Feint Attack (move): Difference between revisions

'''Feint Attack''' (Japanese: '''だましうち''' ''Sneak Attack''), spelled '''Faint Attack''' prior to [[Pokémon X and Y]], is a damage-dealing {{type|Dark}} [[move]] introduced in [[Generation II]]. The English {{Trading Card Game}} has consistently spelled the move as "Feint Attack".

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|Stad2}}|A <sc>Dark</sc>-type attack. The move catches the opponent off guard, so it never misses.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|GSC}}|An attack that never misses.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|Colo}}{{gameabbrev3|XD}}|Draws the target close, then strikes without fail.}}

{{movedescentry|PMD{{color2|{{md red color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|R}}{{color2|{{md blue color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team|B}}<br>PMD{{color2|{{md time color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|T}}{{color2|{{md darkness color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|D}}{{color2|{{md sky color}}|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|S}}|Inflicts damage on the target. It never misses.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|DPPt}}{{gameabbrev3|HGSS}}|The user draws up to the foe disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. It hits without fail.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|BWB2W2}}{{color2|000|Pokémon Conquest|Conq}}|The user approaches the target disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. It hits without fail.}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|XY}}{{gameabbrev3|ORAS}}|The user approaches the target disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. This attack never misses.}}

{{Moveentry/Level2|275|Shiftry|2|Grass|Dark|no|no|--|--|--|STAB='''}}

{{Moveentry/Level2|328|Trapinch|1|Ground|Ground|no|17|17|17|B2W2=7|{{tt|7|XY}}<br>{{tt|--|ORAS}}}}

{{Moveentry/Level2|329|Vibrava|2|Ground|Dragon|no|--, 17|--, 17|--, 17|B2W2=--, 7|{{tt|--, 7|XY}}<br>{{tt|--|ORAS}}}}

{{Moveentry/Level2|330|Flygon|2|Ground|Dragon|no|--, 17|--, 17|--, 17|B2W2=--, 7|{{tt|--, 7|XY}}<br>{{tt|--|ORAS}}}}

{{Moveentry/Level2|560|Scrafty|2|Dark|Fighting|no|no|no|--, 9|--, 9|STAB='''}}

Faint Attack is the only move of {{p|Sneasel}} and {{p|Scraggy}}.

{{movemid|type=dark|user=Ralph (Johto)|user1=Ralph's Houndour|startcode=EP176|startname=Ariados, Amigos}}

{{movemid|type=dark|user=Harrison's Sneasel|startcode=EP265|startname=Pop Goes the Sneasel}}

{{movemanga|type=dark|exp=yes|gen=The user intimidates the opponent, then attacks it when it flinches.|image1=Silver Sneasel Faint Attack.png|image1p=Sneasel}}

{{movemid|type=dark|user=Arena Tycoon Greta|user1=Greta's Umbreon|startcode=PS317|startname=VS. Shedinja}}

{{movemid|type=dark|user=Slaking (Pokémon)|user1=The Battle Factory's Slaking|startcode=PS306|startname=VS. Pinsir}}

*At [[Pokémon Festa]] 2002, the early animation for the attack showed that the background didn't change.

|fi=Tajukangastus ([[Pokémon: Johto League Champions|JLC]])<br/>Huimaushyökkäys ([[Pokémon: Master Quest|MQ]])<br/>Pyörrytys ([[AG103|AG]])

|sr=Tihi Napad

|es_la=Patada Voladora ([[EP162]])<br/>Ataque Rápido{{tt|*|Mistake with Quick Attack}} ([[EP176]])<br/>Ataque de Engaño ([[EP265]])<br/>Ataque de Mareo ([[AG103]])

|es_eu=Finta}}

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