Sharpness (Ability)

Sharpness (Japanese: きれあじ Sharpness) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX.

Effect

In battle

Sharpness boosts the strength of slicing moves used by a Pokémon with this Ability by 50%.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Sharpness, as well as the Pokémon that can have Sharpness and learn those moves.

Move Type Cat. Power and Boost Learned by Aerial Ace  Flying  Physical 60 90 {{{6}}} Air Cutter  Flying  Special 60 90 {{{6}}} Air Slash  Flying  Special 75 112.5 {{{6}}} Aqua Cutter  Water  Physical 70 105 {{{6}}} Ceaseless Edge  Dark  Physical 65 97.5 {{{6}}} Fury Cutter  Bug  Physical 40 60 {{{6}}} Leaf Blade  Grass  Physical 90 135 {{{6}}} Night Slash  Dark  Physical 70 105 {{{6}}} Psycho Cut  Psychic  Physical 70 105 {{{6}}} Razor Shell  Water  Physical 75 112.5 {{{6}}} Sacred Sword  Fighting  Physical 90 135 {{{6}}} Slash  Normal  Physical 70 105 {{{6}}} Solar Blade  Grass  Physical 125 187.5 {{{6}}} Stone Axe  Rock  Physical 65 97.5 {{{6}}} X-Scissor  Bug  Physical 80 120 {{{6}}}

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Sharpness. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Sharpness by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Outside of battle

Sharpness has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Sharpness

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0475		Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	Steadfast	SharpnessGen IX+	Justified
0503		Samurott Hisuian Form	Water	Dark	Torrent	None	SharpnessGen IX+
0900		Kleavor	Bug	Rock	Swarm	Sheer Force	SharpnessGen IX+
0976		Veluza	Water	Psychic	Mold Breaker	None	Sharpness
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.

• In Pokémon Legends: Arceus's internal code, Hisuian Samurott's Hidden Ability is Shell Armor instead of Sharpness, and Kleavor's Hidden Ability is Steadfast instead of Sharpness.

Trivia

• Due to their English names differing from their Japanese names, the English names of several slicing moves obscure why they are categorized as such.
  • Aerial Ace's Japanese name is つばめがえし Swallow Return, referring to a sword technique.
  • Population Bomb's name in Japanese is ネズミざん Nezumizan, which can be read as both ねずみ算 nezumizan (to multiply like mice; literally "mouse mathematics", a common arithmetic problem) and ねずみ斬 nezumizan (mouse cut).

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鋒銳 Fūngyeui Mandarin 鋒銳 / 锋锐 Fēngruì French Incisif German Scharfkantig Italian Affilama Korean 예리함 Yeriham Spanish Cortante Vietnamese Sắc Bén

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.