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Feint
フェイント Feint
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  30
Accuracy  100%
Priority  +2
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Points awarded = 4 minus Current judge voltage
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

Feint (Japanese: フェイント Feint) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Feint inflicts damage but only strikes a target that has used Protect or Detect during that turn, lifting the effects of Protect or Detect for the remainder of the turn. Feint cannot remove the effects of protecting moves if it does not affect the target (such as if the target is Ghost-type).

Feint has an increased priority of +2, so is used after Protect or Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

Generation V

Feint can now inflict damage even if the target has not used Protect or Detect, and its power has changed from 50 to 30.

Despite being an increased priority move, Feint will lift the effects of Wide Guard and Quick Guard for the remainder of the turn only if they are used on an opposing team. Feint is not blocked by an opponent's Quick Guard, but it is blocked by an ally's if it targets an ally.

Generation VI onward

Feint will now lift the effects of Quick Guard and Wide Guard when used on allies, and is no longer blocked by an ally's Quick Guard.

Feint hits a target even if it is protected by Mat Block, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, or Baneful Bunker and removes that protection for the rest of the turn. The user of Feint does not suffer the negative effects of its target's Spiky Shield, King's Shield, or Baneful Bunker.

Feint removes Crafty Shield and Mat Block from the target's team.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR An attack that hits a foe using Protect or Detect. It also lifts the effects of those moves.
BWB2W2 An attack that hits a target using Protect or Detect. It also lifts the effects of those moves.
XYORAS An attack that hits a target using Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves.
SM This attack hits a target using a move such as Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0025     Field Fairy 29 34 34XY
21ORAS
21
0052     Field Field 54PtHGSS 54 50 50
052A  
Meowth
Alola Form
  Field Field 50
0053     Field Field 68PtHGSS 68 65 65
053A  
Persian
Alola Form
  Field Field 65
0083    
 
Flying Field 43PtHGSS 43 43 43
0106     Human-Like Human-Like 25 25 25 25
0107     Human-Like Human-Like 21 21 21 21
0123    
 
Bug Bug 61PtHGSS 61 61 61
0141    
 
Water 1 Water 3 1PtHGSS 1 1 1
0212    
 
Bug Bug 61PtHGSS 61 1, 61 1, 61
0214    
 
Bug Bug 49 49BW
37B2W2
37XY
7ORAS
7
0227    
 
Flying Flying 20PtHGSS 20 20 20
0237     Human-Like Human-Like 33 33 33 24
0286    
 
Fairy Grass 19ORAS 19
0307    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 22 22 22XY
15ORAS
15
0308    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 22 22 22XY
15ORAS
15
0319    
 
Water 2 Water 2 1PtHGSS 1 1 1
0328     Bug Bug 81 81BW
61B2W2
1, 61XY
29ORAS
29
0336     Field Dragon 11
0352     Field Field 14PtHGSS 14 14XY
10ORAS
10
0359     Field Field 1PtHGSS 1 1 1
0391    
 
Field Human-Like 26 26 26 26
0392    
 
Field Human-Like 29 29 26 26
0434    
 
Field Field 18PtHGSS 18 18 15
0435    
 
Field Field 18PtHGSS 18 18 15
0447     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 15 15BW
11B2W2
11 11
0448    
 
Field Human-Like 15 15BW
11B2W2
11 11
0469    
 
Bug Bug 38PtHGSS 38 38 38
0475    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 39 45 45XY
40ORAS
40
0652    
 
Field Field 1 1
0706     Dragon Dragon 1 1
0795    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 19
0802    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 11
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 breeding

# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups
Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0127     Bug Bug
0193    
 
Bug Bug
0207    
 
Bug Bug
0215    
 
Field Field
0228    
 
Field Field HGSS
0236     Human-Like Human-Like
0239     Human-Like Human-Like HGSS
0255     Field Field
0296     Human-Like Human-Like HGSS
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like HGSS
0335     Field Field
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0616     Bug Bug
0619     Field Human-Like
0761     Grass Grass
0766     Field Field
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.


Special move

Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0193    
 
Bug Bug Dream World - Windswept Sky
0207    
 
Bug Bug Dream World - Windswept Sky
0228    
 
Field Field Dream World - Spooky Manor
0236     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Dream World - Rugged Mountain
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 event

Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0127     Bug Bug 2014 Korean World Championship Series Pinsir
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.


Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0766     Field Field Easter Egg Passimian
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

Feint will strike the target regardless of any move used.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Breaks through the enemy's Protect status to inflict damage.


In the anime

 
Heracross


The user attacks the foe, ending its Protect or Detect.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Heracross's horn glows white and it slams its horn into an opponent using Protect, destroying the barrier. It then tosses the opponent with its horn.
Conway's Heracross Smells Like Team Spirit! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

Core series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 佯攻 Yèuhnggūng
Mandarin 佯攻 Yánggōng
  Dutch List
  French Ruse
  German Offenlegung
  Greek Προσποίηση Prospoíisi
  Indonesian Feint
  Italian Fintoattacco
  Korean 페인트 Feint
  Polish Symulacja
Portuguese   Brazil Fingimento (anime and Noble Victories)
Fintar (Plasma Storm-present)
  Portugal Fingimento
Finta
  Serbian Prividan napad
  Spanish Amago


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