Lucky Chant (move)

Lucky Chant おまじない Good Luck Charm

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user and all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Following Pokémon can not raise any voltage in that turn

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Lucky Chant on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Lucky Chant on Eevee's Movedex

Lucky Chant (Japanese: おまじない Good Luck Charm) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Lucky Chant prevents opponents from landing critical hits on the user's party for five turns.

Generation V

Lucky Chant can now be affected by Snatch.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing the foe from landing critical hits. BWB2W2 The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing opposing Pokémon from landing critical hits. PMDTDS Gives the user and team members in the room with a Lucky Chant status, which blocks the Pokémon from taking critical hits.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
035		Clefairy	Normal		Normal	28				31	37
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	25				25
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	29				29
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying	12				12
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying	12				12
222		Corsola	Water	Rock	28				28	23
238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	28				31
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic	17				17
281		Kirlia	Psychic		Psychic	17				17
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	17				17
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	40				40
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass	48				48
429		Mismagius	Ghost		Ghost	--				--
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic	31				31
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass	91			no
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic	no				5
518		Musharna	Psychic		Psychic	no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	no
175		Togepi	Normal		Normal
311		Plusle	Electric		Electric	no
312		Minun	Electric		Electric	no
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic	no
351		Castform	Normal		Normal
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying	no
531		Audino	Normal		Normal	no
580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 175 Togepi Normal Dream World - Dream Park 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

Mismagius controls the tentacles	Mismagius recites a spell	Mismagius's orb glows
Mysterious tentacles prevent the user from being attacked.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Mismagius	Mismagius puts one of the extensions hanging down from its body to its forehead and chants over and over again. Then, the gems on Mismagius's body starts glowing pink and magical crimson tentacles come out of the gems. Mismagius then hits the opponent with them.
Zoey's Mismagius	Coming Full - Festival Circle!		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Clefairy
The user wags its fingers to prevent critical hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Clefairy	Clefairy raises its hands into the air and calls out while looking into the air as well, preventing the opponent from landing critical hits.
Rad Rickshaw's Cliff	Cautious Clefairy		Debut
Rad Rickshaw's Cliffette	Cautious Clefairy		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 幸運咒語 Xìngyùn Zhòuyǔ Dutch Bezwering French Air Veinard German Beschwörung Greek Ψαλμός Καλοτυχίας Indonesian Mantra Italian Fortuncanto Korean 주술 Jusul Brazilian Portuguese Golpe de Sorte Spanish Conjuro

Variations of the move Safeguard
Safeguard • Lucky Chant

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