Ancient Power (move)

AncientPower げんしのちから Ancient Power

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Battles Type  Rock Category  Special PP  5 (max. 8) Power  60 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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation II Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The user gains a star if their condition is good, and they receive the number of stars in appeal points next round. Every star they have (up to three) lessens the chance of the Pokémon becoming nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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AncientPower (Japanese: げんしのちから Ancient Power) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II that deals a small amount of damage. It has a 10% chance of raising every one of the user's stats by one level.

In the anime

• Yanmaancientpower.jpg

  Jessie's Yanma preparing to use AncientPower.

• Yanmega ap.jpg

  Jessie's Yanmega preparing to use AncientPower.

Pokémon

Yanma. Yanma glows white then a white energy ball is formed in front of its body.

• Used by Jessie's Yanma in DP080.

Yanmega. Yanmega forms a white energy ball in front of its body and shoots it at foe.

• Used by Jessie's Yanmega from DP080 to ???

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 49 0139 Omastar Rock Water 54 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 55 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 65 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 29 0151 Mew Psychic 50 0222 Corsola Water Rock 43 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 88 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 88 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 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.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 49 0139 Omastar Rock Water 54 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 55 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 65 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 29 0151 Mew Psychic 50 0175 Togepi Normal 21 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 21 0222 Corsola Water Rock 45 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 88 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 88 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 20 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 25 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 25 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 43 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 48 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 37 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 37 0352 Kecleon Normal 49 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 43 0377 Regirock Rock 33 0378 Regice Ice 33 0379 Registeel Steel 33 0382 Kyogre Water 15 0383 Groudon Ground 15 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0114 Tangela Grass 33 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 37 0139 Omastar Rock Water 37 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 46 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 54 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 25 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 29 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 29 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 29 0151 Mew Psychic 50 0175 Togepi Normal 33 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 33 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 33 0206 Dunsparce Normal 41 0218 Slugma Fire 26 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 26 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground -- 0222 Corsola Water Rock 32 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 57 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 57 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 28 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 25 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 25 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 43 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 36 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 31 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 31 0352 Kecleon Normal 64 0369 Relicanth Water Rock 43 0377 Regirock Rock 33 0378 Regice Ice 33 0379 Registeel Steel 33 0382 Kyogre Water 15 0383 Groudon Ground 15 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 15 0408 Cranidos Rock 28 0409 Rampardos Rock 28 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 28 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 28 0465 Tangrowth Grass 33 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 33 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground -- 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 20 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 20 0485 Heatran Fire Steel -- 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 20 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 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.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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

|- | 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. |} |}

Trivia

• AncientPower is learned by every fossil Pokémon and a large number of legendary Pokémon.
• Several Pokémon evolve when they know AncientPower (namely, Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega). Incidentally, Tangrowth resembles a shaggy caveman, Mamoswine is based off a wooly mammoth, and Yanmega is based off the Meganeura, a large prehistoric insect. This signifies each one's "ancient" nature.

In other languages

• Spanish: Poder Pasado
• German: Antik-Kraft
• French: Pouvoir antique