Sharpen (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

Publish date: 2024-07-22

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Sharpen (Japanese: かくばる Improve Angles) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature move of Porygon.

Effect

Generation I to VII

Sharpen increases the user's Attack stat by one stage.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Sharpen, the user's Attack rises by another stage.

Generation VIII onwards

Sharpen cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games	Description
StadStad2	Raises the user's Attack power. The edges of the Pokémon are made harder for more impact.
GS C	A move that raises the user's Attack.
RS EColoXD	Reduces the polygon count and raises Attack.
FRLG	The user reduces its polygon count to sharpen edges and raise Attack.
DP Pt HGSSPBR BW B2W2	The user reduces its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.
XY ORAS	The user lowers its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.
SM USUM PE	The user makes its edges more jagged, which raises its Attack stat.
SwSh BDSP LA SV	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0095				Mineral		New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Sharpen raises the user's Attack by one stage.

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Sharpen could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Sharpen could be seen as a move used by Boss Porygon.

Sharpen

Charge time	1.54 seconds
Range type	Circular (self)
Target	Self
Additional effect	Raises the user's Attack

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Boosts the user's Attack by one level.
MDTD S	Boosts the user's Attack by 1 level.
BSL	じぶんのこうげきを１だんかいあげる
MDGtI	It boosts your Attack. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD	It boosts your Attack. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Bergmite
The user makes its edges harder and more jagged, which raises its attack power.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Bergmite's body glows light blue and then its body becomes surrounded by an icy mist until its body becomes encased in a diamond-shaped block of ice, increasing its attack power.
Wulfric's Bergmite	A Real Icebreaker!	Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Porygon
The user stiffens its body to boost its attack power.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Porygon's body stiffens, which boosts its attack power.
Blue's Porygon	Striking Golduck	Debut

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Sharpen (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

Effect

Generation I to VII

Generation VIII onwards

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

By event

Generation II

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Description

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages