Spotlight (move)

Spotlight redirects here. For the Accessory in the Generation IV games, see Accessory → Misc.

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Spotlight スポットライト Spotlight

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +3 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce 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 VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII

Spotlight (Japanese: スポットライト Spotlight) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation VII.

Contents

Effect

Generation VII

Spotlight causes the move's target to become the center of attention, forcing all attacks from the target's foes to target it instead of their intended target. This effect overrides any other forms of redirection, either through moves like Follow Me and Rage Powder, Abilities like Storm Drain and Lightning Rod, or Ally Switch.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Spotlight, the user's Special Defense stat rises by 1 stage.

Generation VIII

Spotlight cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SMUSUMPE The user shines a spotlight on the target so that only the target will be attacked during the turn. SwSh This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	1SMUSUM
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	1SMUSUM
121		Starmie		Water 3		Water 3	1SMUSUM
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	1USUM
755		Morelull		Grass		Grass	46
756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass	53
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
327		Spinda		Field	Human-Like	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Spotlight turns the target into a decoy. Its effect is identical to that of Substitute from games prior to Gates to Infinity.

Description

Games Description MDRTDX It makes the target into a Decoy, which will then become the enemies' primary target.

Trivia

• The German name of the move Follow Me is Spotlight, which exists as a loanword from English. This move is named Rampenlicht instead, which is a translation of the same term.
• Excluding signature moves and Z-Moves, Spotlight is the only move introduced in Generation VII to not be usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 聚光燈 Jeuihgwōngdāng Mandarin 聚光燈 / 聚光灯 Jùguāngdēng French Projecteur German Rampenlicht Italian Riflettore Korean 스포트라이트 Spotlight Spanish Foco

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