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Sturdy がんじょう Sturdy Flavor text Generation III Negates 1-hit KO attacks. Generation IV The Pokémon is protected against 1-hit KO attacks. Generation V It cannot be knocked out with one hit. Generation VI It cannot be knocked out with one hit. Generation VII It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either. Generation VIII It cannot be knocked out with one hit. One-hit KO moves cannot knock it out, either.

Sturdy (Japanese: がんじょう Sturdy) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

Effect

In battle

Generations III and IV

Sturdy makes the Pokémon unaffected by one-hit knockout moves.

Generation V onward

In addition to Sturdy's previous effect, Sturdy now works like a Focus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1 HP remaining if another Pokémon's attack or confusion damage would have brought it from full health to 0 HP. Sturdy will activate as long as a Pokémon has full HP before the attack, and therefore it can activate multiple times if the Pokémon is brought back to full health, or if the Pokémon has a maximum of 1 HP.

If a Pokémon with Sturdy is holding a Focus Sash, Sturdy will activate first. A Pokémon with Mold Breaker will ignore Sturdy. When a multi-strike move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect can only activate for hits while the user has full HP. Destiny Bond and Perish Song will not cause Sturdy to activate.

Outside of battle

Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Sturdy

During his Gym battle in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock uses a Rhyhorn with the Ability Sturdy, even though Rhyhorn cannot normally have that Ability.

In other games

Description

Games Description MD R B Blocks one-hit KO moves. MD T D S Blocks one-hit KO moves on the Pokémon. B S L いちげきで たおれてしまう わざを うけない Conq. The Pokémon is protected against 1-hit KO attacks. MD GtI If the Pokémon's HP is full, no matter how much damage it takes, it will be left with 1 HP. *

If the Pokémon's HP is full, it will be left with 1 HP when it takes damage that would normally make it faint! It also protects the Pokémon from one-hit KO moves like Fissure! * S MD If the Pokémon's HP is full, moves that would defeat the Pokémon instead leave the Pokémon with 1 HP! MD RT DX If the Pokémon's HP is full, moves that would defeat the Pokémon instead leave the Pokémon with 1 HP. This is also effective against moves like Fissure that can cause Pokémon to faint with a single hit.

In the anime

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Roggenrola The Pokémon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining. Pokémon Method User First Chapter Used In Notes Roggenrola Roggenrola withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining. Monta's Roggenrola The Key to Triple Battles Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In other languages



