Block (move)

Block とおせんぼう Block

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — Accuracy  —% 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 Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation III Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Block (Japanese: とおせんぼう Block) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Block prevents the target from switching out. The effect only applies as long as the user is still in battle. The affected Pokémon can still switch out using Baton Pass, but in that case, the Pokémon that switches in will become trapped.

If the user switches out using Baton Pass, the effects of Block will still apply to the target. Also, if the target is Roared at or hit with a Whirlwind, they will still be switched out.

If a wild Pokémon uses Block on the player's Pokémon, the player will be unable to escape, unless the player's Pokémon has Run Away.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0143 Snorlax Normal 37 0143 Snorlax Normal 41 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 33 0299 Nosepass Rock 16 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" | 0074 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass

|- | 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0143 Snorlax Normal 36 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 22 0299 Nosepass Rock 19 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 30 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 33 0438 Bonsly Rock 22 0465 Tangrowth Grass 57 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 19 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" | 0074 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass, Probopass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0079 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Slowpoke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#EF4179" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Snorlax
Bastiodon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass, Probopass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass, Probopass |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
Nosepass, Probopass

|- | 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 HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0089 Muk Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0112 Rhydon Rock Ground 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0143 Snorlax Normal 0151 Mew Psychic 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0232 Donphan Ground 0241 Miltank Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0289 Slaking Normal 0299 Nosepass Rock 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0317 Swalot Poison 0321 Wailord Water 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0361 Snorunt Ice 0362 Glalie Ice 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0382 Kyogre Water 0383 Groudon Ground 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 0423 Gastrodon Water Ground 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 0438 Bonsly Rock 0460 Abomasnow Grass 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0465 Tangrowth Grass 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost 0486 Regigigas Normal Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Bloqueo
• German: Rückentzug
• Italian: Blocco
• European Portuguese: Bloqueio

Variations of the move Mean Look
Block • Mean Look • Spider Web