Pure Power (Ability)

Pure Power	ヨガパワー
	Yoga Power
Flavor text Generation III Raises Attack. Generation IV Boosts the power of physical attacks. Generation V Raises the Pokémon's Attack stat. Generation VI Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat. Generation VII Using its pure power, the Pokémon doubles its Attack stat. Generation VIII Currently unknown

Pure Power (Japanese: ヨガパワー Yoga Power) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is the signature Ability of Meditite and Medicham.

Contents

Effect

In battle

Pure Power doubles the Attack stat of the Pokémon with this Ability.

Outside of battle

Pure Power has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Pure Power

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	Telepathy
	Medicham Mega Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	Pure Power	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Pure Power has a one-in-three chance of boosting a physical move (including regular attacks and items like Iron Thorn) by 50% when such an attack is used. The chance of activating appears to be lower in Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.

Description

Games Description MDRB Occasionally boosts Attack. MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's Attack occasionally. BSL ときどき こうげきが あがる MDGtI Unavailable SMD Sometimes the power of the Pokémon's physical moves goes up!

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

• Maylene's Meditite is revealed to have Pure Power as her Ability.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 瑜伽之力 Yùhgā-jī Lihk * 瑜珈神力 Yùhgā Sàhnlihk * Mandarin 瑜伽之力 Yújiā-zhī Lì * 瑜珈神力 Yújiā Shénlì * French Force Pure German Mentalkraft Italian Forzapura Korean 순수한힘 Sunsuhan Him Portuguese Poder Puro Spanish Energía Pura Turkish Saf Güç

Variations of the Ability Huge Power
Huge Power • Pure Power • Fur Coat

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