Feint (move)

Feint
フェイント Feint

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	30*
Accuracy	100%
Priority	+2
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

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. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon however, it will strike regardless. Feint is an increased priority move, and attacks after Protect and Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

Generation V

Feint can now inflict damage even if the target has not used Protect or Detect and had its power changed from 50 to 30, possibly to avoid overuse of this move with Technician. Feint will not hit an opponent protected by Quick Guard.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0025	Pikachu	Electric		29
0052	Meowth	Normal		54
0053	Persian	Normal		68
0083	Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	43
0106	Hitmonlee	Fighting		25
0107	Hitmonchan	Fighting		21
0123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	43
0141	Kabutops	Rock	Water	--
0212	Scizor	Bug	Steel	61
0214	Heracross	Bug	Fighting	49
0227	Skarmory	Steel	Flying	20
0237	Hitmontop	Fighting		33
0307	Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	22
0308	Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	22
0319	Sharpedo	Water	Dark	--
0328	Trapinch	Ground		81
0352	Kecleon	Normal		14
0359	Absol	Dark		--
0391	Monferno	Fire	Fighting	26
0392	Infernape	Fire	Fighting	29
0434	Stunky	Poison	Dark	18
0435	Skuntank	Poison	Dark	18
0447	Riolu	Fighting		15
0448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	15
0469	Yanmega	Bug	Flying	38
0475	Gallade	Psychic	Fighting	39
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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 |- | 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

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
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