Sucker Punch (move)

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Sucker Punch
ふいうち Surprise Attack
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Type  Dark
Category  Physical
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  70
Accuracy  100%
Priority  +1
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Excites the audience a lot if used first.

Sucker Punch (Japanese: ふいうち Surprise Attack) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Sucker Punch is an increased priority damaging move with base power of 80. If Sucker Punch's target has selected a physical or special attack and has not yet had a chance to execute its move, Sucker Punch will damage the target; otherwise, Sucker Punch will fail. Sucker Punch only depends on the move the target has selected, and is not affected by any consideration of whether the attack can actually be executed, such as status conditions like sleep or freeze or Abilities like Truant.

If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Sucker Punch is (or attempts to be) used, Sucker Punch's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Generation V

Sucker Punch will now succeed if the opponent is using Me First, regardless of who is faster.

Generation VII

Sucker Punch's power is lowered to 70.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the foe is not readying an attack, however.
BWB2W2 This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the target is not readying an attack, however.
XYORAS
SM
This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0019     Field Field 19 19 19 25
019A  
Rattata
Alola Form
  Field Field 25
0020     Field Field 19 19 19 29
020A  
Raticate
Alola Form
  Field Field 29
0050     Field Field 23 23 23 22
050A  
Diglett
Alola Form
  Field Field 23 23 23 22
0051     Field Field 23 23 23 22
051A  
Dugtrio
Alola Form
  Field Field 23 23 23 22
0092     Amorphous Amorphous 22 22 22 22
0093     Amorphous Amorphous 22 22 22 22
0094     Amorphous Amorphous 22 22 22 22
0115     Monster Monster 46 49 49 49
0161     Field Field 31 31 31 31
0162     Field Field 36 36 36 36
0167     Bug Bug 26 26 26 26
0168     Bug Bug 28 28 28 28
0185     Mineral Mineral 41 41BW
36B2W2
36 40
0198     Flying Flying 45 55 55 55
0261     Field Field 49 49 49XY
40ORAS
43
0262     Field Field 62 62 62XY
48ORAS
52
0303     Field Fairy 46 46 46XY
37ORAS
37
0327     Field Human-Like 32 32 32XY
28ORAS
28
0331     Grass Human-Like 37 37 37XY
34ORAS
34
0332     Grass Human-Like 41 41 41XY
35ORAS
35
0352     Field Field 46DP
43PtHGSS
43 43XY
46ORAS
46
0353     Amorphous Amorphous 35 38BW
34B2W2
34XY
38ORAS
38
0354     Amorphous Amorphous 35 42BW
34B2W2
34XY
40ORAS
40
0359     Field Field 44 44BW
52B2W2
50XY
45ORAS
45
0367     Water 1 Water 1 23ORAS 23
0413  
Wormadam
Plant Cloak
  Bug Bug 1
413G  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
  Bug Bug 1
413S  
Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
  Bug Bug 1
0430     Flying Flying 1 1
0431     Field Field 41 41 41 41
0434     Field Field 39
0435     Field Field 39
0438     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 41 41BW
36B2W2
36 40
0442     Amorphous Amorphous 31 31 31 31
0453     Human-Like Human-Like 31 31 31 31
0454     Human-Like Human-Like 31 31 31 31
0509     Field Field 46 46 46
0510     Field Field 55 55 55
0556     Grass Grass 42 42 42
0595     Bug Bug 40 40 40
0596     Bug Bug 46 46 46
0676     Field Field 42 42
0678     Field Field 48 48
678F  
Meowstic
Female
  Field Field 48 48
0717     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 80 80
0722     Flying Flying 32
0723     Flying Flying 37
0724     Flying Flying 38
0768     Bug Water 3 31
0775     Field Field 31
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 56
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
0023     Field Dragon
0032     Monster Field
0177     Flying Flying
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0228     Field Field
0261     Field Field
0300     Field Fairy
0302     Human-Like Human-Like
0303     Field Fairy
0359     Field Field
0498     Field Field
0570     Field Field
0621     Monster Dragon
0624     Human-Like Human-Like
0631     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.


By Move Tutor

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Game
DP Pt HGSS
0019     Field Field
0020     Field Field
0032     Monster Field
0033     Monster Field
0034     Monster Field
0050     Field Field
0051     Field Field
0069     Grass Grass
0070     Grass Grass
0071     Grass Grass
0074     Mineral Mineral
0075     Mineral Mineral
0076     Mineral Mineral
0092     Amorphous Amorphous
0093     Amorphous Amorphous
0094     Amorphous Amorphous
0100     Mineral Mineral
0101     Mineral Mineral
0106     Human-Like Human-Like
0115     Monster Monster
0151     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
0161     Field Field
0162     Field Field
0167     Bug Bug
0168     Bug Bug
0170     Water 2 Water 2
0171     Water 2 Water 2
0177     Flying Flying
0178     Flying Flying
0185     Mineral Mineral
0197     Field Field
0198     Flying Flying
0200     Amorphous Amorphous
0203     Field Field
0222     Water 1 Water 3
0228     Field Field
0229     Field Field
0234     Field Field
0237     Human-Like Human-Like
0251     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
0261     Field Field
0262     Field Field
0275     Field Grass
0287     Field Field
0288     Field Field
0289     Field Field
0292     Mineral Mineral
0300     Field Fairy
0301     Field Fairy
0302     Human-Like Human-Like
0303     Field Fairy
0327     Field Human-Like
0331     Human-Like Grass
0332     Grass Human-Like
0336     Field Dragon
0352     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0354     Amorphous Amorphous
0355     Amorphous Amorphous
0356     Amorphous Amorphous
0359     Field Field
0367     Water 1 Water 1
0380     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
0413  
Wormadam
Plant Cloak
  Bug Bug
413G  
Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
  Bug Bug
413S  
Wormadam
Trash Cloak
  Bug Bug
0425     Amorphous Amorphous
0426     Amorphous Amorphous
0429     Amorphous Amorphous
0430     Flying Flying
0431     Field Field
0432     Field Field
0434     Field Field
0435     Field Field
0438     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
0442     Amorphous Amorphous
0453     Human-Like Human-Like
0454     Human-Like Human-Like
0477     Amorphous Amorphous
0478     Fairy Mineral
0479     Amorphous Amorphous
0491     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
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
0029     Monster Field Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0287     Field Field Dream World - Dream Park
0302     Human-Like Human-Like Dream World - Spooky Manor
0434     Field Field Dream World - Spooky Manor
0621     Monster Dragon Dream World - Icy Cave
0624     Human-Like Human-Like Dream World - Spooky Manor
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 V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0237     Human-Like Human-Like Korean World Championships 2013 Qualifiers Junior Division
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 VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0571     Field Field Sly Zoroark
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

The move behaves like all priority moves, striking any foe that is two tiles away regardless of if a teammate is in front.

Pokémon GO

  Sucker Punch
Fast Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 7
Energy boost 9
Duration 0.7 seconds
Damage window ? seconds
Trainer Battles
Power ?
Energy boost ?
Turns ?
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
   
By Elite Fast TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Sucker Punch had an energy gain of 4%.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Inflicts damage on a target up to 2 tiles away.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Despite its name, Sucker Punch is not a punching move. The term sucker punch refers to an unexpected or cheap shot at an opponent, akin to its Japanese name, which translates to surprise attack. Thus, many Pokémon that do not possess arms can learn this move, and its base power is not increased by Iron Fist.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 突襲 Tūxí
  French Coup Bas
  German Tiefschlag
  Greek Χτύπημα Εξαπάτησης Chtýpima Exapátisis
  Italian Sbigoattacco
  Korean 기습 Giseup
  Brazilian Portuguese Soco Medonho
Soco Enganador (TCG and manga)
  Russian Запрещенный приём Zapreshchennyy priyom
  Spanish Golpe Bajo
  Turkish Şaşırtıcı Darbe


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