Mind Reader (move)

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Mind Reader
こころのめ Heart's Eye
The user senses the foe's movements with its mind to ensure its next attack does not miss.
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
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0
Temporarily stops the crowd from getting excited.
Super Contests
Category  Smart
Appeal  1
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Mind Reader (Japanese: こころのめ Heart's Eye) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

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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.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 51
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 31
144 Articuno Ice Flying 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
060 Poliwag Water Poliwrath
236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmonlee
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
062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 51
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 31
144 Articuno Ice Flying 37
286 Breloom Grass Fighting 45
290 Nincada Bug Ground 19
291 Ninjask Bug Flying 19
292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 19
307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 22RSE
307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 25FRLG
308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 22RSE
308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 25FRLG
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
060 Poliwag Water Poliwrath
236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmonlee
283 Surskit Bug Water Nincada, Ninjask
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
062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 53
106 Hitmonlee Fighting 33
144 Articuno Ice Flying 22
286 Breloom Grass Fighting 37
290 Nincada Bug Ground 19
291 Ninjask Bug Flying 19
292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 19
307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 18
308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 18
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
060 Poliwag Water Poliwrath
236 Tyrogue Fighting Hitmonlee
283 Surskit Bug Water Nincada, Ninjask
315 Roselia Grass Poison Breloom
406 Budew Grass Poison Breloom
447 Riolu Fighting Hitmonlee
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.

Trivia

Even though Mind Reader's name implies that it is a Psychic-type move, it is actually a Normal-type move.

In other languages

  • French: Lire-esprit
  • German: Willensleser
  • Italian: Leggimente
  • Spanish: Telépata


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