Ancient Power (move)

AncientPower
げんしのちから Primeval Power
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Type  Rock
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  60
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Tough
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

AncientPower (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Power) is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

AncientPower inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of raising all of the user's stats excluding Accuracy and evasion by one stage.

Generation III

AncientPower makes contact with the opponent in this generation.

Generations IV-V

AncientPower no longer makes contact with the opponent.

Other effects

There are three Pokémon who evolve when they know AncientPower: Tangela into Tangrowth, Piloswine into Mamoswine, and Yanma into Yanmega.

Description

Games Description
A Rock-type attack. This prehistoric move may boost all of the user's stats.
RSE An attack that may raise all stats.
FRLG An ancient power is used to attack. It may also raise all the user’s stats.
The user attacks with a prehistoric power. It may also raise all the user’s stats at once.
The user attacks with a prehistoric power. It may also raise all the user's stats at once.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
114   Tangela Grass Grass     33 36 40 '
138   Omanyte Rock Water 49 49 37 37 ''''
139   Omastar Rock Water 54 54 37 37 ''''
140   Kabuto Rock Water 55 55 46 46 ''''
141   Kabutops Rock Water 65 65 54 54 ''''
142   Aerodactyl Rock Flying 29 29 25 25 ''''
144   Articuno Ice Flying     29 29 '
145   Zapdos Electric Flying     29 29 '
146   Moltres Fire Flying     29 29 '
151   Mew Psychic Psychic 50 50 50 50 '
175   Togepi Normal Normal     21 33 33 '
176   Togetic Normal Flying     21 33 33 '
193   Yanma Bug Flying     33 33 '
206   Dunsparce Normal Normal     41 48 19 '
218   Slugma Fire Fire     26 28 '''
219   Magcargo Fire Rock     26 28 ''''
221   Piloswine Ice Ground     -- -- '
222   Corsola Water Rock 43 45 32 32 20 ''''
249   Lugia Psychic Flying 88 88 57 57 '
250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying 88 88 57 57 '
251   Celebi Psychic Grass 20 20 28 28 '
343   Baltoy Ground Psychic   25 25 26 21 '
344   Claydol Ground Psychic   25 25 26 21 '
345   Lileep Rock Grass   43 43 43 ''''
346   Cradily Rock Grass   48 36 36 ''''
347   Anorith Rock Bug   37 31 31 ''''
348   Armaldo Rock Bug   37 31 31 ''''
352   Kecleon Normal Normal   49 64 55 55 '
369   Relicanth Water Rock   43 43 43 ''''
377   Regirock Rock Rock   33 33 33 ''''
378   Regice Ice Ice   33 33 33 '
379   Registeel Steel Steel   33 33 33 '
382   Kyogre Water Water   15 15 45 45 '
383   Groudon Ground Ground   15 15 45 45 '
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying   15 15 45 45 '
408   Cranidos Rock Rock     28 33 ''''
409   Rampardos Rock Rock     28 36 ''''
410   Shieldon Rock Steel     28 28 ''''
411   Bastiodon Rock Steel     28 28 ''''
465   Tangrowth Grass Grass     33 36 40 '
469   Yanmega Bug Flying     33 33 '
473   Mamoswine Ice Ground     -- -- '
483   Dialga Steel Dragon     20 10 10 '
484   Palkia Water Dragon     20 10 10 '
485   Heatran Fire Steel     -- -- '
487   Giratina Ghost Dragon     20 10 10 '
564   Tirtouga Water Rock       18 ''''
565   Carracosta Water Rock       18 ''''
566   Archen Rock Flying       18 ''''
567   Archeops Rock Flying       18 ''''
643   Reshiram Dragon Fire       15 '
644   Zekrom Dragon Electric       15 '
646   Kyurem Dragon Ice       15 '
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
004   Charmander Fire Fire              
050   Diglett Ground Ground              
098   Krabby Water Water                            
102   Exeggcute Grass Psychic          
104   Cubone Ground Ground              
131   Lapras Water Ice                            
152   Chikorita Grass Grass                  
158   Totodile Water Water                                     
194   Wooper Water Ground                                      
206   Dunsparce Normal Normal              
220   Swinub Ice Ground              
231   Phanpy Ground Ground              
246   Larvitar Rock Ground              
258   Mudkip Water Water                            
318   Carvanha Water Dark        
322   Numel Fire Ground              
303   Mawile Steel Steel              
341   Corphish Water Water                                       
561   Sigilyph Psychic Flying          
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 Move Tutor

# Pokémon Type Game
DP Pt HGSS
074   Geodude Rock Ground
075   Graveler Rock Ground
076   Golem Rock Ground
095   Onix Rock Ground
098   Krabby Water Water
099   Kingler Water Water
102   Exeggcute Grass Psychic
103   Exeggutor Grass Psychic
111   Rhyhorn Ground Rock
112   Rhydon Ground Rock
114   Tangela Grass Grass
131   Lapras Water Ice
138   Omanyte Rock Water
139   Omastar Rock Water
140   Kabuto Rock Water
141   Kabutops Rock Water
142   Aerodactyl Rock Flying
144   Articuno Ice Flying
145   Zapdos Electric Flying
146   Moltres Fire Flying
151   Mew Psychic Psychic
152   Chikorita Grass Grass
153   Bayleef Grass Grass
154   Meganium Grass Grass
158   Totodile Water Water
159   Croconaw Water Water
160   Feraligatr Water Water
175   Togepi Normal Normal
176   Togetic Normal Flying
193   Yanma Bug Flying
194   Wooper Water Ground
195   Quagsire Water Ground
206   Dunsparce Normal Normal
208   Steelix Steel Ground
213   Shuckle Bug Rock
218   Slugma Fire Fire
219   Magcargo Fire Rock
220   Swinub Ice Ground
221   Piloswine Ice Ground
222   Corsola Water Rock
231   Phanpy Ground Ground
232   Donphan Ground Ground
246   Larvitar Rock Ground
247   Pupitar Rock Ground
248   Tyranitar Rock Dark
249   Lugia Psychic Flying
250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying
251   Celebi Psychic Grass
258   Mudkip Water Water
259   Marshtomp Water Ground
260   Swampert Water Ground
299   Nosepass Rock Rock
303   Mawile Steel Steel
304   Aron Steel Rock
305   Lairon Steel Rock
306   Aggron Steel Rock
318   Carvanha Water Dark
319   Sharpedo Water Dark
337   Lunatone Rock Psychic
338   Solrock Rock Psychic
341   Corphish Water Water
342   Crawdaunt Water Dark
343   Baltoy Ground Psychic
344   Claydol Ground Psychic
345   Lileep Rock Grass
346   Cradily Rock Grass
347   Anorith Rock Bug
348   Armaldo Rock Bug
352   Kecleon Normal Normal
369   Relicanth Water Rock
377   Regirock Rock Rock
378   Regice Ice Ice
379   Registeel Steel Steel
382   Kyogre Water Water
383   Groudon Ground Ground
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying
385   Jirachi Steel Psychic
408   Cranidos Rock Rock
409   Rampardos Rock Rock
410   Shieldon Rock Steel
411   Bastiodon Rock Steel
422   Shellos Water Water
423   Gastrodon Water Ground
436   Bronzor Steel Psychic
437   Bronzong Steel Psychic
464   Rhyperior Ground Rock
465   Tangrowth Grass Grass
468   Togekiss Normal Flying
469   Yanmega Bug Flying
473   Mamoswine Ice Ground
476   Probopass Rock Steel
483   Dialga Steel Dragon
484   Palkia Water Dragon
485   Heatran Fire Steel
486   Regigigas Normal Normal
487   Giratina Ghost Dragon
487   Giratina Ghost Dragon
489   Phione Water Water
490   Manaphy Water Water
493   Arceus Normal Normal
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0001   Bulbasaur Grass Poison Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #3
New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0220   Swinub Ice Ground Dream World - Icy Cave
0299   Nosepass Rock Dream World - Icy Cave
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0152   Chikorita Grass Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
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 the anime

 
Piloswine
 
Carracosta
 
Yanmega
 
Tirtouga
The user forms a glowing ball of energy in front of its body and shoots it at foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Yanma's body glows white and it creates a see-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage then spins quickly and creates a silver ball in front of Yanma's body. Yanma then launches the ball at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanma The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! Debut
  Yanmega's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its body. It then launches the ball at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! None
  Piloswine's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball in front of its nose. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Piloswine A Breed Stampede! None
  Mamoswine's body glows white and the glow comes off its body and forms a silver ball on the end of its tusks. It then fires the ball at the opponent.
Dawn's Mamoswine Trials and Adulations! None
  Tirtouga's body glows white and it creates a see-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage then spins quickly and creates a silver ball with a green core in front of Tirtouga's body. Tirtouga then fires the ball at the opponent.
A wild Tirtouga A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1 None
  Carracosta's body glows white and it creates a see-through afterimage of itself. The afterimage then spins quickly and forms in its flipper as a silver ball with a green core. It then hurls the ball at the opponent.
Four wild Carracosta A Restoration Confrontation! Part 2 None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • AncientPower is learned by every Fossil Pokémon and a large number of legendary Pokémon.
  • Piloswine, which evolves into Mamoswine when leveled up knowing this move, has been able to learn it by breeding since the move's introduction. This trait is shared with Rollout, which has had a similar history with Lickitung.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 原始之力 Yuánshǐ-zhī Lì
  Dutch Oeroude Kracht
  Finnish Muinaisvoima
  French Pouv.Antique
  German Antik-Kraft
  Greek Αρχαία Δύναμη
  Hebrew כוח עתיק coah atick
  Indonesian Kekuatan Purba
Tenaga Purba
Kekuatan Primitif
  Italian Forzantica
  Korean 원시의힘 Weonsa-yi Him
  Polish Antyczna Moc
Portuguese   Brazil Poder Antigo
  Portugal Poder Antigo
  Romanian Puterea Antică
  Serbian Drevna Moć
Spanish   Latin America Poder Antiguo
  Spain Poder Pasado


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