Reckless (ability)

Effect

Reckless increases the power of recoil moves by 20%. By extension, this means the amount of recoil damage taken will increase as more damage is dealt (except for High Jump Kick and Jump Kick which are based on the user's HP).

Moves affected

The attacks classed as punching moves are shown below with their normal and boosted power:

Name	Type	Cat.	Power	Boosted	Acc.
Brave Bird	Flying		120	144	100
Double Edge	Normal		120	144	100
Flare Blitz	Fire		120	144	100
Head Charge	Normal		120	144	100
Head Smash	Rock		150	180	80
High Jump Kick	Fighting		130	156	90
Jump Kick	Fighting		100	120	95
Light Of Ruin*	Fairy		140	168	90
Submission	Fighting		80	96	80
Take Down	Normal		90	108	85
Volt Tackle*	Electric		120	144	100
Wood Hammer*	Grass		120	144	100
Wild Charge	Electric		90	108	100

* No Pokémon with Reckless can learn these moves.

Game descriptions

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Pokémon with Reckless

#	Name	2nd ability	Hidden ability
0106	Hitmonlee	Limber	Unburden
0550	Basculin Red-Striped Form	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0626	Bouffalant	Sap Sipper	Soundproof
0862	Obstagoon	Guts	Defiant

Reckless as a hidden ability

#	Name	Other abilities
0111	Rhyhorn	Lightning Rod Rock Head
0112	Rhydon	Lightning Rod Rock Head
0396	Starly	Keen Eye
0397	Staravia	Intimidate
0398	Staraptor	Intimidate
0464	Rhyperior	Lightning Rod Solid Rock
0500	Emboar	Blaze
0619	Mienfoo	Inner Focus Regenerator
0620	Mienshao	Inner Focus Regenerator