Camouflage (move)

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Camouflage ほごしょく Camouflage

File:Camouflage.png

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Affected by how well the appeal in front goes.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up 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

Camouflage (Japanese: ほごしょく Camouflage) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Staryu in this generation.

Effect

Generation III

Camouflage changes the Pokémon's type to a type corresponding to the battlefield terrain.

Terrain	Type
Path or building	Normal
Sand	Ground
Cave or rock	Rock
Tall grass	Grass
Water tile	Water

Generation IV

Like Generation III, Camouflage will change the user's type depending on the environment; however, locations have changed and been added.

Terrain	Type
Building	Normal
Sand, path, or puddles	Ground
Cave or rock	Rock
Tall grass	Grass
Water	Water
Snow or ice	Ice

Generation V

Like previous Generations, Camouflage will change the user's type depending on the environment; however, locations have changed and been added.

Terrain	Type
Path or building	Normal
Sand	Ground
Cave or rock	Rock
Tall grass	Grass
Puddles
Water	Water
Snow or ice	Ice

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0120 Staryu Water 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0120 Staryu Water 19 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 35 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0120 Staryu Water 19 0414 Mothim Bug Flying 35 0585 Deerling Normal Grass -- 0586 Sawsbuck Normal Grass -- 0618 Stunfisk Ground Electric 17 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" | 0540 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sewaddle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | 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 the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Starmie Camouflage Adventures.png Starmie
The user blends in with its surroundings.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Starmie blends in with its surroundings.
Sird's Starmie	Red, Man of Failure		Debut

Trivia

• Kecleon is able to blend in with its surroundings with its ability Color Change. However, it is unable to learn Camouflage. This is possibly because Color Change would likely change Kecleon's type just after it had used Camouflage.
• No Generation II or III Pokémon can learn this move (with the obvious exception of Smeargle).

In other languages

• French: Camouflage
• German: Tarnung
• Greek: Παραλλαγή
• Italian: Camuffamento
• Korean: 보호색 Bohosaek
• Spanish: Camuflaje
• Serbian: Kamuflaža

Variations of the move Camouflage
Camouflage • Reflect Type

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