Meditate (move)

Meditate
ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose
Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  40 (max. 64)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Self: Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  1
Jam  0  
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

Meditate (Japanese: ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Meditate increases the user's Attack by one stage.

Description

Games Description
Stad A special technique that boosts the user's Attack power. Can normally be used up to six times.
Stad2 A special move that boosts the user's Attack power. Can normally be used up to six times.
GSC Raises the user's Attack.
RSEColoXD Meditates in a peaceful fashion to raise Attack.
FRLG The user meditates to awaken its power and raise its Attack stat.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM
The user meditates to awaken the power deep within its body and raise its Attack stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0096     Human-Like Human-Like 37 36 36RSE
27FRLG
21 21 21
0097     Human-Like Human-Like 43 40 40RSE
29FRLG
21 21 21
0106     Human-Like Human-Like 1 6 6 5 5 5
0122     Human-Like Human-Like 39 16 13RSE
12FRLG
8 8 8
0307     Human-Like Human-Like 4 4 4 4
0308     Human-Like Human-Like 1,4 1, 4 1, 4 1, 4
0439     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 8 8 8
0619     Field Human-Like 5 5
0620     Field Human-Like 1, 5 1, 5
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
0056     Field Field
0066     Human-Like Human-Like
0238     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
0239     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
0453     Human-Like Human-Like
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

Description

Games Description
MDRB Boosts the user's Attack by one level.


In the anime

 
Meditite
 
Medicham
 
Medicham controlling things
The user meditates to awaken the power deep within its body and raise its Attack stat.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Meditite sits on the ground and meditates. Sometimes, its body becomes outlined in white. When its power is maxed out, its body becomes surrounded by a white aura.
Shauna's Meditite A Meditite Fight! Debut
Maylene's Meditite A Triple Fighting Chance! None
  Medicham floats into the air and meditates.
Grace's Medicham Pros and Con Artists! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations


In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 瑜伽姿勢 Yújiā Zīshì
  Danish Meditere
  Dutch Mediteer
  Finnish Meditaatio
  French Yoga
  German Meditation
  Greek Διαλογισμός
  Hindi ध्यान लगाओ Dhyan Lagao
  Italian Meditazione
  Korean 요가포즈 Yoga Pose
  Polish Medytacja
  Brazilian Portuguese Meditação
  Serbian Meditacija
  Spanish Meditación
  Vietnamese Thiền Định



Variations of the move Defense Curl
  Defense CurlHardenMeditateSharpenWithdraw
Formerly a variation
  Howl


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.