Acupressure (move)

Acupressure つぼをつく Point Strike

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect the user or an adjacent ally

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0   Points of next appeal doubles

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Acupressure (Japanese: つぼをつく Point Strike) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Acupressure chooses one of the target's stats at random and raises it by two stages. It can raise either the target's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed, Accuracy or Evasion stat but will not attempt to raise a stat that is already maximized, meaning that the move will fail if all stats are maximized. Acupressure will also fail if the target is under the effects of Substitute.

In a Double Battle, Acupressure can target an adjacent ally or the user itself, unlike in a Single Battle where it will always target the user.

Generation V

Acupressure will no longer fail if the target is under the effects of Substitute, as long as the user targets itself. It will still fail if targeting an adjacent ally behind a Substitute.

Description

Games Description The user applies pressure to stress points, sharply boosting one of its stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	28				28			'
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	28				28			'
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic					39			'
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic					42			'
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	17				17	13	'
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	17				17	13	'
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass					29			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0072 Tentacool Water Poison Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 點穴 Diǎnxué French Acupression German Akupressur Greek Πιεσοθεραπεία Italian Acupressione Korean 경혈찌르기 Gyeonghyeol Jjireugi Serbian Akupritisak Spanish Acupresión

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