Super Luck (Ability)

Super Luck (Japanese: きょううん Good Luck) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. In Generation IX, it is the signature Ability of Murkrow and Honchkrow.

Super Luck	きょううん
	Good Luck
Flavor text Generation IV Heightens the critical-hit ratios of moves. Generation V Heightens the critical-hit ratios of moves. Generation VI Boosts the critical-hit ratios of moves. Generation VII The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted. Generation VIII The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted. Generation IX The Pokémon is so lucky that the critical-hit ratios of its moves are boosted.

Effect

In battle

Super Luck increases the critical hit ratio by 1 stage.

Outside of battle

Generation IV

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver only, if a Pokémon with Super Luck breaks a rock and finds an item, the game will instead pick the item below it in the game's list, unless it was the 5% item (this effectively means it will never find the most common item).

Generation VIII

If a Pokémon with this Ability leads the party (even if fainted), the chances of finding a wild Pokémon holding an item increase from 50%/5% to 60%/20%. This effect is shared with Compound Eyes.

Generation IX

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Super Luck has no effect on the items held by wild Pokémon.

Pokémon with Super Luck

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0175		Togepi	Fairy		Fairy	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0176		Togetic	Fairy	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	Insomnia	Super LuckGen IV+	Prankster
0359		Absol	Dark		Dark	Pressure	Super LuckGen IV+	Justified
0430		Honchkrow	Dark	Flying	Insomnia	Super Luck	Moxie
0468		Togekiss	Fairy	Flying	Hustle	Serene Grace	Super Luck
0519		Pidove	Normal	Flying	Big Pecks	Super Luck	Rivalry
0520		Tranquill	Normal	Flying	Big Pecks	Super Luck	Rivalry
0521		Unfezant	Normal	Flying	Big Pecks	Super Luck	Rivalry
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Super Luck increases moves' critical hit ratio by 15%.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Super Luck is Absol's Ability. It increases the user's critical hit ratio by 15%.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Improves the chances of the Pokémon making critical hits. BSL きゅうしょに こうげきを あてやすい MDGtI Unavailable SMD The Pokémon's moves have a high critical-hit rate! MDRTDX The Pokémon's moves have a high critical-hit rate.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Honchkrow Tranquill
The Pokémon can sense the opponent's weak spots and hit them easily.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Honchkrow can sense and hit the opponent's weak spot with ease.
Paul's Honchkrow	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		Debut
	Tranquill has a better chance of hitting the opponent with a critical hit. When it hits the opponent with a critical hit, the spot where Tranquill strikes the opponent flashes white.
Trip's Tranquill	A Rival Battle for Club Champ!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In the Japan Mini-volume 6 for the X & Y arc, Y's Absol, Solsol, was revealed to have Super Luck as his Ability.
• N's Pidove was revealed to have Super Luck as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
• Hugh's Pidove is revealed to have Super Luck as its Ability.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Absol
The Pokémon can sense the opponent and strikes them with great force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Absol can sense the opponent's next move and strikes before the opponent can attack.
Koya's Absol	A New Battle Begins!		Debut

Trivia

• The reason why mostly bird-like Pokémon have this Ability may be because, in Japanese culture, birds are symbolic of good luck.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	超幸運 Chīuhahngwahn * 強運 Kèuhngwahn *
	Mandarin	超幸運 / 超幸运 Chāoxìngyùn * 強運 Qiángyùn *
Dutch		Supergeluk
Finnish		Superonni
French		Chanceux
German		Glückspilz
Indonesian		Nasib Baik
Italian		Supersorte
Korean		대운 Dae'un
Polish		Superszczęście
Portuguese		Supersorte
Romanian		Super Noroc
Spanish	Latin America	Supersuerte
	Spain	Afortunado
Turkish		Süper Şans
Vietnamese		Siêu may mắn

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.