Tough Claws (Ability)

Tough Claws (Japanese: かたいツメ Tough Claws) is an Ability introduced in Generation VI.

Tough Claws

かたいツメ

Tough Claws

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Generation VI
Powers up moves that make direct contact.


Generation VII
Powers up moves that make direct contact.


Generation VIII
Powers up moves that make direct contact.

Effect

In battle

Tough Claws boosts the power of the Pokémon's contact moves by 30%.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Tough Claws, as well as the Pokémon that can have Tough Claws and learn those moves.

Move	Type	Cat.	Pow.	Acc.	Learned by
Accelerock	Rock	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	*	{{{6}}}
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	**	{{{6}}}
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90		{{{6}}}
Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	**	{{{6}}}
Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Clamp	Water	Physical	35	85		{{{6}}}
Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	*	{{{6}}}
Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80		{{{6}}}
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95		{{{6}}}
Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	****	{{{6}}}
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	*	{{{6}}}
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	***	{{{6}}}
Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Dragon Rush	Dragon	Physical	100	75		{{{6}}}
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90		{{{6}}}
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95		{{{6}}}
Dual Chop	Dragon	Physical	40	90	**	{{{6}}}
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	**	{{{6}}}
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Fake Out	Normal	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	*	{{{6}}}
Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95		{{{6}}}
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95		{{{6}}}
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100		{{{6}}}
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100		{{{6}}}
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	**	{{{6}}}
Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80		{{{6}}}
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90		{{{6}}}
Grass Knot	Grass	Special	—	100		{{{6}}}
Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Hammer Arm	Fighting	Physical	100	90		{{{6}}}
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	***	{{{6}}}
Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Hold Back	Normal	Physical	40	100	*	{{{6}}}
Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95		{{{6}}}
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Infestation	Bug	Special	20	100	**	{{{6}}}
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75		{{{6}}}
Lash Out	Dark	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Last Resort	Normal	Physical	140	100		{{{6}}}
Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100		{{{6}}}
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	*	{{{6}}}
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	*	{{{6}}}
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95		{{{6}}}
Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	90	90		{{{6}}}
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Play Rough	Fairy	Physical	90	90		{{{6}}}
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100	****	{{{6}}}
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100		{{{6}}}
Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100	*	{{{6}}}
Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	**	{{{6}}}
Razor Shell	Water	Physical	75	95		{{{6}}}
Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Return	Normal	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85		{{{6}}}
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	*****	{{{6}}}
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	*	{{{6}}}
Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130	100	*	{{{6}}}
Sky Drop	Flying	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90		{{{6}}}
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	*****	{{{6}}}
Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	*	{{{6}}}
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Tackle	Normal	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Tail Slap	Normal	Physical	25	85		{{{6}}}
Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	*	{{{6}}}
Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95		{{{6}}}
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90		{{{6}}}

Although the following moves are affected by the Ability, they currently cannot be learned by any Pokémon with Tough Claws. They may, however, be used after a Pokémon with Tough Claws learned the move via Mimic, or be used by a Pokémon that gained Tough Claws by an Ability like Trace or Receiver or a move such as Skill Swap or Role Play.

Move	Type	Cat.	Pow.	Acc.
Anchor Shot	Steel	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Arm Thrust	Fighting	Physical	15	100		{{{6}}}
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100		{{{6}}}
Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Behemoth Bash	Steel	Physical	100	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Behemoth Blade	Steel	Physical	100	100		{{{6}}}
Bind	Normal	Physical	15	85		{{{6}}}
Blaze Kick	Fire	Physical	85	90		{{{6}}}
Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Bolt Beak	Electric	Physical	85	100		{{{6}}}
Bolt Strike	Electric	Physical	130	85		{{{6}}}
Bounce	Flying	Physical	85	85		{{{6}}}
Branch Poke	Grass	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Bug Bite	Bug	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Catastropika	Electric	Physical	210	—		{{{6}}}
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Circle Throw	Fighting	Physical	60	90		{{{6}}}
Comet Punch	Normal	Physical	15	85		{{{6}}}
Constrict	Normal	Physical	10	100		{{{6}}}
Crabhammer	Water	Physical	100	90		{{{6}}}
Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Crush Grip	Normal	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Darkest Lariat	Dark	Physical	85	100		{{{6}}}
Dizzy Punch	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Double Hit	Normal	Physical	35	90		{{{6}}}
Double Iron Bash	Steel	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Double Kick	Fighting	Physical	30	100		{{{6}}}
Double Slap	Normal	Physical	15	85		{{{6}}}
Dragon Ascent	Flying	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Dragon Hammer	Dragon	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Draining Kiss	Fairy	Special	50	100		{{{6}}}
Drill Peck	Flying	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90		{{{6}}}
Extreme Speed	Normal	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
False Surrender	Dark	Physical	80	—		{{{6}}}
Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	—		{{{6}}}
Fell Stinger	Bug	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Fire Lash	Fire	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
First Impression	Bug	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Fishious Rend	Water	Physical	85	100		{{{6}}}
Flame Wheel	Fire	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Flip Turn	Water	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Floaty Fall	Flying	Physical	90	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Flying Press	Fighting	Physical	100	95		{{{6}}}
Force Palm	Fighting	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Fury Attack	Normal	Physical	15	85		{{{6}}}
Gear Grind	Steel	Physical	50	85		{{{6}}}
Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Head Charge	Normal	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80		{{{6}}}
Heart Stamp	Psychic	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95		{{{6}}}
High Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	130	90		{{{6}}}
Horn Attack	Normal	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Horn Leech	Grass	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Hyper Fang	Normal	Physical	80	90		{{{6}}}
Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	30	90		{{{6}}}
Ice Hammer	Ice	Physical	100	90		{{{6}}}
Jaw Lock	Dark	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	100	95		{{{6}}}
Karate Chop	Fighting	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Leaf Blade	Grass	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Let's Snuggle Forever	Fairy	Physical	190	—		{{{6}}}
Lick	Ghost	Physical	30	100		{{{6}}}
Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Lunge	Bug	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Mach Punch	Fighting	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Malicious Moonsault	Dark	Physical	180	—		{{{6}}}
Megahorn	Bug	Physical	120	85		{{{6}}}
Multi-Attack	Normal	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Needle Arm	Grass	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Nuzzle	Electric	Physical	20	100		{{{6}}}
Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100		{{{6}}}
Petal Dance	Grass	Special	120	100		{{{6}}}
Phantom Force	Ghost	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Plasma Fists	Electric	Physical	100	100		{{{6}}}
Pluck	Flying	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Poison Tail	Poison	Physical	50	100		{{{6}}}
Pound	Normal	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100		{{{6}}}
Power Whip	Grass	Physical	120	85		{{{6}}}
Pulverizing Pancake	Normal	Physical	210	—		{{{6}}}
Punishment	Dark	Physical	—	100		{{{6}}}
Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	20	100		{{{6}}}
Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Rolling Kick	Fighting	Physical	60	85		{{{6}}}
Sacred Sword	Fighting	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Searing Sunraze Smash	Steel	Physical	200	—		{{{6}}}
Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Shadow Punch	Ghost	Physical	60	—		{{{6}}}
Shadow Sneak	Ghost	Physical	40	100		{{{6}}}
Shell Side Arm*	Poison	Special	90	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Sizzly Slide	Fire	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Skitter Smack	Bug	Physical	70	90		{{{6}}}
Sky Uppercut	Fighting	Physical	85	90		{{{6}}}
Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75		{{{6}}}
Smart Strike	Steel	Physical	70	—		{{{6}}}
Smelling Salts	Normal	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Snap Trap	Grass	Physical	35	100		{{{6}}}
Solar Blade	Grass	Physical	125	100		{{{6}}}
Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike	Ghost	Physical	195	—		{{{6}}}
Spark	Electric	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Spectral Thief	Ghost	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Spirit Break	Fairy	Physical	75	100		{{{6}}}
Steamroller	Bug	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	130	100		{{{6}}}
Stomp	Normal	Physical	65	100		{{{6}}}
Storm Throw	Fighting	Physical	60	100		{{{6}}}
Struggle	Normal	Physical	50	—		{{{6}}}
Sunsteel Strike	Steel	Physical	100	100		{{{6}}}
Surging Strikes	Water	Physical	25	100		{{{6}}}
Thunderous Kick	Fighting	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Triple Axel	Ice	Physical	20	90	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
Triple Kick	Fighting	Physical	10	90		{{{6}}}
Trop Kick	Grass	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Trump Card	Normal	Special	—	—		{{{6}}}
V-create	Fire	Physical	180	95		{{{6}}}
Veevee Volley	Normal	Physical	—	—		{{{6}}}
Vine Whip	Grass	Physical	45	100		{{{6}}}
Vise Grip	Normal	Physical	55	100		{{{6}}}
Vital Throw	Fighting	Physical	70	—		{{{6}}}
Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Wake-Up Slap	Fighting	Physical	70	100		{{{6}}}
Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Wicked Blow	Dark	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Wild Charge	Electric	Physical	90	100		{{{6}}}
Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	120	100		{{{6}}}
Wrap	Normal	Physical	15	90		{{{6}}}
Wring Out	Normal	Special	—	100		{{{6}}}
Zing Zap	Electric	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}
Zippy Zap	Electric	Physical	80	100		{{{6}}}

Outside of battle

Tough Claws has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tough Claws

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Charizard Mega Charizard X	Fire	Dragon	Tough Claws	None	None
	Meowth Galarian Form	Steel		Steel	Pickup	Tough Claws	Unnerve
	Aerodactyl Mega Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	Tough Claws	None	None
	Metagross Mega Metagross	Steel	Psychic	Tough Claws	None	None
	Binacle	Rock	Water	Sniper	Tough Claws	Pickpocket
	Barbaracle	Rock	Water	Sniper	Tough Claws	Pickpocket
	Lycanroc Dusk Form	Rock		Rock	Tough Claws	None	None
	Perrserker	Steel		Steel	Battle Armor	Tough Claws	Steely Spirit
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation VIII games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV or later and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities. For Generation V games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VI or later. For Generation VI games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VII or later. For Generation VII games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation VIII or later.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Tough Claws boosts the power of contact moves by 20%.

Description

Games	Description
SMD	Contact moves such as Take Down and Scratch become more powerful!
MDRTDX	Contact moves, such as Take Down and Scratch, become more powerful.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

X's Charizard, Salamè, was revealed to have Tough Claws as his Ability when Mega Evolved into Mega Charizard X in the PokéSPedia data-book.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	硬爪 Ngaahngjáau
Chinese	Mandarin	硬爪 Yìngzhuǎ
Czech		Tvrdé drápy
French		Griffe Dure
German		Krallenwucht
Italian		Unghiedure
Korean		단단한 발톱 Dandanhan Baltop
Russian		Крепкие Когти Krepkiye Kogti
Spanish		Garra Dura
Vietnamese		Móng vuốt cứng

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