Feint (move)

Feint フェイント Feint

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  30 Accuracy  100% Priority  +2 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jam  0   Points awarded = 4 minus Current judge voltage

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Clever Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

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

Feint (Japanese: フェイント Feint) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Feint inflicts damage but only strikes a target that has used Protect or Detect during that turn, lifting the effects of Protect or Detect for the remainder of the turn. Feint cannot remove the effects of protecting moves if it misses or does not affect the target (such as if the target is Ghost-type).

Feint has an increased priority of +2, so is used after Protect or Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

Generation V

Feint can now inflict damage even if the target has not used Protect or Detect, and its power has changed from 50 to 30.

Despite being an increased priority move, Feint will lift the effects of Wide Guard and Quick Guard for the remainder of the turn only if they are used on an opposing team. Feint is not blocked by an opponent's Quick Guard, but it is blocked by an ally's if it targets an ally.

Generation VI onward

Feint will now lift the effects of Quick Guard and Wide Guard when used on allies, and is no longer blocked by an ally's Quick Guard.

Feint can now be copied by Mirror Move.

Feint hits a target even if it is protected by Mat Block, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, or Obstruct and removes that protection for the rest of the turn. The user of Feint does not suffer the negative effects of its target's Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, or Obstruct.

Feint removes Crafty Shield and Mat Block from the target's team.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSSPBR An attack that hits a foe using Protect or Detect. It also lifts the effects of those moves. BWB2W2 An attack that hits a target using Protect or Detect. It also lifts the effects of those moves. XYORAS An attack that hits a target using Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves. SMUSUMPE SwSh This attack hits a target using a move such as Protect or Detect. This also lifts the effects of those moves.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	29	34	34XY 21ORAS	21SMUSUM	16
0026		Raichu		Field	Fairy					1
026A		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy					1
0052		Meowth		Field		Field	54PtHGSS	54	50	50SMUSUM 15PE	4
052A		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field				50SMUSUM 15PE	4
0053		Persian		Field		Field	68PtHGSS	68	65	65SMUSUM 15PE	1
053A		Persian Alolan Form		Field		Field				65SMUSUM 16PE	1
0083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field	43PtHGSS	43	43	43SMUSUM 1PE
0106		Hitmonlee		Human-Like		Human-Like	25	25	25	25SMUSUM 15PE	1
0107		Hitmonchan		Human-Like		Human-Like	21	21	21	21SMUSUM 15PE	1
0123		Scyther		Bug		Bug	61PtHGSS	61	61	61SMUSUM 12PE
0141		Kabutops		Water 1	Water 3	1PtHGSS	1	1	1
0212		Scizor		Bug		Bug	61PtHGSS	61	1, 61	1, 61
0214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	49	49BW 37B2W2	37XY 7ORAS	7
0227		Skarmory		Flying		Flying	20PtHGSS	20	20	20
0237		Hitmontop		Human-Like		Human-Like	33	33	33	24	1
0286		Breloom		Fairy	Grass			19ORAS	19
0307		Meditite		Human-Like		Human-Like	22	22	22XY 15ORAS	15
0308		Medicham		Human-Like		Human-Like	22	22	22XY 15ORAS	15
0319		Sharpedo		Water 2		Water 2	1PtHGSS	1	1	1
0328		Trapinch		Bug	Dragon	81	81BW 61B2W2	1, 61XY 29ORAS	29
0330		Flygon		Bug	Dragon					1
0336		Seviper		Field	Dragon				11
0352		Kecleon		Field		Field	14PtHGSS	14	14XY 10ORAS	10
0359		Absol		Field		Field	1PtHGSS	1	1	1
0391		Monferno		Field	Human-Like	26	26	26	26
0392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like	29	26	26	26
0434		Stunky		Field		Field	18PtHGSS	18	18	15	3
0435		Skuntank		Field		Field	18PtHGSS	18	18	15	1
0447		Riolu		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	15	15BW 11B2W2	11	11	4
0448		Lucario		Field	Human-Like	15	15BW 11B2W2	11	11	1
0469		Yanmega		Bug		Bug	38PtHGSS	38	38	38
0475		Gallade		Human-Like	Amorphous	39	45	45XY 40ORAS	40	12
0652		Chesnaught		Field		Field			1	1
0662		Fletchinder		Flying		Flying					1
0663		Talonflame		Flying		Flying					1
0706		Goodra		Dragon		Dragon			1	1	1
0795		Pheromosa		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				19
0802		Marshadow		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				11	1
0815		Cinderace		Field	Human-Like					1
0852		Clobbopus		Water 1	Human-Like					5
0853		Grapploct		Water 1	Human-Like					1
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
0083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field					✔
083G		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field					✔
0123		Scyther		Bug		Bug					✔
0127		Pinsir		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0193		Yanma		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔
0207		Gligar		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔
0214		Heracross		Bug		Bug					✔
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔
0227		Skarmory		Flying		Flying					✔
0228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0236		Tyrogue		Human-Like		Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔
0239		Elekid		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0255		Torchic		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0296		Makuhita		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
0328		Trapinch		Bug	Dragon					✔
0335		Zangoose		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔
0453		Croagunk		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0522		Blitzle		Field		Field				✔USUM
0616		Shelmet		Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔	✔
0619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like		✔	✔	✔	✔
0701		Hawlucha		Flying	Human-Like				✔USUM	✔
0761		Bounsweet		Grass		Grass				✔
0766		Passimian		Field		Field				✔	✔
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		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0193		Yanma		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0207		Gligar		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Windswept Sky
0228		Houndour		Field		Field	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0236		Tyrogue		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	Dream World - Rugged Mountain
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 event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0127		Pinsir		Bug		Bug	2014 Korean World Championship Series Pinsir
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.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0766		Passimian		Field		Field	Easter Egg Passimian Korean Egg Passimian
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Feint will strike the target regardless of any move used.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Breaks through the enemy's Protect status to inflict damage. BSL まもりじょうたいを うちやぶり てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる MDGtI It breaks through the enemy's Protect, Wide Guard, or Quick Guard status to damage the enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away. SMD It breaks through the enemy's Protect, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, Mat Block, King's Shield, or Spiky Shield to damage the enemy. It reaches up to 2 tiles away.

In the anime

Heracross Alolan Meowth
The user attacks the foe, ending its Protect or Detect.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Heracross's horn glows white and it slams it into an opponent using Protect, destroying the barrier. It then tosses the opponent with its horn.
Conway's Heracross	Smells Like Team Spirit!		Debut
	Alolan Meowth disappears and then reappears in front of the opponent. It then flicks the opponent with one of its fingers.
Matori's Meowth	Acting True to Form!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gallade Mega Pinsir
The user attacks the opponent even though it used Protect or Detect.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When the opponent tries to protect itself with an attack, Gallade pulls back one of his fists and dashes from side to side in front of the opponent to confuse it. He then appears on the opponent's sides and strikes it with his fist.
Darach's Gallade	Getting the Drop on Gallade II		Debut
	When the opponent tries to protect itself with an attack, Mega Pinsir flies down towards the opponent and slashes it with its pincers.
X's Rute	Zygarde Appears		Enhanced by Aerilate

In other generations

Core series games

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

Side series games

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 Chinese Cantonese 佯攻 Yèuhnggūng Mandarin 佯攻 Yánggōng Dutch List French Ruse German Offenlegung Greek Προσποίηση Prospoíisi Indonesian Feint Italian Fintoattacco Korean 페인트 Feint Polish Symulacja Portuguese Brazil Fintar (Diamond & Pearl, Plasma Storm-present) Fingimento (anime, Noble Victories) Portugal Fingimento Finta Serbian Prividan napad Spanish Amago Vietnamese Động Tác Giả

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