Flinch
Flinching is when a Pokémon becomes unable to attack for one turn. The following moves may cause their targets to flinch, but only if the user of the moves hits first.
Name | Type | Category | Probability | Power | Accuracy | King's Rock or Razor Fang | Probability | Notes |
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Air Slash | Flying | Special | 30% | 75 | 95% | Yes | 37% | |
Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30% | 30 | 100% | No | 30% | |
Bite | Dark | Physical | 10% | 60 | 100% | No | 10% | |
Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 20% | 80 | 100% | Yes | 28% | |
Dragon Rush | Dragon | Physical | 20% | 100 | 75% | Yes | 28% | |
Extrasensory | Psychic | Special | 10% | 80 | 100% | No | 10% | |
Fake Out | Normal | Physical | 100% | 40 | 100% | No | 100% | Always goes first; only works if it is the user's first turn |
Fire Fang | Fire | Physical | 10% | 65 | 95% | Yes | 19% | May also cause burn (10% chance) |
Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 30% | 70 | 100% | No | 30% | |
Ice Fang | Ice | Physical | 10% | 65 | 95% | Yes | 19% | May also cause freeze (10% chance) |
Iron Head | Steel | Physical | 30% | 80 | 100% | Yes | 37% | |
Needle Arm | Grass | Physical | 30% | 60 | 100% | No | 30% | |
Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 30% | 75 | 90% | No | 30% | |
Rolling Kick | Fighting | Physical | 30% | 60 | 85% | Yes | 37% | |
Sky Attack | Flying | Physical | 10% | 140 | 90% | Yes | 19% | |
Secret Power | Normal | Physical | 30% | 70 | 100% | No | 30% | Only causes flinching if used in caves |
Snore | Normal | Special | 30% | 40 | 100% | Yes | 37% | May only be used by a sleeping Pokémon |
Stomp | Normal | Physical | 30% | 65 | 100% | No | 30% | |
Thunder Fang | Electric | Physical | 10% | 65 | 95% | Yes | 19% | May also cause paralysis (10% chance) |
Twister | Dragon | Special | 20% | 40 | 100% | Yes | 28% | Can hit targets using Fly. |
Waterfall | Water | Physical | 20% | 80 | 100% | Yes | 28% | Causes flinching in Generation IV only |
Zen Headbutt | Psychic | Physical | 20% | 80 | 90% | Yes | 28% | |
Fling | Dark | Physical | 100% | 30 | 100% | No | 100% | If King's Rock or Razor Fang is held by user. |
If Razor Fang or King's Rock has an effect on a move, there is a p + (1 - p) * 0.1
chance of causing flinching, where p is the chance of flinching, when using a move on this list and holding the King's Rock or Razor Fang.
Moves by effect | |
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Burn • Confuse • Damage • Flinch Freeze • Paralyze • Poison • Sleep • Traps |