Feint (move)

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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Feint on Eevee's Movedex

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

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. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon however, it will strike regardless. Feint is an increased priority move, and attacks after Protect and Detect, but before other increased priority attacks.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 025 Pikachu Electric 29 052 Meowth Normal 54PtHGSS 053 Persian Normal 68PtHGSS 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 43PtHGSS 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 25 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 21 123 Scyther Bug Flying 43PtHGSS 141 Kabutops Rock Water --PtHGSS 212 Scizor Bug Steel 61PtHGSS 214 Heracross Bug Fighting 49 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 20PtHGSS 237 Hitmontop Fighting 33 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 22 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 22 319 Sharpedo Water Dark --PtHGSS 328 Trapinch Ground 81 352 Kecleon Normal 14PtHGSS 359 Absol Dark --PtHGSS 391 Monferno Fire Fighting 26 392 Infernape Fire Fighting 29 434 Stunky Poison Dark 18PtHGSS 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 18PtHGSS 447 Riolu Fighting 15 448 Lucario Fighting Steel 15 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 38PtHGSS 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 193 Yanma Bug Flying Scyther, Scizor Heracross Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon Yanmega 207 Gligar Ground Flying Scyther, Scizor Heracross Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon Yanmega 228 Houndour Dark Fire Meowth, Persian Farfetch'd Kecleon Absol Monferno, Infernape Stunky, Skuntank LucarioHGSS 239 Elekid Electric Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Meditite, Medicham Monferno, Infernape LucarioHGSS 255 Torchic Fire Pikachu, Raichu Monferno, Infernape Lucario 296 Makuhita Fighting Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Meditite, Medicham Monferno, Infernape LucarioHGSS 302 Sableye Dark Ghost Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Meditite, Medicham Monferno, Infernape LucarioHGSS 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Meditite, Medicham Monferno, Infernape 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.

In the anime

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	Heracross using Feint on Elekid
The user attacks the foe, ending it's Protect or Detect.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Heracross	Heracross's horn glows white and it slams its horn into a opponent using Protect or Detect, destroying the barrier. It then tosses the opponent with its horn.
Conway's Heracross	Smells Like Team Spirit!		Debut

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.