Nasty Plot (move)

Nasty Plot
わるだくみ Sinister Plot
Nasty Plot VIII.png
Nasty Plot VIII 2.png
Type  Dark
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Points of next appeal doubles
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

Nasty Plot (Japanese: わるだくみ Sinister Plot) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR68 in Generation VIII.

Effect

Nasty Plot raises the user's Special Attack stat by two stages.

Nasty Plot is a part of Contest Spectacular combination and using it will cause Baton Pass and Stored Power to give an extra three appeal points if used in the next turn.

If powered up by a Darkinium Z into Z-Nasty Plot, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR
BWB2W2
The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. It sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk.
XYORAS The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk.
SMUSUMPE
SwSh
The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0025     Field Fairy 1
0026     Field Fairy 1
026A  
Raichu
Alolan form
 
 
Field Fairy 1
0038     Field Field 1 1 1 1 1
038A  
Ninetales
Alolan form
 
 
Field Field 1 1
0052     Field Field 38 38 38 38SMUSUM
31PE
40
052A  
Meowth
Alolan form
  Field Field 38SMUSUM
31PE
40
0053     Field Field 44 44 44 44SMUSUM
37PE
48
053A  
Persian
Alolan form
  Field Field 44SMUSUM
37PE
48
0096     Human-Like Human-Like 43 53 53 53SMUSUM
36PE
0097     Human-Like Human-Like 55 53 1, 53 1, 53SMUSUM
46PE
146G  
Moltres
Galarian Form
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 50
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 90 90 90 90SMUSUM
88PE
50
0172     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 18 18 18XY
13ORAS
13 16
0190     Field Field 39 39 39 39
0199    
 
Monster Water 1 39 36 36 36 1
199G  
Slowking
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1 1
0203    
 
Field Field 46ORAS 46
0228    
 
Field Field 53 52 52 52
0229    
 
Field Field 60 60 1, 60 1, 60
0275    
 
Field Grass 1 1 1 1
0311     Fairy Fairy 51 56 1, 56XY
46ORAS
46
0312     Fairy Fairy 51 56 1, 56XY
46ORAS
46
0390     Field Human-Like 23 23 23 23
0424     Field Field 39 39 39 39
0430    
 
Flying Flying 35 35 35 35
0442    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 37 37 37 37
0447     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 47 47 47 24
0448    
 
Field Human-Like 1
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 36 38 38 38 40
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 36 41 41 41 42
0461    
 
Field Field 24 24BW
20B2W2
20 20 48
0474     Mineral Mineral 1 1 1 1 1
0482     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 46 46 46 46 42
0491     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 75PtHGSS 75 75 75
0504     Field Field 33
0505     Field Field 39
0509     Field Field 42 42 42 32
0510     Field Field 50 50 50 40
0570     Field Field 49 49 49 44
0571     Field Field 54 54 54 52
0629    
 
Flying Flying 14 14 14 54
0630    
 
Flying Flying 14 14 14 57
0633    
 
Dragon Dragon 56
0634    
 
Dragon Dragon 60
0635    
 
Dragon Dragon 60
0642    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 61 1, 61 1, 55
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 68ORAS 68
0722    
 
Flying Flying 46 24
0723    
 
Flying Flying 55 30
0724    
 
Flying Flying 60 30
0757    
 
Monster Dragon 32 25
0758    
 
Monster Dragon 32 25
0765    
 
Field Field 25 30
0803     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 31USUM 42
0804    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 31USUM 42
0827     Field Field 20
0828     Field Field 22
0854     Mineral Amorphous 42
0855     Mineral Amorphous 42
0859    
 
Fairy Human-Like 36
0860    
 
Fairy Human-Like 40
0861    
 
Fairy Human-Like 40
0897     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 72
898S  
Calyrex
Shadow Rider
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 1
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 TR

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
--
II
--
III
--
IV
--
V
--
VI
--
VII
--
VIII
TR68
IX
--
0025     Field Fairy
0026     Field Fairy
026A  
Raichu
Alolan form
 
 
Field Fairy
0038     Field Field
038A  
Ninetales
Alolan form
 
 
Field Field
0041    
 
Flying Flying
0042    
 
Flying Flying
0052     Field Field
052A  
Meowth
Alolan form
  Field Field
052G  
Meowth
Galarian form
  Field Field
0053     Field Field
053A  
Persian
Alolan form
  Field Field
0065     Human-Like Human-Like
0080    
 
Monster Water 1
080G  
Slowbro
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0094    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
122G  
Mr. Mime
Galarian form
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0124    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
146G    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0150     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0151     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0163    
 
Flying Flying
0164    
 
Flying Flying
0169    
 
Flying Flying
0172     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0175     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0176    
 
Flying Fairy
0199    
 
Monster Water 1
199G  
Slowking
Galarian Form
 
 
Monster Water 1
0238    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0251    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0273     Field Grass
0274    
 
Field Grass
0275    
 
Field Grass
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0337    
 
Mineral Mineral
0342    
 
Water 1 Water 3
0344    
 
Mineral Mineral
0434    
 
Field Field
0435    
 
Field Field
0439    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0442    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0447     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0448    
 
Field Human-Like
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0461    
 
Field Field
0468    
 
Flying Fairy
0474     Mineral Mineral
0479    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0480     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0481     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0482     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0509     Field Field
0510     Field Field
0527    
 
Field Flying
0528    
 
Field Flying
0562     Mineral Amorphous
562G  
Yamask
Galarian form
 
 
Mineral Amorphous
0563     Mineral Amorphous
0570     Field Field
0571     Field Field
0574     Human-Like Human-Like
0575     Human-Like Human-Like
0576     Human-Like Human-Like
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0606     Human-Like Human-Like
0629    
 
Flying Flying
0630    
 
Flying Flying
0633    
 
Dragon Dragon
0634    
 
Dragon Dragon
0635    
 
Dragon Dragon
0641     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0642    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0677     Field Field
0678     Field Field
678F  
Meowstic
Female
  Field Field
0682     Fairy Fairy
0683     Fairy Fairy
0686    
 
Water 1 Water 2
0687    
 
Water 1 Water 2
0711    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0722    
 
Flying Flying
0723    
 
Flying Flying
0724    
 
Flying Flying
0725     Field Field
0726     Field Field
0727    
 
Field Field
0757    
 
Monster Dragon
0758    
 
Monster Dragon
0765    
 
Field Field
0803     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0804    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0821     Flying Flying
0822     Flying Flying
0823    
 
Flying Flying
0827     Field Field
0828     Field Field
0854     Mineral Amorphous
0855     Mineral Amorphous
0859    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0860    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0861    
 
Fairy Human-Like
0863     Field Field
0866    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0867    
 
Mineral Amorphous
0877    
 
Field Fairy
0893    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
0897     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
898S  
Calyrex
Shadow Rider
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered
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 Types Parent
Egg Groups
Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0041    
 
Flying Flying
0096     Human-Like Human-Like
0122    
 
Human-Like Human-Like HGSS
0175     Flying Fairy
0200     Amorphous Amorphous HGSS
0228    
 
Field Field
0238    
 
Human-Like Human-Like HGSS
0273     Field Grass
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like
0331     Grass Human-Like HGSS
0352     Field Field
0439    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered HGSS
0441    
 
Flying Flying
0511     Field Field
0513     Field Field
0515     Field Field
0562     Mineral Amorphous
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0682     Fairy Fairy USUM
0725     Field Field
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 Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0441    
 
Flying Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky
0605     Human-Like Human-Like Dream World - Spooky Manor
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 event

Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0251    
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Cinema Celebi
Winter 2011 Celebi
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.


Generation V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0052  
MeowthLv. 15
  Field Field Team Rocket Meowth
0386     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Masuda Deoxys
Team Plasma Deoxys
Plasma Deoxys
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.


Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0571  
ZoroarkLv. 45
  Field Field Pokémon EXPO Gym Zoroark
0720  
HoopaLv. 50
Confined
 
 
style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered Cinema Hoopa
Manesh Hoopa
Harry Hoopa
Mighty Hoopa
Mac Hoopa
Korean Hoopa
Alexander Hoopa
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.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Nasty Plot is a move with 20PP. The user increases their Special Attack by two levels. This move is affected by Snatch and Taunt.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Boosts the user's Special Attack by 2 levels.
BSL じぶんの とくこうを 2だんかいあげる
MDGtI It sharply boosts your Special Attack. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.)
SMD It sharply boosts your Sp. Atk. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a  Wonder Tile.


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 詭計 Gwáigai
Mandarin 詭計 / 诡计 Guǐjì
  French Machination
  German Ränkeschmied
  Greek Μηχανορραφία Michanorrafía
  Italian Congiura
  Korean 나쁜음모 Nappeun Eummo
  Polish Podły Spisek*
Portuguese   Brazil Trama Maldosa (anime, TCG)
Conspiração
  Portugal Trama Maldosa
  Spanish Maquinación
  Vietnamese Âm Mưu


Variations of the move Acid Armor
  Acid ArmorAmnesiaAutotomizeBarrierIron DefenseNasty PlotRock PolishSwords Dance
Formerly a variation
  Minimize


Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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6061626364656667686970717273747576777879
8081828384858687888990919293949596979899
BDSP
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
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Generation VIII TRs (SwSh)
0001020304050607080910111213141516171819
2021222324252627282930313233343536373839
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8081828384858687888990919293949596979899


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