Faint Attack (move)

Faint Attack だましうち Sneak Attack

The user draws up to the foe disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. It hits without fail.

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  60 Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 The appeal works great if performed first.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Faint Attack on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Faint Attack on Eevee's Movedex

Faint Attack (Japanese: だましうち Sneak Attack) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. The Japanese name and animated depictions suggest the English name is a misspelled reference to the fencing term "feint".

Effect

Faint Attack inflicts damage, and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat and Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly and Dive.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 052 Meowth Normal 28 053 Persian Normal 29 185 Sudowoodo Rock 37 197 Umbreon Dark 36 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 31 207 Gligar Ground Flying 28 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 25 216 Teddiursa Normal 22 217 Ursaring Normal 22 228 Houndour Dark Fire 27 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 30 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Murkrow 021 Spearow Normal Flying Murkrow 037 Vulpix Fire Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom 041 Zubat Poison Flying Murkrow 050 Diglett Ground Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom 084 Doduo Normal Flying Murkrow 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Murkrow 174 Igglybuff* Normal Snubbull, Granbull 177 Natu Psychic Flying Murkrow 209 Snubbull Normal Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom 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 052 Meowth Normal 25FRLG 052 Meowth Normal 28RSE 053 Persian Normal 25FRLG 053 Persian Normal 29RSE 185 Sudowoodo Rock 41 197 Umbreon Dark 36 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 35 207 Gligar Ground Flying 28 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 25 216 Teddiursa Normal 25 217 Ursaring Normal 25 228 Houndour Dark Fire 37 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 43 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 31 287 Slakoth Normal 19 289 Slaking Normal 19 300 Skitty Normal 27 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 29 303 Mawile Steel 26 327 Spinda Normal 12 328 Trapinch Ground 17 329 Vibrava Ground -- 17 330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 17 331 Cacnea Grass 29 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 29 352 Kecleon Normal 7 353 Shuppet Ghost 37 354 Banette Ghost 39 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Murkrow 021 Spearow Normal Flying Murkrow 037 Vulpix Fire Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon 041 Zubat Poison Flying Murkrow 050 Diglett Ground Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon 084 Doduo Normal Flying Murkrow 127 Pinsir Bug Gligar Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Murkrow 174 Igglybuff Normal Skitty Mawile 177 Natu Psychic Flying Murkrow 209 Snubbull Normal Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon 290 Nincada Bug Ground Gligar Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 296 Makuhita Fighting Sableye Spinda Cacnea, Cacturne 355 Duskull Ghost Shuppet Banette 359 Absol Dark Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon 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.

By move tutor

In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

#   Pokémon Type 151 Mew Psychic 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 052 Meowth Normal 22 053 Persian Normal 22 126 Magmar Fire 16 185 Sudowoodo Rock 25 197 Umbreon Dark 36 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 35 207 Gligar Ground Flying 23 215 Sneasel Dark Ice 14 216 Teddiursa Normal 15 217 Ursaring Normal 15 228 Houndour Dark Fire 35 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 38 240 Magby Fire 16 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 31 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 287 Slakoth Normal 19 289 Slaking Normal 19 300 Skitty Normal 25DP 300 Skitty Normal 29PtHGSS 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 32 303 Mawile Steel 26 327 Spinda Normal 14 328 Trapinch Ground 17 329 Vibrava Ground -- 17 330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 17 331 Cacnea Grass 29 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 29 352 Kecleon Normal 7 353 Shuppet Ghost 28 354 Banette Ghost 28 431 Glameow Normal 17 432 Purugly Normal 17 436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 41 437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 50 438 Bonsly Rock 25 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 7 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 17 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 17 455 Carnivine Grass 27 461 Weavile Dark Ice 14 467 Magmortar Fire 16 472 Gliscor Ground Flying 23 491 Darkrai Dark 29PtHGSS 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Murkrow 021 Spearow Normal Flying Murkrow 037 Vulpix Fire Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel, Weavile Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf, Shiftry Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow, Purugly 041 Zubat Poison Flying Murkrow 050 Diglett Ground Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel, Weavile Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf, Shiftry Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow, Purugly 084 Doduo Normal Flying Murkrow 127 Pinsir Bug Gligar, Gliscor Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 163 Hoothoot Normal Flying Murkrow 174 Igglybuff Normal Skitty Mawile 177 Natu Psychic Flying Murkrow 193 Yanma Bug Flying Gligar, Gliscor Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 198 Murkrow Dark Flying Murkrow 209 Snubbull Normal Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel, Weavile Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf, Shiftry Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow, Purugly 290 Nincada Bug Ground Gligar, Gliscor Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 296 Makuhita Fighting Magmar, Magmortar Sableye Spinda Cacnea, Cacturne Croagunk, Toxicroak 355 Duskull Ghost Shuppet, Banette Spiritomb 359 Absol Dark Meowth, Persian Umbreon Sneasel, Weavile Teddiursa, Ursaring Houndour, Houndoom Nuzleaf, Shiftry Slakoth, Slaking Skitty Mawile Spinda Kecleon Glameow, Purugly 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Gligar, Gliscor Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon 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

	Sneasel distracts the opponent.	Sneasel attacking
The Pokémon distracts the foe, then attacks while their guard is down.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo jumps into the air while the opponent isn't looking, and while the opponent looks for it, it kicks the opponent.
Wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Debut
Houndour	Houndour runs to the opponent on the right or left side, then it disappears, appears on the opposite side of the opponent, and shoots a flame at the opponent.
Unnamed Trainer's Houndour	Ariados, Amigos		None
Sneasel	Sneasel walks up to the foe, points somewhere to the side. When the opponent looks, Sneasel attacks it.
Harrison 's Sneasel	Pop Goes the Sneasel		None
Cacturne	Cacturne walks up to the foe without it looking, and punches while its guard is down.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse!		None
Bonsly	Bonsly walks up to the foe without it looking, and punches while its guard is down.
Brock's Bonsly	Episode unknown		None

In other languages

• French: Feinte
• Spanish: Finta
• Italiano: Finta
• German: Finte
• Hindi: Nakli War

Variations on the move Swift
	Faint Attack | Aerial Ace | Shadow Punch | Magnet Bomb
	Swift | Magical Leaf | Shock Wave

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