Technician

Technician is an ability in the Pokémon series that enhances the power of weaker moves, making it highly valuable in competitive battles. Specifically, Technician boosts the Base Power of moves that are 60 or lower by 50%. This increase allows Pokémon with this ability to utilize otherwise weaker moves to significant effect, thus broadening their strategic options.

For example, a move with a Base Power of 60 would get a boost to 90, substantially increasing its effectiveness. Moves like Bullet Punch, Mach Punch, or even utility moves like Hidden Power (when it was available with a power of 60), become more formidable under the influence of Technician.

Pokémon with Technician: - Scizor: Often uses Bullet Punch to capitalize on its priority and Technician boost for potent strikes. - Breloom: Utilizes Mach Punch for a priority move that hits harder. - Ambipom: Commonly known for using moves like Fake Out and Double Hit effectively due to

Effects

This Pokémon's moves have 1.5× their power if their base power is 60 or less. This includes moves of variable power, such as hidden power and magnitude, when their power is 60 or less. helping hand's power boost is taken into account for any move, as is defense curl's power boost for rollout.

Flavor Texts

diamond-pearl: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
platinum: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
heartgold-soulsilver: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
black-white: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
black-2-white-2: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
x-y: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
sun-moon: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
sword-shield: Powers up the Pokémon’s weaker moves.
scarlet-violet: Powers up weak moves so the Pokémon can deal more damage with them.