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Captivate (move)

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Captivate
ゆうわく Allure
If it is the opposite gender of the user, the foe is charmed into sharply lowering its Sp. Atk stat.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect either foe, but not the ally
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  2 ♥♥
Lowers next Pokémon's points by 2
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Captivate (Japanese: ゆうわく Allure) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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Effect

Captivate lowers the Special Attack stat of the target by two stages, if it is the opposite gender. It will fail if the target has the ability Oblivious or is same gender as the user, or either Pokémon is genderless.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
012 012 Butterfree Bug Flying 36
029 029 Nidoran♀ Poison 43
030 030 Nidorina Poison 50
032 032 Nidoran♂ Poison 43
033 033 Nidorino Poison 50
037 037 Vulpix Fire 37
052 052 Meowth Normal 46
053 053 Persian Normal 56
234 234 Stantler Normal 49
241 241 Miltank Normal 35
282 282 Gardevoir Psychic 53
300 300 Skitty Normal 42DP
300 300 Skitty Normal 46PtHGSS
350 350 Milotic Water 25
368 368 Gorebyss Water 28
370 370 Luvdisc Water 40
413 413 Wormadam
Plant Cloak
Bug Grass 35
413 413G Wormadam
Sandy Cloak
Bug Ground 35
413 413S Wormadam
Trash Cloak
Bug Steel 35
416 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 33
431 431 Glameow Normal 32
432 432 Purugly Normal 32
456 456 Finneon Water 26
457 457 Lumineon Water 26
478 478 Froslass Ice Ghost 31
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 TM78

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV and have genders can learn Captivate, except Nincada. Mew can also learn Captivate.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father
370 370 Luvdisc Water Luvdisc
Finneon, Lumineon
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.

Trivia

  • Mew and Ditto are the only genderless Pokémon which can use this move: both can by transformation, while Mew, able to learn any TM, can also learn it by TM78.

In the anime

The user releases pink hearts
Pokémon Method
User First Episode Used In Notes
413G Wormadam It releases pink hearts.
Ursula's Wormadam Another One Gabites the Dust! None

In other languages

  • French: Séduction
  • Spanish: Seducción
  • Italian: Incanto
  • German: Liebreiz
Generation IV TMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75
76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92
Generation IV HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 (DPPt | HGSS) | 06 | 07 | 08


This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.
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