Assist (move)

Assist ねこのて Cat's Paw

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appeal's quality depends on its timing.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Makes the order of contestants random in the next turn.

Assist on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Assist on Eevee's Movedex

Assist (Japanese: ねこのて Cat's Paw) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III, in which it was Skitty's signature move.

Effect

Generation III

Assist calls up a move randomly known by one of the fellow Pokémon in its party and fully executes the attack. An attack called up by Assist counts as the last move used. A Pokémon will be able to use a move that is disabled in its own moveset if called via Assist.

Assist will not call itself or any of the following moves in this generation of games:

Generation IV

In a wild double battle, a wild Pokémon that uses Assist can use a move the other wild Pokémon knows.

Assist will not call itself or any of the following moves in this generation of games:

Generation V

Assist can now use moves known by unhatched eggs in the party.

Assist will not call itself or any of the following moves in this generation of games:

Description

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Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	19			18		22	22
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no			29				29
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal	no			29				29
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no			no				6
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark	no			no				6
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
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
096		Drowzee*	Psychic		Psychic
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	no
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

	Skitty	Ember	String Shot
The user hurriedly and randomly uses a move among those known by other Pokémon in the party.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Skitty	A white orb appears on Skitty's front paw. Skitty then fires a random move known by the Trainer's team from the orb.
May's Skitty	Game Winning Assist		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Using Iron Defense
The user uses a move known by one of its Trainer's other Pokémon or a partner.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Delcatty	Delcatty uses a move known by one of its Trainer's other Pokémon or its partner.
Ruby's Coco	VS. Kyogre & Groudon XI		Debut

Trivia

• The original Japanese name for this attack is neko no te (ねこのて), which literally means "cat's paw". However, this is probably a play on words; the attack calls for the assistance of a random team member's attack to help defeat the opponent. In Japanese, there is a saying for when assistance is greatly needed; "neko no te mo karitai" (猫の手も借りたい), or "I would even like to borrow a cat's hands / I would even like a cat to assist me", or "I need all the help I can get". And since the only Pokémon who can use this move by leveling up are cat-like (with an animation of scattered cat pawprints), it displays a double meaning.

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Bijstand Finnish Avustus French Assistance German Zuschuss Greek Στήριξη Hindi मदद Madad Indonesian Tangan Kucing Italian Assistente Korean 조수 Josu Polish Asysta Portuguese Brazil Auxílio, Ajudar, Lance Portugal Assistência Serbian Asistencija Spanish Ayuda

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