Acupressure (move)

Acupressure (Japanese: つぼをつく Point Strike) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation IV.

Generation IV
Acupressure chooses one of the target's stats at random and raises it by two stages. It can raise either the target's, , , , , or  stat but will not attempt to raise a stat that is already maximized, meaning that the move will fail if all stats are maximized. Acupressure will also fail if the target is under the effects of.

In this generation only, Acupressure can be stolen by. The move will apply to the user of Snatch regardless of the move's original target.

Generation V onwards
Acupressure will no longer fail if the target is the user and the user is behind a substitute; it will still fail if targeting an ally behind a Substitute. Acupressure can no longer be stolen by Snatch.

If a Pokémon selected Acupressure as its move, but when executing the move it is in a different position (due to shifting in a Triple Battle or ), Acupressure will be used on the Pokémon currently in the targeted position (even if the user targeted itself initially); however, if the user now targets itself but did not initially, Acupressure fails.

If the user's side of the field is protected by, Acupressure will fail if executed on an ally but succeed if executed on the user.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Acupressure, the user's critical hit rate is increased by two stages.

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In other languages
Akupressur Acupresión Acupression Acupressione つぼをつく 点穴（招式）