Feint (move)

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Feint
フェイント Feint
An attack that hits a foe using Protect or Detect. It also lifts the effects of those moves.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  50
Accuracy  100%
Priority  +2
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  0
Jam  0
Points awarded = 4 minus Current judge voltage
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Feint (Japanese: フェイント Feint) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

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Effect

Feint inflicts damage, but only strikes a target that has used Protect or Detect during that turn, lifting the effects of Protect or Detect for the remainder of the turn in a double battle. Feint is an increased priority move, and attacks after Protect and Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

In the anime

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Pokémon

Heracross. Heracross's long horn glows white. Heracross then charges towards its opponent, ending the foe's Protect or Detect.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
025 Pikachu Electric 29
052 Meowth Normal 54Pt
053 Persian Normal 68Pt
083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 43Pt
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 25
107 Hitmonchan Fighting 21
123 Scyther Bug Flying 43Pt
141 Kabutops Rock Water --Pt
212 Scizor Bug Steel 61Pt
214 Heracross Bug Fighting 49
227 Skarmory Steel Flying 20Pt
237 Hitmontop Fighting 33
307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 22
308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 22
319 Sharpedo Water Dark --Pt
328 Trapinch Ground 81
352 Kecleon Normal 14Pt
359 Absol Dark --Pt
391 Monferno Fire Fighting 26
392 Infernape Fire Fighting 29
434 Stunky Poison Dark 18Pt
435 Skuntank Poison Dark 18Pt
447 Riolu Fighting 15
448 Lucario Fighting Steel 15
469 Yanmega Bug Flying 38Pt
475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 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
127 Pinsir Bug Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega
207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor
Heracross
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Yanmega
255 Torchic Fire Pikachu, Raichu
Monferno, Infernape
Lucario
453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Lucario
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

  • Despite being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon were able to learn it by leveling up until the release of Pokémon Platinum.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Amago
  • Italian: Fintoattacco.
  • German: Offenlegung


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