Feint (move)

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Feint
フェイント Feint
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  50
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 but 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  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Feint (Japanese: フェイント Feint) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

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 in a double battle. Feint is an increased priority move, and attacks after Protect and Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0025   Pikachu
Electric 29
0052   Meowth
Normal 54
0053   Persian
Normal 68
0083   Farfetch'd
Normal Flying 43
0106   Hitmonlee
Fighting 25
0107   Hitmonchan
Fighting 21
0123   Scyther
Bug Flying 43
0141   Kabutops
Rock Water --
0212   Scizor
Bug Steel 61
0214   Heracross
Bug Fighting 49
0227   Skarmory
Steel Flying 20
0237   Hitmontop
Fighting 33
0307   Meditite
Fighting Psychic 22
0308   Medicham
Fighting Psychic 22
0319   Sharpedo
Water Dark --
0328   Trapinch
Ground 81
0352   Kecleon
Normal 14
0359   Absol
Dark --
0391   Monferno
Fire Fighting 26
0392   Infernape
Fire Fighting 29
0434   Stunky
Poison Dark 18
0435   Skuntank
Poison Dark 18
0447   Riolu
Fighting 15
0448   Lucario
Fighting Steel 15
0469   Yanmega
Bug Flying 38
0475   Gallade
Psychic Fighting 39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0127 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Pinsir
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0228 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Houndour
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#E62829" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Kecleon
Absol
Monferno, Infernape
Stunky, Skuntank
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0296 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Makuhita
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0302 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Sableye
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#704170" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0453 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Croagunk
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#FF8000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
|} |}

In the anime

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Heracross using Feint on Elekid


The user attacks the foe, ending it's Protect or Detect.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Heracross' horn glows white. Heracross then charges at its foe, ending the foe's Protect or Detect.
Conway's Heracross Smells Like Team Spirit Debut


Trivia

  • Despite being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon were able to learn it by leveling up until the release of Pokémon Platinum.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Amago
  • Italian: Fintoattacco
  • German: Offenlegung

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