Sheer Force (ability)

Effect

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:

Causing a status condition on the opponent (e.g. Thunderbolt)
Reducing the opponent's stats (e.g. Crunch)
Increasing the user's stats (e.g. AncientPower)

Non-beneficial effects, that Sheer Force will not activate for, include:

Recoil damage (e.g. Double-Edge)
Lowering the user's stats (e.g. Superpower)

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).

Example

Flamethrower normally has a 10% chance to burn the opponent. With Sheer Force, Flamethrower's base power is boosted from 95 to 124, but it will never cause a burn.

Note that if a move has an advantageous and disadvantageous side-effect, Sheer Force still boosts the move but only the advantageous effect is removed. For example, Flare Blitz may cause a burn but also has recoil damage. A Pokémon with Sheer Force using the move would gain the power increase and still receive recoil damage, but it would never cause a burn.

Moves affected

Here are the moves that increase in power under Sheer Force, listed alphabetically:

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.

Other languages

English	Sheer Force
Japanese	ちからずく (Chikara Zuku)
German	Rohe Gewalt
French	Sans Limite
Italian	Forzabruta
Spanish	Potencia Bruta
Korean	우격다짐
Chinese (Simplified)	强行
Chinese (Traditional)	強行

Pokémon with Sheer Force

#	Name	2^nd ability	Hidden ability
0323	Camerupt Mega Camerupt	—	—
0532	Timburr	Guts	Iron Fist
0533	Gurdurr	Guts	Iron Fist
0534	Conkeldurr	Guts	Iron Fist
0555	Darmanitan Standard Mode	—	Zen Mode
0555	Darmanitan Zen Mode	—	Zen Mode
0621	Druddigon	Rough Skin	Mold Breaker
0627	Rufflet	Keen Eye	Hustle
0628	Braviary	Keen Eye	Defiant
0628	Braviary Hisuian Braviary	Keen Eye	Tinted Lens
0878	Cufant	—	Heavy Metal
0879	Copperajah	—	Heavy Metal
0900	Kleavor	Swarm	Sharpness

Sheer Force as a hidden ability

#	Name	Other abilities
0031	Nidoqueen	Poison Point Rivalry
0034	Nidoking	Poison Point Rivalry
0098	Krabby	Hyper Cutter Shell Armor
0099	Kingler	Hyper Cutter Shell Armor
0128	Tauros	Intimidate Anger Point
0158	Totodile	Torrent
0159	Croconaw	Torrent
0160	Feraligatr	Torrent
0208	Steelix	Rock Head Sturdy
0296	Makuhita	Thick Fat Guts
0297	Hariyama	Thick Fat Guts
0303	Mawile	Hyper Cutter Intimidate
0328	Trapinch	Hyper Cutter Arena Trap
0371	Bagon	Rock Head
0408	Cranidos	Mold Breaker
0409	Rampardos	Mold Breaker
0645	Landorus Incarnate Forme	Sand Force
0733	Toucannon	Keen Eye Skill Link
0931	Squawkabilly Yellow Plumage	Intimidate Hustle
0931	Squawkabilly White Plumage	Intimidate Hustle
0974	Cetoddle	Thick Fat Snow Cloak
0975	Cetitan	Thick Fat Slush Rush