Feint Attack (move)
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Feint Attack だましうち Sneak Attack | ||||||||||||
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Feint Attack (Japanese: だましうち Sneak Attack), spelled Faint Attack prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. The English TCG and TFG have consistently spelled the move as "Feint Attack".
Effect
Feint Attack inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the opponent is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.
In Generation III only, this move will not trigger effects involving contact.
Feint Attack can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining two extra appeal points if any of the moves Fake Out, Leer or Pound was used in the prior turn.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0037 | Field | 20B2W2 | 20XY 23ORAS |
23 | |||||||||
037A | Vulpix
Alola Form |
Field | 23 | ||||||||||
0052 | Field | 28 | 28RSE 25FRLG |
22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
052A | Meowth
Alola Form |
Field | 22 | ||||||||||
0053 | Field | 29 | 29RSE 25FRLG |
22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | ||||||
053A | Persian
Alola Form |
Field | 22 | ||||||||||
0126 | Human-Like | 16 | 16BW 12B2W2 |
12 | 12 | ||||||||
0185 | Mineral | 37 | 41 | 25 | 25BW 19B2W2 |
19 | 19 | ||||||
0197 | Field | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36BW 21B2W2 |
20 | 20 | ||||||
0198 | |
Flying | 31 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |||||
0207 | |
Bug | 28 | 28 | 23 | 23BW 19B2W2 |
19 | 19 | |||||
0215 | |
Field | 25 | 25 | 14 | 14BW 10B2W2 |
10 | 10 | |||||
0216 | Field | 22 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
0217 | Field | 22 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
0228 | |
Field | 27 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||||
0229 | |
Field | 30 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |||||
0240 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 16 | 16BW 12B2W2 |
12 | 12 | |||||||
0274 | |
Field | Grass | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31XY 24ORAS |
24 | |||||
0275 | |
Field | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0287 | Field | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19XY 14ORAS |
14 | |||||||
0289 | Field | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19XY 14ORAS |
14 | |||||||
0300 | Field | Fairy | 27 | 25DP 29PtHGSS |
29 | 29XY 22ORAS |
22 | ||||||
0302 | |
Human-Like | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32XY 19ORAS |
19 | ||||||
0303 | |
Field | Fairy | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26XY 21ORAS |
21 | |||||
0327 | Field | Human-Like | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14XY 10ORAS |
10 | ||||||
0328 | Bug | 17 | 17 | 17BW 7B2W2 |
7XY 1ORAS |
1 | |||||||
0329 | |
Bug | 1, 17 | 1, 17 | 1, 17BW 1, 7B2W2 |
1, 7XY 1ORAS |
1 | ||||||
0330 | |
Bug | 1, 17 | 1, 17 | 1, 17BW 1, 7B2W2 |
1, 7XY 1ORAS |
1 | ||||||
0331 | Grass | Human-Like | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29XY 19ORAS |
19 | ||||||
0332 | |
Grass | Human-Like | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29XY 19ORAS |
19 | |||||
0352 | Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7XY 16ORAS |
16 | |||||||
0353 | Amorphous | 37 | 28 | 28BW 22B2W2 |
22XY 19ORAS |
19 | |||||||
0354 | Amorphous | 39 | 28 | 28BW 22B2W2 |
22XY 19ORAS |
19 | |||||||
0367 | Water 1 | 11ORAS | 11 | ||||||||||
0431 | Field | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
0432 | Field | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
0436 | |
Mineral | 41 | 41BW 21B2W2 |
21 | 21 | |||||||
0437 | |
Mineral | 50 | 50BW 21B2W2 |
21 | 21 | |||||||
0438 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 25 | 25BW 19B2W2 |
19 | 19 | |||||||
0442 | |
Amorphous | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
0453 | |
Human-Like | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
0454 | |
Human-Like | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||
0455 | Grass | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ||||||||
0461 | |
Field | 14 | 14BW 10B2W2 |
10 | 10 | |||||||
0467 | Human-Like | 16 | 16BW 12B2W2 |
12 | 12 | ||||||||
0472 | |
Bug | 23 | 23BW 19B2W2 |
19 | 19 | |||||||
0491 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | 29PtHGSS | 29 | 29 | 29 | |||||||
0557 | |
Bug | Mineral | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
0558 | |
Bug | Mineral | 13 | 13 | 13 | |||||||
0559 | |
Field | Dragon | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
0560 | |
Field | Dragon | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | 1, 9 | |||||||
0570 | Field | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
0571 | Field | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||
0574 | Human-Like | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
0575 | Human-Like | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
0576 | Human-Like | 24 | 24 | 24 | |||||||||
0585 | |
Field | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
0586 | |
Field | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
0590 | |
Grass | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||
0591 | |
Grass | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||||||||
0624 | |
Human-Like | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
0625 | |
Human-Like | 17 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||
0629 | |
Flying | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||
0630 | |
Flying | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||
0658 | |
Water 1 | 33 | 33 | |||||||||
0690 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
0691 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 5 | 1, 5 | ||||||||
0708 | |
Grass | Amorphous | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
0709 | |
Grass | Amorphous | 19 | 19 | ||||||||
0746 | Water 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
0765 | |
Field | 22 | ||||||||||
0778 | |
Amorphous | 23 | ||||||||||
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 | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0016 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0021 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0037 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0041 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0050 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
050A | Diglett
Alola Form |
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Field | ✔ | |||||||||
0084 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0127 | Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0163 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0174 | |
Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0177 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0193 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0198 | |
Flying | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
0290 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0296 | Human-Like | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0355 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0359 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0451 | |
Bug | Water 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0509 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
0559 | |
Field | Dragon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
0588 | Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
0595 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0621 | Dragon | Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
0631 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
0632 | |
Bug | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
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 Move Tutor
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Game | ||
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XD | ||||||
0151 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | ✔ | |||
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 V
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0021 | |
Flying | Dream World - Windswept Sky | |||
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 event
Generation II
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Obtained with | ||
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0115 | Monster | New York Pokémon Center | ||||
0240 | style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered | style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered | New York Pokémon Center | |||
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. |
In other games
Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★★★
Power: 36
Accuracy: 0
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Effect: Never misses. |
Users: |
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon GO
Feint Attack | ||||||||||
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Fast Attack | ||||||||||
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- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Feint Attack had an energy gain of 7%.
- Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Feint Attack had a duration of 1.04 seconds.
Description
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In the anime
The Pokémon distracts the foe, then attacks while their guard is down. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Sudowoodo jumps into the air while the opponent isn't looking, and while the opponent looks for it, Sudowoodo kicks it. | |||
A wild Sudowoodo | Type Casting | Debut | |
Houndour runs to the opponent on the right or left side, then it disappears, and appears on the opposite side of the opponent. | |||
Ralph's Houndour | Ariados, Amigos | None | |
Sneasel walks up to the opponent, points somewhere to the side. When the opponent looks, Sneasel attacks it. | |||
Harrison's Sneasel | Pop Goes The Sneasel | None | |
Cacturne sneaks up behind the opponent while it's not looking and kicks it, or Cacturne floats into the air at the opponent and kicks it. | |||
Harley's Cacturne | A Cacturne for the Worse | None |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
The user intimidates the opponent, then attacks it when it flinches. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Sneasel stares the opponent menacingly, and when the opponent flinches, it scratches it with its claws in an 'X'-like formation. | |||
Silver's Sneasel | Elekid Incorperated | Debut | |
Houndour disappears and turns invisible. It then attacks the opponent while invisible. | |||
The Masked Man's Houndour | Delibird Delivery - 2 | None | |
Persian charges at the opponent and stabs it with one of its front paws. | |||
Miles's Persian | Oh, It's Ho-Oh! | None | |
Umbreon charges at the opponent and stabs it with one of its paws, or Umbreon charges to the opponent's side and jumps, kicking it with one of its legs. | |||
Karen's Umbreon | The Last Battle VII | None | |
Greta's Umbreon | Sneaky Like Shedinja | None | |
Slaking lays down with its back turned against the opponent. It then raises one of its fists without looking and smashes it into the opponent from above. | |||
The Battle Factory's Slaking | Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming | None | |
Sableye dashes at the opponent at lightning fast speed and kicks it with both of its feet. | |||
Jupiter's Sableye | Getting Past Gastrodon | None | |
Skitty slams its tail onto the opponent. | |||
Shauna's Neko | PAXY38 | None |
In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga
The user speeds through the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Sneasel speeds straight through the opponent. | |||
Kunoichi's Sneasel | PNA4 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master manga
The user strikes while the opponent isn't looking. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Sneasel stares the opponent menacingly, and strikes while the opponent is distracted. | |||
Ryū's Sneasel | ABMS1 | Debut |
In the Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo manga
The user speeds through the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Umbreon surrounds itself with glowing light and speeds through the opponent. | |||
Wes's Umbreon | Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo | Debut |
In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga
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Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Shu's Sneasel | GDZ73 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- At Pokémon Festa 2002, the early animation for the attack showed that the background didn't change.
In other languages
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Variations of the move Swift | ||||
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