  100% Action speed modifier Self  0  0  +5 Target  0  +3  0 Additional effect    ?  ?    ?  ?    ?  ? None

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSSPBR BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwShBDSPLA The user attacks with a ray of light that sparkles as if it were made of gemstones.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
053		Persian		Field		Field	32	32	32	32	1, Evo.
053		Persian Alolan Form		Field		Field				32	1, Evo.SwSh
120		Staryu		Water 3		Water 3	46	51BW 43B2W2	43XY 37ORAS	37	36
121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3					1
179		Mareep		Monster	Field	41	50BW 29B2W2	29	29	29BDSP
180		Flaaffy		Monster	Field	47	59BW 34B2W2	34	34	34BDSP
181		Ampharos		Monster	Field	59	71BW 35B2W2	35	35	35BDSP
199		Slowking		Monster	Water 1	1PtHGSS	1	1	1	1
199		Slowking Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1					1SwSh
200		Misdreavus		Amorphous		Amorphous	50PtHGSS	55	55	55	55BDSP 34LA
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3	44	44BW 41B2W2	41	41	40
222		Corsola Galarian Form		Water 1	Water 3					40SwSh
299		Nosepass		Mineral		Mineral	49PtHGSS	49BW 32B2W2	32XY 25ORAS	25	25BDSP 34LA
302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like	43	43	43XY 36ORAS	36	39
325		Spoink		Field		Field	46	48BW 33B2W2	33XY 29ORAS	29	29BDSP
326		Grumpig		Field		Field	55	60BW 35B2W2	35XY 29ORAS	29	29BDSP
337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral				1
416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug	21	21BW 25B2W2	25	25	32SwShBDSP 34LA
429		Mismagius		Amorphous		Amorphous			1	1	1BDSP 34LA
476		Probopass		Mineral		Mineral	49PtHGSS	49BW 32B2W2	32XY 25ORAS	25	25BDSP 34LA
483		Dialga		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	19HGSS	19	19	19	56SwSh 64BDSP 27LA
484		Palkia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	19HGSS	19	19	19	56SwSh 64BDSP 27LA
525		Boldore		Mineral		Mineral		25	25	1, Evo.	1, Evo.SwSh
526		Gigalith		Mineral		Mineral		25	25	1	1SwSh
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral			46	46	45SwSh
719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				40	63SwSh
774		Minior		Mineral		Mineral				38
793		Nihilego		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				37	50SwSh
800		Necrozma		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				43	64SwSh
800		Necrozma Dusk Mane		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				43USUM	64SwSh
800		Necrozma Dawn Wings		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				43USUM	64SwSh
864		Cursola		Water 1	Water 3					40SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TR

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I [[|]]	II [[|]]	III [[|]]	IV --	V --	VI --	VII --	VIII TR63
053		Persian		Field		Field					✔SwSh
053		Persian Alolan Form		Field		Field					✔SwSh
120		Staryu		Water 3		Water 3					✔SwSh
121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3					✔SwSh
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
199		Slowking		Monster	Water 1					✔SwSh
199		Slowking Galarian Form		Monster	Water 1					✔SwSh
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3					✔SwSh
222		Corsola Galarian Form		Water 1	Water 3					✔SwSh
302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like					✔SwSh
337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug					✔SwSh
483		Dialga		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
484		Palkia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
525		Boldore		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
526		Gigalith		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
599		Klink		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
600		Klang		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral					✔SwSh
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral					✔SwSh
719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
793		Nihilego		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
800		Necrozma		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					✔SwSh
864		Cursola		Water 1	Water 3					✔SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Power Gem is a move with 12 base power, 88% accuracy, and 15 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, cutting corners.

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description
Special	3	—	100	120	100%	An opponent	—	No additional effect.

Pokémon GO

Power Gem
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 80 Energy cost 50 Duration 2.9 seconds Damage window 1.95 - 2.7 seconds
Trainer Battles Power 80 Energy cost 60 Secondary effect ? Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Charged TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

Updates

Gyms & Raids

• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 40 → 80
  • Energy cost: 33 → 50
  • Damage window: 2 - 2.8 → 1.95 - 2.7 seconds

Description

Games Description MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる MDGtI SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy.

In the anime

Vespiquen	Persian	Carbink	Alolan Persian
The user fires a blast of energy that sparkles as if it were made of gemstones.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Vespiquen	Vespiquen puts her hands together and a glowing orange ball is formed between her hands. She then raises her hands and the ball's size grows dramatically. She then throws the ball at the opponent.
A wild Vespiquen	An Angry Combeenation!		Debut
Persian	The jewel on Persian's forehead glows red and it fires a pale pink beam of energy with a bright white energy around it from the jewel at the opponent.
Giovanni's Persian	Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!		None
A wild Persian	Dreams Are Made of These!		None
Sableye	Small bits of dark pink light come from behind Sableye's back and into the gemstone on its stomach and then the gemstone starts to glow white with a pink outline. Sableye then shoots a pale pink beam from the gemstone at the opponent.
Carrie's Sableye	Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!		None
Carbink	The light-blue crystal on the top of Carbink's head glows light-red, then a big white light shines from the crystal and spins in a clockwise direction, and then a pale pink beam which is surrounded by a white aura shoots towards the opponent from the crystal.
Multiple wild Carbink	A Diamond in the Rough!		None
Persian	The jewel on Alolan Persian's forehead glows white and it fires a light-blue beam of energy with a bright white energy around it from the jewel at the opponent.
A Madame's Pershie	That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬		None
Nanu's Persian	Guiding an Awakening!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Vespiquen	Gigalith
The user launches projectiles that sparkle as if they were made of gemstones.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Vespiquen	Vespiquen waves one of her arms and multiple sharp rocks fly out of her arm and fire at the opponent. When all of the rocks are fired and fall on the ground, they all explode at the same time.
A Roughneck's Vespiquen	Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim I		Debut
Gigalith	Gigalith absorbs energy from the sun. It then fires the collected energy as a beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Cheren's Gigalith	True Friends		None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Despite not being able to learn it in Generation VI, Diancie is seen using Power Gem on X and Y's official website. However, since the battle takes place in a cave, it is possible the move Diancie used was actually Nature Power.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 力量寶石 Lihkleuhng Bóusehk Mandarin 力量寶石 / 力量宝石 Lìliàng Bǎoshí Dutch Kroonjuweel French Rayon Gemme German Juwelenkraft Greek Ακτινοβόλα Κοσμήματα Aktinovóla Kosmímata Indonesian Power Gem Italian Gemmoforza Korean 파워젬 Pawojem Polish Klejnot Siły Portuguese Brazil Gema Poderosa (games, XY092-present, TCG, manga) Joia do Poder (early anime) Portugal Pedra Preciosa Romanian Puterea Giuvaerului Spanish Latin America Gema de Poder (DP032) Joya de Luz (BW096) Spain Joya de Luz Thai พาวเวอร์เจม Vietnamese Bảo Thạch Năng Lượng* Sức Mạnh Đá Quý*

Variations of the move Strength
Strength • Drill Peck • Dragon Claw • Seed Bomb • X-Scissor Dazzling Gleam • Power Gem

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