Memento (move)

Memento おきみやげ Memento

The user faints upon using this move. In return, it sharply lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk.

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% 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 III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 Makes a great appeal, but allows no more until the end.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0 Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Memento on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Memento on Eevee's Movedex

Memento (Japanese: おきみやげ Memento) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Memento causes the user to faint. Then, the Attack stat and Special Attack stat of the target will be reduced by two stages each.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Memento will teleport the user to a random location in the floor and leave it at 1 HP instead of making the user faint.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 088 Grimer Poison 53 089 Muk Poison 61 109 Koffing Poison 49 110 Weezing Poison 58 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 5 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 280 Ralts Psychic Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 355 Duskull Ghost Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 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 088 Grimer Poison 49 089 Muk Poison 65 109 Koffing Poison 51 110 Weezing Poison 63 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 43 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 52 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 52 381 Latios Dragon Psychic 60 434 Stunky Poison Dark 37DP 434 Stunky Poison Dark 38PtHGSS 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 41DP 435 Skuntank Poison Dark 42PtHGSS 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 43 480 Uxie Psychic 76 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 200 Misdreavus Ghost Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 218 Slugma Fire Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 280 Ralts Psychic Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 355 Duskull Ghost Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 422 Shellos West Sea Water Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 422 Shellos East Sea Water Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying Grimer, Muk Koffing, Weezing 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.

Trivia

• This move's name (particularly its name in German) is a reference to the Latin phrase memento mori, meaning "remember that you will die".

In other languages

• Spanish: Legado
• German: Memento-Mori
• Italian: Memento

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.