Attract (move)

Attract メロメロ Attract

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Battles Type  Normal 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 II TM45 in Generation II TM45 in Generation III TM45 in Generation IV TM45 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes the Pokémon who appeal after the user's turn nervous.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Attract (Japanese: メロメロ Attract) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

If the target is the opposite gender of the Pokémon who launched the move, the target becomes infatuated. Pokémon of the same gender are not affected, along with genderless ones.

However, if used by Mew, only genderless Pokémon can be infatuated.

Learnset

Generation II

By TM45

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II and have genders can learn Attract. Mew can also learn Attract, although being genderless.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 31 0300 Skitty Normal 7 0301 Delcatty Normal -- 0350 Milotic Water 45 0370 Luvdisc Water 28 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 TM45

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III and have genders can learn Attract, except Nincada. Mew can also learn Attract, although being genderless.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 31 0300 Skitty Normal 4 0300 Skitty Normal 8 0301 Delcatty Normal -- 0350 Milotic Water 41 0370 Luvdisc Water 22 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 41 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 41 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 41 0431 Glameow Normal 45 0432 Purugly Normal 53 0456 Finneon Water 10 0457 Lumineon Water -- 10 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 TM45

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV and have genders can learn Attract, except Nincada. Mew can also learn Attract, although being genderless.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0427 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Buneary
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty
Glameow, Purugly

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 31 0300 Skitty Normal 8 0301 Delcatty Normal -- 0350 Milotic Water 41 0370 Luvdisc Water 22 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 41 0413 Wormadam Bug Ground 41 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 41 0431 Glameow Normal 45 0432 Purugly Normal 53 0456 Finneon Water 10 0457 Lumineon Water -- 10 0527 Koromori Koromori Psychic Flying 25 0528 Kokoromori Kokoromori Psychic Flying 25 0531 Tabunne Tabunne Normal 15 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 TM45

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation V and have genders can learn Attract, except Nincada. Mew can also learn Attract, although being genderless.

In the anime

File:Snivy Attract.png Snivy File:Snivy Attract surround.png Surrounding its target File:Attract effect.png Affected File:Chillarmy Attract.png Chillarmy
If it is the opposite gender of the user, the foe becomes infatuated and less likely to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Chansey opens its arms and releases multiple yellow hearts from its body at the opponent.
Cheryl's Chansey	Some Enchanted Sweetening!		Debut
	Glameow winks at the opponent and multiple yellow hearts are released from its body at the opponent.
Johanna's Glameow	Strategy Begins at Home!		None
	Umbreon winks at the opponent and multiple yellow hearts are released from its body at the opponent.
Johanna's Umbreon	Strategy Begins at Home!		None
	Togepi waves its arms at the opponent, releasing yellow hearts from its body at it. When the opponent becomes affected, Togepi can control it.
A wild Togepi	Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!		None
	A yellow heart forms between Gabite's hands. The heart then grows in size and is released toward the opponent. When the opponent gets hit, the heart duplicates into many smaller hearts and the opponent is instantly infatuated with Gabite.
Gabite of the Labyrinth Cave	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
	Snivy winks at the opponent and multiple pink hearts are released from its body at the opponent.
Ash's Snivy	BW007		None
	Chillarmy winks at the opponent and multiple pink hearts are released from its body at the opponent.
Bel's Chillarmy	BW013		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Coco Attract.png Delcatty
The user causes the opponent to fall in love with them if they are the opposite gender of them.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cleffa winks at the opponent, and hearts surround their body, causing them to fall in love with Cleffa.
Whitney's Fefa	The Last Battle III		Debut
	Igglybuff winks at the opponent, and hearts surround their body, causing them to fall in love with Igglybuff.
Whitney's Buff Buff	The Last Battle III		Debut
	Whismur waves its arms and multiple hearts float out of its body.
Mr. Mickey's Konkon	VS. Torkoal		None
	Delcatty puts one of its paws up to its mouth and stares cutely at the opponent, causing multiple hearts to float out of its body.
Ruby's Coco	VS. Luvdisc I		None

Trivia

• Mew is the only genderless Pokémon that can learn this move: Mew is able to learn any TM, and can learn it by TM45.
• Nincada is the only Pokémon with a known gender and the capability of using TMs to not be able to learn this move. This is likely to prevent the genderless Shedinja from learning this move.

In other languages

• French: Attraction
• German: Anziehung
• Greek: Προσέλκυση
• Hindi: आकर्षण Aakarshan
• Italian: Attrazione
• Korean: 헤롱헤롱 Herongherong
• Spanish: Atracción