Charm (move)

Charm あまえる Spoiled Pout

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

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

Charm (Japanese: あまえる Spoiled Pout) is a non-damaging Fairy-type move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Generation VI, it was a Normal-type move.

Effect

Charm lowers the Attack stat of the target by two stages.

Description

Games Description A move that charms the target into complacency, sharply reducing its Attack power. Sharply lowers the foe's Attack. RSE Charms the foe and sharply reduces its Attack. FRLG The foe is charmed by the user’s cute appeals, sharply cutting its Attack. Charms the target, sharply reducing its Attack. The user charmingly stares at the foe, making it less wary. The target’s Attack is sharply lowered. The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. The target's Attack is harshly lowered. The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers its Attack stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal												29	29
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	--			--			--				--			--
173		Cleffa	Fairy		Fairy	--			--			--				--			--
174		Igglybuff	Normal	Fairy	--			--			--				--			--
175		Togepi	Fairy		Fairy	--			--			--				--			--
176		Togetic	Fairy	Flying	--			--			--				--			--
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy	--			--			--				--			--
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	--			--			--				--			--
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal							36				36			36
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground							33				33			33
280		Ralts	Psychic	Fairy							39				43			43
281		Kirlia	Psychic	Fairy							45				50			50
298		Azurill	Normal	Fairy				3			2				2	10	10
300		Skitty	Normal		Normal				25			22		25	25			25
312		Minun	Electric		Electric				28			21				21			21
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug				9			9				9			9
360		Wynaut	Psychic		Psychic				--			--				--			--
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water				4			4				4			4
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic				50			55				55			'
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric							9				9			9
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal							43				46			'
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal							43				46			'
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal							25				25			'
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal							25				25			'
440		Happiny	Normal		Normal							--				--			--
481		Mesprit	Psychic		Psychic							46				46			'
489		Phione	Water		Water							9				9			'
490		Manaphy	Water		Water							9				9			'
546		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy											28			'
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal											27			27
574		Gothita	Psychic		Psychic											46			46
575		Gothorita	Psychic		Psychic											50			50
576		Gothitelle	Psychic		Psychic											54			54
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic											19			19
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic											19			19
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic											19			19
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass											36			36
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass											36			36
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice											29			29
676		Furfrou	Normal		Normal														38
678		Meowstic	Psychic		Psychic														28 ♂
682		Spritzee	Fairy		Fairy														35
683		Aromatisse	Fairy		Fairy														35
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon														20
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon														20
702		Dedenne	Electric	Fairy														14
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
001		Bulbasaur*	Grass	Poison
029		Nidoran♀	Poison		Poison
043		Oddish*	Grass	Poison
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
077		Ponyta	Fire		Fire
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal
143		Snorlax*	Normal		Normal
161		Sentret	Normal		Normal
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy
446		Munchlax*	Normal		Normal
456		Finneon	Water		Water
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass
587		Emolga	Electric	Flying
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0037 Vulpix Fire Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0051 Dugtrio Ground Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0055 Golduck Water Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0058 Growlithe Fire Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0220 Swinub Ice Ground Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0228 Houndour Dark Fire Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0322 Numel Fire Ground Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 0363 Spheal Ice Water Purified in XD: Gale of Darkness 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 event

Generation III

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0280 Ralts Psychic Pokémon Center 5th Anniversary 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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0133 Eevee Normal Dream World - Pokémon Café ForestBW and Dream Park 0202 Wobbuffet Psychic Dream World - Spooky Manor 0548 Petilil Grass Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0587 Emolga Electric Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 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 anime

Ursaring Igglybuff Togepi Teddiursa
The user charmingly stares at the foe, making it less wary.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Togepi, surrounded by pink hearts, spreads its arms out and makes a cute face at its opponent, or Togepi cries and looks cutely at the opponent.
Misty's Togepi	The Totodile Duel		Debut
A wild Togepi	Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!		None
	Teddiursa makes a cute face, puts its paw in its mouth, and it widens its eyes.
A wild Teddiursa	UnBEARable		Teddiursa could not legally learn Charm at the time
	Ursaring puts its paw in its mouth and widens its eyes.
A wild Ursaring	UnBEARable		Ursaring could not legally learn Charm at the time
	Igglybuff hugs the opponent.
Brittany's Gigglybiff	Same Old Song and Dance		None
Brittany's Gigglybuff	Same Old Song and Dance		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Snubbull
The user snuggles up to the opponent and stares apologetically at it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snubbull snuggles up to the opponent and stares at it apologetically, making it put its guard down.
Green's Snubbull	The Last Battle VII		Debut
	Luvdisc releases multiple floating hearts from its mouth at the opponent. The hearts float around the opponent, causing it to become happy.
Wallace's Elizabeth	VS. Luvdisc II		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

Minun
The user makes a cute face at the opponent, making the opponent blush.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Minun acts cute towards the opponent, making the opponent blush.
Hareta's Minun	The Anger of Legendary Pokémon Heatran		Debut

In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga

Pichu
The user makes a cute face at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pichu makes a cute face at the foe, rendering it unable to attack.
Gold's Pichu	The New Pokémon Is Hatched!!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Charm is one of the four moves from Generation II to have its type changed in a later Generation along with Curse, Moonlight and Sweet Kiss.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 撒嬌 Sājiāo* 寵愛 Chǒng'ài* French Charme German Charme Greek Γοητεία Italian Fascino Korean 애교부리기 Aegyo Burigi Brazilian Portuguese Charme Serbian Šarmiranje Spanish Encanto

Variations of the move Charm
Charm • Feather Dance • Fake Tears • Captivate • Eerie Impulse

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