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==Effect== | ==Effect== | ||
===Generation II=== | ===Generation II=== | ||
Thief inflicts damage and has 99.6% chance to steal the target's [[held item]] if it has one, though only if the user does not have one. Thief cannot steal an item if it hits a Pokémon's {{ | Thief inflicts damage and has 99.6% chance to steal the target's [[held item]] if it has one, though only if the user does not have one. Thief cannot steal an item if it hits a Pokémon's {{OBP|substitute|doll}}. Held [[Mail]] cannot be stolen. | ||
[[Wild Pokémon]] can steal the player's Pokémon's held items. However, as Thief was taught exclusively via TM in this generation, this is only legitimately possible with wild {{p|Ditto}} that used {{m|Transform}} on a player's Pokémon that knows Thief, or wild {{p|Smeargle}} that learned Thief via {{m|Sketch}}. | [[Wild Pokémon]] can steal the player's Pokémon's held items. However, as Thief was taught exclusively via TM in this generation, this is only legitimately possible with wild {{p|Ditto}} that used {{m|Transform}} on a player's Pokémon that knows Thief, or wild {{p|Smeargle}} that learned Thief via {{m|Sketch}}. |