Sucker Punch (move)

Sucker Punch ふいうち Surprise Attack

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  +1 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Sucker Punch (Japanese: ふいうち Surprise Attack) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Sucker Punch does damage, and is an increased priority move. If the target does not use an increased priority move during the round that it is used, Sucker Punch will go first regardless of the user's or target's Speed. If the target also uses an increased priority move during the same round that the user uses Sucker Punch, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to sleep or frozen during the round that Sucker Punch is (or attempts to be) used, Sucker Punch's increased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

If the target uses a non-damaging move or happens to act before the user, Sucker Punch will fail.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0019 Rattata Normal 19 0020 Raticate Normal 19 0050 Diglett Ground 23 0051 Dugtrio Ground 23 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 22 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 22 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 22 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 46 0161 Sentret Normal 31 0162 Furret Normal 36 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 26 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 28 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 41 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 45 0261 Poochyena Dark 49 0262 Mightyena Dark 62 0303 Mawile Steel 46 0327 Spinda Normal 32 0331 Cacnea Grass 37 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 41 0352 Kecleon Normal 43 0352 Kecleon Normal 46 0353 Shuppet Ghost 35 0354 Banette Ghost 35 0359 Absol Dark 44 0431 Glameow Normal 41 0438 Bonsly Rock 41 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 31 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 31 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 31 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" | 0032 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nidoran♂
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Diglett, Dugtrio
Sentret, Furret
Spinda
Kecleon
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Glameow
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0177 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Natu
| colspan="1" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow, Honchkrow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Shuppet, Banette
Spiritomb |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Diglett, Dugtrio
Sentret, Furret
Spinda
Kecleon
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Glameow
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Diglett, Dugtrio
Sentret, Furret
Spinda
Kecleon
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Glameow
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0303 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mawile
| colspan="2" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Diglett, Dugtrio
Sentret, Furret
Spinda
Kecleon
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Glameow
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Diglett, Dugtrio
Sentret, Furret
Spinda
Kecleon
Poochyena, Mightyena
Mawile
Glameow
Absol

|- | 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. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum

#   Pokémon Type 0019 Rattata Normal 0020 Raticate Normal 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 0033 Nidorino Poison 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0050 Diglett Ground 0051 Dugtrio Ground 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0151 Mew Psychic 0161 Sentret Normal 0162 Furret Normal 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0197 Umbreon Dark 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0234 Stantler Normal 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0261 Poochyena Dark 0262 Mightyena Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 0300 Skitty Normal 0301 Delcatty Normal 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0303 Mawile Steel 0327 Spinda Normal 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0336 Seviper Poison 0352 Kecleon Normal 0353 Shuppet Ghost 0354 Banette Ghost 0356 Dusclops Ghost 0359 Absol Dark 0367 Huntail Water 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 0429 Mismagius Ghost 0430 Honchkrow Dark Flying 0431 Glameow Normal 0432 Purugly Normal 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 0438 Bonsly Rock 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 0491 Darkrai Dark Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Despite its name, Sucker Punch is not a punching attack. The name is another term for a cheap shot at the expense of the opponent. Thus, many Pokémon that do not possess arms can learn this move, and its attack power is not boosted by Iron Fist.
• When used by Absol, Sucker Punch is the strongest increased priority attack.
  • It is tied with ExtremeSpeed for highest base move power of an increased priority attack.

In other languages

• French: Coup Bas
• Spanish: Golpe Bajo.
• Italian: Sbigoattacco.