Hard Press (move)

Hard Press ハードプレス Hard Press

Battles Type  Steel Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IX TM225 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Hard Press (Japanese: ハードプレス Hard Press) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is TM225 in Generation IX.

Effect

Hard Press inflicts damage. Its power varies between 1 and 100, and is greater the more HP the target has:

$Power=100\times {\dfrac {CurrentHP_{target}}{MaxHP_{target}}}$

Description

Games Description SV The target is crushed with an arm, a claw, or the like to inflict damage. The more HP the target has left, the greater the move's power.

Learnset

By TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Compatibility
						IX
						SV TM225
0075		Graveler		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0075		Graveler Alolan Form		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0076		Golem		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0076		Golem Alolan Form		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster	✔
0151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0205		Forretress		Bug		Bug	✔
0212		Scizor		Bug		Bug	✔
0248		Tyranitar		Monster		Monster	✔
0260		Swampert		Monster	Water 1	✔
0289		Slaking		Field		Field	✔
0342		Crawdaunt		Water 1	Water 3	✔
0375		Metang		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0376		Metagross		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0377		Regirock		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0379		Registeel		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0389		Torterra		Monster	Grass	✔
0410		Shieldon		Monster		Monster	✔
0411		Bastiodon		Monster		Monster	✔
0437		Bronzong		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0450		Hippowdon		Field		Field	✔
0460		Abomasnow		Monster	Grass	✔
0462		Magnezone		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0473		Mamoswine		Field		Field	✔
0476		Probopass		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0477		Dusknoir		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔
0485		Heatran		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0486		Regigigas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0500		Emboar		Field		Field	✔
0534		Conkeldurr		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
0614		Beartic		Field		Field	✔
0623		Golurk		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0713		Avalugg Hisuian Form		Monster	Mineral	✔
0740		Crabominable		Water 3		Water 3	✔
0874		Stonjourner		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0879		Copperajah		Field	Mineral	✔
0901		Ursaluna		Field		Field	✔
0901		Ursaluna Bloodmoon		Field		Field	✔
0934		Garganacl		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0959		Tinkaton		Fairy		Fairy	✔
0964		Palafin		Field	Water 2	✔
0966		Revavroom		Mineral		Mineral	✔
0975		Cetitan		Field		Field	✔
0990		Iron Treads		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
0992		Iron Hands		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
1014		Okidogi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
1018		Archaludon		Mineral	Dragon	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Trivia

• This move was first revealed on November 21st, 2023, alongside Supercell Slam prior to the release of The Indigo Disk during Serebii's writeup of their hands-on preview of the DLC.
• This move works the same way as Crush Grip and Wring Out, but with higher PP and lower possible base power. It is the only one of these moves to not be Normal-type.
• This move originated as a TCG attack.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 硬壓 Ngaahng'aat Mandarin 硬壓 / 硬压 Yìngyā French Pression Extrême German Stahlpresse Italian Pressa d’Acciaio Korean 하드프레스 Hadeu Peureseu Spanish Prensa Metálica

References

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.