Lucky Chant (move)

Lucky Chant (Japanese: おまじない Good Luck Charm) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Lucky Chant prevents opponents from landing critical hits on the user's party for five turns.

Generation V

Lucky Chant can now be affected by Snatch.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	28				31	37	'
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	25				25			'
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	29				29			'
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	12				12			12
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	12				12			'
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	28				28	23	'
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	28				31			'
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	17				17			'
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	17				17			'
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	17				17			'
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	40				40			'
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass	48				48			'
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	--				--			'
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	31				31			'
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass	91						'
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic					5			'
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic					--			'
669		Flabébé	Fairy		Fairy								10
670		Floette	Fairy		Fairy								10
671		Florges	Fairy		Fairy								--
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	no
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	no
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	no
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	no
351		Castform	Normal		Normal
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying	no
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	no
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.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0175 Togepi Normal Dream World - Dream Park Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Mismagius controls the tentacles Mismagius recites a spell Mismagius's orb glows
Mysterious tentacles prevent the user from being attacked.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mismagius puts one of the extensions hanging down from its body to its forehead and chants over and over again. Then, the gems on Mismagius's body starts glowing pink and magical crimson tentacles come out of the gems. Mismagius then hits the opponent with them.
Zoey's Mismagius	Coming Full - Festival Circle!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Clefairy
The user wags its fingers to prevent critical hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Clefairy raises its hands into the air and calls out while looking into the air as well, preventing the opponent from landing critical hits.
Rad Rickshaw's Cliff	Cautious Clefairy		Debut
Rad Rickshaw's Cliffette	Cautious Clefairy		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幸運咒語 Xìngyùn Zhòuyǔ Dutch Bezwering French Air Veinard German Beschwörung Greek Ψαλμός Καλοτυχίας Indonesian Mantra Italian Fortuncanto Korean 주술 Jusul Brazilian Portuguese Golpe de Sorte Spanish Conjuro

Variations of the move Safeguard
Lucky Chant • Mist • Safeguard

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