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[[File:PP Screen.png|frame|right|A {{p|Froslass}} displaying its moveset; three of its moves have been partially depleted in battle, while one move still retains all of its PP.]]
[[File:PP Screen.png|frame|right|A {{p|Froslass}} displaying its moveset; three of its moves have been partially depleted in battle, while one move still retains all of its PP.]]
'''Power Points''' (Japanese: '''パワーポイント''' ''Power Points''), '''PP''' for short, are the energy that a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} requires in order to perform a [[move]].
'''Power Points''' (Japanese: '''パワーポイント''' ''Power Points''), or '''PP''' for short, are the energy that a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} requires in order to perform a [[move]].


==In the games==
==In the games==
Power Points have existed in every generation. It costs 1 PP to use a move (unless {{a|Pressure}} is active), so the PP a move has remaining is essentially equivalent to the number of times that move can be used. PP can be fully restored by healing one's Pokémon at a [[Pokémon Center]]. Each move is assigned a base Power Point value that is either 1 or a positive multiple of 5, up to 40. In general, weaker moves learned at lower levels will have higher PP, while more powerful moves that are learned by TM only or at high levels will have lower PP.
Power Points have existed in every [[generation]]. It costs 1 PP to use a move (barring [[Abilities]] such as {{a|Pressure}}), so the PP a move has remaining is essentially equivalent to the number of times that move can be used. Each move is assigned a base Power Point value that is either 1 or a positive multiple of 5, up to 40. In general, weaker moves learned at lower levels will have higher PP, while more powerful moves or moves learned at higher levels will have lower PP. PP can be fully restored by healing one's Pokémon at a [[Pokémon Center]], and effectively act as a method to encourage players to use them even if they take little or no [[damage]].


When a move is learned, its PP will automatically be set to the base PP value, allowing it to be used immediately. However, in [[Generation V]], replacing an old move with a newly learned TM will keep the PP value the same as it was before, unless the new move has fewer base PP than the remaining PP of the replaced move. This is to prevent TMs from being a method to repeatedly replenish PP at no cost, as they are reusable from {{game|Black and White|s}} onward. This was changed in [[Pokémon X and Y]]; when a Pokémon is taught a move through use of a TM, it will now be set to the maximum PP as it was prior to Generation V.
When a move is learned, including through methods such as using [[TM]]s, its PP will automatically be set to the base PP value, allowing it to be used immediately. However, in [[Generation V]], using a newly learned TM to replace an old move will keep the PP value of the old move (unless the new move has fewer base PP than the remaining PP of the replaced move). This was to prevent TMs from being a method to repeatedly replenish PP at no cost, as they were first made reusable in that generation. In [[Generation VI]], TMs remained reusable but using a TM to overwrite a move will now keep the newly learned TM move at its maximum PP.


When PP of a move has been depleted, the Pokémon will no longer be able to use that move until PP is restored. When all of a Pokémon's moves' PP has been depleted, ordering it to attack will result in the Pokémon using {{m|Struggle}}, a move that deals great damage to itself and minimal damage to the opponent.
When the PP of a move has been depleted, the Pokémon will no longer be able to use that move until PP is restored. When all of a Pokémon's moves' PP have been depleted, ordering it to attack will result in the Pokémon using {{m|Struggle}}, a move that deals great damage to itself and minimal damage to the opponent.


All moves that target a Pokémon with {{a|Pressure}} use two PP per use instead of one, causing them to deplete their PP faster. A move that has only 1 PP remaining will execute as normal in these situations. Moves that do not target the Pokémon with Pressure, such as [[status move]]s which target the user, deplete as normal. Pressure will also not activate if the Pokémon with Pressure targets itself.
All moves that target a Pokémon with {{a|Pressure}} use two PP per use instead of one, causing them to deplete their PP faster. A move that has only 1 PP remaining will execute as normal in these situations. Moves that do not target the Pokémon with Pressure, such as [[status move]]s which target the user, deplete as normal. Pressure will also not activate if the Pokémon with Pressure targets itself.
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A move that can be used outside of battle, such as {{m|Dig}} or one of the many [[HM]] moves, will be able to be used outside of battle regardless of its PP on the field, and will not subtract PP for its overworld uses.
A move that can be used outside of battle, such as {{m|Dig}} or one of the many [[HM]] moves, will be able to be used outside of battle regardless of its PP on the field, and will not subtract PP for its overworld uses.


Upon using {{m|Transform}}, all copied moves will have 5 PP (unless the maximum PP is less than 5, in which case the PP will be that maximum).
Upon using {{m|Transform}}, all copied moves will have 5 PP (unless the maximum PP is less than 5, in which case the PP will be that lower maximum).


Some moves, especially the [[Shadow move]]s of {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}, have no PP value, giving them effectively infinite PP.
Some moves, especially the [[Shadow move]]s of {{g|Colosseum}} and {{XD}}, have no PP value, giving them effectively infinite PP.
In [[Generation I]], all AI opponents had unlimited PP.


===Increasing PP===
===Increasing PP===
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===Base value alteration===
===Base value alteration===
In [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}, the maximum PP of a move that began at 40 PP would be 61, probably due to a lack of data space; this is fixed from [[Generation III]] onward, increasing the maximum to its 'proper' value of 64.
In [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}} and {{gen|II}}, the maximum PP of a move that began at 40 PP would be 61, likely due to a lack of data space; this is fixed from [[Generation III]] onward, increasing the maximum to its 'proper' value of 64.


Between Generations, the base PP of several moves, such as {{m|Recover}} and {{m|Giga Drain}}, was altered. If PP Ups had been used on one of these moves in a previous, this is carried over to later Generation, with the PP Ups now boosting based on the new value, rather than the old. For example, a Pokémon with Giga Drain with 2 PP Ups used on it in Generation III, having 7 PP for that move, would have 14 PP when transferred to Generation IV.
Between Generations, the base PP of several moves, such as {{m|Recover}} and {{m|Giga Drain}}, was altered. If PP Ups had been used on one of these moves in a previous, this is carried over to later Generation, with the PP Ups now boosting based on the new value, rather than the old. For example, a Pokémon with Giga Drain with 2 PP Ups used on it in Generation III, having 7 PP for that move, would have 14 PP when transferred to Generation IV.
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