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Assurance (Japanese: ダメおし Make Sure) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV. It was TM58 in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Effect
Generations IV and V
Assurance inflicts damage and will deal double damage if the target has already received damage on the turn it is used. This includes self-inflicted and indirect damage, such as damage from a Life Orb, recoil, crash damage, or hurting itself in confusion.
Generation VI onwards
Assurance's power changed from 50 to 60.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
By breeding
By TM
Special move
Generation V
Generation VII
| # | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0633 |  |   | Dragon | Island Scan - Ten Carat HillSM | ||
| Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | ||||||
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Assurance deals double damage if the target's HP is at half or below.
Pokémon Conquest
| Stars: ★★★ Power: 31 Accuracy: 100% |
| Effect: It deals double damage if another Pokémon attacked the target in the same turn. |
Users:   |
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon Rumble Blast
All Pokémon in front of the user will be hit by Assurance. When the user hits a blown-back foe, Assurance does more damage.
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Assurance| ★★★ | |
|---|---|
| Attack power | 24.49684 |
| Charge time | 0.5 seconds |
| Range type | Arc (melee) |
| Number of hits | 1 |
| Number of projectiles | 1 |
| Critical hit rate | 1.5% |
| Additional effect | None |
Description
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In the manga
Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~
Pokémon Adventures
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- The Japanese name of this move, ダメおし Dameoshi (Make Sure), if literally translated, can be read as "useless push", once the term dameoshi is the combination of the words ダメ dame (no good; useless; hopeless) and おし oshi (pushing).[1][2] This might explain its move animations displaying hands pushing the target.
- The term dameoshi can also be translated as "insurance run", a baseball term that describes when a team already in the lead keeps running score.[3]
