Me First (move)

Me First
さきどり Take in Advance

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact 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
Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Me First (Japanese: さきどり Take in Advance) is a Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Me First copies any damage-dealing move that the target is about to use and increases the power by 50%, if the foe has not made the first move.

Despite some confusion from the in-game description, Me First will only work if the user is faster than the foe or moves first due to an effect from a Custap Berry or a Quick Claw. If the foe is faster than the user, Me First will fail to copy the attack and if the foe uses a non-damaging move, Me First will also fail.

If the foe goes second in the recharge turn of a move like Frenzy Plant, Me First will work and copy that move.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0108	Lickitung	Normal		37
0150	Mewtwo	Psychic		79
0151	Mew	Psychic		70
0161	Sentret	Normal		42
0162	Furret	Normal		50
0177	Natu	Psychic	Flying	20
0178	Xatu	Psychic	Flying	20
0234	Stantler	Normal		53
0359	Absol	Dark		57
0448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	29
0463	Lickilicky	Normal		37
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" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0079 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |    |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |     |- | 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" |

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0108	Lickitung	Normal		41
0150	Mewtwo	Psychic		71
0151	Mew	Psychic		70
0161	Sentret	Normal		42
0162	Furret	Normal		50
0177	Natu	Psychic	Flying	20
0178	Xatu	Psychic	Flying	20
0234	Stantler	Normal		55
0359	Absol	Dark		57
0448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	29
0463	Lickilicky	Normal		41
0617	Accelgor	Bug		28
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" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0079 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" |    |- | 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" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0234 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0418 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | 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" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0522 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Blitzle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" |       |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0540 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sewaddle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0580 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ducklett
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" |    |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0619 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mienfoo
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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. |} |}

By event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0019		Rattata	Normal		Dream World
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

French: Moi d'Abord
German: Egotrip
Greek: Προτεραιότητα
Italian: Precedenza
Korean: 선취 Seonchwi
Spanish: Yo Primero

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