Confide (move)

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Confide
ないしょばなし Secret Talk
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation VI
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

Confide (Japanese: ないしょばなし Secret Talk) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation VI. It was TM100 from Generation VI to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. In Generation IX, it is the signature move of Impidimp's evolutionary line.

Effect

Confide lowers the target's Special Attack stat by one stage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. Confide will hit the target even if it has used Protect, Detect, or Spiky Shield, but will be blocked by Crafty Shield. Pokémon with the Ability Soundproof are not affected by this move.

Confide will become a Water-type move when used by a Pokémon with the Ability Liquid Voice. If the user is affected by Throat Chop, it will be unable to use this move for two turns.

If the user is holding a Throat Spray, the item will be consumed and the user's Special Attack stat will raise by one stage.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Confide, the user's Special Defense stat rises by one stage, and the user can use this move regardless of whether it was affected by Throat Chop or not.

Description

Games Description
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSPLA
SV
The user tells the target a secret, and the target loses its ability to concentrate. This lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0441 Chatot
Flying Flying 1 1 1BDSP
0859 Impidimp
Fairy Human-Like 1 1
0860 Morgrem
Fairy Human-Like 1 1
0861 Grimmsnarl
Fairy Human-Like 1 1
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 TM

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
--
II
--
III
--
IV
--
V
--
VI
TM100
VII
TM100
VIII
--
IX
--
Every Pokémon can learn this move by TM except the ones listed below and only if marked with ✘.
0010 Caterpie Bug Bug
0011 Metapod Bug Bug
0013 Weedle
Bug Bug
0014 Kakuna
Bug Bug
0129 Magikarp Water 2 Dragon
0132 Ditto Ditto Ditto
0201 Unown No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0202 Wobbuffet Amorphous Amorphous
0235 Smeargle Field Field
0265 Wurmple Bug Bug
0266 Silcoon Bug Bug
0268 Cascoon Bug Bug
0360 Wynaut No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0374 Beldum
Mineral Mineral
0401 Kricketot Bug Bug
0412 Burmy Bug Bug
0415 Combee
Bug Bug
0602 Tynamo Amorphous Amorphous
0664 Scatterbug Bug Bug
0665 Spewpa Bug Bug
0789 Cosmog No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0790 Cosmoem No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0799 Guzzlord
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
0805 Stakataka
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered
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 Mystery Dungeon series

Confide lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk by one stage.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
SMD - - 20 99 —% - Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Description

Games Description
SMD It lowers an enemy's Sp. Atk.*
It lowers the enemy's Sp. Atk.*


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 密語 Mahtyúh
Mandarin 密語 / 密语 Mìyǔ
French Confidence
German Vertrauenssache
Italian Confidenza
Korean 비밀이야기 Bimil Iyagi
Spanish Confidencia


Variations of the move Confide
ConfidePlay Nice


Generation VI TMs
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223242526
2728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152
5354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778
798081828384858687888990919293 • 94 (XYORAS) • 9596979899100
Generation VI HMs
010203040506ORAS07ORAS
Generation VII TMs
SMUSUM
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
81828384858687888990919293949596979899100
PE
0102030405060708091011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960


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