Nasty Plot (move)

Nasty Plot わるだくみ Sinister Plot

The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. It sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk.

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 IV Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Jam  0 Points of next appeal doubles

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

Nasty Plot on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Nasty Plot on Eevee's Movedex

Nasty Plot (Japanese: わるだくみ Sinister Plot) is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Nasty Plot raises the user's Special Attack stat by two stages. It will have no effect if the user's Special Attack is already at +6 stages.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 038 Ninetales Fire -- 052 Meowth Normal 38 053 Persian Normal 44 096 Drowzee Psychic 43 097 Hypno Psychic 55 151 Mew Psychic 90 172 Pichu Electric 18 190 Aipom Normal 39 199 Slowking Water Psychic 39 228 Houndour Dark Fire 53 229 Houndoom Dark Fire 60 275 Shiftry Grass Dark -- 311 Plusle Electric 51 312 Minun Electric 51 390 Chimchar Fire 23 424 Ambipom Normal 39 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 35 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 37 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 36 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 36 461 Weavile Dark Ice 24 474 Porygon-Z Normal -- 482 Azelf Psychic 46 491 Darkrai Dark 75PtHGSS 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 041 Zubat Poison Flying Honchkrow 122 Mr. Mime Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Croagunk, ToxicroakHGSS 175 Togepi Normal Honchkrow Plusle, Minun Pikachu, Raichu 200 Misdreavus Ghost SpiritombHGSS 228 Houndour Dark Fire Ninetales Meowth, Persian Aipom, Ambipom Slowking Houndour, Houndoom Shiftry Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Weavile 238 Smoochum Ice Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Croagunk, ToxicroakHGSS 273 Seedot Grass Ninetales Meowth, Persian Aipom, Ambipom Slowking Houndour, Houndoom Shiftry Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Weavile 302 Sableye Dark Ghost Drowzee, Hypno Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Croagunk, Toxicroak 331 Cacnea Grass Drowzee, Hypno Shiftry Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Croagunk, ToxicroakHGSS 352 Kecleon Normal Ninetales Meowth, Persian Aipom, Ambipom Slowking Houndour, Houndoom Shiftry Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Weavile 439 Mime Jr. Psychic Drowzee, Hypno Chimchar, Monferno, Infernape Croagunk, ToxicroakHGSS 441 Chatot Normal Flying Honchkrow 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

• Spanish: Maquinación
• German: Ränkeschmied
• Italian: Congiura
• French: Machination
• Chinese: 阴谋

Variations on the move Acid Armor
	Acid Armor | Agility | Amnesia | Barrier Swords Dance | Iron Defense | Tail Glow Acupressure | Nasty Plot | Rock Polish

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