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Amnesia (move)

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Amnesia
ドわすれ Memory Lapse
The user temporarily empties its mind to forget its concerns. It sharply raises the user's Sp. Def stat.
Battles
Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Cute
Appeal  1
Jam  0
The user gains a star if their condition is good, and they receive the number of stars in appeal points next round. Every star they have (up to three) lessens the chance of the Pokémon becoming nervous.
Super Contests
Category  Cute
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Amnesia (Japanese: ドわすれ Memory Lapse) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents

Effect

Generation I

Amnesia increases the user's Special by two stages. Amnesia will do nothing if the user's Special has reached a stage of +6 or a value of 999. The effect of Amnesia is ignored by critical hits.

Generation II and on

Raises the user's Special Defense instead.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
060 060 Poliwag Water 38
061 061 Poliwhirl Water 41
079 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 40
080 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 44
143 143 Snorlax Normal --
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 81
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 Nintendo Event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in
054 054 Psyduck Water Pokémon Stadium
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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
079 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 43
080 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 46
143 143 Snorlax Normal 8
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 77
161 161 Sentret Normal 41
162 162 Furret Normal 48
194 194 Wooper Water Ground 21
195 195 Quagsire Water Ground 23
218 218 Slugma Fire 29
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 29
220 220 Swinub Ice Ground 55C
221 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 70C
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
032 032 Nidoran♂ Poison Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
052 052 Meowth Normal Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
098 098 Krabby* Water Corsola
114 114 Tangela* Grass Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
173 173 Cleffa* Normal Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
183 183 Marill Water Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire
187 187 Hoppip* Grass Flying Tangela
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill
203 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
222 222 Corsola Water Rock Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
079 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 43RSE
079 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 36FRLG
080 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 46RSE
080 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 36FRLG
143 143 Snorlax Normal 6RSE
143 143 Snorlax Normal 5FRLG
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 77RSE
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 99FRLG
161 161 Sentret Normal 49
162 162 Furret Normal 59
194 194 Wooper Water Ground 21
195 195 Quagsire Water Ground 23
218 218 Slugma Fire 29
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 29
220 220 Swinub Ice Ground 55
221 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 70
287 287 Slakoth Normal 25
289 289 Slaking Normal 25
316 316 Gulpin Poison 17
317 317 Swalot Poison 17
320 320 Wailmer Water 46
321 321 Wailord Water 52
322 322 Numel Fire Ground 31
323 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 31
324 324 Torkoal Fire 40
339 339 Barboach Water Ground 21
340 340 Whiscash Water Ground 21
345 345 Lileep Rock Grass 36
346 346 Cradily Rock Grass 36
368 368 Gorebyss Water 26
378 378 Regice Ice 41
379 379 Registeel Steel 41
386 386D Deoxys
Defense Forme
Psychic 35
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
032 032 Nidoran♂ Poison Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
052 052 Meowth Normal Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Slaking
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
098 098 Krabby Water Lileep, Cradily
114 114 Tangela* Grass Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
170 170 Chinchou Water Electric Surskit, Masquerain
173 173 Cleffa* Normal Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Castform
183 183 Marill Water Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
187 187 Hoppip* Grass Flying Tangela
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
203 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
222 222 Corsola Water Rock Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gorebyss
273 273 Seedot Grass Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
369 369 Relicanth Water Rock Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Gorebyss
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

#   Pokémon Type Level
054 054 Psyduck Water 44
055 055 Golduck Water 50
079 079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 43
080 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 47
143 143 Snorlax Normal 9
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic 57
151 151 Mew Psychic 60
161 161 Sentret Normal 36
162 162 Furret Normal 42
194 194 Wooper Water Ground 23
195 195 Quagsire Water Ground 24
218 218 Slugma Fire 31
219 219 Magcargo Fire Rock 31
220 220 Swinub Ice Ground 49
221 221 Piloswine Ice Ground 65
287 287 Slakoth Normal 25
289 289 Slaking Normal 25
316 316 Gulpin Poison 17
317 317 Swalot Poison 17
320 320 Wailmer Water 37
321 321 Wailord Water 37
322 322 Numel Fire Ground 25
323 323 Camerupt Fire Ground 25
324 324 Torkoal Fire 49
339 339 Barboach Water Ground 18
340 340 Whiscash Water Ground 18
345 345 Lileep Rock Grass 29
346 346 Cradily Rock Grass 29
368 368 Gorebyss Water 19
378 378 Regice Ice 41
379 379 Registeel Steel 41
386 386D Deoxys
Defense Forme
Psychic 73
399 399 Bidoof Normal 29
400 400 Bibarel Normal Water 33
446 446 Munchlax Normal 9
480 480 Uxie Psychic 46
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

#   Pokémon Type Father
001 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
032 032 Nidoran♂ Poison Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel
052 052 Meowth Normal Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine
Slakoth, Slaking
Wailmer, Wailord
Numel, Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel
098 098 Krabby Water Lileep, Cradily
108 108 Lickitung Normal Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Snorlax
114 114 Tangela* Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
170 170 Chinchou Water Electric Wailmer, Wailord
Barboach, Whiscash
173 173 Cleffa Normal Marill, Azumarill
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Castform
183 183 Marill Water Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon
187 187 Hoppip* Grass Flying Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Tangela, Tangrowth
Clefairy, Clefable
Marill, Azumarill
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
Castform
Turtwig, Grotle, Torterra
203 203 Girafarig Normal Psychic Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel
222 222 Corsola Water Rock Psyduck, Golduck
Wooper, Quagsire
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Gorebyss
Bidoof, Bibarel
273 273 Seedot Grass Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel
325 325 Spoink Psychic Psyduck, Golduck
Sentret, Furret
Wooper, Quagsire
Swinub, Piloswine, Mamoswine
Slakoth, Vigoroth, Slaking
Wailmer,Wailord
Numel ,Camerupt
Torkoal
Bidoof, Bibarel
351 351 Castform Normal Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
351 351 Castform Fire Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
351 351 Castform Water Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
351 351 Castform Ice Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
369 369 Relicanth Water Rock Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Barboach, Whiscash
Gorebyss
Bidoof, Bibarel
Shellos, Gastrodon
387 387 Turtwig Grass Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Lickitung, Lickilicky
Tangela, Tangrowth
Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff
Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry
422 422 Shellos
West Sea
Water Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
422 422E Shellos
East Sea
Water Psyduck, Golduck
Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking
Wooper, Quagsire
Slugma, Magcargo
Gulpin, Swalot
Castform
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Bidoof, Bibarel
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 the anime


Trivia

In other languages

  • Spanish: Amnesia
  • French: Amnésie
  • German: Amnesie
  • Italian: Amnesia
Variations on the move Acid Armor
Status Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier
Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow
Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish


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