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Sheer Force

Sheer Force increases the power of moves that have beneficial secondary effects by 30%, but removes those additional effects. Beneficial effects are defined as those that are positive for the user, such as: Non-beneficial effects, that Sheer Force will not activate for, include: If the user is holding a Life Orb and uses an attack that activates Sheer Force, it will not receive the 10% damage from Life Orb, but it gets boosts from both Life Orb and Sheer Force (total of 69% base power increase).

Game descriptions

  • Black, White, Black 2, White 2:Removes added effects to increase move damage.
  • X, Y, O.Ruby, A.Sapphire:Removes additional effects to increase move damage.
  • Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon:Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.
  • Sword, Shield, B.Diamond, S.Pearl:Removes additional effects to increase the power of moves when attacking.
  • Scarlet, Violet:Removes any additional effects from the Pokémon’s moves, but increases the moves’ power.

Pokémon with this ability (32)