Meditate (move)

Meditate ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose

The user meditates to awaken the power deep within its body and raise its Attack stat.

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Beauty Appeal  0 Earn double the score in the next turn.

Meditate on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Meditate on Eevee's Movedex

Meditate (Japanese: ヨガのポーズ Yoga Pose) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Meditate increases the user's Attack by one level. It will fail if the user's Attack is already raised by six levels or has a value of 999.

In the anime

Meditite. A white mist surrounds Meditite and it raises its attack.

• Used by Maylene's Meditite in A Triple Fighting Chance!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 096 Drowzee Psychic 37 097 Hypno Psychic 43 106 Hitmonlee Fighting -- 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 39 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 096 Drowzee Psychic 36 097 Hypno Psychic 40 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 6 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 16 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 056 Mankey Fighting Smeargle 066 Machop Fighting Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime 239 Elekid Electric Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime 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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 096 Drowzee Psychic 36RSE 096 Drowzee Psychic 27FRLG 097 Hypno Psychic 40RSE 097 Hypno Psychic 29FRLG 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 6 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 13RSE 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 12FRLG 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 4 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic --,4 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 056 Mankey Fighting Smeargle 066 Machop Fighting Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 239 Elekid Electric Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 096 Drowzee Psychic 21 097 Hypno Psychic 21 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 5 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 8 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 4 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic --,4 439 Mime Jr. Psychic 8 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 056 Mankey Fighting Smeargle 066 Machop Fighting Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 239 Elekid Electric Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting Drowzee, Hypno Hitmonlee Mr. Mime Meditite, Medicham 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.

In other languages

• French: Yoga
• German: Meditation
• Spanish: Meditación
• Italian: Meditazione
• Dutch: Mediteer

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