Captivate (move)

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Captivate ゆうわく Allure

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

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM78 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  2 ♥♥ Lowers next Pokémon's points by 2

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Captivate (Japanese: ゆうわく Allure) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV. It was TM78 in Generation IV.

Effect

Captivate lowers the Special Attack stat of the target by two stages, if it is the opposite gender. It will fail if the target has the Ability Oblivious, is same gender as the user, or either or both Pokémon are genderless.

Description

Games Description If it is the opposite gender of the user, the foe is charmed into sharply lowering its Sp. Atk stat. If it is the opposite gender of the user, the target is charmed into harshly lowering its Sp. Atk stat. If any opposing Pokemon is the opposite gender of the user, it is charmed, which harshly lowers its Sp. Atk stat. PMDTDS Reduces the target's Special Attack by 2 levels. Caution: this move affects only enemies that are the opposite gender of the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	36				40			40
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison	43				43			43
030		Nidorina	Poison		Poison	50				50			50
032		Nidoran♂	Poison		Poison	43				43			43
033		Nidorino	Poison		Poison	50				50			50
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	37				41	47	47
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	46				46			46
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	56				56			56
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	49				53			50
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal	35				35			35
282		Gardevoir	Psychic	Fairy	53				60			60
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	42		46	46			46
350		Milotic	Water		Water	25				25			25
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	28				28			28
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	40				51			50
413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass	35				35			35
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying	33				33	41	41
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	32				32			32
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal	32				32			32
456		Finneon	Water		Water	26				26			26
457		Lumineon	Water		Water	26				26			26
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost	31				31			31
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark					33			33
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal					39			39
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
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	no				no
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	no
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	no				no
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	no				no
174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	no
238		Smoochum*	Ice	Psychic	no
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	no
302		Sableye*	Dark	Ghost	no
303		Mawile	Steel	Fairy	no
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug	no
349		Feebas	Water		Water	no
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	no
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	no
495		Snivy	Grass		Grass	no
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying	no				no
546		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy	no				no
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no
574		Gothita*	Psychic		Psychic	no
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire	no
669		Flabébé	Fairy		Fairy	no				no
676		Furfrou	Normal		Normal	no				no
682		Spritzee	Fairy		Fairy	no				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.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM78		V --		VI --
All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Captivate except genderless.
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 0235 Smeargle Normal Dream World - Pokémon Café Forest and Spooky Manor 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0300 SkittyLv.10 Normal Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0349 Feebas Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 0366 Clamperl Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

Wormadam
The user releases pink hearts.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Wormadam releases multiple pink hearts from its body at the opponent.
Ursula's Wormadam	Another One Gabites the Dust!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pachirisu
The user gives the opponent its current status ailment.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pachirisu shows a cute face and rubs its tail against the opponent, causing it to become distracted.
Platinum's Pachirisu	The Final Dimensional Duel X		Debut

Trivia

• Mew is the only genderless Pokémon that can learn this move: Mew is able to learn any TM, and can learn it by TM78 in Generation IV.
• It is likely that Nincada cannot learn Captivate because all moves a Nincada has are transferred to a shed-off Shedinja when it evolves into Ninjask, thus giving the genderless Shedinja a useless move. The same is the case with Attract.

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 誘惑 Yòuhuò French Séduction German Liebreiz Greek Σαγήνη Italian Incanto Korean 유혹 Yuhok Brazilian Portuguese Cativar Romanian Captiv Spanish Seducción

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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