Unseen Fist (Ability)

Unseen Fist (Japanese: ふかしのこぶし Invisible Fist) is an Ability introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature Ability of Urshifu.

Unseen Fist

ふかしのこぶし

Invisible Fist

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Generation VIII
If the Pokémon uses moves that make direct contact, it can attack the target even if the target protects itself.

Effect

In battle

Unseen Fist lets Pokémon deal damage when they attack with contact moves, even if the target is protected from the move. This applies even if the user is holding Protective Pads.

Affected moves

The table below lists the moves affected by Unseen Fist, as well as the Forms of Urshifu that can learn those moves.

Move	Type	Cat.	Pow.	Acc.	Single Strike Style	Rapid Strike Style
Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	40	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✔
Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Darkest Lariat	Dark	Physical	85	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Dive	Water	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✔
Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	75	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Liquidation	Water	Physical	85	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✔
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Revenge	Fighting	Physical	60	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Reversal	Fighting	Physical	—	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Sucker Punch	Dark	Physical	70	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Superpower	Fighting	Physical	120	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Surging Strikes	Water	Physical	25	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✔
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔
Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✘	✔
Wicked Blow	Dark	Physical	80	100	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✘
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	✔	✔

Outside of battle

Unseen Fist has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Unseen Fist

#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Urshifu Single Strike Style	Fighting	Dark	Unseen Fist	None	None
	Urshifu Rapid Strike Style	Fighting	Water	Unseen Fist	None	None
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 languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	無形拳 Mòuhyìhng Kyùhn
Chinese	Mandarin	無形拳 / 无形拳 Wúxíng Quán
French		Poing Invisible
German		Verborgene Faust
Italian		Pugni Invisibili
Korean		보이지않는주먹 Boijianneun Jumeok
Russian		Невиданный Кулак Nevidannyy Kulak
Spanish		Puño Invisible

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