False Surrender (move)

False Surrender どげざつき Groveling Strike

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

False Surrender (Japanese: どげざつき Groveling Strike) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Morgrem and Grimmsnarl.

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• Effect
  • Generation VIII
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
  • Generation IX
    • Pokémon Champions
• Description
• Learnset
  • By leveling up
• In other games
  • Pokémon Masters EX
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• In other generations
• In other languages

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Effect

False Surrender inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

False Surrender cannot be selected in a battle.

Generation IX

Pokémon Champions

False Surrender cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SwShLA SV The user pretends to bow its head, but then it stabs the target with its disheveled hair. This attack never misses. BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups	Level
					VIII	IX
					SwSh	SV
0860		Morgrem		Fairy Human-Like	1, Evo.	Evo.
0861		Grimmsnarl		Fairy Human-Like	1	1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Buddy move
Impish False Surrender	Physical	2	—	200	240	—%	All opponents	Sure Hit	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Never misses. Lowers the target's Defense and Sp. Def by two stat ranks. If the remaining MP for the user's Super Effective ↑ is one or more when attacking with this move, reduces those MP by one and grants all of the following effects: Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to all allied sync pairs. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks.	Marnie (Alt.) & Grimmsnarl

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Preparing Grimmsnarl
The user pretends to bow its head, but then it stabs the target with its disheveled hair.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Grimmsnarl pretends to bow before the opponent. When the opponent lets its guard down, two spears of hair come out of Grimmsnarl's back and stab the opponent.
Marnie's Grimmsnarl	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	SV	Legends: Z-A	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Time and Darkness	MD: Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX	Champions

In other languages

Language		Title
Catalan		Irreverència
Chinese	Cantonese	假跪真撞 Gá Gwaih Jān Johng
	Mandarin	假跪真撞 Jiǎ Guì Zhēn Zhuàng
Czech		Falešná pokora
French		Fourbette
German		Kniefalltrick
Italian		Supplicolpo
Korean		사죄의찌르기 Sajoe-uijjireugi
Polish		Fałszywa Uległość
Portuguese		Rendição Falsa
Spanish		Irreverencia

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