Secret Power (move)

Secret Power ひみつのちから Secret Power

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  70 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Usable outside of battle

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM43 in Generation III TM43 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appeal works well if the user's condition is good.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Makes the order of contestants random in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Secret Power (Japanese: ひみつのちから Secret Power) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

In battle

Secret Power inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing a secondary effect on the target. The effect is determined by the environment. The attack's appearance also changes to another move's animation.

Environment	Secondary Effect	Animation
Tall grass	inflicts Poison	Needle Arm
Very tall grass	causes Sleep	Magical Leaf
Sand	lowers Accuracy by one stage	Mud Shot
Cave	causes flinching	Bite
Rocky surface	causes Confusion	Rock Throw
Pond	lowers Speed by one stage	BubbleBeam
Sea	lowers Attack by one stage	Surf
Plain terrain	causes Paralysis	Slam
Building		Strength

Out of battle

Secret Power allows the user to create their own secret base. When used on certain trees, a vine drops down. When used on indented walls, a cave opens. When used on certain bushes, an entrance opens.

Generation IV

Secret Power inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing a secondary effect on the target. The effect is determined by the environment. The attack's appearance also changes to another move's animation. It no longer has the out-of-battle effect of creating a secret base, as these are now located in the Underground.

Environment	Secondary Effect	Animation
Tall grass	causes Sleep	Needle Arm
Sand or plain terrain	lowers Accuracy by one stage	Mud-Slap
Cave or rocky surfaces	causes flinching	Rock Throw
Water puddles or sea	lowers Attack by one stage	Water Pulse
Snow or ice	causes Freezing	Avalanche
Building floors	causes Paralysis	Body Slam

Learnset

Generation III

By TM43

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Secret Power.

Generation IV

By TM43

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Secret Power.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level} 0531 Tabunne Tabunne Normal 20 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 the anime

File:Glaceon Secret Power.png Glaceon File:Happiny Secret Power.png Happiny File:Bibarel secret power.jpg Bibarel
The user glows pink and attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Nincada's claws glow white. Then, it raises its claws above its head and a blue orb appears. The orb turns into a blue beam and the beam is shot at the opponent.
Keanu's Nincada	A Three Team Scheme!		Mistaken as Hidden Power in English dub
	Shellos's body glows pink and it releases a pink wave from its body all around it.
Zoey's Shellos	A Stand-Up Sit-Down!		Debut English Dub
	Glameow's body glows pink and it releases a pink wave from its body all around it.
Zoey's Glameow	Dawn's Early Night!		None
	Happiny waves its arms and it releases a pink wave from its body all around it.
Brock's Happiny	Tanks for the Memories!		None
	Bibarel's body glow pink. Then, green energy surrounds the opponent's body and they fall asleep.
Reggie's Bibarel	Lost Leader Strategy!		None
	Glaceon's body glows sparkling pink and it slams into the opponent. When hit, the opponent also glows sparkling pink.
May's Glaceon	Strategy With a Smile!		None
	Ursaring grabs the opponent and its body becomes surrounded in a pink aura. The opponent then glows pinkish-white, hurting it.
Paul's Ursaring	Chim - Charred!		None

Trivia

• Up until Generation V, this was the only move that can cause sleep in which the probability of sleep is less than 100% if the move is successful. In Generation V, Ancient Song shares this capability.
  • Also up until Generation V, only one Pokémon can learn this move through leveling up.
• This is the only move that can have a chance of freezing higher than 10%.
• Despite the animation, Secret Power will always be Normal-type.

In other languages

• French: Force Cachée
• German: Geheimpower
• Greek: Μυστική Δύναμη
• Hindi: Chupi Hui Shakti
• Italian: Forzasegreta
• Spanish: Daño Secreto