Pressure (Ability)

Pressure	プレッシャー
	Pressure
Generation III
	Raises foe's PP usage.
Generation IV
	The Pokémon raises the foe's PP usage.
Generation V
	The Pokémon raises the foe's PP usage.
Generation VI
	The Pokémon raises opposing Pokémon's PP usage.
Generation VII
	By putting pressure on the opposing Pokémon, it raises their PP usage.
Generation VIII
	By putting pressure on the opposing Pokémon, it raises their PP usage.
Generation IX
	Puts other Pokémon under pressure, causing them to expend more PP to use their moves.

Pressure (Japanese: プレッシャー Pressure) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

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Generation III

When another Pokémon (including an ally) uses a move targeting a Pokémon that has Pressure, when PP is deducted from that move, one more PP than usual is deducted. If multiple targets have Pressure, each one results in additional PP being deducted.

Pressure deducts additional PP whenever PP would normally be deducted; this means that it still applies even if the move misses, has multiple targets, or is rendered ineffective due to a target's typing or use of Protect or Detect.

Pressure applies to moves that target the entire field, such as Rain Dance.

Pressure applies to Curse when used by non-Ghost-type Pokémon, but only when used by a wild Pokémon or in-game Trainer.

Generation IV

If a Pokémon that has Pressure is sent into battle, a message "<name> is exerting its Pressure!" is now displayed.

Generation V onward

Pressure now only affects opponents' moves.

Pressure increases the PP consumption of an opponent's Imprison and Snatch even though those are self-targeting moves; in Snatch's case the additional PP is consumed even if Snatch fails or snatches a move from a Pokémon other than the one with Pressure. It increases the PP consumption of Spikes, Stealth Rock, and Toxic Spikes, but not Sticky Web.

If a Pokémon uses Tera Blast while one of its opponents has Pressure, the additional PP will be deducted even if the Pressure Pokémon is not the move's target.

Wild Pokémon's calls for help are more likely to be answered when facing a Pokémon with Pressure. It shares this effect with Intimidate and Unnerve.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Pressure is in the first slot in the party (even if fainted), there's a 50% chance that a Pokémon will be forced to the upper bound of their encounter level range. It shares this effect with Hustle and Vital Spirit.

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, Pressure appears to have no effect on the level range of wild Pokémon.

Generation IX

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Pressure appears to have no effect on the level range of wild Pokémon.

Pokémon with Pressure

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0142	Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	Rock Head	Pressure	Unnerve
0144	Articuno	Ice	Flying	Pressure	None	Snow Cloak
0145	Zapdos	Electric	Flying	Pressure	None	Static^{Gen VI+}
0146	Moltres	Fire	Flying	Pressure	None	Flame Body
0150	Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	Pressure	None	Unnerve
0243	Raikou	Electric		Electric	Pressure	None	Inner Focus^{Gen VII+}
0244	Entei	Fire		Fire	Pressure	None	Inner Focus^{Gen VII+}
0245	Suicune	Water		Water	Pressure	None	Inner Focus^{Gen VII+}
0249	Lugia	Psychic	Flying	Pressure	None	Multiscale
0250	Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	Pressure	None	Regenerator
0320	Wailmer	Water		Water	Water Veil	Oblivious	Pressure
0321	Wailord	Water		Water	Water Veil	Oblivious	Pressure
0356	Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost	Pressure	None	Frisk^{Gen VI+}
0359	Absol	Dark		Dark	Pressure	Super Luck^{Gen IV+}	Justified
0386	Deoxys Normal Forme	Psychic		Psychic	Pressure	None	None
0386	Deoxys Attack Forme	Psychic		Psychic	Pressure	None	None
0386	Deoxys Defense Forme	Psychic		Psychic	Pressure	None	None
0386	Deoxys Speed Forme	Psychic		Psychic	Pressure	None	None
0416	Vespiquen	Bug	Flying	Pressure	None	Unnerve
0442	Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	Pressure	None	Infiltrator
0461	Weavile	Dark	Ice	Pressure	None	Pickpocket
0477	Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost	Pressure	None	Frisk^{Gen VI+}
0483	Dialga	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0483	Dialga Origin Forme	Steel	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0484	Palkia	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0484	Palkia Origin Forme	Water	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0487	Giratina Altered Forme	Ghost	Dragon	Pressure	None	Telepathy
0624	Pawniard	Dark	Steel	Defiant	Inner Focus	Pressure
0625	Bisharp	Dark	Steel	Defiant	Inner Focus	Pressure
0646	Kyurem	Dragon	Ice	Pressure	None	None
0823	Corviknight	Flying	Steel	Pressure	Unnerve	Mirror Armor
0890	Eternatus	Poison	Dragon	Pressure	None	None
0890	Eternatus Eternamax	Poison	Dragon	Pressure	None	None
0903	Sneasler	Fighting	Poison	Pressure	Unburden^{Gen IX+}	Poison Touch
0983	Kingambit	Dark	Steel	Defiant	Supreme Overlord	Pressure
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.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Pressure

Monster

Dark
Pressure
HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
100	100	100	100	100	100

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

When a Pokémon with Pressure is targeted by a foe's move, one additional PP is deducted upon execution.

In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, multiple instances of Pressure now stack on each other. (e.g: Hitting two enemies with the Ability at the same time will cause the user to lose 3 PP.)

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	If hit by a foe's move, the foe uses more PP than usual.
MDTD S	Forces a foe to use more PP than usual for a move that hits the Pokémon.
BSL	わざをうけたときにあいてのＰＰをよけいにへらす
MDGtI	Foes use more PP when they use moves against the Pokémon.* When a foe uses a move, it will take more PP than usual!*
SMD	When an enemy uses a move on the Pokémon, the move will take more PP than usual!
MDRTDX	When an enemy uses a move on the Pokémon, the move will cost more PP than usual.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Entei
The Pokémon puts other Pokémon under pressure, causing them to become tense and nervous.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Entei roars at the opponent, causing them to become tense and nervous.
A wild Entei	Entei's Fierce Battle Cry!	Debut

Mewtwo from Genesect and the Legend Awakened was confirmed to have Pressure as its Ability on the official Pokémon website,^{[citation needed]} even though it was never demonstrated or mentioned on-screen.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Deoxys Spiritomb and Weavile
The Pokémon exerts its pressure on other Pokémon, causing them to expend more energy to use their moves.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	The opponent attacking Deoxys can only use a powerful attack once.
Giovanni's Organism No. 2	Don't Doubt Deoxys	Debut
	Spiritomb's opponent is forced to spend more energy in battle than usual.
Cynthia's Spiritomb	Shunning Spiritomb	None
	Weavile's opponent is forced to spend more energy in battle than usual.
Cyrus's Weavile	Shunning Spiritomb	None

In Storming the Forretress, Poli gained Pressure when Organism No. 2 used Skill Swap on him.
In Volume 42, Silver's Weavile was revealed to have Pressure as his Ability.
Emerald's Dusclops was revealed to have Pressure as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
Green's Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, Blaine's Mewtwo, a Roughneck's Vespiquen, the Tower duo, the Legendary beasts, the Pokémon of myth, and Zinzolin's Kyurem were revealed to have Pressure as their Ability.

Trivia

Pressure is the most common Ability amongst Legendary Pokémon.

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	壓迫感 Aatbīkgám * 氣壓 Hei'aat *
Chinese	Mandarin	壓迫感 / 压迫感 Yāpògǎn * 氣壓 Qìyā *
French		Pression
German		Erzwinger
Italian		Pressione
Korean		프레셔 Pressure
Polish		Presja
Brazilian Portuguese		Pressão
Spanish		Presión
Turkish		Baskı
Vietnamese		Khí áp

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