Lucky Chant (move)

Lucky Chant おまじない Good Luck Charm

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Your Party: Affects the user and all allies

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Following Pokémon can not raise any voltage in that turn

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

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

Lucky Chant (Japanese: おまじない Good Luck Charm) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Lucky Chant prevents opponents from landing critical hits on the user's party for five turns.

Generation V

Lucky Chant can now be affected by Snatch.

Description

Games Description The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing the foe from landing critical hits. The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing opposing Pokémon from landing critical hits. PMDTDS Gives the user and team members in the room with a Lucky Chant status, which blocks the Pokémon from taking critical hits.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
035		Clefairy	Fairy		Fairy	28				31	37	37
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	25				25			25 23
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	29				29			29 24
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	12				12			12
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	12				12			12
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	28				28	23	23
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	28				31			31
280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy	17				17			17 14
281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy	17				17			17 14
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	17				17			17 14
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	40				40			40
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass	48				48			48
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	--				--			--
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	31				31			31
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass	91						'
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic					5			5
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic					--			--
653		Fennekin	Fire		Fire								25
654		Braixen	Fire		Fire								27
655		Delphox	Fire	Psychic								27
669		Flabébé	Fairy		Fairy								10
670		Floette	Fairy		Fairy								10
671		Florges	Fairy		Fairy								--
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	no
175		Togepi	Fairy		Fairy
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	no
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	no
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	no
351		Castform	Normal		Normal
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying	no
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	no
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.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0175 Togepi Normal Dream World - Dream Park 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 anime

Mismagius controls the tentacles Mismagius recites a spell Mismagius's gems glow
Mysterious tentacles prevent the user from being attacked.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mismagius raises to its forehead one of the extensions hanging from its body and chants repeatedly. Then, the gems on Mismagius's body start to glow pink. Magical crimson tentacles emerge from them, with which Mismagius strikes the opponent.
Zoey's Mismagius	Coming Full - Festival Circle!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Clefairy
The user wags its fingers to prevent critical hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Clefairy raises its hands into the air and calls out while looking into the air as well, preventing the opponent from landing critical hits.
Rad Rickshaw's Cliff	Cautious Clefairy		Debut
Rad Rickshaw's Cliffette	Cautious Clefairy		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幸運咒語 Xìngyùn Zhòuyǔ Dutch Bezwering French Air Veinard German Beschwörung Greek Ψαλμός Καλοτυχίας Indonesian Mantra Italian Fortuncanto Korean 주술 Jusul Polish Pieśń Szczęścia Brazilian Portuguese Canto Sortudo Spanish Conjuro

Variations of the move Safeguard
Lucky Chant • Mist • Safeguard

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