Sturdy (Ability)
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Sturdy (Japanese:がんじょうSturdy) is anAbility introduced inGeneration III.
Effect
In battle
Generations III and IV
Sturdy makes the Pokémon unaffected byone-hit knockout moves.
Generation V onward
In addition to Sturdy's previous effect, Sturdy now works like aFocus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1HP remaining if another Pokémon's attack orconfusion 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 Pokémonhas a maximum of 1 HP.
If a Pokémon with Sturdy is holding a Focus Sash, Sturdy will activate first. A Pokémon withMold Breaker will ignore Sturdy. When amultistrike move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect can only activate for hits while the user has full HP.Destiny Bond andPerish Song will not cause Sturdy to activate.
Outside of battle
Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Sturdy
In other games
Pokémon UNITE
InPokémon UNITE, Sturdy isCrustle's Ability. It increases the user's Defense and Special Defense (based on the user's level) for every 7% of the HP they are missing, up to 70%.
Description
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
 Dwebble  Roggenrola  Boldore | |||
| The Pokémon is prevented from being knocked out after being hit by a strong move. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| User | First Used In | Notes | |
 | When Dwebble is hit with a powerful attack, it pulls its body into its shell. When it comes out, it hardly has any damage at all. | ||
| Cilan's Dwebble | A Connoisseur's Revenge! | Debut | |
 | When Roggenrola is hit with a powerful attack, it doesn't get hurt much from it. Also, when Roggenrola is hit with a one-hit knockout move, it stays in its place and does nothing. | ||
| Ash's Roggenrola | Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! | None | |
 | When Boldore is hit with a one-hit knockout move, it stays in its place and does nothing. | ||
| Ash's Boldore | Battling the King of the Mines! | None | |
In the manga
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
 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 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 | |
Pokémon Adventures
 Lairon and Donphan  Sudowoodo | |||
| The Pokémon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
 | Lairon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit. | ||
| Sapphire's Rono | The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X | Debut | |
 | Donphan withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit. | ||
| Sapphire's Phado | The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X | Debut | |
 | Sudowoodo withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit. | ||
| Brassius's Sudowoodo | Challenge! The Avant-Garde Gym Leader!! | None | |
- InJust My Luck...Shuckle,Lucy'sShuckle was revealed to have Sturdy as her Ability byEmerald'sPokédex.
- Involume 25,Yellow'sGolem, Gravvy, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- Involume 40,Diamond'sBastiodon,Don, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- Involume 42,Gold'sSudowoodo,Sudobo, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- Giovanni'sGolem was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability in thePokéSPedia data-book.
- ThePokémon Association'sPineco,Carr'sForretress,Burgh'sDwebble,Marshal'sSawk, andCheren'sGigalith are revealed to have Sturdy as their Ability.
Trivia
- Everygeneration has introduced aPokémon, or a newform of a Pokémon, that can have thisAbility.
- Sturdy is the most common Ability among Pokémon, with 47 of them being capable of having it.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cantonese | 結實Gitsaht |
| Mandarin | 結實 / 结实Jiēshi | |
| Dutch | Stoer | |
| Finnish | Jämäkkyys | |
| French | Fermeté | |
| German | Robustheit | |
| Hindi | डटे रेह्नाDatte Rehna | |
| Indonesian | Keras | |
| Italian | Vigore | |
| Korean | 옹골참Onggolcham | |
| Polish | Wytrwałość | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Robustez (UNITE, TCG, manga) Forte (BW034) Vigor (BW019) |
| Portugal | Robustez | |
| Russian | ВыносливостьVynoslivost' | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Robustez (games) Resistencia (BW034) Robusto (BW019) |
| Spain | Robustez | |
| Vietnamese | Cứng cáp Mạnh mẽ | |
 | This article is part ofProject Moves and Abilities, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games. |
