Assist (move)
| Assist ねこのて Cat's Paw | ||||||||||||
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Assist (Japanese: ねこのて Cat's Paw) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III, in which it was Skitty's signature move.
Effect
Generation III-IV
Assist calls up a move randomly known by one of the fellow Pokémon in its party and fully executes the attack. An attack called up by Assist counts as the last move used. In a wild double battle, a wild Pokémon that uses Assist can use a move the other wild Pokémon knows.
If Assist successfully calls Hyper Beam or a partial trapping move and has 0 PP before the move fully executes, its PP can roll over in the same manner as the move is called. Assist cannot call Assist, Chatter, Circle Throw, Copycat, Counter, Covet, Destiny Bond, Detect, Dragon Tail, Endure, Feint, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Helping Hand, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Coat, Mirror Move, Protect, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Snatch, Struggle, Switcheroo, Thief, or Trick. A Pokémon will be able to use a move that is disabled in its own moveset if called via Assist.
Generation V
Assist can now use moves known by unhatched eggs in the party.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
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| 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.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0215
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Sneasel
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0390
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Chimchar
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| 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.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0096
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0215
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sneasel
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0327
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinda
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0390
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Chimchar
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire
| style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly
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| 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.
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In the anime
{{moveanime|type=normal|exp=yes|gen=The user hurriedly and randomly uses a move among those known by other Pokémon in the party.|image1=Skitty Assist.png|image1p=Skitty|image2=Skitty Assist Ember.png|image2p=Ember|image4=Skitty Assist String Shot.png|image4p=String Shot
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| align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #676967" | 
| align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #676967" | A white orb appears on Skitty's front paw. Skitty then fires a random move known by the Trainer's team from the orb.
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| align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #C1C2C1; border: 1px solid #676967; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;" | May's Skitty
| colspan="2" align="center" style="width: 50%; background: #C1C2C1; border: 1px solid #676967" | Game Winning Assist
| align="center" style="width: 25%; background: #C1C2C1; border: 1px solid #676967; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;" | Debut
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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Delcatty uses a move known by one of its Trainer's other Pokémon or its partner. | ||
| Ruby's Coco | VS. Kyogre & Groudon XI | Debut | |
Trivia
- The original Japanese name for this attack is neko no te (ねこのて), which literally means "cat's paw". However, this is probably a play on words; the attack calls for the assistance of a random team member's attack to help defeat the opponent. In Japanese, there is a saying for when assistance is greatly needed; "neko no te mo karitai" (猫の手も借りたい), or "I would even like to borrow a cat's hands / I would even like a cat to assist me", or "I need all the help I can get". And since the only Pokémon who can use this move by leveling up are cat-like (with an animation of scattered cat pawprints), it displays a double meaning.
In other languages
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