Anger Point (Ability)

Anger Point

いかりのつぼ

Anger Point

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Generation IV
Raises Attack upon taking a critical hit.

Generation V
Maxes Attack after taking a critical hit.

Generation VI
Maxes the Attack stat after the Pokémon takes a critical hit.

Generation VII
The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.

Generation VIII
The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.

Generation IX
The Pokémon is angered when it takes a critical hit, and that maxes its Attack stat.

Anger Point (Japanese: いかりのつぼ Anger Point) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Generation IV

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a critical hit, Anger Point maximizes its Attack stat by raising it to +6 stages (regardless of its current stage).

Anger Point will activate even if the Pokémon's substitute is hit.

Generation V onward

Anger Point no longer activates if the Pokémon's substitute is hit.

Outside of battle

Anger Point has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Anger Point

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0056	Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	^{Gen IV+}	Defiant
0057	Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	Vital Spirit	^{Gen IV+}	Defiant
0128	Tauros	Normal		Normal	Intimidate	^{Gen IV+}	Sheer Force
0128	Tauros Paldean Form (Combat Breed)	Fighting		Fighting	Intimidate		Cud Chew
0128	Tauros Paldean Form (Blaze Breed)	Fighting	Fire	Intimidate		Cud Chew
0128	Tauros Paldean Form (Aqua Breed)	Fighting	Water	Intimidate		Cud Chew
0323	Camerupt	Fire	Ground	Magma Armor	Solid Rock^{Gen IV+}
0551	Sandile	Ground	Dark	Intimidate	Moxie
0552	Krokorok	Ground	Dark	Intimidate	Moxie
0553	Krookodile	Ground	Dark	Intimidate	Moxie
0739	Crabrawler	Fighting		Fighting	Hyper Cutter	Iron Fist
0740	Crabominable	Fighting	Ice	Hyper Cutter	Iron Fist
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack when the Pokémon suffers a critical hit.
BSL	きゅうしょにこうげきをうけたちょくごのこうげきがつよくなる
MDGtI	Unavailable
SMD	If the Pokémon takes a critical hit, its Attack goes up sharply!
MDRTDX	If the Pokémon takes a critical hit, its rage makes its Attack go up sharply!

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In volume 40, Pearl's Tauros, Tauler, was revealed to have Anger Point as his Ability.
Chuck's Primeape is revealed to have Anger Point as his Ability.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	憤怒穴位 Fáhnnouh Yuhtwaih * 憤怒穴道 Fáhnnouh Yuhtdouh *
Chinese	Mandarin	憤怒穴位 / 愤怒穴位 Fènnù Xuèwèi / Fènnù Xuéwèi * 憤怒穴道 Fènnù Xuèdào / Fènnù Xuédào *
Dutch		Woede punt
French		Colérique
German		Kurzschluss
Italian		Grancollera
Korean		분노의경혈 Bunno-ui Gyeonghyeol
Brazilian Portuguese		Descontrole
Spanish		Irascible
Vietnamese		Điểm Nổi Giận

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.