Hidden Power (move)

Hidden Power めざめるパワー Awakening Power

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM10 in Generation II TM10 in Generation III TM10 in Generation IV TM10 in Generation V TM10 in Generation VI

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Can be repeatedly used without boring the judge.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Hidden Power (Japanese: めざめるパワー Awakening Power) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. Although it appears as a Normal-type move, Hidden Power's actual type varies. It is TM10 as of Generation II.

Effect

Main article: Hidden Power (move)/Calculation

Generations II to V

Hidden Power inflicts damage using a type and base power determined by the user's IVs.

Hidden Power can receive same-type attack bonus. For instance, a Bug-type Pokémon will receive same-type attack bonus when using a Bug-type Hidden Power. Although Hidden Power is Normal-type in the game's data, a Normal-type Hidden Power is not obtainable. Because of this, a pure Normal-type Pokémon will never receive same-type attack bonus when using Hidden Power unless it also has Normalize as its Ability.

Generation VI

Hidden Power's base power is now 60, and like in previous generations, its type is determined by the user's IVs. As the method for determining the type of Hidden Power is the same as Generation III to V, a Fairy-type Hidden Power is not possible.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

The type and base power of Hidden Power is randomly calculated whenever a Pokémon enters a dungeon, and does not change between floors. The type is selected among each of the 17 types with roughly equal probability (the game chooses from the 18 types, including the ???-type, choosing again if the ???-type is chosen; if this is done 100 times consecutively, Hidden Power will be of the Fire-type. The base power of the move is chosen among the following values with equal probability: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, and 17.

Pokémon Rumble/Pokémon Rumble Blast

Hidden Power is randomly assigned any of the 17 types whenever a Toy Pokémon has it as one of its moves. The type does not change for as long as the Pokémon keeps the move.

Description

Games Description A peculiar move that changes type and power depending on the Pokémon using it. The power varies with the Pokémon. RSE The effectiveness varies with the user.* The attack power varies among different Pokémon.* FRLG An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user. A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.* A variable move that changes type and power depending on the hidden ability of the Pokémon using it.* A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it. A unique attack that varies in type depending on the Pokémon using it.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
199		Slowking	Water	Psychic							--				--			'
201		Unown	Psychic		Psychic	--			--			--				--			'
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic				18	17	15				15			15
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic				18	17	15				15			15
412		Burmy	Bug		Bug							20				20			20
413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass							20				20			'
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying							20				20			'
422		Shellos	Water		Water							16				16			'
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground							16				16			'
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic											14			'
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic											14			'
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic											14			'
605		Elgyem	Psychic		Psychic											22			'
606		Beheeyem	Psychic		Psychic											22			'
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.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II TM10		III TM10		IV TM10		V TM10		VI TM10
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Hidden Power.
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.

"Testing" Hidden Power

Players are able to test what the type of their Hidden Power is most often by utilizing a Kecleon. It does not have to be their own, though this makes it more convenient. Entering any Double Battle with the Pokémon with Hidden Power and Kecleon at the front of the list, then using Hidden Power on the Kecleon will cause it to change types to the type that Hidden Power is, or, if the Hidden Power is a Ghost-type move, cause nothing to happen due to Kecleon's immunity.

However, starting in Platinum, there is a man in-game that will tell the player the type of their Pokémon's Hidden Power, and, even if the Pokémon doesn't know Hidden Power, the type that it would have. In Platinum, he is present in the Veilstone Game Corner Prize Exchange house. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he is present in the Celadon Game Corner Prize Exchange house. In Black and White, he is present in the Pokémon Center in Mistralton City. In Black 2 and White 2, he has been relocated to the Pokémon World Tournament. In X and Y, he is in a house next to the boutique in Anistar City.

In the anime

Unown Larvitar Amoonguss Masquerain
A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Umbreon's eyes glow white, and it unleashes black radiating waves of energy.
Gary's Umbreon	Power Play!		Debut
	Larvitar gets surrounded by a white aura and rows of small white orbs circle around it. The opponent then gets surrounded by a white aura and is lifted into the air. Larvitar then sends the opponent flying with energy, or Larvitar becomes surrounded by white orbs that combine into a giant blast of energy that is fired at the opponent, or Larvitar releases a green-yellow orb of energy at the opponent.
Ash's Larvitar	Hatch Me if You Can		None
Chris's Larvitar	The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!		None
	Two shining silver lines appear around Beautifly and the lines shine brightly, or a bunch of white circles appear in front of Beautifly and they morph with it and it shines brightly, releasing light beams at the opponent.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
	Slakoth's body becomes surrounded in a white aura, and it puts its hands together. A ring of white circles appear in its hands and Slakoth shoots the ring at the opponent. The ring of circles surround the opponent, then pulls in and hits the opponent.
Norman's Slakoth	Balance of Power		None
	A ring of white circles appear over Masquerain's head. The ring raises up and shoots at the opponent, hitting it.
Drew's Masquerain	Cruisin' for a Losin'		None
	Two rings of white circles appear around Lunatone's body. The rings spin faster until they become two rings and the rings turn into a white beam that fires at the opponent.
A wild Lunatone	Crazy as a Lunatone		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Heracross's horn. Then, the rings form together into one big white ball in front of Heracross's horn, and fires a white beam from the ball at the opponent.
Gordon's Heracross	Absol-ute Disaster		None
	Two rings of white circles appear around Scizor's body. Scizor then shoots the white circles at the opponent.
Katie's Scizor	A Judgment Brawl		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Gligar in a 'X' formation. The rings spin faster until they becomes lines, and a white ball of energy is created in front of where the two lines meet in front of Gligar. Multiple white circles are launched from the ball at the opponent.
Morrison's Gligar	Choose It or Lose It!		None
	Two rings of white circles appear and spin around Phanpy in a 'X' formation. Then, the rings disappear and Phanpy blasts the opponent with a white energy beam from in front of its face.
Ash's Phanpy	Hooked on Onix		None
	Geodude's body becomes outlined in yellow and it crouches together. Light blue circles then appear around Geodude's body, and when it stretches its hands at the opponent, the circles are shot at it.
Roark's Geodude	Shapes of Things to Come!		None
	Alakazam's body becomes outlined in yellow and it points its spoons in front of it. Multiple light blue circles are then released and circle around Alakazam.
Kenny's Alakazam	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
	Burmy's body becomes outlined in yellow and it becomes covered in light blue circles. Burmy then fires the circles at the opponent.
Cheryl's Burmy	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		None
	Shellos jumps into the air and its body becomes surrounded by light blue circles. The balls then form together in front of Shellos and it shoots multiple light blue balls from the ball at the opponent.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-Up Sit-Down!		None
	Unown shoots a red energy beam out of its eye at the opponent.
Multiple wild Unown	Journey to the Unown!		None
	Chingling's body becomes surrounded in a yellow outline and light blue circles appear around Chingling's body. It then points the tassels on its body at the opponent and the circles fire at the opponent.
Francesca's Chingling	The Bells Are Singing!		None
	The white ball on Mime Jr.'s head glows white and light blue circles surround its body. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	The Bells Are Singing!		Used via Mimic
	Wailmer's body becomes surrounded by yellow, and blue circles with yellow outlines appear around it. The circles then fire at the opponent in a spiraling motion. Then, Wailmer's eyes glow blue and it can control the circles.
A Coordinator's Wailmer	Pruning a Passel of Pals!		None
	Lopunny's body becomes outlined in yellow and light blue circles move around its body. Lopunny then fires them at the opponent.
Paris's Lopunny	Arriving in Style!		None
	Psyduck's body becomes outlined in yellow and the front of its body becomes covered by light blue circles. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
Three wild Psyduck	The Psyduck Stops Here!		None
	Regigigas's body becomes outlined in light blue, and the opponent's body glows light blue, healing or hurting it.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Mamoswine's tusks glow yellow and light blue circles appear in between its tusks and circle around them. Mamoswine then fires the circles at the opponent, or Mamoswine releases a green-yellow orb of energy at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Growlithe's body becomes outlined in yellow and light blue circles appear and circle around Growlithe's body. It then fires the circles at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Growlithe	Beating the Bustle and Hustle!		None
	Eevee's body becomes outlined in yellow and multiple light blue circles surround and spin around Eevee's body. Eevee can also float through the air while the circles surround its body.
Ursula's two Eevee	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Flareon's body becomes outlined in gold and multiple red circles surround and spin around Flareon's body. Flareon then fires the circles at the opponent. Flareon can also float through the air while the circles surround its body.
Ursula's Flareon	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Vaporeon's body becomes outlined in light blue and multiple light blue circles surround and spin around Vaporeon's body. Vaporeon then fires the circles at the opponent. Vaporeon can also float through the air while the circles surround its body.
Ursula's Vaporeon	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Emolga's body becomes outlined in light green and it puts its hands together in front of it. One or three green-yellow orbs of energy then appear in between Emolga's hands and Emolga separates its hands, firing the orbs at the opponent.
Iris's Emolga	Emolga the Irresistible!		None
	The tuft of hair on Gothita's head glows light green and it reaches up into the air. When it does, its body becomes surrounded in light green, and a large green-yellow orb of energy forms above Gothita's hands. Gothita then tosses the orb at the opponent.
Katharine's Gothita	Scraggy and the Demanding Gothita!		None
	Tornadus's body becomes outlined in light green energy, and the structures on its tail start to glow yellow. Tornadus then swings its tail and fires six light green orbs of energy from its tail, one for each glowing yellow structure on its tail, at the opponent.
A wild Tornadus	Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1		None
	Beartic throws multiple light green orbs of energy at the opponent.
Georgia's Beartic	Jostling for the Junior Cup!		None
	Tornadus's wings glow light green and its body becomes surrounded by a light green aura. Then, a light green orb of energy appears between its wings and Tornadus fires it at the opponent.
A wild Tornadus	Unova's Survival Crisis!		None
	Watchog forms a light green orb of energy between its hands. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Mikael's Watchog	Curtain Up, Unova League!		None
	Amoonguss crosses its arms and its body becomes outlined in light green energy. It then opens its arms, and multiple light green orbs of energy appear around it. Amoonguss then points the top if its head at the opponent and spins, firing the orbs at the opponent. It can also control where the orbs are going.
James's Amoonguss	New Places... Familiar Faces!		None
	Woobat forms a light green orb of energy between its wings. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Jessie's Woobat	The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!		None
	Haxorus forms a light green orb of energy between its hands. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Rhoder's Haxorus	Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!		None
	Croconaw glows green and forms a light green orb of energy, then fires the orb at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Croconaw	The Pirates of Decolore!		None
	Weavile glows green and forms a light green orb of energy, then fires the orb at the opponent.
A wild Weavile	PK25		None
	Durant forms a light green orb of energy, then fires the orb at the opponent.
Three wild Durant	Genesect and the Legend Awakened		None
	Mismagius' body and eyes glow green and it forms several green orbs of energy, then fires the orbs at the opponent.
Two wild Mismagius	Mystery on a Deserted Island!		None
	Ninetales' body and eyes glow green and it forms several green orbs of energy, then fires the orbs at the opponent. Ninetales' eyes and body glow green and it forms a light green orb of energy, then fires the orb at the opponent.
A wild Ninetales	Mystery on a Deserted Island!		None
	Vespiquen forms multiple brown- gold balls around itself and fires them at the opponent.
A wild Vespiquen	XY004		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Unown Unown Burmy
A unique attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the Pokémon using it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Unown shocks the opponent with bursts of energy. Sometimes, Unown's eyes glow before doing so.
Multiple wild Unown	Into the Unown		Debut
Grumpy	Halting Honchkrow		None
Flaky	Halting Honchkrow		None
Multiple wild Unown	Halting Honchkrow		None
	Burmy jumps into the air and releases waves of energy from its body all around it, damaging the opponent.
Paka's Burmy	Crowded by Croagunk & Advanced on by Abra I		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Unown
The user spins in circles and attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Unown spins in circles and attacks the opponent.
Multiple wild Unown	Rampage at the Ruins of Alph!!		Debut

In other generations

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	DP	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	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In Generation II, Shiny Pokémon could only use a Grass- or Dragon-type Hidden Power due to the spread of individual values required for alternate coloration.
• Prior to Generation IV, Hidden Power was one of the only two moves (along with Weather Ball) which could, depending on the Pokémon, be either physical or special, due to the damage category being determined by the type.
• More Pokémon can learn Hidden Power than any other move (although Struggle can be used by any Pokémon with no PP left on any of their moves).
• Hidden Power's type variety has not been addressed in the anime.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 觉醒力量 juéxǐnglìliàng Danish Skjult Kraft Dutch Verborgen Kracht Finnish Piilovoima French Puis. Cachée German Kraftreserve Greek Κρυφή Δύναμη Hindi छुपी शक्ति Chupi Shakti Indonesian Kekuatan Tersembunyi Kekuatan Dahsyat Italian Introforza Korean 잠재파워 Jamjae Power Polish Ukryta moc Brazilian Portuguese Poder Oculto Romanian Puterea Ascunsă Serbian Skrivena Moć Spanish Latin America Poder Oculto Spain Poder Oculto

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