Kinesis (move)

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Kinesis
スプーンまげ Spoon Bend
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Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  —
Accuracy  80%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Earn double the score in the next turn.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

Kinesis (Japanese: スプーンまげ Spoon Bend) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Kadabra and Alakazam.

Effect

Generations I to III

Kinesis decreases the target's accuracy stat by one stage.

Generations IV to VI

Kinesis can now be reflected with Magic Coat.

Generation VII

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Kinesis, the user's evasion raises one stage.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 A special move of bending spoons to confound the enemy. Makes the user harder to hit.
GSC Reduces the foe's accuracy.
RSE Distracts the foe. May lower accuracy.
FRLG The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower accuracy.
Colo.XD Distracts the target. May lower accuracy.
DPPtHGSS The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower the target's accuracy.
BWB2W2 The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. It lowers the target's accuracy.
XYORAS
SM
The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target's accuracy.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0064 Kadabra GrassIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 1Y 1 1 1 1 1 Evo.
0065 Alakazam GrassIC Big.png Human-Like Human-Like 1Y 1 1 1 1 1 Evo.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Lowers the target's Accuracy by one level.


In other generations

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 折彎湯匙 Zhéwān Tāngchí
France Flag.png French Télékinésie
Germany Flag.png German Psykraft
Greece Flag.png Greek Τηλεκίνηση
Italy Flag.png Italian Cinèsi
South Korea Flag.png Korean 숟가락휘기 Sutgarak Hwigi
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Cinese
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Telekineza
Spain Flag.png Spanish Kinético


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