Pursuit (move)

Pursuit おいうち Pursuing Attack

An attack move that inflicts double damage if used on a foe that is switching out of battle.

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  +7* Makes 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 II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Pursuit on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Pursuit on Eevee's Movedex

Pursuit (Japanese: おいうち Pursuing Attack) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

If the target Pokémon is switched out on the turn Pursuit is used, Pursuit's power becomes 80 and will deal damage before the Pokémon is switched out.

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, when a Pokémon using a Choice item uses Pursuit and the target Pokémon switches out, the Pokémon holding the item is allowed to change its move on the next turn. This glitch was fixed in translated versions as well as in Platinum.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 015 Beedrill Bug Poison 30 019 Rattata Normal 27 020 Raticate Normal 30 021 Spearow Normal Flying 25 022 Fearow Normal Flying 26 084 Doduo Normal Flying 9 085 Dodrio Normal Flying -- 9 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 13 123 Scyther Bug Flying 12 128 Tauros Normal 26 197 Umbreon Dark 16 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 11 206 Dunsparce Normal 26 212 Scizor Bug Steel 12 237 Hitmontop Fighting 13 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow 023 Ekans Poison Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 041 Zubat Poison Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow 046 Paras Bug Grass Beedrill Scyther, Scizor 050 Diglett Ground Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow 161 Sentret Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 167 Spinarak Bug Poison Beedrill Scyther, Scizor 190 Aipom Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow 228 Houndour Dark Fire Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce 246 Larvitar* Rock Ground Rhyhorn, Rhydon 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 015 Beedrill Bug Poison 30 019 Rattata Normal 27 020 Raticate Normal 30 021 Spearow Normal Flying 19 022 Fearow Normal Flying 26 084 Doduo Normal Flying 9 085 Dodrio Normal Flying -- 9 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 13 123 Scyther Bug Flying 11 128 Tauros Normal 26RSE 128 Tauros Normal 19FRLG 197 Umbreon Dark 16 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 14 206 Dunsparce Normal 24RSE 206 Dunsparce Normal 31FRLG 212 Scizor Bug Steel 11 237 Hitmontop Fighting 13 252 Treecko Grass 16 253 Grovyle Grass 17 254 Sceptile Grass 17 278 Wingull Water Flying 43 335 Zangoose Normal 25 355 Duskull Ghost 27 356 Dusclops Ghost 27 375 Metang Steel Psychic 32 376 Metagross Steel Psychic 32 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 20 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 20 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 20 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 023 Ekans Poison Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 041 Zubat Poison Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 046 Paras Bug Grass Beedrill Scyther, Scizor 050 Diglett Ground Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 161 Sentret Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 167 Spinarak Bug Poison Beedrill Scyther, Scizor 190 Aipom Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 228 Houndour Dark Fire Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 246 Larvitar Rock Ground Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile 263 Zigzagoon Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 276 Taillow Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 287 Slakoth Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose 333 Swablu Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow Wingull 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 015 Beedrill Bug Poison 22 019 Rattata Normal 13 020 Raticate Normal 13 021 Spearow Normal Flying 13 022 Fearow Normal Flying 13 084 Doduo Normal Flying 19 085 Dodrio Normal Flying 19 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 11 123 Scyther Bug Flying 9 128 Tauros Normal 15 193 Yanma Bug Flying 30 197 Umbreon Dark 15 198 Murkrow Dark Flying 14 206 Dunsparce Normal 25 212 Scizor Bug Steel 9 237 Hitmontop Fighting 10 252 Treecko Grass 16 253 Grovyle Grass 17 254 Sceptile Grass 17 278 Wingull Water Flying 34 335 Zangoose Normal 22 355 Duskull Ghost 25 356 Dusclops Ghost 25 359 Absol Dark 20 375 Metang Steel Psychic 28 376 Metagross Steel Psychic 28 386 Deoxys Normal Forme Psychic 33 386 Deoxys Attack Forme Psychic 33 386 Deoxys Speed Forme Psychic 33 408 Cranidos Rock 10 409 Rampardos Rock 10 416 Vespiquen Bug Flying 15 418 Buizel Water 10 419 Floatzel Water 10 430 Honchkrow Dark Flying -- 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark -- 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 15 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 15 469 Yanmega Bug Flying 30 477 Dusknoir Ghost 25 491 Darkrai Dark 20DP 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 016 Pidgey Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 023 Ekans Poison Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 029 Nidoran♀ Poison Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Cranidos, Rampardos 041 Zubat Poison Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 046 Paras Bug Grass Beedrill Scyther, Scizor Yanma, Yanmega 050 Diglett Ground Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 143 Snorlax Normal Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Cranidos, Rampardos 161 Sentret Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 167 Spinarak Bug Poison Beedrill Scyther, Scizor Yanma, Yanmega 190 Aipom Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 193 Yanma Bug Flying Beedrill Scyther, Scizor Yanma, Yanmega 214 Heracross Bug Fighting Beedrill Scyther, Scizor Yanma, Yanmega 215 Sneasel Dark Ice Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 227 Skarmory Steel Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 228 Houndour Dark Fire Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 246 Larvitar Rock Ground Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Cranidos, Rampardos 263 Zigzagoon Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 276 Taillow Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 287 Slakoth Normal Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 333 Swablu Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 353 Shuppet Ghost Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir Spiritomb 396 Starly Normal Flying Spearow, Fearow Doduo, Dodrio Murkrow, Honchkrow Wingull 434 Stunky Poison Dark Rattata, Raticate Tauros Umbreon Dunsparce Zangoose Absol Buizel, Floatzel 446 Munchlax Normal Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile Cranidos, Rampardos 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Beedrill Scyther, Scizor Yanma, Yanmega 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: Persecución
• German: Verfolgung
• Italian: Inseguimento

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