Serene Grace (Ability)

Serene Grace てんのめぐみ
Heavenly Blessing
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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
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

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

Effect

In battle

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. Serene Grace boosts the 10% flinch chance due to King's Rock or Razor Fang to 20%. Serene Grace has no effect on status moves.

Affected moves

The following moves are affected by this Ability and can be learned by Pokémon with it:

Move Type Cat. Pokémon learned by*
Air Slash  Flying  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Ancient Power  Rock  Special       {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Astonish  Ghost  Physical   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Bite  Dark  Physical   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Blizzard  Ice  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Body Slam  Normal  Physical       
 
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Bounce  Flying  Physical    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Charge Beam  Electric  Special        {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Confusion  Psychic  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Dragon Rush  Dragon  Physical   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Earth Power  Ground  Special   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Energy Ball  Grass  Special        {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Extrasensory  Psychic  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Fire Blast  Fire  Special       
 
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Fire Punch  Fire  Physical       {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Flamethrower  Fire  Special       
 
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Flash Cannon  Steel  Special   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Focus Blast  Fighting  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Headbutt  Normal  Physical       
   
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Heart Stamp  Psychic  Physical  * {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Heat Wave  Fire  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Ice Beam  Ice  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Ice Punch  Ice  Physical       {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Iron Head  Steel  Physical   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Iron Tail  Steel  Physical     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Meteor Mash  Steel  Physical  * {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Moonblast  Fairy  Special  * {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Play Rough  Fairy  Physical  * {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Poison Jab  Poison  Physical   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Psybeam  Psychic  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Psychic  Psychic  Special       
    
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Relic Song  Normal  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Rock Climb  Normal  Physical    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Rock Slide  Rock  Physical     {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Rock Smash  Fighting  Physical       
   
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Secret Power*  Normal  Physical       
      
 
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Seed Flare  Grass  Special   {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Shadow Ball  Ghost  Special       
      
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Signal Beam  Bug  Special        {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Silver Wind  Bug  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Sky Attack  Flying  Physical  *  {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Snore  Normal  Special       
      
 
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Steel Wing  Steel  Physical    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Thunder  Electric  Special        {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Thunderbolt  Electric  Special        {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Thunder Punch  Electric  Physical       {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Tri Attack  Normal  Special  * * * {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Twister  Dragon  Special    {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Water Pulse  Water  Special       
  
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}
Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical       
     
{{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

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.

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
492S Shaymin Shaymin
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
Normal Psychic Serene Grace None None
648P Meloetta Meloetta
Normal Fighting Serene Grace None None
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 languages

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


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