Sniper (Ability)
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Sniper (Japanese: スナイパー Sniper) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.
Effect
In battle
Generation IV
Critical hits will do 3× damage instead of 2× damage. Sniper cannot be activated by Beat Up.
Generation V
Sniper can now be activated by Beat Up.
Generation VI onward
Critical hits will now do 2.25× damage instead of 1.5× damage.
Outside of battle
Sniper has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Sniper
# | Pokémon | Types | First Ability | Second Ability | Hidden Ability | |
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Beedrill | Bug | Poison | Swarm | None | Sniper | |
Spearow | Normal | Flying | Keen Eye | None | Sniper | |
Fearow | Normal | Flying | Keen Eye | None | Sniper | |
Horsea | Water | Swift Swim | Sniper | Damp | ||
Seadra | Water | Poison Point | Sniper | Damp | ||
Spinarak | Bug | Poison | Swarm | Insomnia | Sniper | |
Ariados | Bug | Poison | Swarm | Insomnia | Sniper | |
Remoraid | Water | Hustle | Sniper | Moody | ||
Octillery | Water | Suction Cups | Sniper | Moody | ||
Kingdra | Water | Dragon | Swift Swim | Sniper | Damp | |
Skorupi | Poison | Bug | Battle Armor | Sniper | Keen Eye | |
Drapion | Poison | Dark | Battle Armor | Sniper | Keen Eye | |
Binacle | Rock | Water | Sniper | Tough Claws | Pickpocket | |
Barbaracle | Rock | Water | Sniper | Tough Claws | Pickpocket | |
Sobble | Water | Torrent | None | Sniper | ||
Drizzile | Water | Torrent | None | Sniper | ||
Inteleon | Water | Torrent | None | Sniper | ||
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VIII games.
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In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Sniper makes critical hits do 2× damage instead of 1.5× damage.
Description
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Trivia
- All Pokémon that can have Sniper can learn at least Focus Energy or at least one move with a high critical-hit ratio.
In other languages
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