Mind Reader (move)

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 Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Mind Reader on Eevee's Movedex

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

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.