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Kinesis (move)

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Kinesis
スプーンまげ Spoon Bend
The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower the target's accuracy.
Battles
Type  Psychic
Category  Status
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  —
Accuracy  80%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

Kinesis (Japanese: スプーンまげ Spoon Bend) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Kadabra and Alakazam.

Contents

Effect

Kinesis decreases the target's Accuracy stat by one stat level. Kinesis will do nothing if the target's Accuracy stat is at a stat level of -6, and will fail if the target has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
064 064 Kadabra Psychic --Y
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
064 064 Kadabra Psychic --
065 065 Alakazam 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
064 064 Kadabra Psychic --
065 065 Alakazam 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
064 064 Kadabra Psychic --
065 065 Alakazam 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.


Trivia

  • The Japanese name for this move is in reference to the psychokinetic spoon bending tricks popularized by stage psychic Uri Geller. The English name is simply the "-kinesis" suffix from the Greek for "motion" from related words such as psychokinesis and telekinesis.

In other languages

  • French: Télékinésie
  • German: Psykraft
  • Spanish: Kinético
  • Italian: Cinèsi


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