Hustle (Ability)

Hustle (Japanese: はりきり Enthusiasm) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.

In battle
Hustle increases the user's stat by 50%, but lowers the  of the user's physical moves by 20%. Special moves and status moves are unaffected by Hustle.

Outside of battle
From onwards, if a Pokémon with Hustle is in the first place in the party (even if fainted), the chance of encountering a high-leveled wild Pokémon increases by 50% (so an otherwise 25% chance would become 75%). It shares this effect with and.

Hustle boosts the power of physical moves by 50% but lowers the move's accuracy.

Description

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In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In, 's Togebo was revealed to have Hustle as his Ability.

In other languages
Übereifer Entusiasmo Agitation Tuttafretta はりきり 活力（特性）