Sharpness

Powers up slicing moves.

3 Pokémon2 as Hidden AbilityIntroduced in Gen 9

A newer ability, introduced in Gen 9.

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Increases the power of all 'slicing' moves by 50%.

Pokémon that can have Sharpness only as their Hidden Ability.

Other abilities introduced alongside Sharpness.

Ability	Pokémon	Effect
Protosynthesis	10	Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
Quark Drive	10	Raises highest stat on Electric Terrain, or if holding Booster Energy.
Purifying Salt	3	Protects from status conditions and halves damage from Ghost-type moves.
Thermal Exchange	3	Raises Attack when hit by a Fire-type move. Cannot be burned.
Toxic Chain	3	May cause bad poisoning when the Pokémon hits an opponent with a move.
Wind Rider	3	Gives immunity to wind moves, and causes the Pokémon's Attack to increase by one stage when hit by one.
Guard Dog	2	Boosts Attack if intimidated, and prevents being forced to switch out.
Hospitality	2	When a Pokémon with Hospitality enters a battle, it restores HP for an ally by 25%.

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“Sharpness”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/abilities/sharpness.

Ability data from PokéAPI.