Fighting · Physical move · Gen 3
Superpower
Superpower is a Fighting-type physical move introduced in Generation 3. It has 120 base power and 100% accuracy, with 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 196 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Fighting
Category
Physical
Power
120
Accuracy
100%
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
Lowers the user's Attack and Defense by 1. Lowers the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (41 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (56 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Fighting attack
2× vsNormalIceRockDarkSteel
½× vsPoisonFlyingPsychicBugFairy
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Superpower
196 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Fire | 8 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Grass/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Bug | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Rock/Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Fighting/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Psychic | 4–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 4–9 | ||
| Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground | 4–7 | ||||
| Ground | 4–7 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Dark | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Grass/Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Fighting | 4–7 | ||||
| Steel/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Steel/Rock | 4–8 | ||||
| Steel/Rock | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Normal | 5 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–8 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Bug | 4–8 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Rock | 4–7 | ||||
| Rock | ✓ | 4–7 | |||
| Dark/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ground/Rock | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ice/Ground | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Normal | 4–8 | ||||
| Fire | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Steel/Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Electric/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Normal/Ground | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 6–7 | |||
| Fighting | 6–8 | ||||
| Fighting/Dark | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Dark/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Dragon | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Dragon | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fighting/Flying | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dragon | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Dragon/Ground | 6–8 | ||||
| Fire/Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Fire/Dark | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Fighting/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 7, 9 | ||
| Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Dragon | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Dragon/Fighting | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Grass/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Fighting/Ghost | 7–8 | ||||
| Rock/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Electric | 7–8 | ||||
| Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Normal | 8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 8 | ||||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Flying/Water | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Dark/Fairy | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 8 | |||
| Rock | 8 | ||||
| Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Dark | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Water | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Grass | 8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Ice | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 9 |
Superpower FAQ
What does Superpower do?
Superpower is a Fighting-type physical move with 120 power. Lowers the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Superpower?
196 Pokémon and forms can learn Superpower in at least one game: 41 in Scarlet & Violet, 56 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Arcanine, Poliwrath, Machop and Machoke.
Is Superpower in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 56 Pokémon can use Superpower in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Superpower super effective against?
As a Fighting-type attack, Superpower is super effective against Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel, not very effective against Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug and Fairy and has no effect on Ghost (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.