Agility (move)

This article is about the move Agility. For the field move, see Field Move.

Agility こうそくいどう High-speed Movement

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   The next appeal can be made earlier next turn.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Agility on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Agility on Eevee's Movedex

Agility (Japanese: こうそくいどう High-speed Movement) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Agility increases the user's Speed by two stages.

Mystery Dungeon

The user and all of its allies in the room will receive a boost in movement speed by one stage.

Description

Games Description Stad A special technique that greatly boosts the user's Speed. Can normally be used up to three times. Stad2 A special move that greatly boosts the user's Speed. Normally used up to three times. GSC Sharply increases the user's Speed. RSEColo.XD Relaxes the body to sharply boost Speed. FRLG The user relaxes and lightens its body to sharply boost its Speed. DPPtHGSSBWB2W2 The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. It sharply boosts the Speed stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	35			40			40			31				31
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	36			37			39			29				29
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	40			43			43			32				32
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	44			46			48			32				32
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	36			43			43			25				25
022		Fearow	Normal	Flying	43			47			47			29				29
025		Pikachu	Electric		Electric	33			33			33			34				37
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	39			42			43			39				42	30
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire	48			43			38			34		33	37
078		Rapidash	Fire		Fire	55			47			38			34		33	37
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	31			31			36			31				31
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	44			37			45			37				37
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	51			47			60			41				41
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	--			7			7			6				6
116		Horsea	Water		Water	37			36			36			23				23
117		Seadra	Water		Water	41			40			40			23				23
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	54			52			52			47				47
119		Seaking	Water		Water	54			61			61			56				56
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying	42			24			21			17				17
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	44	47	47			47			64				64	29
137		Porygon	Normal		Normal	35			9			9			12				12
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	--			8			8			17				17
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	55			25			25			36				36
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	55			25			25			43				43
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	55			25			25			15				15
147		Dratini	Dragon		Dragon	20			36			36			25				25
148		Dragonair	Dragon		Dragon	--, 20			38			36			25				25
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying	--, 20			38			38			25				25
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			no			no			30				30
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	no			43			43			30				30
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying	no			51			51			36				36
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no				45	45			33				33
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	no				53	53			37				37
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	no			46			50			29				29
203		Girafarig	Normal	Psychic	no			20			31			14				14
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	no			24			21			17				17
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	no			41			36			24				24	20
226		Mantine	Water	Flying	no			32			29			19				19	32
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	no			25			16			14	12		12
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	no			40			40			23				23
233		Porygon2	Normal		Normal	no			9			9			12				12
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	no			37			37			37				37
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	no			no			31			31				31
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass	no			no			35			35				35
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	no			no			35			35				35
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	no			no			43			43				43
277		Swellow	Normal	Flying	no			no			49			49				49
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	no			no			55			37				37	38
283		Surskit	Bug	Water	no			no			31			31				31
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	no			no			38			38				38
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	no			no			47			44				48
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	no			no			47			44				48
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	no			no			43			36				36
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	no			no			53			45				45
368		Gorebyss	Water		Water	no			no			15			10				10
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	no			no			16			9				9
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	no			no			56			44				44	38
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	no			no			66			44				44	38
386		Deoxys Speed Forme	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			35			73				73
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			33				33
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			38				38
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	no			no			no			41				41
418		Buizel	Water		Water	no			no			no			28				28	41
419		Floatzel	Water		Water	no			no			no			29				29	51
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			29				29
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			33				33
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			33				33
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying	no			no			no			19				19	32
474		Porygon-Z	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			12				12
522		Blitzle	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			no				36
523		Zebstrika	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			no				42
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				29
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				32
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				33
566		Archen	Rock	Flying	no			no			no			no				21
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying	no			no			no			no				21
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				37
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				39
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying	no			no			no			no				46
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				37
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				40
617		Accelgor	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			no				32
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				16
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying	no			no			no			no				37
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying	no			no			no			no				37
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	no			no
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	no			no
098		Krabby*	Water		Water	no			no
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	no			no
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	no			no
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric	no			no			no
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	no			no
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	no			no
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire	no			no
278		Wingull	Water	Flying	no
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying	no
393		Piplup	Water		Water	no			no
441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	no			no
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting	no			no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no
456		Finneon	Water		Water	no			no
540		Sewaddle	Bug	Grass	no			no			no
550		Basculin	Water		Water	no			no			no
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 081 Magnemite Electric Steel New York Pokémon Center 100 Voltorb Electric New York Pokémon Center 187 Hoppip Grass Flying New York Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Dream World - Rugged Mountain 550 Basculin Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 550B Basculin Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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

Growlithe	Accelgor	Hitmonchan	Ninjask
The user moves quickly to evade attacks.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Pikachu	Pikachu starts to run forward on all fours, leaping from side to side. Other times, Pikachu appears to repeatedly vanish and immediately reappears in different spots while running. The opponent may become confused.
Ash's Pikachu	Electric Shock Showdown		Debut
Ritchie's Sparky	A Friend in Deed		None
Drake's Ditto in the form of Pikachu	Hello, Pummelo!		Used via Transform
Hitmonchan	Hitmonchan appears to repeatedly vanish and immediately reappears in different spots while running, or Hitmonchan runs quickly to get in front of the opponent.
Anthony's Hitmonchan	The Punchy Pokémon		None
Kyle Hamm's Hitmonchan	Pasta La Vista!		None
Farfetch'd	Farfetch'd runs after the opponent with great speed. If the opponent tries to hit Farfetch'd, it disappears, then reappears seconds later.
Keith's Farfetch'd	So Near, Yet so Farfetch'd		None
Jolteon	Jolteon runs toward the opponent, disappearing and reappearing seconds later.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Jolteon	The Ultimate Test		None
Seadra	Seadra swerves back and forth through the water at great speed.
Mandi's Seadra	Round One - Begin!		None
Goldeen	Goldeen swims swiftly through the water to avoid the opponent's attacks.
Misty's Goldeen	Bye Bye Psyduck		None
Dragonite	Dragonite flies after the opponent with great speed. If the opponent tries to hit Dragonite, it disappears, then reappears seconds later.
Drake's Dragonite	Enter the Dragonite!		Japanese version only
Dodrio	Dodrio runs quickly at the opponent.
Falkner's Dodrio	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Pidgeot	When an attack is about to hit Pidgeot, it disappears and reappears behind the opponent.
Falkner's Pidgeot	Fighting Flyer with Fire		None
Scizor	Scizor jumps around the opponent at a fast speed, making it look like there are two or three copies of it, or Scizor flies at the opponent. While flying, it leaves behind a white trail of energy.
Shingo's Blade	Wired for Battle		None
Luna's Red Lightning	Curbing the Crimson Tide!		None
Skarmory	Skarmory flies towards the opponent. If the opponent tries to hit Skarmory, it disappears, then reappears a second later, dodging the attack.
Miki's Skarmory	Hot Matches!		None
Cyndaquil	Cyndaquil runs quickly, disappearing and reappearing every time an opponent attacks.
Ash's Cyndaquil	Hot Matches!		Cyndaquil cannot legally learn Agility
Umbreon	Umbreon's body becomes surrounded by a white aura and it tackles the opponent.
Tamao's Umbreon	Trouble's Brewing		Umbreon cannot legally learn Agility
Articuno	Articuno flies towards the opponent, disappearing and reappearing when the opponent tries to attack it.
A wild Articuno	Freeze Frame		None
Beedrill	Beedrill wings buzz loudly and it flaps them at top speed. It then flies towards the opponent and flies around it in circles, confusing it.
Jimmy's Beedrill	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Fearow	Fearow flies quickly after the opponent, leaving a white trail of energy behind as it flies.
Tyson's two Fearow	Rage of Innocence		None
Rico's Fearow	A Poached Ego!		None
Kingdra	Kingdra disappears then reappears seconds later.
Clair's Kingdra	Fangs for Nothin'		None
Mantine	Mantine disappears as an opponents about to hit it. Seconds later, it reappears again.
Dorian's Mantine	Just Add Water		None
Surskit	Surskit moves quickly to dodge an attack.
Max's Surskit	Maxxed Out!		None
Brianna's Surskit	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
Luvdisc	Luvdisc moves quickly to dodge an attack.
Misty's Caserin	Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!		None
Daisy's Luverin	Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing!		None
Gorebyss	Gorebyss disappears as soon as it's about to get hit by an attack, then reappears seconds later.
Nancy's Gorebyss	The Evolutionary War		None
Growlithe	Growlithe moves quickly to dodge an attack.
Morrison's Growlithe	Choose It or Lose it!		None
Sceptile	Sceptile jumps out of the way to dodge an attack.
Ash's Sceptile	Curbing the Crimson Tide!		None
Ninjask	Ninjask's outlines briefly glow white as it disappears and reappears multiple times around the opponent.
Paul's Ninjask	A Real Rival Rouser!		None
Accelgor	Accelgor shoots through the air straight at the opponent at an extremely fast speed. Accelgor moves so fast that it leaves behind a transparent blue afterimage as it flies.
Charles's Accelgor	The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

	Pikachu
The user gathers energy and runs at a fast speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Pikachu	Pikachu gathers electricity in its body and static electricity appears around its tail. Its fur then gets slightly more spiky and it dashes forward. As it runs, it leaves behind little trails of energy from its back feet.
Ash's Pikachu	Haunting my Dreams		Debut
Ritchie's Chuchino	The Indigo Finals		None

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Ledian	Dragonair	Aipom
The user increases its speed.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Dragonair	An orb of energy appears in front of Dragonair's horn, and it calls upon a strong gust of wind. It then rides and controls the wind to speed itself up. It also can spin around the opponent to trap them in a tornado.
Lance's two Dragonair	Draggin' In Dragonair		Debut
Skarmory	When Skarmory is about to get hit by an attack, it disappears.
Falkner's Skarmory	Really Raikou & Entirely Entei I		None
Aipom	Aipom's speed increases, and it runs extremely fast.
Gold's Aibo	The Last Battle VI		None
Beedrill	Beedrill flies around so fast that it creates a faded afterimage behind it as it moves around, boosting its speed.
Giovanni's Beedrill	Reason to Fight		None
Ledian	Ledian flies around the opponent as fast as it can, raising its speed.
The Battle Factory's Ledian	VS. Ledian		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Rapidash
The user dodges an attack easily.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Rapidash	Rapidash runs as fast as it can dodging any attack.
Flint's Rapidash	Hareta's Heart Desire		Debut

In the Pokémon Get da ze! manga

	Pikachu
The user dodges an attack easily.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Pikachu	Pikachu runs around quickly, dodging attacks and confusing the foe.
Shū's Pikachu	Get Poliwag!! The Grand Plan		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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	FRLG	DPPt	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 高速移動 Gāosù Yídòng Dutch Behendigheid Finnish Ketteryys French Hâte German Agilität Greek Ευκινησία Hindi फुर्ती fudti Indonesian Gerak Cepat Italian Agilità Korean 고속이동 Gosok Idong Brazilian Portuguese Agilidade Serbian Agilnost Spanish Agilidad

Variations of the move Agility
Agility • Barrier • Swords Dance

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