Kinesis (move)

Kinesis スプーンまげ Spoon Bend

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  80% 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 {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Kinesis (Japanese: スプーンまげ Spoon Bend) is a mostly accurate non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Kinesis decreases the opponent's accuracy by 1 level.

Kinesis will do nothing if the opponent's accuracy level is at -6, and will fail if the opponent has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

• Kadabra at Lv.-- (Yel.)

Generation II

By leveling up

• Kadabra at Lv.--
• Alakazam at Lv.--

Generation III

By leveling up

• Kadabra at Lv.--
• Alakazam at Lv.--

Generation IV

By leveling up

• Kadabra at Lv.--
• Alakazam at Lv.--

Trivia

• Because of the absence of a move relearner in the first two generations, this move was all but unobtainable, and in fact completely unobtainable in Pokémon Red and Blue.

In other languages

• French: Télékinésie
• German: Psykraft
• Spanish: Kinético