Sturdy

Ability

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“It cannot be knocked out with one hit.” — Flavor text^[src]

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Sturdy^{(JPJapanese: がんじょう

Romaji: Ganjō)} is a Pokémon ability introduced in the third generation. It prevents the user from being knocked out in a single hit.

Description[]

The ability holder is unaffected by one-hit knockout moves, such as Sheer Cold. Starting in the fifth generation, the ability holder cannot be knocked out by any move when it's at full HP. This includes confusion damage but excludes moves that cause the use to faint like Explosion. If the Pokémon is restored to full health or only has a maximum on 1 HP, Sturdy can activate again. Sturdy only applies on the first hit of multi-strike moves so, it can faint the Pokémon on the second hit.

Pokémon with the Ability[]

Geodude	Graveler	Golem	Magnemite	Magneton

Onix	Sudowoodo	Pineco	Forretress	Steelix

Shuckle	Skarmory	Donphan	Nosepass	Aron

Lairon	Aggron	Shieldon	Bastiodon	Bonsly

Magnezone	Probopass	Roggenrola	Boldore	Gigalith

Sawk	Dwebble	Crustle	Tirtouga	Carracosta

Cosmoem	Nacli	Naclstack	Garganacl	Ogerpon (Cornerstone)

Archaludon

As a Hidden Ability[]

Relicanth	Regirock	Tyrunt	Carbink	Bergmite

Avalugg Both forms	Togedemaru

Trivia[]

During his Gym battle in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Brock uses a Rhyhorn with this Ability, even though Rhyhorn cannot normally have Sturdy.
Since the fifth generation, if Sturdy is obtained on Shedinja by replacing Wonder Guard with an Ability that can be Skill Swapped with Sturdy, it would be able to activate for every attack, including every hit of a multi-strike move. However, indirect damage, such as sandstorm, will not activate Sturdy, and will KO Shedinja.

Pokémon Abilities
Third generation	Air Lock • Arena Trap • Battle Armor • Blaze • Chlorophyll • Clear Body • Cloud Nine • Color Change • Compound Eyes • Cute Charm • Damp • Drizzle • Drought • Early Bird • Effect Spore • Flame Body • Flash Fire • Forecast • Guts • Huge Power • Hustle • Hyper Cutter • Illuminate • Immunity • Inner Focus • Insomnia • Intimidate • Keen Eye • Levitate • Lightning Rod • Limber • Liquid Ooze • Magma Armor • Magnet Pull • Marvel Scale • Minus • Natural Cure • Oblivious • Overgrow • Own Tempo • Pickup • Plus • Poison Point • Pressure • Pure Power • Rain Dish • Rock Head • Rough Skin • Run Away • Sand Stream • Sand Veil • Serene Grace • Shadow Tag • Shed Skin • Shell Armor • Shield Dust • Soundproof • Speed Boost • Static • Stench • Sticky Hold • Sturdy • Suction Cups • Swarm • Swift Swim • Synchronize • Thick Fat • Torrent • Trace • Truant • Vital Spirit • Volt Absorb • Water Absorb • Water Veil • White Smoke • Wonder Guard
Fourth generation	Adaptability • Aftermath • Anger Point • Anticipation • Bad Dreams • Download • Dry Skin • Filter • Flower Gift • Forewarn • Frisk • Gluttony • Heatproof • Honey Gather • Hydration • Ice Body • Iron Fist • Klutz • Leaf Guard • Magic Guard • Mold Breaker • Motor Drive • Multitype • No Guard • Normalize • Poison Heal • Quick Feet • Reckless • Rivalry • Scrappy • Simple • Skill Link • Slow Start • Sniper • Snow Cloak • Snow Warning • Solar Power • Solid Rock • Stall • Steadfast • Storm Drain • Super Luck • Tangled Feet • Technician • Tinted Lens • Unaware • Unburden
Fifth generation	Analytic • Big Pecks • Contrary • Cursed Body • Defeatist • Defiant • Flare Boost • Friend Guard • Harvest • Healer • Heavy Metal • Illusion • Imposter • Infiltrator • Iron Barbs • Justified • Light Metal • Magic Bounce • Moody • Moxie • Multiscale • Mummy • Overcoat • Pickpocket • Poison Touch • Prankster • Rattled • Regenerator • Sand Force • Sand Rush • Sap Sipper • Sheer Force • Telepathy • Teravolt • Toxic Boost • Turboblaze • Unnerve • Victory Star • Weak Armor • Wonder Skin • Zen Mode
Sixth generation	Aerilate • Aroma Veil • Aura Break • Bulletproof • Cheek Pouch • Competitive • Dark Aura • Delta Stream • Desolate Land • Fairy Aura • Flower Veil • Fur Coat • Gale Wings • Gooey • Grass Pelt • Magician • Mega Launcher • Parental Bond • Pixilate • Primordial Sea • Protean • Refrigerate • Stance Change • Strong Jaw • Sweet Veil • Symbiosis • Tough Claws
Seventh generation	Battery • Battle Bond • Beast Boost • Berserk • Comatose • Corrosion • Dancer • Dazzling • Disguise • Electric Surge • Emergency Exit • Fluffy • Full Metal Body • Galvanize • Grassy Surge • Innards Out • Liquid Voice • Long Reach • Merciless • Misty Surge • Neuroforce • Power Construct • Power of Alchemy • Prism Armor • Psychic Surge • Queenly Majesty • Receiver • RKS System • Schooling • Shadow Shield • Shields Down • Slush Rush • Soul-Heart • Stakeout • Stamina • Steelworker • Surge Surfer • Tangling Hair • Triage • Water Bubble • Water Compaction • Wimp Out
Eighth generation	As One • Ball Fetch • Chilling Neigh • Cotton Down • Curious Medicine • Dauntless Shield • Dragon's Maw • Gorilla Tactics • Grim Neigh • Gulp Missile • Hunger Switch • Ice Face • Ice Scales • Intrepid Sword • Libero • Mimicry • Mirror Armor • Neutralizing Gas • Pastel Veil • Perish Body • Power Spot • Propeller Tail • Punk Rock • Quick Draw • Ripen • Sand Spit • Screen Cleaner • Stalwart • Steam Engine • Steely Spirit • Transistor • Unseen Fist • Wandering Spirit
Ninth generation	Anger Shell • Armor Tail • Beads of Ruin • Commander • Costar • Cud Chew • Earth Eater • Electromorphosis • Embody Aspect • Good as Gold • Guard Dog • Hadron Engine • Hospitality • Lingering Aroma • Mind's Eye • Mycelium Might • Opportunist • Orichalcum Pulse • Poison Puppeteer • Protosynthesis • Purifying Salt • Quark Drive • Rocky Payload • Seed Sower • Sharpness • Supersweet Syrup • Supreme Overlord • Sword of Ruin • Tablets of Ruin • Tera Shell • Tera Shift • Teraform Zero • Thermal Exchange • Toxic Chain • Toxic Debris • Vessel of Ruin • Well-Baked Body • Wind Power • Wind Rider • Zero to Hero