Serene Grace (Ability)

Serene Grace てんのめぐみ
Heavenly Blessing
Flavor text
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.

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.

Outside of battle

Serene Grace has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Serene Grace

# Pokémon 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.
MDTDS 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

 
Togekiss;
Using Air Slash
 
Being affected
The Pokémon has a higher chance of activating the secondary effects of its moves.
Pokémon Method
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
Mandarin 天恩 Tiān'ēn
  French Sérénité
  German Edelmut
  Italian Leggiadro
  Korean 하늘의 은총 Haneul-yi Eunchong
  Polish Pogodny Wdzięk
Portuguese   Brazil Indulgência Serena
  Portugal Graça Serena
  Spanish Dicha
  Thai พรจากสวรรค์


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.