Sheer Force (Ability)

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Sheer Force

ちからずく

Sheer Force

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Generation V
Removes added effects to increase move damage.

Generation VI
Removes additional effects to increase move damage.

Generation VII
Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.

Generation VIII
Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.

Generation IX
Removes any additional effects from the Pokémon's moves, but increases the moves' power.

Sheer Force (Japanese: ちからずく Sheer Force) is an Ability introduced in Generation V.

Effect

In battle

Sheer Force raises the base power of all damaging moves that have any additional effects by approximately 30% (a multiplier of 5325/4096), but their additional effects are ignored. Sheer Force boosts Order Up even if Commander is not activated, and increases to stats (if any) apply normally.

Reducing the target's stats, increasing the user's stats, inflicting a status condition on the target (volatile or otherwise, but excluding being bound), and causing the target to flinch are all considered additional effects, so damaging moves that have a chance (up to and including a 100% chance) to cause these effects will have their power increased, in exchange for ignoring whatever chance they had to cause these effects. Furthermore, Anchor Shot, Ceaseless Edge, Eerie Spell, Genesis Supernova, Secret Power, Sparkling Aria, Spirit Shackle, and Stone Axe are explicitly considered to have added effects that can be removed by Sheer Force. However, Thousand Waves, whose effect is otherwise identical to Anchor Shot and Spirit Shackle, is not.

Sheer Force does not consider recoil or decreasing the user's own stats to be additional effects. Properties of moves—such as having a high critical-hit ratio, being unable to miss, having variable power or powering up, or having a charging turn, Remove screens (Reflect, Light Screen, Aurora Veil), among others—are not considered additional effects. Moves that have one of these properties in addition to an additional effect will be powered up and only the additional effect will be negated. For example, Flare Blitz inflicts recoil damage to the user, but also has an additional effect to burn; if the user has Sheer Force, Flare Blitz's damage will be boosted by 30% and the user will take recoil damage, but it cannot burn the target. Effects of Fling caused by holding specific items are not considered additional effects for the purposes of Sheer Force. Scale Shot is not considered to have additional effects for the purposes of Sheer Force.

If (and only if) a move is boosted by the effect of Sheer Force, several effects that normally happen after attacking will be skipped. This includes the effects of Eject Button, Red Card, Shell Bell, Kee Berry, and Maranga Berry; the recoil damage from Life Orb; the Abilities Color Change, Pickpocket, Wimp Out, Emergency Exit, Berserk, and Anger Shell; as well as Meloetta's opportunity to switch forms if it acquires Sheer Force and uses Relic Song. Other effects are not negated this way; therefore, if a Pokémon with Sheer Force holding a Life Orb uses a move boosted by Sheer Force, it will gain the passive damage boost (because it isn't a secondary effect of the move nor is it on the list of skipped effects), but the Pokémon will not be damaged by the Life Orb.

Sheer Force does not affect Max Moves, neither powering them up nor removing their secondary effects.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Sheer Force, as well as the Pokémon that can have Sheer Force and learn those moves.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power and Boost		Learned by
Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	97.5
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	78	*
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	39
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	78
Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	143
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	110.5	**
Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	110.5
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	78
Bubble	Water	Special	40	52
Bubble Beam	Water	Special	65	84.5	**
Bug Buzz	Bug	Special	90	117
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	78
Burning Jealousy	Fire	Special	70	91
Charge Beam	Electric	Special	50	65	**
Chilling Water	Water	Special	50	65
Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	65
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	104
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	97.5	*
Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	104
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	130
Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	78
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	130	******
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	117
Ember	Fire	Special	40	52
Esper Wing	Psychic	Special	80	104
Extrasensory	Psychic	Special	80	104
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	52
Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	143
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	84.5
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	97.5
Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	65	*
Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	78
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	117
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	156
Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	104
Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	156
Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	60	78	***
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	156
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	91	*******
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	123.5
Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	143
Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	117
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	84.5
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	97.5
Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	85	110.5
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	71.5
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	104
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	130
Lava Plume	Fire	Special	80	104
Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	110.5
Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	84.5
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	104
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	65
Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	84.5
Muddy Water	Water	Special	90	117
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	71.5
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	26	**********
Mystical Fire	Fire	Special	75	97.5
Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	117
Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	65	*
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	104
Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	19.5
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	65
Pounce	Bug	Physical	50	65
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	52	*******
Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	84.5
Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	117
Psychic Noise	Psychic	Special	75	97.5
Razor Shell	Water	Physical	75	97.5
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	117	*
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	97.5
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	52	********** ******* *
Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	78
Sandsear Storm	Ground	Special	100	130
Scald	Water	Special	80	104
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	91
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	91
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	104
Signal Beam	Bug	Special	75	97.5
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	91
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140	182
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	117
Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	95	123.5
Snarl	Dark	Special	55	71.5
Snore	Normal	Special	50	65
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	91
Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	84.5	*
Stone Axe	Rock	Physical	65	84.5
Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	50	65	*
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	104
Thunder	Electric	Special	110	143
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	84.5
Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	117
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	97.5
Trailblaze	Grass	Physical	50	65
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	52	*
Upper Hand	Fighting	Physical	65	84.5
Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	78	*****
Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	104
Zap Cannon	Electric	Special	120	156	*
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	104

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Sheer Force. They may, however, be called via Metronome, Mirror Move, Copycat, or Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Sheer Force by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power and Boost
Acid	Poison	Special	40	52
Acid Spray	Poison	Special	40	52
Alluring Voice	Fairy	Special	80	104
Anchor Shot	Steel	Physical	80	104
Apple Acid	Grass	Special	80	104
Aqua Step	Water	Physical	80	104
Aura Wheel	Electric	Physical	110	143
Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	65	84.5
Axe Kick	Fighting	Physical	120	156
Barb Barrage	Poison	Physical	60	78
Bitter Malice	Ghost	Special	75	97.5
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	85	110.5
Blazing Torque	Fire	Special	80	104
Bleakwind Storm	Flying	Special	100	130
Blue Flare	Fire	Special	130	169
Bolt Strike	Electric	Physical	130	169
Bone Club	Ground	Physical	65	84.5
Buzzy Buzz	Electric	Special	90	117
Ceaseless Edge	Dark	Physical	65	84.5
Chatter	Flying	Special	65	84.5
Clangorous Soulblaze	Dragon	Special	185	240.5
Combat Torque	Fighting	Special	100	130
Constrict	Normal	Physical	10	13
Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	91
Diamond Storm	Rock	Physical	100	130
Dire Claw	Poison	Physical	80	104
Discharge	Electric	Special	80	104
Dizzy Punch	Normal	Physical	70	91
Double Iron Bash	Steel	Physical	60	78
Drum Beating	Grass	Physical	80	104
Eerie Spell	Psychic	Special	80	104
Electro Shot	Electric	Special	130	169
Electroweb	Electric	Special	55	71.5
Energy Ball	Grass	Special	90	117
Fiery Dance	Fire	Special	80	104
Fiery Wrath	Dark	Special	90	117
Fire Lash	Fire	Physical	80	104
Floaty Fall	Flying	Physical	90	117
Freeze-Dry	Ice	Special	70	91
Freeze Shock	Ice	Physical	140	182
Freezing Glare	Psychic	Special	90	117
Genesis Supernova	Psychic	Special	185	240.5
Glaciate	Ice	Special	65	84.5
Grav Apple	Grass	Physical	80	104
Heart Stamp	Psychic	Physical	60	78
Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	80	104
Ice Burn	Ice	Special	140	182
Infernal Parade	Ghost	Special	60	78
Inferno	Fire	Special	100	130
Leaf Tornado	Grass	Special	65	84.5
Lick	Ghost	Physical	30	39
Lumina Crash	Psychic	Special	80	104
Luster Purge	Psychic	Special	95	123.5
Magical Torque	Fairy	Special	100	130
Malignant Chain	Poison	Special	100	130
Matcha Gotcha	Grass	Special	80	104
Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	117
Mirror Shot	Steel	Special	65	84.5
Mist Ball	Psychic	Special	95	123.5
Moonblast	Fairy	Special	95	123.5
Mortal Spin	Poison	Physical	30	39
Mountain Gale	Ice	Physical	100	130
Mystical Power	Psychic	Special	70	91
Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	78
Night Daze	Dark	Special	85	110.5
Noxious Torque	Poison	Special	100	130
Nuzzle	Electric	Physical	20	26
Octazooka	Water	Special	65	84.5
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	78
Order Up	Dragon	Physical	80	104
Powder Snow	Ice	Special	40	52
Psyshield Bash	Psychic	Physical	70	91
Pyro Ball	Fire	Physical	120	156
Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	65
Relic Song	Normal	Special	75	97.5
Rolling Kick	Fighting	Physical	60	78
Sacred Fire	Fire	Physical	100	130
Salt Cure	Rock	Physical	40	52
Searing Shot	Fire	Special	100	130
Seed Flare	Grass	Special	120	156
Shadow Bone	Ghost	Physical	85	110.5
Shell Side Arm	Poison	Special	90	117
Silver Wind	Bug	Special	60	78
Sizzly Slide	Fire	Physical	90	117
Sludge	Poison	Special	65	84.5
Smog	Poison	Special	30	39
Spark	Electric	Physical	65	84.5
Sparkling Aria	Water	Special	90	117
Spirit Break	Fairy	Physical	75	97.5
Spirit Shackle	Ghost	Physical	80	104
Splishy Splash	Water	Special	90	117
Springtide Storm	Fairy	Special	100	130
Steam Eruption	Water	Special	110	143
Steamroller	Bug	Physical	65	84.5
Stoked Sparksurfer	Electric	Special	175	227.5
Strange Steam	Fairy	Special	90	117
Syrup Bomb	Grass	Special	60	78
Thunder Shock	Electric	Special	40	52
Thunderous Kick	Fighting	Physical	90	117
Torch Song	Fire	Special	80	104
Tri Attack	Normal	Special	80	104
Triple Arrows	Fighting	Physical	90	117
Trop Kick	Grass	Physical	70	91
Twineedle	Bug	Physical	25	32.5
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	120	156
Wicked Torque	Dark	Special	80	104
Wildbolt Storm	Electric	Special	100	130
Zing Zap	Electric	Physical	80	104

Outside of battle

Sheer Force does not have an effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Sheer Force

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0031	Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry^{Gen IV+}
0034	Nidoking	Poison	Ground	Poison Point	Rivalry^{Gen IV+}
0098	Krabby	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor
0099	Kingler	Water		Water	Hyper Cutter	Shell Armor
0128	Tauros	Normal		Normal	Intimidate	Anger Point^{Gen IV+}
0158	Totodile	Water		Water	Torrent	None
0159	Croconaw	Water		Water	Torrent	None
0160	Feraligatr	Water		Water	Torrent	None
0208	Steelix	Steel	Ground	Rock Head	Sturdy
0296	Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	Thick Fat	Guts
0297	Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	Thick Fat	Guts
0303	Mawile	Steel	Fairy	Hyper Cutter	Intimidate
0323	Camerupt Mega Camerupt	Fire	Ground		None	None
0328	Trapinch	Ground		Ground	Hyper Cutter	Arena Trap
0371	Bagon	Dragon		Dragon	Rock Head	None
0408	Cranidos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None
0409	Rampardos	Rock		Rock	Mold Breaker	None
0532	Timburr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts		Iron Fist
0533	Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts		Iron Fist
0534	Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting	Guts		Iron Fist
0555	Darmanitan Standard Mode	Fire		Fire		None	Zen Mode
0621	Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	Rough Skin		Mold Breaker
0627	Rufflet	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye		Hustle
0628	Braviary	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye		Defiant
0628	Braviary Hisuian Form	Psychic	Flying	Keen Eye		Tinted Lens^{Gen IX+}
0645	Landorus Incarnate Forme	Ground	Flying	Sand Force	None
0733	Toucannon	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Skill Link
0878	Cufant	Steel		Steel		None	Heavy Metal
0879	Copperajah	Steel		Steel		None	Heavy Metal
0900	Kleavor	Bug	Rock	Swarm		Sharpness^{Gen IX+}
0931	Squawkabilly Yellow Plumage	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	Hustle
0931	Squawkabilly White Plumage	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	Hustle
0974	Cetoddle	Ice		Ice	Thick Fat	Snow Cloak
0975	Cetitan	Ice		Ice	Thick Fat	Slush Rush
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

Sheer Force raises the power of all damaging moves that have any additional effects by 20%^SMD, but their additional effects are ignored.

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI	The Pokémon's moves are more powerful, but the additional effects are lost.* The power of the Pokémon's moves goes up, but additional effects are lost! That means Crush Claw won't lower the target's Defense anymore, but the move will deal more damage.*
SMD	The power of the Pokémon's moves goes up, but additional effects are lost! That means Crush Claw won't lower the target's Defense anymore, but the move will deal more damage.
MDRTDX	The power of the Pokémon's moves goes up, but additional effects are lost. For example, Crush Claw won't lower the target's Defense anymore, but the move will deal more damage.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In A Cold Reception, Drayden's Druddigon was mentioned to have Sheer Force as its Ability.
In volume 44, Black's Braviary, Brav, was revealed to have Sheer Force as his Ability.
N's Gurdurr was revealed to have Sheer Force as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.

Trivia

When this Ability was first revealed in CoroCoro Comic, it was named ちからづく (Invigorate) in Japanese. In the games, it is named ちからずく (Sheer Force) in Japanese. Both have the same pronunciation, but different spelling.
Formerly, Sheer Force would boost Jet Punch, despite the fact that this move has no additional effects. This was patched later on.
Despite Electro Shot not having any secondary effects, it is boosted by Sheer Force, due to the flag being set for it internally.
- This flag is also set for the moves Drum Beating, Pyro Ball, Breaking Swipe, Apple Acid, Grav Apple, Spirit Break, and Strange Steam, despite their "move quality" values internally being values that would get a boost from Sheer Force nonetheless.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	強行 Kèuhnghàahng * 用力 Yuhnglihk *
Chinese	Mandarin	強行 / 强行 Qiángxíng * 用力 Yònglì *
French		Sans Limite
German		Rohe Gewalt
Italian		Forzabruta
Korean		우격다짐 Ugyeokdajim
Portuguese		Força Absoluta
Spanish		Potencia Bruta* Pot. Bruta*
Vietnamese		Toàn Lực

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