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Sturdy (Japanese: がんじょう Sturdy) is an Ability introduced in Generation III.
Effect
In battle
Generations III and IV
Sturdy makes the Pokémon unaffected by one-hit knockout moves.
Generation V onward
In addition to Sturdy's previous effect, Sturdy now works like a Focus Sash, causing the Pokémon to have 1 HP remaining if another Pokémon's attack or confusion damage would have brought it from full health to 0 HP. Sturdy will activate as long as a Pokémon has full HP before the attack, and therefore it can activate multiple times if the Pokémon is brought back to full health, or if the Pokémon has a maximum of 1 HP.
If a Pokémon with Sturdy is holding a Focus Sash, Sturdy will activate first. A Pokémon with Mold Breaker will ignore Sturdy. When a multi-strike move hits a Pokémon with Sturdy, Sturdy's effect can only activate for hits while the user has full HP. Destiny Bond and Perish Song will not cause Sturdy to activate.
Outside of battle
Sturdy has no effect outside of battle.
Pokémon with Sturdy
In other games
Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Sturdy is Crustle's Ability. It increases the user's Defense and Special Defense (based on the user's level) for every 7% of the HP they are missing, up to 70%.
Description
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In the anime
In the manga
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
 Roggenrola | |||
| The Pokémon withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
 | Roggenrola withstands an attack that would otherwise knock it out in one hit with 1 HP remaining. | ||
| Monta's Roggenrola | The Key to Triple Battles | Debut | |
Pokémon Adventures
- In Just My Luck...Shuckle, Lucy's Shuckle was revealed to have Sturdy as her Ability by Emerald's Pokédex.
- In volume 25, Yellow's Golem, Gravvy, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- In volume 40, Diamond's Bastiodon, Don, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- In volume 42, Gold's Sudowoodo, Sudobo, was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability.
- Giovanni's Golem was revealed to have Sturdy as his Ability in the PokéSPedia data-book.
- The Pokémon Association's Pineco, Carr's Forretress, Burgh's Dwebble, Marshal's Sawk, and Cheren's Gigalith are revealed to have Sturdy as their Ability.
Trivia
- Every generation has introduced a Pokémon, or a new form of a Pokémon, that can have this Ability.
