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Power points (PP)

Power points are the number of times a move can be used before the Pokémon rests or uses an item

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Each move has a base PP value, such as 35 for Tackle and 5 for Hyper Beam. Each PP Up raises a move's maximum by 20 percent of its base, up to three times for 160 percent. A Pokémon with no PP left in any move uses Struggle.

Main-series games; introduced in Generation I, Red and Green.

2 later changes

  • Diamond and Pearl made Struggle cost one quarter of the user's maximum HP in recoil.
  • Legends: Arceus used its own PP values for many moves.

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