Sheer Force (Ability)

Sheer Force	ちからずく
	Sheer Force
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Sheer Force (Japanese: ちからずく Sheer Force) is an ability introduced in Generation V. Twenty-four Pokémon have this ability.

Effect

In battle

Sheer Force raises the base power of all moves that have a secondary effect by 30%, but the secondary effects are ignored. This ability is not applied to moves that have a negative effect on the user, such as recoil, two-turn moves, and stat reduction after using certain moves. However, this does not mean that moves that fit these conditions and have another secondary effect are not boosted, such as Flare Blitz.

If a Pokémon with Sheer Force is holding a Life Orb and uses an attack that would be boosted by Sheer Force, then the move gains both boosts but the user does not receive the Life Orb recoil damage. The effects of Eject Button, Shell Bell, and Red Card, as well as the ability Color Change, are also negated by Sheer Force.

Moves that work with this ability

Move Type Cat. Acid  Poison  Special Astonish  Ghost  Physical Aurora Beam  Ice  Special Air Slash  Flying  Special AncientPower  Rock  Special Bite  Dark  Physical Blaze Kick  Fire  Physical Blizzard  Ice  Special Body Slam  Normal  Physical Bone Club  Ground  Physical Bounce  Flying  Physical Bubble  Water  Special BubbleBeam  Water  Special Bug Buzz  Bug  Special Constrict  Normal  Physical Chatter  Flying  Special Cross Poison  Poison  Physical Crunch  Dark  Physical Crush Claw  Normal  Physical Dark Pulse  Dark  Special Discharge  Electric  Special Dizzy Punch  Normal  Physical DragonBreath  Dragon  Special Dragon Rush  Dragon  Physical Earth Power  Ground  Special Ember  Fire  Special Energy Ball  Grass  Special Extrasensory  Psychic  Special Fire Blast  Fire  Special Fire Fang  Fire  Physical Fire Punch  Fire  Physical Focus Blast  Fighting  Special Force Palm  Fighting  Physical Flamethrower  Fire  Special Flame Wheel  Fire  Physical Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical Flame Charge  Fire  Physical Flash Cannon  Steel  Special Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical Headbutt  Normal  Physical Heat Wave  Fire  Special Heart Stamp  Psychic  Physical Hurricane  Flying  Special Hyper Fang  Normal  Physical Ice Beam  Ice  Special Ice Fang  Ice  Physical Ice Punch  Ice  Physical Lava Plume  Fire  Special Leaf Tornado  Grass  Special Meteor Mash  Steel  Physical Mirror Shot  Steel  Special Muddy Water  Water  Special Mud Bomb  Ground  Special Night Daze  Dark  Special Needle Arm  Grass  Physical Octazooka  Water  Special Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special Poison Fang  Poison  Physical Poison Jab  Poison  Physical Poison Sting  Poison  Physical Poison Tail  Poison  Physical Powder Snow  Ice  Special Psybeam  Psychic  Special Psychic  Psychic  Special Razor Shell  Water  Physical Relic Song  Normal  Special Rock Climb  Normal  Physical Rock Slide  Rock  Physical Rock Smash  Fighting  Physical Rolling Kick  Fighting  Physical Scald  Water  Special Secret Power  Normal  Physical Seed Flare  Grass  Special Shadow Ball  Ghost  Special Signal Beam  Bug  Special Silver Wind  Bug  Special Sludge  Poison  Special Sludge Bomb  Poison  Special Sludge Wave  Poison  Special Smog  Poison  Special Snore  Normal  Physical Spark  Electric  Physical Steamroller  Bug  Physical Stomp  Normal  Physical Thunder  Electric  Special Thunderbolt  Electric  Special Thunder Fang  Electric  Physical ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical ThunderShock  Electric  Special Tri Attack  Normal  Special Twineedle  Bug  Physical Twister  Dragon  Special Waterfall  Water  Physical Water Pulse  Water  Special Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical

Outside of battle

None

Pokémon with Sheer Force

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry	Sheer Force
0034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry	Sheer Force
0098		Krabby	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Sheer Force
0099		Kingler	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor	Sheer Force
0128		Tauros	Normal		Normal	Intimidate	Anger Point	Sheer Force
0158		Totodile	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
0159		Croconaw	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
0160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	Torrent	None	Sheer Force
0208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy	Sheer Force
0296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Thick Fat	Sheer Force
0297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Thick Fat	Sheer Force
0303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	Hyper Cutter	Intimidate	Sheer Force
0328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	Hyper Cutter	Arena Trap	Sheer Force
0371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	Rock Head	None	Sheer Force
0408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None	Sheer Force
0532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts	Sheer Force	Iron Fist
0555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire	Sheer Force	None	Zen Mode
0621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	Rough Skin	Sheer Force	Mold Breaker
0627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Sheer Force	Hustle
0628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Sheer Force	Defiant
0645		Landorus	Ground	Flying	Sand Force	None	Sheer Force
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.

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