Confusion (move)
Confusion ねんりき Mindpower | ||||||||||||
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Confusion (Japanese: ねんりき Mindpower) is a Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I that deals a small amount of damage.
Effect
Generation I
Confusion does damage and has a 9.8% chance of confusing the opponent.
Confusion can't confuse an opponent that is already confused.
In Stadium, Confusion can't confuse an opponent that has a Substitute.
In the anime
- Ash's Noctowl using Confusion.GIF
Ash's Noctowl using Confusion.
Pokémon
Noctowl. It's eyebrow tufts turn blue and release a blue light
- Used by Ash's Noctowl in From Ghost to Ghost to ???.
- Used by Austin's Dustox in Crossing Paths.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0032
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
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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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Generation III
By leveling up
By breeding
Template:Breedlist
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0032
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
|-
| 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.
|}
|}
Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0032
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Espeon
Girafarig
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0114
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Tangela
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
|-
| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0187
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Hoppip
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Exeggcute, Exeggutor
|-
| 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.
|}
|}
In other languages
- Spanish: Confusión
- Italian: Confusione
- French: Choc Mental
- German: Konfusion
- Dutch: Verwarring