Essentials
Stats
- Power
- — (no damage)
- Accuracy
- — (cannot miss)
- PP
- 30, up to 48 with
PP Up - Target
- User
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
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Snatchable
This move will be stolen if another Pokémon has used Snatch this turn.
- Copied by Mirror Move
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM

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Not a TM
Effect
Raises the user's Attack by one stage.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text

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A move that raises the user's ATTACK.

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Reduces the polygon count and raises ATTACK.


The user reduces its polygon count to sharpen edges and raise ATTACK.

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The user reduces its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.

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The user reduces its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.

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The user lowers its polygon count to make itself more jagged, raising the Attack stat.

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The user makes its edges more jagged, which raises its Attack stat.
Foreign Names
- Japanese

- かくばる (kakubaru)
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- かくばる
- Korean

- 각지기
- Chinese

- 稜角化
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- 棱角化
- French

- Affûtage
- German

- Schärfer
- Spanish

- Afilar
- Italian

- Affilatore
- Czech

- Nabroušení
Contests
Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- ♡
- Jam
- Flavor text
- Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Super Contest
- Type

- Appeal
- Flavor text
- Earn double the score in the next turn.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Sharpen.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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| Howl | ![]() |
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40 | — | — | Raises the user's Attack by one stage. |
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| Meditate | ![]() |
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40 | — | — | Raises the user's Attack by one stage. |
Pokémon
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
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| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | 24 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | Porygon |
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Trace
Download Analytic |
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Mineral | 65 | 60 | 70 | 85 | 75 | 40 | 395 | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | — | Cryogonal |
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Levitate | ![]() |
Mineral | 80 | 50 | 50 | 95 | 135 | 105 | 515 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Carbink |
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Clear Body
Sturdy |
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Fairy
Mineral |
50 | 50 | 150 | 50 | 150 | 50 | 500 | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | Bergmite |
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Own Tempo
Ice Body Sturdy |
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Monster | 55 | 69 | 85 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 304 | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | 20 | Avalugg |
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Own Tempo
Ice Body Sturdy |
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Monster | 95 | 117 | 184 | 44 | 46 | 28 | 514 | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 5 | Diancie |
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Clear Body | ![]() |
Undiscovered | 50 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 150 | 50 | 600 | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | Mega Diancie |
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Magic Bounce | ![]() |
Undiscovered | 50 | 160 | 110 | 160 | 110 | 110 | 700 | |||||||
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