Effect
Serene Grace doubles the chance of moves' secondary effects occurring, such as stat changes, status ailments, or flinching. It also increases the chance of flinching from the held items King's Rock and Razor Fang from 10% to 20%. However, these items do not affect moves that already have a flinch chance.
Serene Grace does not affect status moves or the critical hit ratio of the Pokémon.
Examples
- Shadow Ball: Normally has a 20% chance of lowering Special Defense; with Serene Grace, this chance is boosted to 40%.
- Air Slash: Normally has a 30% chance of causing flinching; with Serene Grace, this is boosted to 60%. If holding King's Rock, there is an additional 20% chance to flinch when the move doesn't already cause flinching, leading to a total 68% probability of flinching (1 - 0.4*0.8).
Changes
- In Generations 3-4, Serene Grace did not increase the flinch chance from King's Rock or Razor Fang.
- In Generations 3-5, Serene Grace did not affect the move Secret Power.
