Fake Tears (move)

Fake Tears うそなき Fake Crying

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Fake Tears is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Lowers the target's Special Defense by two levels.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 41 0216 Teddiursa Normal 19 0217 Ursaring Normal 19 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 37 0303 Mawile Steel 6 0311 Plusle Electric 28 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" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 25 0216 Teddiursa Normal -- 0217 Ursaring Normal -- 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 25 0303 Mawile Steel 6 0311 Plusle Electric 21 31 0312 Minun Electric 31 0438 Bonsly Rock -- 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" | 0133 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0216 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0298 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Azurill
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0417 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Teddiursa, Ursaring
Mawile

|- | 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. |} |}

In other languages

• Spanish: Llanto Falso