Ancient Power (move)
AncientPower げんしのちから Primeval Power | ||||||||||||
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AncientPower (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Power) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.
Effect
Ancient Power inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of raising all five of the user's stats by one stage.
Other effects
Three Pokémon evolve when they know AncientPower: Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0102
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita, Bayleef, Meganium
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0231
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Phanpy
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper, Quagsire
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0246
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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By event
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0102
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita, Bayleef , Meganium
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0231
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Phanpy
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0246
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel
| style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0341
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Corphish
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Lileep, Cradily
Anorith, Armaldo
Relicanth
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0004
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Charmander
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0098
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Krabby
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Lileep, Cradily
Anorith, Armaldo
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0102
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Tangela, Tangrowth
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0152
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Chikorita
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
Tangela, Tangrowth
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0158
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Totodile
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0194
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Wooper
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Corsola
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0220
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Swinub
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0231
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Phanpy
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0246
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Larvitar
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0258
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mudkip
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Cranidos, Rampardos
Shieldon, Bastiodon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0318
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Carvanha
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark
| style="background: #FFF" | Relicanth
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0322
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Numel
| colspan="1" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
Piloswine, Mamoswine
Kecleon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0341
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Corphish
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte, Omastar
Kabuto, Kabutops
Corsola
Lileep, Cradily
Anorith, Armaldo
Relicanth
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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By move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
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In the anime
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The user forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Yanma's body glows white and it creates a see through after image of itself. The after image then spins quickly and creates a silver ball in front of Yanma's body. Yanma then launches the ball at the opponent. | |||
Jessie's Yanma | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | Debut | |
Yanmega's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its body. It then launches the ball at the opponent. | |||
Jessie's Yanmega | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
Piloswine's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its nose. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | |||
Dawn's Piloswine | A Breed Stampede! | None | |
Mamoswine's body glows white and the glow comes off its body and forms a silver ball on the end of its tusks. It then fires the ball at the opponent. | |||
Dawn's Mamoswine | Trials and Adulations! | None |
Trivia
- AncientPower is learned by every fossil Pokémon and a large number of legendary Pokémon.
- Piloswine, which evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up knowing this move, has been able to learn it by breeding since the move's introduction. This trait is shared with Rollout, which has had a similar history with Lickitung.
- Because AnchientPower can be learned by breeding, it is possable to evolve many of the pokemon who evolve by lvl up after learing it (such as: Tangrowth, Yanmega) as early as lvl 2, thus giving them a huge statistical boost by the time they reach lvl 100.
In other languages
- Dutch: Oeroude Kracht
- French: Pouvoir antique
- German: Antik-Kraft
- Italian: Forzantica
- Spanish: Poder Pasado