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Leer にらみつける
The foe is given an intimidating leer with sharp eyes. The target's Defense stat is reduced.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Super Contests
Category	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Leer on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Leer on Eevee's Movedex

Leer (Japanese: にらみつける Sudden Glare) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 1.2 Generation III 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.2.2 By breeding 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.3.2 By breeding 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 2.4.2 By breeding 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Leer decreases the opponent's defense by 1 level.

Leer will do nothing if the opponent's defense has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, and will fail if the opponent has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist. The effect of Leer is ignored by critical hits.

Generation III

In Generation III, Leer will do nothing if the opponent has either the Clear Body or White Smoke abilities.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

Spanish: Malicioso, French: Groz'Yeux, German: Silberblick

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