Feint Attack (move): Difference between revisions

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* This move's in-game descriptions and its Japanese name, along with several other depictions and translations, suggest that its English name contains a misspelling of the word ''feint'', deceitful movement.
* This move's in-game descriptions and its Japanese name, along with several other depictions and translations, suggest that its English name contains a misspelling of the word ''feint'', deceitful movement.
** This is not the case in the [[TCG]], where it is consistently referred to as Feint Attack.
** This is not the case in the [[TCG]], where it is consistently referred to as Feint Attack.
* This attack's concept, especially in its anime incarnation and Gen IV description, is a possible basis for the [[Sucker Punch (move)|Sucker Punch]] attack (the Gen IV description even uses the term "sucker punch"), which is also a [[Dark (type)|Dark]] type move itself.
* This move's concept, especially in its anime incarnation and Gen IV description, is a possible basis for the move {{m|Sucker Punch}} (the Gen IV description even uses the term "sucker punch"), which is also a {{type|Dark}} move itself.
** This is mostly due to the fact that a "sucker punch" is referred to as a blow landed via cheap shot/deceiving method, so the two moves function similarly.
** This is mostly due to the fact that a "sucker punch" is referred to as a blow landed via cheap shot/deceiving method, so the two moves function similarly.


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