Meditate (move)

Meditate
ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose

Battles

Type	Psychic
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Meditate (Japanese: ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Meditate increases the user's Attack by one level. It will fail if the user's Attack is already raised by six levels or has a value of 999.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type	Level
0096	Drowzee	Psychic	37
0097	Hypno	Psychic	43
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting	--
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic	39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type	Level
0096	Drowzee	Psychic	36
0097	Hypno	Psychic	40
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting	6
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic	16
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0066 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Machop
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0096	Drowzee	Psychic		36
0096	Drowzee	Psychic		27
0097	Hypno	Psychic		40
0097	Hypno	Psychic		29
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		6
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		13
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		12
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	4
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	--,4
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0066 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Machop
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0096	Drowzee	Psychic		21
0097	Hypno	Psychic		21
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		5
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		8
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	4
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	--, 4
0439	Mime Jr.	Psychic		8
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0066 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Machop
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0453 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Croagunk
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#FF8000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0096	Drowzee	Psychic		21
0097	Hypno	Psychic		21
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		5
0122	Mr. Mime	Psychic		8
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	4
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	--, 4
0439	Mime Jr.	Psychic		8
0619	Mienfoo	Fighting		5
0620	Mienshao	Fighting		--, 5
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0056 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mankey
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle
Mienfoo, Mienshao |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0066 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Machop
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham
Mienfoo, Mienshao |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0238 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Smoochum
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham
Mienfoo, Mienshao |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0239 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Elekid
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham
Mienfoo, Mienshao |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0453 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Croagunk
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#FF8000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fighting | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno
Hitmonlee
Mr. Mime
Meditite, Medicham
Mienfoo, Mienshao

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
File:Meditite glowing.png Meditite glowing File:Medicham meditate.png Medicham meditating File:Medicham control.png Medicham controling things
The user meditates to awaken the power deep within its body and raise its Attack stat.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Meditite sits on the ground and meditates. Sometimes, its body becomes outlined in white. When its power is maxed out, its body becomes surrounded by a white aura.
Shauna's Meditite	A Meditite Fight!	Debut
Maylene's Meditite	A Triple Fighting Chance!	None
	Medicham floats into the air and meditates.
Grace's Medicham	Come What May!	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
File:Hypno Meditate Adventures.png Hypno
The user meditates and creates a barrier around the target.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Hypno waves its pendulum back and forth, and an energy barrier forms around the target.
Al's Hypno	Ekans the Ecstasy	Debut
	Solrock closes its eyes and its body glows brightly. Then, it opens its eyes, and they start glowing brightly as well, raising its special attack power to the maximum.
Tate's Solrock	VS. Lunatone & Solrock	None

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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		瑜伽姿勢 Yújiā Zīshì
Dutch		Mediteer
European French		Yoga
German		Meditation
Greek		Διαλογισμός
Hindi		Dhiyan Lagao
Italian		Meditazione
Korean		요가포즈 Yoga Pose
Serbian		Meditacij
European Spanish		Meditación

Variations of the move Defense Curl

Formerly a variation
	Defense Curl • Harden • Meditate • Sharpen • Withdraw
	Howl

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