Superpower (move)

Superpower ばかぢから Great Power

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

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

Superpower (Japanese: ばかぢから Great Power) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Superpower inflicts damage, then lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats by one stage each.

Description

Games Description RSE Boosts strength sharply, but lowers abilities. FRLG A powerful attack, but it also lowers the user’s Attack and Defense stats. PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target. However, it also lowers the user's Attack and Defense by one level. The user attacks the foe with great power. However, it also lowers the user’s Attack and Defense. The user attacks the target with great power. However, it also lowers the user's Attack and Defense. Conq Attack with tremendous force. The user's Attack and Defense will decrease as a result. The user attacks the target with great power. However, this also lowers the user's Attack and Defense stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground		43	58				58			--, 58
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug				52				52	43	43 47
158		Totodile	Water		Water				41		43	48			48
159		Croconaw	Water		Water				48		51	57			57
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water				58		63	71			71
183		Marill	Water	Fairy									37	37 40
184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy									42	42 46
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground									67	--, 67 40
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock	25			25				25			25 61
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	25			25				25			25 61
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	25			25				25			25 61
386		Deoxys Attack Forme	Psychic		Psychic	30			30				30			30 37
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal				41				41			41
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water				48				48			48
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal				25						'
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting								49			49
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting								57			57
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting								57			57
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting								49			48
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire								39			39
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire								47			47
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice								--			--
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon								55			55
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying								51			--, 51
686		Inkay	Dark	Psychic											48
687		Malamar	Dark	Psychic											--, 48
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 breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug
183		Marill	Water	Fairy
304		Aron	Steel	Rock
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire
341		Corphish	Water		Water
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire
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 Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS	BW	B2W2	XY	ORAS
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
098		Krabby	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
099		Kingler	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug								✔	✔		✔		✔
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire								✔	✔		✔		✔
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic								✔	✔		✔		✔
158		Totodile	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
183		Marill	Water	Fairy								✔	✔		✔		✔
184		Azumarill	Water	Fairy								✔	✔		✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy								✔	✔		✔		✔
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy								✔	✔		✔		✔
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel								✔	✔		✔		✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground								✔			✔		✔
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
258		Mudkip	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
259		Marshtomp	Water	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
304		Aron	Steel	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire													✔
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground											✔		✔
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon											✔		✔
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon											✔		✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
341		Corphish	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
342		Crawdaunt	Water	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug								✔	✔		✔		✔
359		Absol	Dark		Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
377		Regirock	Rock		Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice								✔	✔		✔		✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel								✔	✔		✔		✔
386		Deoxys Attack Forme	Psychic		Psychic								✔	✔		✔		✔
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
399		Bidoof	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric								✔	✔		✔		✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock								✔	✔		✔		✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
503		Samurott	Water		Water											✔		✔
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
512		Simisage	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
514		Simisear	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
516		Simipour	Water		Water											✔		✔
526		Gigalith	Rock		Rock											✔		✔
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting											✔		✔
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison											✔		✔
550		Basculin	Water		Water											✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
565		Carracosta	Water	Rock											✔		✔
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic											✔		✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric											✔		✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice											✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice											✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
622		Golett	Ground	Ghost											✔		✔
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost											✔		✔
626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying											✔		✔
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying											✔		✔
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
632		Durant	Bug	Steel											✔		✔
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting											✔		✔
639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting											✔		✔
640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting											✔		✔
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying											✔		✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying											✔		✔
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying											✔		✔
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting											✔		✔
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass													✔
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass													✔
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting													✔
660		Diggersby	Normal	Ground													✔
673		Gogoat	Grass		Grass													✔
674		Pancham	Fighting		Fighting													✔
675		Pangoro	Fighting	Dark													✔
686		Inkay	Dark	Psychic													✔
687		Malamar	Dark	Psychic													✔
689		Barbaracle	Rock	Water													✔
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon													✔
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon													✔
701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying													✔
706		Goodra	Dragon		Dragon													✔
713		Avalugg	Ice		Ice													✔
718		Zygarde	Dragon	Ground													✔
721		Volcanion	Water	Fire													✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0327 Spinda Normal Dream World - Rugged Mountain 0359 Absol Dark Dream World - Rugged Mountain 0449 Hippopotas Ground Dream World - Rugged Mountain 0545 Scolipede Bug Poison Dream World - Pleasant Forest Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground Video Game Championships 2012 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Superpower is the only move of Conkeldurr.

In the anime

Darmanitan Totodile Throh Conkeldurr
The user attacks the target with great power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Totodile's body becomes surrounded in a light blue aura. It then picks up a large rock and throws it at the opponent.
Khoury's Totodile	A Rivalry to Gible On!		Debut
	Throh flexes its muscles to increase power and its body becomes outlined in a light blue aura. It then grabs the opponent and tosses it in the air. On an opponent that is underground, it slams its fists into the ground which cause the opponent to surface and become surrounded in rubble.
Montgomery's Throh	Search for the Clubultimate!		None
	Darmanitan flexes its muscles to increase power and its body becomes outlined in a light blue aura. It then grabs the opponent and tosses it.
Unknown Trainer's Darmanitan	Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!		None
Davy's Darmanitan	Team Eevee and the Pokémon Rescue Squad!		None
	Conkeldurr's body becomes surrounded in a light blue aura. It then strikes the opponent with its concrete pillars.
Unknown Trainer's Conkeldurr	Summer of Discovery!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Regice Regirock Registeel Beartic
The user strikes the opponent with a powerful punch.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Regirock points its hands at the opponent and releases a powerful wave of energy from its hand at the opponent, or Regirock raises one of its hands and strikes the opponent with a powerful punch.
Brandon's Regirock	With a Spoink in Your Step I		Debut
	Regirock points its hands at the opponent and releases a powerful wave of energy from its hands at the opponent.
Brandon's Regice	With a Spoink in Your Step I		Debut
	Registeel points its hands at the opponent and releases a powerful wave of energy from its hands at the opponent.
Brandon's Regirock	With a Spoink in Your Step I		Debut
	Beartic uses its claws to try and break through an opponent's defense.
Brycen's Beartic	A Cold Reception		None

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	DPPt	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	BW	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

• Superpower's German name is the same as the name for the Ability Huge Power in German.
• Though it translates to Great Power, the Japanese name of the move can also mean Animal Power, hence why it is learned by several beast Pokémon such as Luxray or can be literally translated into Idiot Power, hence why it is learned by Bidoof-line.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 蠻力 Mánlì French Surpuissance German Kraftkoloss Greek Υπερδύναμη Indonesian Superpower Italian Troppoforte Korean 엄청난힘 Eomcheongnan Him Polish Super Moc Portuguese Brazil Superpoder Portugal Superpoder Romanian Superputerea Serbian Supermoć Spanish Latin America Superpoder (DP145-BW073, BW102) Fuerza Bruta (DP089) Spain Fuerza Bruta

Variations of the move Superpower
Superpower • Close Combat • Dragon Ascent • Headlong Rush Armor Cannon

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