Ancient Power (move)

Ancient Power (Japanese: げんしのちから Primeval Power), formatted as AncientPower prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II.

In battle
Ancient Power inflicts damage and has a 10% chance of raising the user's, , , , and by one stage each.

Generation III
This move makes contact.

Generation IV onward
This move does not make contact.

Other effects
From Generation IV onward, three Pokémon can evolve when they level up knowing Ancient Power: into,  into , and  into.

Description

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Ancient Power damages the enemy in front of the user and may also simultaneously raise by Attack, Sp. Attack, Defense, Sp. Defense, and Travel Speed buy one stage. In Gates to Infinity, Ancient Power hits nearby enemies in a 1 tile range around the user when used by a Gigantic Pokémon.

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Ancient Power had a power of 30.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Ancient Power had a power of 35, an energy bar of GO charge 4.png, and a duration of 3.6 seconds.

may only know this move if it was obtained before February 16, 2017.

Description

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Trivia

 * Ancient Power is learned by every and a large number of Legendary Pokémon.
 * , which evolves into when leveled up knowing this move, has been able to learn it by breeding since the move's introduction. This trait is shared with, which has had a similar history with.
 * In, the battle animation of Ancient Power uses various Fossils instead of boulders.

In other languages
Antik-Kraft Poder pasado Pouvoir Antique Forzantica げんしのちから 原始之力（招式）