Hustle (Ability)

Hustle はりきり
Enthusiasm
Flavor text
Generation III
Trades accuracy for power.
Generation IV
Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Generation V
Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Generation VI
Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Generation VII
Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Generation VIII
Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Hustle (Japanese: はりきり Enthusiasm) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Hustle increases the user's Attack stat by 50%, but lowers the accuracy of the user's physical moves by 20%. Special moves and status moves are unaffected by Hustle.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Hustle is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a high-leveled wild Pokémon increases by 50% (so an otherwise 25% chance would become 75%). It shares this effect with Pressure and Vital Spirit.

Pokémon with Hustle

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0019   Rattata
Normal Normal Run Away Guts Hustle
019A Rattata Rattata
Dark Normal Gluttony Hustle Thick Fat
0020   Raticate
Normal Normal Run Away Guts Hustle
020A Raticate Raticate
Dark Normal Gluttony Hustle Thick Fat
0029   Nidoran♀
Poison Poison Poison Point Rivalry Hustle
0030   Nidorina
Poison Poison Poison Point Rivalry Hustle
0032   Nidoran♂
Poison Poison Poison Point Rivalry Hustle
0033   Nidorino
Poison Poison Poison Point Rivalry Hustle
0175   Togepi
Fairy Fairy Hustle Serene Grace Super Luck
0176   Togetic
Fairy Flying Hustle Serene Grace Super Luck
0222   Corsola
Water Rock Hustle Natural Cure Regenerator
0223   Remoraid
Water Water Hustle Sniper Moody
0225   Delibird
Ice Flying Vital Spirit Hustle Insomnia
0415   Combee
Bug Flying Honey Gather None Hustle
0468   Togekiss
Fairy Flying Hustle Serene Grace Super Luck
0554   Darumaka
Fire Fire Hustle None Inner Focus
0??? Darumaka Darumaka
Ice Ice Hustle None Inner Focus
0627   Rufflet
Normal Flying Keen Eye Sheer Force Hustle
0632   Durant
Bug Steel Swarm Hustle Truant
0633   Deino
Dark Dragon Hustle None None
0634   Zweilous
Dark Dragon Hustle None None
0??? Flapple Flapple
Grass Dragon Ripen Gluttony Hustle
0??? Dracozolt Dracozolt
Electric Dragon Volt Absorb Hustle Sand Rush
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Hustle boosts the power of physical moves by 50% but lowers the move's accuracy.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts Attack but lowers Accuracy.
MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's Attack but reduces its accuracy.
BSL こうげきが あがるが めいちゅうが さがる
MDGtI The power of physical moves increases, but accuracy decreases.*
The power of the Pokémon's physical moves goes up! But their accuracy goes down.*
SMD The power of the Pokémon's physical moves goes up! But their accuracy goes down.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 活力 Wuhtlihk
Mandarin 活力 Huólì
  French Agitation
  German Übereifer
  Italian Tuttafretta
  Korean 의욕 Yiyok
  Russian Кутерьма Kuter'ma
  Spanish Entusiasmo
  Vietnamese Hấp Tấp


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