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   ???

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 III

By leveling up

• Nidoran♀ at Lv.38
• Nidorina at Lv.43
• Nidoran♂ at Lv.38
• Nidorino at Lv.43
• Illumise at Lv.29

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Nidoran♀ at Lv.33
• Nidorina at Lv.38
• Nidoran♂ at Lv.33
• Nidorino at Lv.38
• Illumise at Lv.29
• Croagunk at Lv.45
• Toxicroak at Lv.54

By breeding

• Drowzee
• Mareep
• Sableye
• Pachirisu

In other languages

• Spanish: Camelo