Spectral Thief (move): Difference between revisions

{{moveResearch|Does it steal stat boosts from Normal types? Pokemon that use Dig/Fly/Dive/Bounce? Can it miss a Pokemon that raised its Evasion?}}

Spectral Thief causes the user to steal the target's [[Statistic|stat]] boosts and then do damage. It also bypasses {{m|substitute}}s. Spectral Thief will only steal enough boosts to reach +6 stages in each stat; if the sum of the user's existing stat boosts and the target's stat boosts exceeds +6 in a stat, the target will retain any excess boosts. If the user has the Ability {{a|Simple}}, then the stolen stat boosts will be doubled; if the user has the Ability {{a|Contrary}}, then the stat boosts will be inverted.