Reckless (Ability)

Reckless (Japanese: すてみ Life-Risking) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature Ability of.

In battle
Reckless increases the base power of moves which cause recoil or crash damage by 20%, except.

Outside of battle
Reckless has no effect outside of battle.

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

Pokémon with Reckless

 * In, Blue-Striped have Reckless as their second standard Ability; however, a Blue-Striped Basculin with Rock Head can be obtained from an in-game trade in White. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, wild Blue-Striped Basculin have  as their second standard Ability, but Blue-Striped Basculin bred in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 have Reckless as their second standard Ability. In Generation VI, Blue-Striped Basculin have Rock Head as their second standard Ability, and Blue-Striped Basculin with Reckless transferred to Pokémon Bank have their Ability changed to Rock Head.
 * In the Generation V games, has no Hidden Ability, but a Starly with its Hidden Ability flag set will evolve into Staravia with its Hidden Ability Reckless and can produce Starly with their Hidden Ability flag set when bred. A Starly with its Hidden Ability flag set will have its Ability changed to Reckless when transferred to Pokémon Bank.

In Explorers of Time and Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Reckless doubles the damage of any moves which cause recoil. In, the damage and recoil damage of these moves is increased by 20%. The Ability does not affect the moves or.

Description

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Trivia

 * Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior, and Hitmonlee are the only Pokémon with Reckless that can use all moves affected by Reckless, as they can use them via . However, Hitmonlee can only have this combination by learning Mimic from the Move Tutor in, then gaining Reckless by using an Ability Capsule in Generation VI or , or by learning Mimic as a Tyrogue and evolving in a Generation IV or V game (in this case, Hitmonlee has a 50% chance of having Reckless, depending on its personality value).

In other languages
Achtlos Audaz Téméraire Temerarietà すてみ 舍身（特性）