Sturdy (Ability)
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Sturdy (Japanese: がんじょう Sturdy) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Thirty-two Pokémon have this ability.
Effect
In battle
Generations III and IV
Sturdy negates one-hit knockout moves.
Generation V
In addition to Sturdy's previous effect Sturdy now works like a Focus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1 HP remaining if an attack's hit would have brought it from full health to 0 HP. This ability can be used again if the user is brought back to full HP.
Multi-hit moves can break through Sturdy, like the Focus Sash. When a multi-hit move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect activates for only the move's first hit, not the entire move.
Fixed-damage moves such as Dragon Rage also ignore Sturdy.
Outside of battle
Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Sturdy
In the anime
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| The user is prevented from being knocked out after being hit with a super-effective move. | |||
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Dwebble withdraws into its rock after being hit with a super-effective move. | ||
| Cilan's Dwebble | BW019 | Debut | |
In other languages
- French: Fermeté
- German: Robustheit
- Italian: Vigore
- Korean: 옹골참 Onggolcham
- Portuguese: Fortificar
- Spanish: Robustez
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