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Sketch (move)

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Sketch
スケッチ Sketch
Sketch VII.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  1 (max. 1)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1 ♥
Jam  0  
Makes the appeal as good as the one before it.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1 ♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  1 ♥
Jamming  0  
Shows off the Pokémon's appeal about as well as the move used just before it.

Sketch (Japanese: スケッチ Sketch) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It is the signature move of Smeargle.

Effect

Generation II

Sketch allows the user to learn the target's last move permanently, replacing Sketch in the process. It bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Sketch cannot be used to copy Selfdestruct, Transform, Explosion, Struggle, Metronome, Mimic, or Sketch itself.

Sketch will fail if used to copy a move the user already knows.

If used by a transformed Pokémon, Sketch will allow the Pokémon to permanently learn the sketched move; this is known as the Sketch glitch. If used against a transformed Pokémon, Sketch will fail.

If the battle does not allow experience points to be earned (such as link battles or Battle Tower battles), Sketch will fail.

Sketch is not affected by Protect or Detect.

Generations III-V

  This move effect may be in need of research.
Reason: Can Mimic be Sketched (and does it require Mimic to fail)
You can discuss this on the talk page.

Sketch can now be used to copy Selfdestruct and Explosion when used in a battle with a Pokémon with the Damp Ability. It can also be used to copy Metronome and Transform, if the move fails to activate due to effects such as sleep. Struggle, Chatter, and Shadow moves cannot be sketched.

If the battle does not allow experience points to be earned (such as link battles or Battle Tower battles), any moves learned via Sketch will be forgotten at the end of the battle.

If used by a transformed Pokémon, Sketch will fail. Sketch will also fail if a Pokémon somehow uses it without having Sketch in its current moveset.

Generation VI onward

Sketch can now be used to copy Metronome and Transform, without the need for either move to fail.

Sketch will fail if used against a target protected by Crafty Shield. Sketch is not affected by Spiky Shield.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Sketch, the user's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed are raised by one stage each.

Z-Moves cannot be sketched.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A move that allows the user to copy a move used by an opponent and learn that move.
GSC Copies the foe's move permanently.
RSE Copies the foe's last move permanently.
FRLG This move copies the move last used by the foe, then disappears.
ColoXD Copies the target's last move permanently.
DPPt It enables the user to learn a move used by the foe. Once used, the move Sketch disappears.
PBR It enables the user to learn a move used by the foe.
HGSS It enables the user to permanently learn the move last used by the foe. Once used, Sketch disappears.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh 		It enables the user to permanently learn the move last used by the target. Once used, Sketch disappears.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0235     Field Field 1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91 		1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91 		1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91 		1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91 		1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91 		1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91
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

Prior to Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Sketch will fail when used against allies, unless the user is afflicted with the Confusion, Cowering, or Blinker status and the Nontraitor IQ skill is turned off. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, Sketch will always fail when used against Gigantic Pokémon, since they use completely different versions of the same move.

Description

  This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Japanese and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Japanese.
Games Description
MDRB Copies the move last used by the target and makes it the user's. Sketch disappears after it copies a move.
MDTDS Copies the move last used by the target and adds it to the user's set of moves. The new move replaces the user's Sketch move. You can't link the Sketch move.
BSL てきポケモンの さいごにつかったわざを うつしとり じぶんが つかえるようにする うつしとると わざ『スケッチ』は きえてしまう このわざは ポケモンタワーでは くりだせない
Copies the last move used by the enemy Pokémon and gains the ability to use that move. After copying a move, the move Sketch will disappear. This move cannot be used during a Pokémon Tower.
MDGtI  UNUSED
SMD You learn the last move of a target. Once you learn the move, you'll forget Sketch.*
You can learn the target's last move. But there are some moves that you can't sketch, so be careful!*


In the anime

 
Smeargle;
sketching
 
Smeargle;
using Counter
It enables the user to learn the move last used by the target.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Smeargle grabs its tail and waves it around, causing the image of a pencil to circle around the opponent while leaving behind a trail of pink sparkles. Smeargle then learns the last move used by the opponent.
Ilima's Smeargle Smashing with Sketch! Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

     
Generation II Generation III Generation IV
   
Generation V Generation VI

Side series games

       
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution

Spin-off series games

 
MD: Red and Blue

Trivia

  • Sketch is the first Generation II move in index number order.
  • Sketch is the only move that can be on a Pokémon's moveset that does not naturally have a PP value at a multiple of 5.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 寫生 Sésāng
Mandarin 寫生 / 写生 Xiěshēng *
速写 Sùxiě *
  Dutch Schets
  French Gribouille
  German Nachahmer
  Greek Αφηρημένο Σχέδιο
  Italian Schizzo
  Korean 스케치 Sketch
  Polish Szkic
  Portuguese Esboço
  Serbian Slikanje
  Spanish Esquema
  Vietnamese Phác Họa


  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
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