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Camouflage (move)

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Camouflage
ほごしょく Camouflage
Camouflage.png
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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
  • Affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Camouflage (Japanese: ほごしょく Camouflage) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Staryu in that generation.

Contents

Effect

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Reason: effect in the Distortion World.

Generation III

Camouflage changes the Pokémon's type to a type corresponding to the battlefield terrain.

In a link battle, Camouflage will cause the user to become Normal-type.

Terrain Type
Building and plain terrain  Normal 
Sand  Ground 
Cave and rock  Rock 
Tall grass  Grass 
Water  Water 


Generation IV

Like Generation III, Camouflage will change the user's type depending on the environment; however, locations have changed and been added.

In a link battle, Camouflage will cause the user to become Normal-type.

Terrain Type
Building  Normal 
Sand, plain terrain, and puddles  Ground 
Cave and rock  Rock 
Tall grass  Grass 
Water  Water 
Snow and ice  Ice 


In Pokémon Battle Revolution, the type depends on which Colosseum is being fought at:

Colosseum Type
Lagoon  Normal 
Gateway  Water 
Main Street  Normal 
Waterfall  Grass 
Neon  Normal 
Crystal  Rock 
Sunny Park  Grass 
Magma  Rock 
Sunset  Ground 
Courtyard  Normal 
Stargazer  Rock 


Generation V

Like previous Generations, Camouflage will change the user's type depending on the environment; however, locations have changed and been added.

In a link battle, Camouflage will cause the user to become Normal-type.

Terrain Type
Building and plain terrain  Normal 
Sand and puddles  Ground 
Cave and rock  Rock 
Tall grass  Grass 
Water  Water 
Snow and ice  Ice 


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
120 Staryu Staryu Water Water 19 19 19
414 Mothim Mothim Bug Flying no 35 35
585 Deerling Deerling Normal Grass no no --
586 Sawsbuck Sawsbuck Normal Grass no no --
618 Stunfisk Stunfisk Ground Electric no no 17
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
540 Sewaddle Sewaddle Bug Grass no no Mothim
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

None.png Cilan Stunfisk Camouflage.png None.png None.png
Stunfisk
The user blends in with its surroundings.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
618 Stunfisk Stunfisk lays flat against the ground and closes its eyes. Its body then changes color to match the ground's colors. When it opens its eyes again, the colors on its body fade away and back to its original colors.
Cilan's Stunfisk Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Camouflage III.png Camouflage IV.png
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

Trivia

  • Kecleon is able to blend in with its surroundings with its ability Color Change. However, it is unable to learn Camouflage. This is possibly because Color Change would likely change Kecleon's type just after it had used Camouflage.
  • No Generation II or III Pokémon can learn this move (with the obvious exception of Smeargle).

In other languages

Language Title
France Flag.png French Camouflage
Germany Flag.png German Tarnung
Greece Flag.png Greek Παραλλαγή
Italy Flag.png Italian Camuffamento
South Korea Flag.png Korean 보호색 Bohosaek
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Kamuflaža
Spain Flag.png Spanish Camuflaje


Variations of the move Camouflage
Status CamouflageReflect Type


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