Confusion (status condition): Difference between revisions

Confusion forces a Pokémon to sometimes attack itself instead of executing the selected move for a random 2-5 turns (this includes a Pokémon attempting to use {{m|Snore}} or {{m|Sleep Talk}} while {{status|asleep}}). Confusion is transferred by {{m|Baton Pass}}. On the final turn of confusion, a Pokémon will snap out of its confusion before it attacks. Turns spent recharging, such as after using {{m|Hyper Beam}}, and turns unable to attack due to {{status|sleep}}, {{status|freeze}}, or [[flinch]] will not lower the remaining number of turns of confusion. Pokémon may hurt themselves in confusion during either turn of multi-turn moves such as {{m|Fly}} and {{m|Dive}}. When a Pokémon is unable to attack for other reasons (such as from being {{status|asleep}} or fully {{status|paralyzed}}), it will not hurt itself in confusion. Like all other volatile status conditions, confusion wears off when the confused Pokémon is taken out of battle or a battle is over.

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[[File:Misty Politoed Swagger effect.png|thumb|250px|{{TP|Misty|Politoed}} using {{m|Swagger}} to confuse {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} and {{TP|James|Victreebel}}]]

* Confusion was first seen in ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]'', where {{an|Brock}} had his newly-{{pkmn2|caught}} {{TP|Brock|Zubat}} use {{m|Supersonic}} on [[Jessie's Ekans]] and [[James's Koffing]], confusing the both of them and causing them to attack each other.

* In ''[[EP095|A Shipful of Shivers]]'', the {{OBP|Captain|EP095}}'s {{p|Haunter}} used {{m|Confuse Ray}} on [[Jessie's Arbok]], confusing the [[Pokémon category|Cobra Pokémon]] and causing it to attack {{TRT}}.

* In ''[[DP019|Twice Smitten, Once Shy!]]'', Dawn's Piplup was confused after a then-{{pkmn2|wild}} {{TP|Dawn|Pachirisu}} had used Sweet Kiss on him, forcing {{an|Dawn}} to recall him and send Buneary out in his place.

* In ''[[BW010|A Rival Battle for Club Champ!]]'', [[Ash's Snivy]] got confused after [[Trip]] had his {{p|Frillish}} use {{m|Water Pulse}} on her, giving Frillish the chance to defeat Snivy with a double-powerful {{m|Hex}}{{tt|*|Confusion does not affect Hex's power in the games}}.

* In ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]'', Ash's Oshawott was confused by Supersonic twice: the first time from a group of wild {{p|Tympole}} and the second time from their boss, a then-wild {{AP|Palpitoad}}. Oshawott quickly overcame his confusion on both occasions.

* In ''[[BW050|Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!]]'', during a Gym battle, Ash's Palpitoad confused [[Elesa]]'s {{p|Zebstrika}} with Supersonic, allowing Palpitoad to defeat it with a combination of {{m|Mud Shot}} and {{m|Hydro Pump}}.

* In ''[[BW090|Jostling for the Junior Cup!]]'', [[Caitlin]] had her {{p|Gothitelle}} use {{m|Flatter}} on [[Cynthia's Garchomp]], confusing her, and allowing Gothitelle to use {{m|Psychic}} on her. However, Garchomp managed to snap out of it after hearing {{an|Cynthia}} call for a {{m|Dragon Rush}}.

* In ''[[BW106|Strong Strategy Steals the Show!]]'', Ash's Palpitoad used Supersonic to confuse [[Stephan]]'s Zebstrika. However, it snapped out of it after taking a {{m|Hydro Pump}} from the Vibration Pokémon.

* In ''[[XY037|The Cave of Mirrors!]]'',  [[Ash's Hawlucha]] was confused after [[James]] had his {{TP|James|Inkay}} use {{m|Psybeam}} on him, forcing Ash to recall him before he could attack [[Mirror Ash]]'s {{p|Hawlucha}}.

* In ''[[XY049|Bonnie for the Defense!]]'', James had his Inkay use Psybeam on a wild {{p|Lapras}} that {{an|Bonnie}} had befriended, confusing it.

* In ''[[XY055|A Slippery Encounter!]]'', James's Inkay uses Psybeam on [[Ash's Fletchinder]] and Pikachu, confusing the both of them and causing them to attack each other.

* In ''[[SM105|Showdown on Poni Island!]]'', [[Gladion's Lycanroc]] got confused after using {{m|Outrage}} during a battle with [[Ash's Lycanroc]], giving the latter the chance to perform its exclusive [[Z-Move]], {{m|Splintered Stormshards}}. However, it managed to snap out of it after withstanding the attack.

* In ''[[JN036|Making Battles in the Sand!]]'', [[Ash's Riolu]] got confused after a Trainer's {{p|Octillery}} used Psybeam on it during a [[World Coronation Series]] battle, giving Octillery the chance to {{m|wrap}} around Riolu and defeat it with a single {{m|Octazooka}}.

* In [[JN066]], [[Iris's Haxorus]] became confused after using Outrage.

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In ''[[PS342|A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium]]'', during {{adv|Platinum}}'s [[Gym]] {{pkmn|battle}} with [[Roark]], [[Platinum's Piplup]] confused [[Roark's Cranidos]] with a {{m|Water Pulse}}, causing him to hurt himself in confusion and [[Fainting|knock himself out]], winning Platinum the battle.

 

In ''[[PS392|Well Met, Weepinbell]]'', {{adv|Diamond}}'s {{p|Lickilicky}}, [[Kit]], was confused by a Water Pulse from each of {{adv|Sebastian}}'s two {{p|Chinchou}} after his {{p|Weepinbell}} had used {{m|Gastro Acid}} to negate Kit's {{a|Own Tempo}} [[Ability]]. Kit's confusion is represented by a small group of {{p|Torchic}} circling around his head.

In ''[[PS420|Getting the Drop on Gallade II]]'', during [[Platinum (Adventures)|her Trainer]]'s [[Battle Castle]] challenge, [[Platinum's Lopunny]] managed to not only confuse [[Darach]]'s {{p|Gallade}} with a {{m|Dizzy Punch}}, but also managed to infatuate him with her {{a|Cute Charm}} Ability before [[fainting]]. This allowed {{TP|Platinum|Empoleon}} to finish him off with a {{m|Drill Peck}} and give Platinum her first victory in the {{gdis|Battle Frontier|IV}}.