Smokescreen (move)

SmokeScreen えんまく Smokescreen

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Shift the judge's attention from others.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

SmokeScreen (Japanese: えんまく Smokescreen) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

SmokeScreen lowers the target's Accuracy stat by one stage. SmokeScreen will do nothing if the target's Accuracy stage is at -6, and will fail if the target has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist.

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The user will give an opposing Pokémon the Whiffer status. Under the Whiffer status, the opposing Pokémon will always miss with any attack; even moves like Faint Attack or Aerial Ace will miss.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0109 Koffing Poison 37 0110 Weezing Poison 39 0116 Horsea Water 19 0117 Seadra Water -- 19 0126 Magmar Fire 48 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 13 0005 Charmeleon Fire 13 0006 Charizard Fire Flying -- 13 0109 Koffing Poison 25 0110 Weezing Poison 25 0116 Horsea Water 8 0117 Seadra Water -- 8 0126 Magmar Fire 25 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 6 0156 Quilava Fire -- 6 0157 Typhlosion Fire -- 6 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 8 0240 Magby Fire 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 13 0004 Charmander Fire 19 0005 Charmeleon Fire 13 0005 Charmeleon Fire 20 0006 Charizard Fire Flying -- 13 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 20 0109 Koffing Poison 25 0110 Weezing Poison 25 0116 Horsea Water 8 0117 Seadra Water -- 8 0126 Magmar Fire 25 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 6 0156 Quilava Fire -- 6 0157 Typhlosion Fire -- 6 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 8 0240 Magby Fire 25 0324 Torkoal Fire 14 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 10 0005 Charmeleon Fire 10 0006 Charizard Fire Flying -- 10 0109 Koffing Poison 10 0110 Weezing Poison -- 10 0116 Horsea Water 4 0117 Seadra Water -- 4 0126 Magmar Fire 10 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 4 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 6 0156 Quilava Fire -- 4 0156 Quilava Fire -- 6 0157 Typhlosion Fire -- 4 0157 Typhlosion Fire -- 6 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 4 0240 Magby Fire 10 0324 Torkoal Fire 20 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 14 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 15 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 14 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 15 0467 Magmortar Fire -- 10 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0293 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard
Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
Torkoal
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing

|- | colspan="6" | 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0004 Charmander Fire 10 0005 Charmeleon Fire 10 0006 Charizard Fire Flying -- 10 0109 Koffing Poison 10 0110 Weezing Poison -- 10 0116 Horsea Water 4 0117 Seadra Water -- 4 0126 Magmar Fire 10 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 6 0156 Quilava Fire -- 6 0157 Typhlosion Fire -- 6 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon -- 4 0240 Magby Fire 10 0324 Torkoal Fire 20 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 15 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 15 0467 Magmortar Fire -- 10 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0218 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slugma
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0293 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Whismur
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" |


|- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0442 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spiritomb
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | 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 the anime

File:Horsea SmokeScreen.png Horsea File:Weezing SmokeScreen.png Weezing File:Cyndaquil SmokeScreen.png Cyndaquil
The user releases thick smoke from its mouth to elude its foes.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Koffing releases thick dark green smoke from the holes covering its body.
James's Koffing	Pokémon Emergency!		Debut
	Weezing releases thick gray or dark green smoke from the holes on its body or its mouths.
James's Weezing	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		None
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing	The Ultimate Test		None
	Horsea releases black smoke from its mouth.
Misty's Horsea	The Misty Mermaid		None
	Cyndaquil opens its mouth a releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Ash's Cyndaquil	Hot Matches!		None
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!		None
	Kingdra releases black smoke from its mouth.
Molly Hale's Kingdra	Spell of the Unown		None
Christopher's Kingdra	Dueling Heroes		None
	Magby releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Anthony's Magby	You Said a Mouthful!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Horsea SmokeScreen.png Horsea File:Exbo SmokeScreen.png Cyndaquil
The user releases a thick cloud of smoke that covers the battlefield.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Horsea releases a thick black smoke from its mouth that covers the battlefield.
Silver's Horsea	Zap! Zap! Zapdos!		Debut
	Cyndaquil releases a stream of thick white smoke from its back that covers the battlefield.
Gold's Exbo	Totodile Rock		None

In other languages

• Dutch: Rookgordijn
• Finnish: Savuverho
• French: Brouillard
• German: Rauchwolke
• Greek: Καπνογόνο
• Italian: Muro di Fumo
• Korean: 연막 Yeonmak
• Norwegian: Røykteppe
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Cortina de Fumaça
• Spanish: Pantalla Humo
• Serbian: Dimna Zavesa

Variations of the move Flash
Flash • Smokescreen • Sand Attack

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