Sheer Force (Ability)

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Sheer Force ちからずく
Sheer Force
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Generation V
Removes added effects to increase move damage.
Generation VI
Removes additional effects to increase move damage.
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

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

Effect

In battle

Sheer Force raises the base power of all attacking moves that have an additional effect by 30%, but the additional effects are ignored.

Sheer Force does not negate primary effects such as recoil, stat penalty or status condition for the user, increased critical hit rate, moves that never miss, moves that change power, two-turn moves, etc. Sheer Force will, however, negate all secondary effects, such as reducing the target's stats, increasing the user's stats, or causing a status condition to the target. Moves that have both a primary and secondary effect will have only their secondary effect negated (and gain the power boost). For example, Flare Blitz has both a primary recoil effect and a secondary chance to burn; its damage will be boosted by 30% (but not cause burn) and still inflict recoil to the user after attacking.

If (and only if) a move is boosted by the effect of Sheer Force, it will no longer trigger item or Ability effects that activate after attacking. This includes the effects of Eject Button, Shell Bell, and Red Card, as well as the Ability Color Change. If an item has two effects, only the effect(s) that activate after attacking will be negated. Therefore, if a Pokémon holds a Life Orb, it will gain the passive damage boost (because it is not activated after the attack) but the recoil effect afterward will be ignored.

Affected moves

The Ability affects the following moves:

Outside of battle

Sheer Force does not have an effect outside of battle.

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 Thick Fat Guts Sheer Force
0297   Hariyama
Fighting Fighting Thick Fat Guts Sheer Force
0303   Mawile
Steel Fairy Hyper Cutter Intimidate Sheer Force
323M Camerupt Camerupt
Fire Ground Sheer Force None None
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.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Trivia

  • More Pokémon have Sheer Force as a Hidden Ability than any other Ability.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 用力 Yònglì
  French Sans Limite
  German Rohe Gewalt
  Italian Forzabruta
  Korean 우격다짐 Ugyeokdajim
  Portuguese Força Absoluta
  Spanish Potencia Bruta*
Pot. Bruta*


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