Technician (Ability): Difference between revisions

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Despite {{m|Struggle}} having a base power of 60 or less, it is not boosted by Technician in Generation IV.
Despite {{m|Struggle}} having a base power of 60 or less, it is not boosted by Technician in Generation IV.
Technician applies after the base power modifiers for double base power moves (such as {{m|Gust}} and {{m|Pursuit}}), {{m|Charge}}, and {{m|Helping Hand}}, so if any of those cause a move's base power to exceed 60, Technician's boost will not apply.


====Generation V====
====Generation V====
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{{m|Struggle}} is now boosted by Technician.
{{m|Struggle}} is now boosted by Technician.
Technician no longer takes into account base power modifiers, but does consider variable base power (e.g. {{m|Rollout}}, {{m|Ice Ball}}, {{m|Gust}}, {{m|Acrobatics}}), which must be 60 or less to be boosted by Technician.


====Affected moves====
====Affected moves====

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