Technician (Ability)

Technician (Japanese: テクニシャン Technician) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

In battle
Technician increases the power of moves which have a power of 60 or less by 50%.

For moves with variable power, Technician will only apply if the power is 60 or less when used. Thus, will not get a Technician boost if the opposing Pokémon switches and Pursuit's power doubles to 80, and  and  will only get a Technician boost if the target's weight is 110.0 lbs. (49.9 kg) or less. Similarly, if a move like is used by a Pokémon previously damaged in the same turn, which doubles Avalanche's power to 120, then Technician will not be applied.

The effect does not apply to confusion damage, which remains at a power of 40.

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

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they can be only learned by with Technician via  (with exception of  and ).

Outside of battle
Technician has no effect outside of battle.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In, 's Aibo was revealed to have Technician as his Ability.
 * 's Cent was revealed to have Technician as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
 * Chuck's is revealed to have Technician as his Ability.

In other languages
Techniker Experto Technicien (talent) Tecnico テクニシャン 技术高手（特性）