Nasty Plot (move)

Nasty Plot
わるだくみ Sinister Plot
Nasty Plot IV.png
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Type  Dark
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Points of next appeal doubles
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Nasty Plot (Japanese: わるだくみ Sinister Plot) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Nasty Plot raises the user's Special Attack stat by two stages. It will have no effect if the user's Special Attack is already at +6 stages.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0038   Ninetales
Fire --
0052   Meowth
Normal 38
0053   Persian
Normal 44
0096   Drowzee
Psychic 43
0097   Hypno
Psychic 55
0151   Mew
Psychic 90
0172   Pichu
Electric 18
0190   Aipom
Normal 39
0199   Slowking
Water Psychic 39
0228   Houndour
Dark Fire 53
0229   Houndoom
Dark Fire 60
0275   Shiftry
Grass Dark --
0311   Plusle
Electric 51
0312   Minun
Electric 51
0390   Chimchar
Fire 23
0424   Ambipom
Normal 39
0430   Honchkrow
Dark Flying 35
0442   Spiritomb
Ghost Dark 37
0453   Croagunk
Poison Fighting 36
0454   Toxicroak
Poison Fighting 36
0461   Weavile
Dark Ice 24
0474   Porygon-Z
Normal --
0482   Azelf
Psychic 46
0491   Darkrai
Dark 75
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" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0175 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Togepi
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow
Plusle, Minun
Pikachu, Raichu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb |- | 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" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile |- | 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" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0331 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0352 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0439 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mime Jr.
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0441 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chatot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow

|- | 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
0251   Celebi Psychic Grass 13th Movie Premiere Event
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0038   Ninetales
Fire --
0052   Meowth
Normal 38
0053   Persian
Normal 44
0096   Drowzee
Psychic 53
0097   Hypno
Psychic 53
0151   Mew
Psychic 90
0172   Pichu
Electric 18
0190   Aipom
Normal 39
0199   Slowking
Water Psychic 36
0228   Houndour
Dark Fire 52
0229   Houndoom
Dark Fire 60
0275   Shiftry
Grass Dark --
0311   Plusle
Electric 56
0312   Minun
Electric 56
0390   Chimchar
Fire 23
0424   Ambipom
Normal 39
0430   Honchkrow
Dark Flying 35
0442   Spiritomb
Ghost Dark 37
0447   Riolu
Fighting 47
0453   Croagunk
Poison Fighting 38
0454   Toxicroak
Poison Fighting 41
0461   Weavile
Dark Ice 24
0474   Porygon-Z
Normal --
0482   Azelf
Psychic 46
0491   Darkrai
Dark 75
0509   Purrloin
Dark 42
0510   Liepard
Dark 50
0570   Zorua
Dark 49
0571   Zoroark
Dark 54
0629   Vullaby
Dark Flying 14
0630   Mandibuzz
Dark Flying 14
0642   Thundurus
Electric Flying 61
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" | 0041 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0175 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Togepi
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow
Plusle, Minun
Pikachu, Raichu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb |- | 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" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | 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" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0331 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0352 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0439 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mime Jr.
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0441 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chatot
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Honchkrow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0511 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Pansage
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0513 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Pansear
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0515 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Panpour
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Ninetales
Meowth, Persian
Aipom, Ambipom
Slowking
Houndour, Houndoom
Shiftry
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Weavile, Zorua, Zoroark |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0562 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Yamask
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0605 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Elgyem
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape
Croagunk, Toxicroak

|- | 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
0441   Chatot Normal Flying 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 the manga

Pokémon Adventures



In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 阴谋
  French Machination
  German Ränkeschmied
  Greek Μηχανορραφία
  Italian Congiura
  Korean 나쁜음모 Nappeun Eummo
  Spanish Maquinación


Variations of the move Acid Armor
  Acid ArmorAmnesiaAutotomizeBarrierIron DefenseNasty PlotRock PolishSwords Dance
Formerly a variation
  Minimize


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