Confide (move)

Confide ないしょばなし Secret Talk

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. ) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI TM100 in Generation VI

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Confide (Japanese: ないしょばなし Secret Talk) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is TM100 as of Generation VI.

Effect

Confide lowers the target's Special Attack stat by one stage and is unaffected by modifications to the accuracy stat and evasion stat. It will hit the target even if it has used Protect, Detect, or Spiky Shield. Pokémon with the Ability Soundproof are not affected by this move.

Description

Games Description The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target's Sp. Atk. stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	--
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.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV --		V --		VI TM100
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Confide except Wobbuffet, Wynaut and Burmy.
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 languages

Language Title French Confidence German Vertrauenssache Italian Confidenza Korean 비밀이야기 Bimil'iyagi Spanish Confidencia

Variations of the move Confide
Confide • Play Nice

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