Faint Attack (move)

Faint Attack だましうち Sneak Attack

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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 King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to 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.

Effect

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

Description

Games Description Stad2 A Dark-type attack. The move catches the opponent off guard, so it never misses. GSC An attack that never misses. RSE Draws the foe close, then strikes without fail. FRLG The user draws up close to the foe disarmingly, then hits without fail. Colo.XD Draws the target close, then strikes without fail. DPPtHGSS The user draws up to the foe disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. It hits without fail. BWB2W2Conq The user approaches the target disarmingly, then throws a sucker punch. It hits without fail.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	no			no			no					20
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	28			28	25	22				22
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	29			29	25	22				22
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	no			no			16				16	12
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	37			41			25				25	19
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	36			36			36				36	21
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	31			35			35				35
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	28			28			23				23	19
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	25			25			14				14	10
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	22			25			15				15
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	22			25			15				15
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	27			37			35				32
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	30			43			38				35
240		Magby	Fire		Fire	no			no			16				16	12
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	no			31			31				31
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	no			no			--				--
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	no			19			19				19
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	no			19			19				19
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal	no			27			25		29	29
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	no			29			32				32
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	no			26			26				26
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	no			12			14				14
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	no			17			17				17	7
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			--, 17			--, 17				--, 17	--, 7
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			--, 17			--, 17				--, 17	--, 7
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	no			29			29				29
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	no			29			29				29
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	no			7			7				7
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	no			37			28				28	22
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	no			39			28				28	22
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no			no			17				17
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal	no			no			17				17
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	no			no			41				41	21
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	no			no			50				50	21
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	no			no			25				25	19
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	no			no			7				7
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	no			no			17				17
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	no			no			17				17
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass	no			no			27				27
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice	no			no			14				14	10
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire	no			no			16				16	12
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	no			no			23				23	19
491		Darkrai	Dark		Dark	no			no					29	29
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	no			no			no				13
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock	no			no			no				13
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no				9
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no				--, 9
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no			no			no				17
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no			no			no				17
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no				24
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no				24
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			no				24
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	no			no			no				16
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	no			no			no				16
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison	no			no			no				20
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison	no			no			no				20
624		Pawniard	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				17
625		Bisharp	Dark	Steel	no			no			no				17
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying	no			no			no				23
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying	no			no			no				23
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
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	no
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying
174		Igglybuff*	Normal		Normal
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	no			no
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	no			no
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	no
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	no
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost	no
359		Absol	Dark		Dark	no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no			no			no
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no
588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	no			no			no
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon	no			no			no
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire	no			no			no
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					FRLG	E	XD
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic						✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 115 Kangaskhan Normal New York Pokémon Center 240 Magby Fire New York Pokémon Center 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 021 Spearow Normal Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Conquest

Faint Attack is the only move of Sneasel and Scraggy.

In the anime

Houndour	Cacturne	Sudowoodo	Sneasel
The Pokémon distracts the foe, then attacks while their guard is down.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo jumps into the air while the opponent isn't looking, and while the opponent looks for it, Sudowoodo kicks it.
A wild Sudowoodo	Type Casting		Debut
Houndour	Houndour runs to the opponent on the right or left side, then it disappears, and appears on the opposite side of the opponent.
Ralph's Houndour	Ariados, Amigos		None
Sneasel	Sneasel walks up to the opponent, points somewhere to the side. When the opponent looks, Sneasel attacks it.
Harrison's Sneasel	Pop Goes the Sneasel		None
Cacturne	Cacturne sneaks up behind the opponent while it's not looking and kicks it, or Cacturne floats into the air at the opponent and kicks it.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Sneasel
The user intimidates the opponent, then attacks it when it flinches.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sneasel	Sneasel stares the opponent menacingly, and when the opponent flinches, it scratches it with its claws in an 'X'-like formation.
Silver's Sneasel	Elekid Incorperated		Debut
Houndour	Houndour disappears and turns invisible. It then attacks the opponent while invisible.
The Masked Man's Houndour	Delibird Delivery - 2		None
Persian	Persian charges at the opponent and stabs it with one of its front paws.
Miles's Persian	Oh, It's Ho-Oh!		None
Umbreon	Umbreon charges at the opponent and stabs it with one of its paws, or Umbreon charges to the opponent's side and jumps, kicking it with one of its legs.
Karen's Umbreon	The Last Battle VII		None
Greta's Umbreon	VS. Shedinja		None
Slaking	Slaking lays down with its back turned against the opponent. It then raises one of its fists without looking and smashes it into the opponent from above.
The Battle Factory's Slaking	VS. Pinsir		None
Sableye	Sableye dashes at the opponent at lightning fast speed and kicks it with both of its feet.
Jupiter's Sableye	VS. Gastrodon		None

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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• This move's in-game descriptions and its Japanese name, along with several other depictions and translations, suggest that its English name contains a misspelling of the word feint, deceitful movement.
  • This is not the case in the TCG, where it is consistently referred to as Feint Attack.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 虛晃一招 Xūhuàng​ Yīzhāo Finnish Tajukangastus (JLC) Huimaushyökkäys (MQ) Pyörrytys (AG) French Feinte German Finte Greek Αντιπερισπασμός Hindi नकली वार Nakli Waar Indonesian Serangan Tipuan Italian Finta Korean 속여때리기 Sok'yeo Ttaerigi Brazilian Portuguese Ataque Furtivo Serbian Tihi Napad Spanish Latin America Engaño Spain Finta

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

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.