Sharpness (ability)

Effect

Sharpness increases the power of all slicing moves by 50%.

Moves affected

The attacks classed as slicing moves are shown below with their normal and boosted power:

Name	Type	Cat.	Power	Boosted	Acc.
Aerial Ace	Flying		60	90	∞
Air Cutter	Flying		60	90	95
Air Slash	Flying		75	113	95
Aqua Cutter	Water		70	105	100
Behemoth Blade*	Steel		100	150	100
Bitter Blade*	Fire		90	135	100
Ceaseless Edge	Dark		65	98	90
Cross Poison*	Poison		70	105	100
Cut*	Normal		50	75	95
Fury Cutter	Bug		40	60	95
Kowtow Cleave*	Dark		85	128	∞
Leaf Blade	Grass		90	135	100
Mighty Cleave*	Rock		95	143	100
Night Slash	Dark		70	105	100
Population Bomb*	Normal		20	30	90
Psyblade*	Psychic		80	120	100
Psycho Cut	Psychic		70	105	100
Razor Leaf*	Grass		55	83	95
Razor Shell	Water		75	113	95
Sacred Sword	Fighting		90	135	100
Secret Sword*	Fighting		85	127	100
Slash	Normal		70	105	100
Solar Blade	Grass		125	188	100
Stone Axe	Rock		65	98	90
Tachyon Cutter*	Steel		50	75	∞
X Scissor	Bug		80	120	100

*No Pokémon with Sharpness can learn these moves, however they can be called via Copycat, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, or from a Pokémon that gained the ability (for example by Skill Swap).

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Pokémon with Sharpness

#	Name	2nd ability	Hidden ability
0475	Gallade	Steadfast	Justified

Sharpness as a hidden ability

#	Name	Other abilities
0503	Samurott Hisuian Samurott	Torrent
0900	Kleavor	Swarm Sheer Force
0976	Veluza	Mold Breaker