Me First (move)

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Me First
さきどり Take in Advance

The user tries to cut ahead of the foe to steal and use the foe's intended move with greater power.

Battles

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

Target

Foe	Foe
Self	Ally
Affects the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests

Category	Cute
Appeal	2 `♥♥`
Jam	0
Appeals first in the next turn

Super Contests

Category	Cute
Appeal	2 `♥♥`
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Me First (Japanese: さきどり Take in Advance) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Me First copies any damaging dealing move that the target is about to use and increases the power by 50%, if the foe has not made the first move.

Despite some confusion from the in-game description, Me First will only work if the user is faster than the foe or moves first due to an effect from a Custap Berry or a Quick Claw. If the foe is faster than the user, Me First will fail to copy the attack. If the foe uses a non-damaging move, Me First will fail.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
108	Lickitung	Normal		37
150	Mewtwo	Psychic		79
151	Mew	Psychic		70
161	Sentret	Normal		42
162	Furret	Normal		50
177	Natu	Psychic	Flying	20
178	Xatu	Psychic	Flying	20
234	Stantler	Normal		53
359	Absol	Dark		57
448	Lucario	Fighting	Steel	29
463	Lickilicky	Normal		37
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
019	Rattata	Normal		Sentret, Furret, Stantler, Absol, Lucario
079	Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	Lickitung, Lickilicky
261	Poochyena	Dark		Sentret, Furret, Stantler, Absol, Lucario
359	Absol	Dark		Sentret, Furret, Stantler, Absol, Lucario
453	Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	Lucario
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.