Hustle
Hustle is a Pokémon ability that significantly impacts both offensive and defensive gameplay. Introduced in Generation II, Hustle increases the user's Attack stat by 50%, providing a substantial boost to physical attacks. However, this power comes with a notable drawback: it reduces the accuracy of the user's physical moves to 80% of their original accuracy. For instance, a move like Rock Slide, which typically has an accuracy of 90%, drops to 72% when used by a Pokémon with Hustle.
This trade-off makes Hustle a high-risk, high-reward ability. Pokémon with Hustle, such as Durant or Togekiss, can dish out significant damage but may miss their attacks more frequently. This missed accuracy can be mitigated somewhat through items like Wide Lens, which boosts accuracy by 10%, or through moves that boost accuracy like Hone Claws.
Hustle also has a unique interaction in Pokémon Contests, where it boosts the Pokémon's Toughness but reduces its
Effects
- This Pokémon's physical moves do 1.5× as much regular damage, but have 0.8× their usual accuracy. Special moves are unaffected. Moves that do set damage, such as seismic toss, have their accuracy affected, but not their damage. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, higher-levelled Pokémon have their encounter rate increased.
Flavor Texts
- ruby-sapphire: Trades accuracy for power.
- emerald: Trades accuracy for power.
- firered-leafgreen: Trades accuracy for power.
- diamond-pearl: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- platinum: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- heartgold-soulsilver: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- black-white: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- black-2-white-2: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- x-y: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- sun-moon: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- sword-shield: Boosts the Attack stat, but lowers accuracy.
- scarlet-violet: Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat but lowers its accuracy.
Pokémon with the Hustle ability
Rattata
19 - Normal
Raticate
20 - Normal
Nidoran-F
29 - Poison
Nidorina
30 - Poison
Nidoran-M
32 - Poison
Nidorino
33 - Poison
Togepi
175 - Fairy
Togetic
176 - Fairy, Flying
Corsola
222 - Water, Rock
Remoraid
223 - Water
Delibird
225 - Ice, Flying
Combee
415 - Bug, Flying
Togekiss
468 - Fairy, Flying
Darumaka
554 - Fire
Rufflet
627 - Normal, Flying
Durant
632 - Bug, Steel
Deino
633 - Dark, Dragon
Zweilous
634 - Dark, Dragon
Flapple
841 - Grass, Dragon
Dracozolt
880 - Electric, Dragon
Squawkabilly
931 - Normal, Flying
Rattata-Alola
10091 - Dark, Normal
Raticate-Alola
10092 - Dark, Normal
Raticate-Totem-Alola
10093 - Dark, Normal
Darumaka-Galar
10176 - Ice
Flapple-Gmax
10216 - Grass, Dragon
Lilligant-Hisui
10237 - Grass, Fighting
Squawkabilly-Blue-Plumage
10260 - Normal, Flying
Squawkabilly-Yellow-Plumage
10261 - Normal, Flying
Squawkabilly-White-Plumage
10262 - Normal, Flying