Feint (move)
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Feint (Japanese: フェイント Feint) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.
Effect
Feint inflicts damage, but only strikes a target that has used Protect or Detect during that turn, lifting the effects of Protect or Detect for the remainder of the turn in a double battle. Feint is an increased priority move, and attacks after Protect and Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.
In the anime
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Pokémon
Heracross. Heracross's long horn glows white. Heracross then charges towards its opponent, ending the foe's Protect or Detect.
- Used by Conway's Heracross in Smells Like Team Spirit. Debut.
Learnset
Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0127
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Pinsir
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0228
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Houndour
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#E62829" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Meowth, Persian
Farfetch'd
Kecleon
Absol
Monferno, Infernape
Stunky, Skuntank
Lucario
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| 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" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Pikachu, Raichu
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0296
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Makuhita
| colspan="2" style="background:#FF8000; text-align: center;" | Fighting
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0302
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sableye
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#704170" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ghost
| style="background: #FFF" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
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| 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" | Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Hitmontop
Meditite, Medicham
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
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| 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.
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Trivia
- Despite being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon were able to learn it by leveling up until the release of Pokémon Platinum.
- Feint is widely regarded as one of the worst, if not the worst move in Pokemon (other than Splash).
In other languages
- Spanish: Amago
- Italian: Fintoattacco.
- German: Offenlegung