Pressure

Description

Pressure deducts an additional PP from a move that targets the wielder, the wielder's side, or both sides (including Imprison and Snatch). If multiple Pokemon have Pressure, the effect stacks. Pressure will not take effect on allies' moves. Pressure also gives a message when the wielder switches in stating that it has Pressure. If the move's user changes, Pressure's effect only applies to the original user. Moves selected by Sleep Talk, Assist, or similar moves will not lose PP.

When a Pokemon with this ability is first in the party, wild encounters have a higher chance of occurring.

Competitive Use

Pressure is a pretty average ability but it has been known to have been useful in the past, on sets such as Rest + Sleep Talk Calm Mind Suicune (Crocune) and SubRoost Zapdos. Unfortunately those are still the best options in OU today, as most Pressure users reside in the Uber tier. Ho-Oh can pull off a good SubRoost set there too.

Found normally

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Absol	Dark	RU	Pressure / Super Luck / Justified	65	130	60	75	60	75	465
Aerodactyl	Rock / Flying	RU	Rock Head / Pressure / Unnerve	80	105	65	60	75	130	515
Articuno	Ice / Flying	NU	Pressure / Snow Cloak	90	85	100	95	125	85	580
Deoxys	Psychic	Uber	Pressure	50	150	50	150	50	150	600
Deoxys-A	Psychic	Uber	Pressure	50	180	20	180	20	150	600
Deoxys-D	Psychic	Uber	Pressure	50	70	160	70	160	90	600
Deoxys-S	Psychic	Uber	Pressure	50	95	90	95	90	180	600
Dialga	Steel / Dragon	Uber	Pressure / Telepathy	100	120	120	150	100	90	680
Dusclops	Ghost	UU	Pressure	40	70	130	60	130	25	455
Dusknoir	Ghost	RU	Pressure	45	100	135	65	135	45	525
Entei	Fire	RU	Pressure / Flash Fire	115	115	85	90	75	100	580
Giratina	Ghost / Dragon	Uber	Pressure / Telepathy	150	100	120	100	120	90	680
Ho-Oh	Fire / Flying	Uber	Pressure / Regenerator	106	130	90	110	154	90	680
Kyurem	Dragon / Ice	BL	Pressure	125	130	90	130	90	95	660
Lugia	Psychic / Flying	Uber	Pressure / Multiscale	106	90	130	90	154	110	680
Mewtwo	Psychic	Uber	Pressure / Unnerve	106	110	90	154	90	130	680
Moltres	Fire / Flying	RU	Pressure / Flame Body	90	100	90	125	85	90	580
Palkia	Water / Dragon	Uber	Pressure / Telepathy	90	120	100	150	120	100	680
Raikou	Electric	UU	Pressure / Volt Absorb	90	85	75	115	100	115	580
Spiritomb	Ghost / Dark	RU	Pressure / Infiltrator	50	92	108	92	108	35	485
Suicune	Water	UU	Pressure / Water Absorb	100	75	115	90	115	85	580
Vespiquen	Bug / Flying	NU	Pressure / Unnerve	70	80	102	80	102	40	474
Weavile	Dark / Ice	UU	Pressure / Pickpocket	70	120	65	45	85	125	510
Zapdos	Electric / Flying	UU	Pressure / Lightningrod	90	90	85	125	90	100	580

Found in Dream World

Pokémon	Type	Tier	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Bisharp	Dark / Steel	UU	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	65	125	100	60	70	70	490
Pawniard	Dark / Steel	LC	Defiant / Inner Focus / Pressure	45	85	70	40	40	60	340
Wailmer	Water	LC	Water Veil / Oblivious / Pressure	130	70	35	70	35	60	400
Wailord	Water	NU	Water Veil / Oblivious / Pressure	170	90	45	90	45	60	500