Generation III Ability
Hustle
Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
Hustle Effect
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.
“Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat but lowers its accuracy.”
Hustle Data
- Introduced
- Generation III
- Pokémon
- 21
- In short
- Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
Pokémon With Hustle
21 Pokémon can have Hustle.
Standard Ability
Hustle Questions & Answers
- What does Hustle do?
- 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.
- How many Pokémon have Hustle?
- 21 Pokémon can have Hustle.
- What Pokémon have Hustle?
- Rattata, Raticate, Nidoran F, Nidorina, and Nidoran M, and 16 more Pokémon can have Hustle — the full list is above.
- When was Hustle introduced?
- Hustle was introduced in Generation III.




















