Flatter (move)

Flatter おだてる Flatter

Battles Type  Dark Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% 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 Unknown

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

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

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Flatter is a non-damaging Dark-type move introduced in Generation III. It raises the target's Sp.Atk, confusing them. It is similar to Swagger.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 38 0030 Nidorina Poison 43 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 38 0033 Nidorino Poison 43 0314 Illumise Bug 29 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 33 0030 Nidorina Poison 38 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 33 0033 Nidorino Poison 38 0314 Illumise Bug 29 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 45 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 54 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

#   Pokémon Type 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0179 Mareep Electric 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0417 Pachirisu Electric 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: Camelo