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
Boosts the likelihood of additional effects occurring when attacking.

Generation IX
Raises the likelihood of additional effects occurring when the Pokémon uses its moves.

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 has no effect on status moves.

Generations III and IV

The 10% flinch chance due to King's Rock and Razor Fang is unaffected by Serene Grace.

Generation V onwards

Serene Grace boosts the 10% flinch chance due to King's Rock or Razor Fang to 20%.

Serene Grace is cumulative with the rainbow produced by using Fire Pledge and Water Pledge on the same turn (causing secondary effect probabilities to be multiplied by 4 if both modifiers are present), except that moves with a chance to flinch will only have that chance doubled once.

From Generation V until Pokémon Sword and Shield (except Abilities are unavailable in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!), if the user has Serene Grace and uses Charge Beam while its side is under the effect of the rainbow from the combination of Fire Pledge and Water Pledge, the additional effect chance for Charge Beam will overflow and become 24%.

Serene Grace does not increase the probabilities for additional effects of G-Max Replenish or G-Max Snooze.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Serene Grace, as well as the Pokémon that can have Serene Grace and learn those moves.

Move	Type	Cat.	Effect	Pow.	Chance	Learned by
Air Slash	Flying	Special	Flinch	75	30% → 60%
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	Stats ↑	60	10% → 20%	*
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	Flinch	30	30% → 60%
Bite	Dark	Physical	Flinch	60	30% → 60%
Blizzard	Ice	Special	Freeze	110	10% → 20%
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	Paralysis	85	30% → 60%
Bounce	Flying	Physical	Paralysis	85	30% → 60%
Charge Beam	Electric	Special	Sp. Atk. ↑	50	70% → 100%	****
Confusion	Psychic	Special	Confusion	50	10% → 20%
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	Flinch	100	20% → 40%
Earth Power	Ground	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	90	10% → 20%
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	90	10% → 20%
Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	Flinch	80	10% → 20%
Fire Blast	Fire	Special	Burn	110	10% → 20%
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	Burn	75	10% → 20%
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	Burn	90	10% → 20%
Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	80	10% → 20%
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	120	10% → 20%
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	Flinch	70	30% → 60%	********
Heart Stamp	Psychic	Physical	Flinch	60	30% → 60%	*
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	Burn	95	10% → 20%
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	Freeze	90	10% → 20%
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	Freeze	75	10% → 20%
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	Flinch	80	30% → 60%
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	Defense ↓	100	10% → 20%
Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	Attack ↑	90	20% → 40%
Moonblast	Fairy	Special	Sp. Atk. ↓	95	30% → 60%	*
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	Stats ↑	60	10% → 20%
Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	Attack ↓	90	10% → 20%
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	Poison	80	30% → 60%
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	Poison	50	10% → 20%
Psybeam	Psychic	Special	Confusion	65	10% → 20%
Psychic	Psychic	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	90	10% → 20%
Relic Song	Normal	Special	Sleep	75	10% → 20%
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	Confusion	90	20% → 40%
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	Flinch	75	30% → 60%
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	Defense ↓	40	50% → 100%	*********
Secret Power*	Normal	Physical	Varies	70	30% → 60%
Seed Flare	Grass	Special	Sp. Def. ↓↓	120	40% → 80%
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	80	20% → 40%
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	Confusion	75	10% → 20%
Silver Wind	Bug	Special	Stats ↑	60	10% → 20%	**
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	Flinch	140	30% → 60%	*
Snore	Normal	Special	Flinch	50	30% → 60%
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	Defense ↑	70	10% → 20%
Thunder	Electric	Special	Paralysis	110	30% → 60%
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	Paralysis	90	10% → 20%
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	Paralysis	75	10% → 20%
Tri Attack	Normal	Special	Varies	80	20% → 40%
Twister	Dragon	Special	Flinch	40	20% → 40%	**
Water Pulse	Water	Special	Confusion	60	20% → 40%	********
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	Flinch	80	20% → 40%

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.

Move	Type	Cat.	Effect	Pow.	Chance
Acid	Poison	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	40	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	Attack ↓	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Axe Kick	Fighting	Physical	Confusion	120	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Barb Barrage	Poison	Physical	Poison	60	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	Burn	85	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Blazing Torque	Fire	Physical	Burn	80	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Bleakwind Storm	Flying	Special	Speed ↓	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Blue Flare	Fire	Special	Burn	130	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Bolt Strike	Electric	Physical	Paralysis	130	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Bone Club	Ground	Physical	Flinch	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Bubble	Water	Special	Speed ↓	40	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	Speed ↓	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	90	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Constrict	Normal	Physical	Speed ↓	10	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Chatter*	Flying	Special	Confusion	60	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Combat Torque	Fighting	Physical	Paralysis	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	Poison	70	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Crunch	Dark	Physical	Defense ↓	80	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	Defense ↓	75	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	Flinch	80	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Diamond Storm	Rock	Physical	Defense ↑↑	100	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Discharge	Electric	Special	Paralysis	80	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Dizzy Punch	Normal	Physical	Confusion	70	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Dire Claw	Poison	Physical	Varies	80	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Double Iron Bash	Steel	Physical	Flinch	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	Paralysis	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Ember	Fire	Special	Burn	40	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Fiery Dance	Fire	Special	Sp. Atk. ↑	80	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Fiery Wrath	Dark	Special	Flinch	90	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	Burn	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	Flinch	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	Burn	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	Burn	120	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Floaty Fall	Flying	Physical	Flinch	90	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	Paralysis	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Freeze-Dry	Ice	Special	Freeze	70	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Freeze Shock	Ice	Physical	Paralysis	140	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Freezing Glare	Psychic	Special	Freeze	90	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	Poison	120	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Hurricane	Flying	Special	Confusion	110	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	Flinch	80	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Ice Burn	Ice	Special	Burn	140	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	Flinch	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	Freeze	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	Flinch	85	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Infernal Parade	Ghost	Physical	Burn	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Lava Plume	Fire	Special	Burn	80	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Leaf Tornado	Grass	Special	Accuracy ↓	65	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Lick	Ghost	Physical	Paralysis	30	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Liquidation	Water	Physical	Defense ↓	85	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Luster Purge	Psychic	Special	Sp. Def. ↓	70	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Magical Torque	Fairy	Physical	Confusion	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	Attack ↑	50	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Mirror Shot	Steel	Special	Accuracy ↓	65	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Mist Ball	Psychic	Special	Sp. Atk. ↓	70	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Mountain Gale	Ice	Physical	Flinch	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	Accuracy ↓	65	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Muddy Water	Water	Special	Accuracy ↓	90	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	Flinch	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Night Daze	Dark	Special	Accuracy ↓	85	40% → 80%	{{{6}}}
Noxious Torque	Poison	Physical	Poison	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Octazooka	Water	Special	Accuracy ↓	65	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	Toxic poison	50	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	Poison	15	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Powder Snow	Ice	Special	Freeze	40	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Pyro Ball	Fire	Physical	Burn	120	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Razor Shell	Water	Physical	Defense ↓	75	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Rolling Kick	Fighting	Physical	Flinch	60	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Sacred Fire	Fire	Physical	Burn	100	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Sandsear Storm	Ground	Special	Burn	100	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Scald	Water	Special	Burn	80	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	Burn	70	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Searing Shot	Fire	Special	Burn	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Shadow Bone	Ghost	Physical	Defense ↓	85	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Shell Side Arm	Poison	Special	Poison	90	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Sludge	Poison	Special	Poison	75	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	Poison	60	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	Poison	95	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Smog	Poison	Special	Poison	30	40% → 80%	{{{6}}}
Spark	Electric	Physical	Paralysis	65	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Splishy Splash	Water	Special	Paralysis	90	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Springtide Storm	Fairy	Special	Attack ↓	100	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Steam Eruption	Water	Special	Burn	110	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Steamroller	Bug	Physical	Flinch	65	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Stomp	Normal	Physical	Flinch	65	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Strange Steam	Fairy	Special	Confusion	90	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	Flinch	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	Paralysis	65	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	Paralysis	40	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Triple Arrows	Fighting	Physical	Defense ↓	90	50% → 100%	{{{6}}}
Triple Arrows	Fighting	Physical	Flinch	90	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}
Twineedle	Bug	Physical	Poison	25	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Waterfall	Water	Physical	Flinch	80	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Wicked Torque	Dark	Physical	Sleep	80	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Wildbolt Storm	Electric	Special	Paralysis	100	20% → 40%	{{{6}}}
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	Paralysis	120	10% → 20%	{{{6}}}
Zing Zap	Electric	Physical	Flinch	80	30% → 60%	{{{6}}}

Outside of battle

Serene Grace has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Serene Grace

#		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
0492	Shaymin Sky Forme	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 Aria Forme	Normal	Psychic	Serene Grace	None	None
0648	Meloetta Pirouette Forme	Normal	Fighting	Serene Grace	None	None
0982	Dudunsparce	Normal		Normal	Serene Grace	Run Away	Rattled
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

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Improves the chances of triggering the added effects of moves.
MDTD S	Improves the chances that the Pokémon's moves deliver any added effect.
BSL	わざのついかこうかがはつどうしやすくなる
MDGtI	Increases chances of moves inflicting additional effects.* The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects!*
SMD	The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects!
MDRTDX	The Pokémon's moves are more likely to have additional effects.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Togekiss; Using Air Slash Being affected
The Pokémon has a higher chance of activating the secondary effects of its moves.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Togekiss has a higher chance of activating the secondary effects of its moves.
Cynthia's Togekiss	Bewitch, Battle, and Bewilder!	Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Marley's Sky Forme Shaymin was revealed to have Serene Grace as its Ability.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	天恩 Tīnyān
Chinese	Mandarin	天恩 Tiān'ēn
French		Sérénité
German		Edelmut
Italian		Leggiadro
Korean		하늘의 은총 Haneul-yi Eunchong
Polish		Pogodny Wdzięk
Portuguese	Brazil	Indulgência Serena
Portuguese	Portugal	Graça Serena
Spanish		Dicha
Thai		พรจากสวรรค์

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Serene Grace (Ability)

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Generations III and IV

Generation V onwards

Affected moves

Outside of battle

Pokémon with Serene Grace

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