Tangled Feet (Ability)

Tangled Feet	ちどりあし
	Tottering Steps
Flavor text Generation IV Raises evasion if Pokémon is confused. Generation V Raises evasion if the Pokémon is confused. Generation VI Raises evasion if the Pokémon is confused. Generation VII Raises evasion if the Pokémon is confused. Generation VIII Raises evasiveness if the Pokémon is confused. Generation IX Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness if it is confused.

Tangled Feet (Japanese: ちどりあし Tottering Steps) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV. Before Generation VIII, all Pokémon with this Ability were Normal-type and all except Spinda were Flying-type.

Effect

In battle

While a Pokémon with this Ability is confused, all moves used against it have their accuracy halved.

Outside of battle

Tangled Feet has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tangled Feet

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying	Run Away	Early Bird	Tangled Feet
0327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	Own Tempo	Tangled Feet	Contrary
0441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0866		Mr. Rime	Ice	Psychic	Tangled Feet	Screen Cleaner	Ice Body
0961	Flamigo	Flamigo	Flying	Fighting	Scrappy	Tangled Feet	Costar
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Tangled Feet increases evasion by three stages when active.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness when it is confused or cross-eyed. BSL こんらんしているか まどわしじょうたいに なると かいひしやすくなる MDGtI Unavailable SMD When the Pokémon is confused, its evasiveness goes up sharply! MDRTDX When the Pokémon is Confused, its evasiveness goes up sharply.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• In volume 40, Pearl's Chatot, Chatler, was revealed to have Tangled Feet as his Ability.

Trivia

• Tangled Feet is the first Generation IV Ability in index number order.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 蹣跚 Pùhnsāan Mandarin 蹣跚 / 蹒跚 Pánshān French Pieds Confus German Fußangel Italian Intricopiedi Korean 갈지자걸음 Galjija Geor'eum Portuguese Pés Entrelaçados Spanish Tumbos Vietnamese Lảo Đảo

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