Reckless (Japanese:すてみLife-Risking) is anAbility introduced inGeneration IV. Prior toGeneration V, it was thesignature Ability ofHitmonlee.

Effect

In battle

Reckless increases thepower of moves that haverecoil orcrash damage by 20%, exceptStruggle. Because recoil damage is proportional to damage dealt, Pokémon with Reckless will also take increased recoil damage when using moves boosted by Reckless.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Reckless, as well as the Pokémon that can have Reckless and learn those moves.

Move Type Cat. Power and Boost Learned by Axe Kick  Fighting  Physical 120 144 Brave Bird  Flying  Physical 120 144 Double-Edge  Normal  Physical 120 144 ***** Flare Blitz  Fire  Physical 120 144 Head Charge  Normal  Physical 120 144 Head Smash  Rock  Physical 150 180 High Jump Kick  Fighting  Physical 130 156 Jump Kick  Fighting  Physical 100 120 Submission  Fighting  Physical 80 96 *** Supercell Slam  Electric  Physical 100 120 Take Down  Normal  Physical 90 108 * Wave Crash  Water  Physical 120 144 Wild Charge  Electric  Physical 90 108

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Reckless. They may, however, be called viaMetronome,Mirror Move,Copycat, orMimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Reckless by an Ability likeTrace orReceiver or a move such asSkill Swap orRole Play.

Outside of battle

Reckless has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Reckless

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	Limber	RecklessGen IV+	Unburden
0111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	Lightning Rod	Rock Head	Reckless
0112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	Lightning Rod	Rock Head	Reckless
0396		Starly	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	RecklessGen VI+
0397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	None	Reckless
0398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	Intimidate	None	Reckless
0464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	Lightning Rod	Solid Rock	Reckless
0500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting	Blaze	None	Reckless
0550		Basculin Red-Striped Form	Water		Water	Reckless	Adaptability	Mold Breaker
0619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting	Inner Focus	Regenerator	Reckless
0620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting	Inner Focus	Regenerator	Reckless
0626		Bouffalant	Normal		Normal	Reckless	Sap Sipper	Soundproof
0862		Obstagoon	Dark	Normal	Reckless	Guts	Defiant
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

• In theGeneration V games,Starly has no Hidden Ability, but a Starly with its Hidden Ability flag set will evolve into Staravia with its Hidden Ability Reckless and can produce Starly with their Hidden Ability flag set when bred. A Starly with its Hidden Ability flag set will have its Ability changed to Reckless when transferred toPokémon Bank.

• InPokémon Black and White,Blue-StripedBasculin have Reckless as their second standard Ability; however, a Blue-Striped Basculin with Rock Head can be obtained from anin-game trade in White. InPokémon Black 2 and White 2, wild Blue-Striped Basculin haveRock Head as their second standard Ability, but Blue-Striped Basculin bred in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 have Reckless as their second standard Ability. InGeneration VI, Blue-Striped Basculin have Rock Head as their second standard Ability, and Blue-Striped Basculin with Reckless transferred toPokémon Bank have their Ability changed to Rock Head.

Pokéstar Studios opponents with Reckless

F-00  Steel  Normal  Reckless HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 100 100 100 100 100 100

In other games

Mystery Dungeon series

InExplorers of Time and Darkness andExplorers of Sky, Reckless increases the damage of affected moves by 50%.

InPokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the damage and recoil damage (including crash damage in the case ofJump Kick missing) of these moves is increased by 20%. The Ability does not affect the movesStruggle orFinal Gambit.

Description

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• Alder'sBouffalant was revealed to have Reckless as its Ability.

In other languages

This article is part ofProject Moves and Abilities, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

• Abilities
• Abilities introduced in Generation IV
• Abilities that increase move power
• Abilities with negative effects