Reckless (Ability)

Reckless	すてみ
	Life-Risking
Flavor text Generation III Generation IV Powers up moves that have recoil damage. Generation V Powers up moves that have recoil damage. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Reckless (Japanese: すてみ Life-Risking) is a Pokémon ability introduced in Generation IV. Eleven Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Reckless increases the base power of moves which cause recoil or crash damage by 20%.

Outside of battle

Reckless has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

Reckless doubles the base power of any move which is affected.

Affected moves

The ability affects the following moves:

Move Type Cat. Brave Bird  Flying  Physical Double-Edge  Normal  Physical Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical Head Charge  Normal  Physical Head Smash  Rock  Physical Hi Jump Kick  Fighting  Physical Jump Kick  Fighting  Physical Submission  Fighting  Physical Take Down  Normal  Physical Volt Tackle  Electric  Physical Wood Hammer  Grass  Physical Wild Charge  Electric  Physical

Pokémon with Reckless

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	Limber	Reckless	Unburden
0111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	Lightningrod	Rock Head	Reckless
0112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	Lightningrod	Rock Head	Reckless
0397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	None	Reckless
0398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	None	Reckless
0464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	Lightningrod	Solid Rock	Reckless
0500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting	Blaze	None	Reckless
0550		Basculin	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	Inner Focus	Regenerator	Reckless
0620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting	Inner Focus	Regenerator	Reckless
0626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal	Reckless	Sap Sipper	Soundproof
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.

Trivia

• Despite Wood Hammer and Volt Tackle both being affected by this ability, no Pokémon than can have this ability can learn either of these moves.
  • Hitmonlee can be taught Metronome in Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald and occasionally summon these moves with it - however, this ability did not exist in those games, so a Hitmonlee with Metronome cannot have Reckless as its ability unless transferred over from one of the 3 listed games.

In other languages

• French: Téméraire
• German: Achtlos
• Greek: Απερισκεψία
• Italian: Temerarietà
• Spanish: Audaz

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.