Sharpness (ability)

Effect

Sharpness increases the power of all slicing moves by 50%.

Moves affected

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

Name	Type	Power	Boosted	Acc.
Aerial Ace	Flying	60	90	∞
Air Cutter	Flying	60	90	95
Air Slash	Flying	75	113	95
Aqua Cutter	Water	70	105	100
Behemoth Blade*	Steel	100	150	100
Bitter Blade*	Fire	90	135	100
Ceaseless Edge	Dark	65	98	90
Cross Poison*	Poison	70	105	100
Cut*	Normal	50	75	95
Fury Cutter	Bug	40	60	95
Kowtow Cleave*	Dark	85	128	∞
Leaf Blade	Grass	90	135	100
Mighty Cleave*	Rock	95	143	100
Night Slash	Dark	70	105	100
Population Bomb*	Normal	20	30	90
Psyblade*	Psychic	80	120	100
Psycho Cut	Psychic	70	105	100
Razor Leaf*	Grass	55	83	95
Razor Shell	Water	75	113	95
Sacred Sword	Fighting	90	135	100
Secret Sword*	Fighting	85	127	100
Slash	Normal	70	105	100
Solar Blade	Grass	125	188	100
Stone Axe	Rock	65	98	90
Tachyon Cutter*	Steel	50	75	∞
X Scissor	Bug	80	120	100

*No Pokémon with Sharpness can learn these moves, however they can be called via Copycat, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, or from a Pokémon that gained the ability (for example by Skill Swap).

Game descriptions

Scarlet/Violet	Powers up slicing moves.

Other languages

English	Sharpness
Japanese	きれあじ
German	Scharfkantig
French	Incisif
Italian	Affilama
Spanish	Cortante
Korean	예리함
Chinese (Simplified)	锋锐
Chinese (Traditional)	鋒銳

Pokémon with Sharpness

#	Name	2^nd ability	Hidden ability
0475	Gallade	Steadfast	Justified

Sharpness as a hidden ability

#	Name	Other abilities
0503	Samurott Hisuian Samurott	Torrent
0900	Kleavor	Swarm Sheer Force
0976	Veluza	Mold Breaker