Hypnosis (move)

Hypnosis さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis

The user employs hypnotic suggestion to make the target fall into a deep sleep.

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

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Move tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Hypnosis on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Hypnosis on Eevee's Movedex

Hypnosis (Japanese: さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Hypnosis puts the target to sleep.

Hypnosis can't affect a target that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Hypnosis can't affect a target that has a Substitute.

Hypnosis has an accuracy of 60%.

Generation IV

In Diamond and Pearl, accuracy was improved to 70%. In Platinum, it was changed back to 60%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
060		Poliwag	Water		16
061		Poliwhirl	Water		-- 16
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	-- 16
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	27
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	29
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	29
096		Drowzee	Psychic		--
097		Hypno	Psychic		--
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	--
103		Exeggutor	Grass	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 II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
060		Poliwag	Water		7
061		Poliwhirl	Water		-- 7
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	-- 7
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
096		Drowzee	Psychic		--
097		Hypno	Psychic		--
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	--
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	--
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	16
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	16
186		Politoed	Water		--
234		Stantler	Normal		15
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
037		Vulpix	Fire		Stantler
052		Meowth	Normal		Stantler
054		Psyduck	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Stantler
077		Ponyta	Fire		Stantler
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Drowzee, Hypno
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
060		Poliwag	Water		7
061		Poliwhirl	Water		-- 7
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	-- 7
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
096		Drowzee	Psychic		--
097		Hypno	Psychic		--
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	--
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	--
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	16
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	16
186		Politoed	Water		--
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	23FRLG
234		Stantler	Normal		17FRLG
234		Stantler	Normal		19RSE
280		Ralts	Psychic		41
281		Kirlia	Psychic		47
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		51
327		Spinda	Normal		23
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	19
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
037		Vulpix	Fire		Stantler Spinda
052		Meowth	Normal		Stantler Spinda
054		Psyduck	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Stantler Spinda
077		Ponyta	Fire		Stantler Spinda
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Drowzee, Hypno Spinda
349		Feebas	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir
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
060		Poliwag	Water		8
061		Poliwhirl	Water		-- 8
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	-- 8
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
096		Drowzee	Psychic		--
097		Hypno	Psychic		--
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	--
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	--
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	5DP
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	9Pt
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	-- 5DP
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	-- 9Pt
186		Politoed	Water		--
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	38
234		Stantler	Normal		10
280		Ralts	Psychic		43
281		Kirlia	Psychic		50
282		Gardevoir	Psychic		60
327		Spinda	Normal		23
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic	12
431		Glameow	Normal		13
432		Purugly	Normal		13
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	7
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	-- 7
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark	13
491		Darkrai	Dark		20
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
037		Vulpix	Fire		Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	Hoothoot, Noctowl
052		Meowth	Normal		Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly
054		Psyduck	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly
077		Ponyta	Fire		Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Drowzee, Hypno Spinda
349		Feebas	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
358		Chimecho	Psychic		Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade Drifloon, Drifblim Spiritomb
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying	Gardevoir, Gallade Chimecho Spiritomb
433		Chingling	Psychic		Gastly, Haunter, Gengar Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir, Gallade Drifloon, Drifblim Spiritomb
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Drowzee, Hypno Spinda
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 event

#		Pokémon	Type		Obtained in
151		Mew	Psychic		My Pokémon Ranch
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 the anime

Drifloon	Gengar	Hypno	Stantler
The user releases hypnotic waves which cause the foe to fall asleep.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Gengar	a. Gengar puts its hands together and releases black circles that expand as they move towards its target. b. Gengar's eyes "go" to the foe and then the foe's eyes become four lines. It then falls asleep. c.Gengar's eyes glow red. Beams of red light are then released from its arms.
Trainer's Gengar	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Agatha's Gengar	The Scheme Team		None
Hypno	Hypno swings its pendulum in front of its target's face until it falls asleep.
Someone's Hypno	Hypno's Naptime		None
Harrison's Hypno	Playing with Fire!		None
Exeggcute	It's eyes glow yellow and hypnosis waves are shot out of them.
Melvin's Exeggcute	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
Exeggutor	It's eyes glow yellow and hypnosis waves are shot out of them.
Melvin's Exeggutor	The March of the Exeggutor Squad		None
Drowzee	Drowzee makes signs with its arms and hands and the opponent becomes hypnotized.
Cassidy's Drowzee	Pikachu Re-Volts		None
Poliwrath	Poliwrath's eyes glow light blue and the opponent falls asleep.
Tad's Poliwrath	Charizard Chills		None
Stantler	It's antlers glow up and hypnosis waves come out of them.
Wild Stantler	Different Strokes for Different Blokes!		None
Drifloon	The X on its face glows yellow and is shot towards the foe. The foe's eyes then becomes four lines and they fall asleep.
Fantina's Drifloon	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
Drifblim	The X on its face glows yellow and is shot towards the foe. The foe's eyes then becomes four lines and they fall asleep.
Fantina's Drifblim	Playing the Leveling Field!		None
Bronzor	Bronzor's entire body glows red and the opponents fall asleep.
Saturn's Bronzor	Losing Its Lustrous!		None
Mars's Bronzor	Double Team Turnover!		None

In other languages

• French: Hypnose
• German: Hypnose
• Italian: Ipnosi
• Spanish: Hipnosis

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