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Lock-On (move)

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Lock-On
ロックオン Lock-On
The user takes sure aim at the foe. It ensures the next attack does not fail to hit the target.
Battles
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not 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 II
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  1 ♥
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Lock-On (Japanese: ロックオン Lock-On) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Contents

Effect

The next move made by the user of this move will not miss even if the target has used a move similar to Fly. However if the target uses a move such as Detect or has switched out, the user's next move could miss.

In the anime

Metagross preparing for Lock-On.

Metagross using Lock-On on Team Rocket.

Brandon's Regirock using Lock-on.


Pokémon

Regirock. Regirock fires a transmitter at the opponent.

Registeel. Registeel fires a transmitter at the opponent.

Metagross. Metagross begins calculating where the opponent is. It then traces a a path and locks on to the opponent.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
081 Magnemite Electric Steel 27
082 Magneton Electric Steel 27
137 Porygon Normal 32
223 Remoraid Water 11
233 Porygon2 Normal 32
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
081 Magnemite Electric Steel 32
082 Magneton Electric Steel 35
137 Porygon Normal 32
223 Remoraid Water 11
233 Porygon2 Normal 32
299 Nosepass Rock 46
377 Regirock Rock 57
378 Regice Ice 57
379 Registeel Steel 57
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
081 Magnemite Electric Steel 27
082 Magneton Electric Steel 27
137 Porygon Normal 45
223 Remoraid Water 6
233 Porygon2 Normal 45
299 Nosepass Rock 67DP
299 Nosepass Rock 73Pt
377 Regirock Rock 57
378 Regice Ice 57
379 Registeel Steel 57
462 Magnezone Electric Steel 27
474 Porygon-Z Normal 45
476 Probopass Rock Steel 67DP
476 Probopass Rock Steel 73Pt
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 other languages

  • Spanish: Fijar Blanco
  • German: Zielschuss
  • Italian: Localizza


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