Serene Grace (Ability)

Serene Grace	てんのめぐみ
	Heavenly Blessing
Flavor text Generation III Promotes added effects. Generation IV Boosts the likelihood of added effects appearing. Generation V Boosts the likelihood of added effects appearing. Generation VI Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring. Generation VII Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring when attacking. Generation VIII Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring when attacking. Generation IX Raises the likelihood of additional effects occurring when the Pokémon uses its moves.

Serene Grace (Japanese: てんのめぐみ Heavenly Blessing) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generations III and IV

Serene Grace will double the chance of a move having an additional effect. For example, Psychic will have a 20% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat instead of its usual 10% chance, and Rock Smash will always lower an opponent's Defense by 1 level, as opposed to having a 50% chance of doing so. The 10% flinch chance due to King's Rock and Razor Fang is unaffected by Serene Grace. Serene Grace has no effect on status moves.

Generation V onward

Serene Grace boosts the 10% flinch chance due to King's Rock or Razor Fang to 20%.

Serene Grace is cumulative with the rainbow produced by using Fire Pledge and Water Pledge on the same turn (causing secondary effect probabilities to be multiplied by 4 if both modifiers are present), except that moves with a chance to flinch will only have that chance doubled once. Due to the way certain secondary effects are handled, this can lead to an overflow glitch.

Serene Grace does not increase the probabilities for additional effects of G-Max Replenish or G-Max Snooze.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Serene Grace, as well as the Pokémon that can have Serene Grace and learn those moves.

Move Type Cat. Pow. Acc. Chance (usual) Learned by Air Slash  Flying  Special 75 95 30% Ancient Power  Rock  Special 60 100 10% * Astonish  Ghost  Physical 30 100 30% Bite  Dark  Physical 60 100 30% Blizzard  Ice  Special 110 70 10% Body Slam  Normal  Physical 85 100 30% Bounce  Flying  Physical 85 85 30% Charge Beam  Electric  Special 50 90 70% **** Confusion  Psychic  Special 50 100 10% Dragon Rush  Dragon  Physical 100 75 20% Earth Power  Ground  Special 90 100 10% Energy Ball  Grass  Special 90 100 10% Extrasensory  Psychic  Special 80 100 10% Fire Blast  Fire  Special 110 85 10% Fire Punch  Fire  Physical 75 100 10% Flamethrower  Fire  Special 90 100 10% Flash Cannon  Steel  Special 80 100 10% Focus Blast  Fighting  Special 120 70 10% Headbutt  Normal  Physical 70 100 30% ****** ** Heart Stamp  Psychic  Physical 60 100 30% * Heat Wave  Fire  Special 95 90 10% Ice Beam  Ice  Special 90 100 10% Ice Punch  Ice  Physical 75 100 10% Iron Head  Steel  Physical 80 100 30% Iron Tail  Steel  Physical 100 75 10% Meteor Mash  Steel  Physical 90 90 20% Moonblast  Fairy  Special 95 100 30% * Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special 60 100 10% Play Rough  Fairy  Physical 90 90 10% Poison Jab  Poison  Physical 80 100 30% Psybeam  Psychic  Special 65 100 10% Psychic  Psychic  Special 90 100 10% Relic Song  Normal  Special 75 100 10% Rock Climb  Normal  Physical 90 85 20% Rock Slide  Rock  Physical 75 90 30% Rock Smash  Fighting  Physical 40 100 50% ****** *** Secret Power*  Normal  Physical 70 100 30% Seed Flare  Grass  Special 120 85 40% Shadow Ball  Ghost  Special 80 100 20% Signal Beam  Bug  Special 75 100 10% Silver Wind  Bug  Special 60 100 10% ** Sky Attack  Flying  Physical 140 90 30% * Snore  Normal  Special 50 100 30% Steel Wing  Steel  Physical 70 90 10% Thunder  Electric  Special 110 70 30% Thunderbolt  Electric  Special 90 100 10% Thunder Punch  Electric  Physical 75 100 10% Tri Attack  Normal  Special 80 100 20% Twister  Dragon  Special 40 100 20% ** Water Pulse  Water  Special 60 100 20% ****** ** Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical 80 90 20%

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Serene Grace. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Mirror Move, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Serene Grace by Trace or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Move Type Cat. Pow. Acc. Chance Acid  Poison  Special 40 100 10% {{{6}}} Aurora Beam  Ice  Special 65 100 10% {{{6}}} Blaze Kick  Fire  Physical 85 90 10% {{{6}}} Blue Flare  Fire  Special 130 85 20% {{{6}}} Bolt Strike  Electric  Physical 130 85 20% {{{6}}} Bone Club  Ground  Physical 65 85 10% {{{6}}} Bubble  Water  Special 40 100 10% {{{6}}} Bubble Beam  Water  Special 65 100 10% {{{6}}} Bug Buzz  Bug  Special 90 100 10% {{{6}}} Constrict  Normal  Physical 10 100 10% {{{6}}} Chatter*  Flying  Special 60 100 10% {{{6}}} Cross Poison  Poison  Physical 70 100 10% {{{6}}} Crunch  Dark  Physical 80 100 20% {{{6}}} Crush Claw  Normal  Physical 75 95 50% {{{6}}} Dark Pulse  Dark  Special 80 100 20% {{{6}}} Diamond Storm  Rock  Physical 100 95 50% {{{6}}} Discharge  Electric  Special 80 100 30% {{{6}}} Dizzy Punch  Normal  Physical 70 100 20% {{{6}}} Double Iron Bash  Steel  Physical 60 100 30% {{{6}}} Dragon Breath  Dragon  Special 60 100 30% {{{6}}} Ember  Fire  Special 40 100 10% {{{6}}} Fiery Dance  Fire  Special 80 100 50% {{{6}}} Fiery Wrath  Dark  Special 90 100 20% {{{6}}} Fire Fang  Fire  Physical 65 95 10% {{{6}}} Flame Wheel  Fire  Physical 65 100 10% {{{6}}} Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical 120 100 10% {{{6}}} Floaty Fall  Flying  Physical 90 95 30% {{{6}}} Force Palm  Fighting  Physical 60 100 30% {{{6}}} Freeze-Dry  Ice  Special 70 100 10% {{{6}}} Freeze Shock  Ice  Physical 140 90 30% {{{6}}} Freezing Glare  Psychic  Special 90 100 10% {{{6}}} Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical 120 80 30% {{{6}}} Hurricane  Flying  Special 110 70 30% {{{6}}} Hyper Fang  Normal  Physical 80 90 10% {{{6}}} Ice Burn  Ice  Special 140 90 30% {{{6}}} Ice Fang  Ice  Physical 65 95 10% {{{6}}} Icicle Crash  Ice  Physical 85 90 30% {{{6}}} Lava Plume  Fire  Special 80 100 30% {{{6}}} Leaf Tornado  Grass  Special 65 90 30% {{{6}}} Lick  Ghost  Physical 30 100 30% {{{6}}} Liquidation  Water  Physical 85 100 20% {{{6}}} Luster Purge  Psychic  Special 70 100 50% {{{6}}} Metal Claw  Steel  Physical 50 95 10% {{{6}}} Mirror Shot  Steel  Special 65 85 30% {{{6}}} Mist Ball  Psychic  Special 70 100 50% {{{6}}} Mud Bomb  Ground  Special 65 85 30% {{{6}}} Muddy Water  Water  Special 90 85 30% {{{6}}} Needle Arm  Grass  Physical 60 100 30% {{{6}}} Night Daze  Dark  Special 85 95 40% {{{6}}} Octazooka  Water  Special 65 85 50% {{{6}}} Poison Fang  Poison  Physical 50 100 50% {{{6}}} Poison Sting  Poison  Physical 15 100 30% {{{6}}} Poison Tail  Poison  Physical 50 100 10% {{{6}}} Powder Snow  Ice  Special 40 100 50% {{{6}}} Pyro Ball  Fire  Physical 120 90 10% {{{6}}} Razor Shell  Water  Physical 75 95 50% {{{6}}} Rolling Kick  Fighting  Physical 60 85 30% {{{6}}} Sacred Fire  Fire  Physical 100 95 50% {{{6}}} Scald  Water  Special 80 100 30% {{{6}}} Scorching Sands  Ground  Special 70 100 30% {{{6}}} Searing Shot  Fire  Special 100 100 30% {{{6}}} Shadow Bone  Ghost  Physical 85 100 20% {{{6}}} Shell Side Arm  Poison  Special 90 100 20% {{{6}}} Sludge  Poison  Special 75 100 10% {{{6}}} Sludge Bomb  Poison  Special 60 100 10% {{{6}}} Sludge Wave  Poison  Special 95 100 10% {{{6}}} Smog  Poison  Special 30 70 40% {{{6}}} Spark  Electric  Physical 65 100 30% {{{6}}} Splishy Splash  Water  Special 90 100 30% {{{6}}} Steam Eruption  Water  Special 110 95 30% {{{6}}} Steamroller  Bug  Physical 65 100 30% {{{6}}} Stomp  Normal  Physical 65 100 30% {{{6}}} Strange Steam  Fairy  Special 90 95 10% {{{6}}} Thunder Fang  Electric  Physical 65 95 10% {{{6}}} Thunder Shock  Electric  Special 40 100 10% {{{6}}} Twineedle  Bug  Physical 25 100 20% {{{6}}} Waterfall  Water  Physical 80 100 20% {{{6}}} Volt Tackle  Electric  Physical 120 100 10% {{{6}}} Zing Zap  Electric  Physical 80 100 30% {{{6}}}

Outside of battle

Serene Grace has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Serene Grace

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0113		Chansey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
0175		Togepi	Fairy		Fairy	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0176		Togetic	Fairy	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
0242		Blissey	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Healer
0385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	Serene Grace	None	None
0440		Happiny	Normal		Normal	Natural Cure	Serene Grace	Friend Guard
0468		Togekiss	Fairy	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0492		Shaymin Sky Forme	Grass	Flying	Serene Grace	None	None
0585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	Chlorophyll	Sap Sipper	Serene Grace
0586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	Chlorophyll	Sap Sipper	Serene Grace
0648		Meloetta Aria Forme	Normal	Psychic	Serene Grace	None	None
0648		Meloetta Pirouette Forme	Normal	Fighting	Serene Grace	None	None
0982		Dudunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
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.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDRB Improves the chances of triggering the added effects of moves. MDTDS Improves the chances that the Pokémon's moves deliver any added effect. BSL わざの ついかこうかが はつどう しやすくなる MDGtI Increases chances of moves inflicting additional effects.* The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects!* SMD The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects! MDRTDX The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects.

In the anime

Togekiss; Using Air Slash Being affected
The Pokémon has a higher chance of activating the secondary effects of its moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Togekiss has a higher chance of activating the secondary effects of its moves.
Cynthia's Togekiss	Bewitch, Battle, and Bewilder!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Marley's Sky Forme Shaymin was revealed to have Serene Grace as its Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 天恩 Tīnyān Mandarin 天恩 Tiān'ēn French Sérénité German Edelmut Italian Leggiadro Korean 하늘의 은총 Haneul-yi Eunchong Brazilian Portuguese Indulgência Serena Spanish Dicha Thai พรจากสวรรค์

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