Detect
Effect Summary
Prevents most moves from hitting the user this turn.
Detailed Effect
Detect prevents the majority of all moves from harming the user in any way.
This does not include weather
damage (such as
sandstorm
) or status conditions such as
poison

Detect has greatly enhanced priority, meaning that it will go before most other moves.
If another move with the same priority is used, the Pokémon with the higher Speed
will go first.
The success rate of Detect is also lowered after each time the user successfully uses either:
Detect does not work agains the following types of moves:
This does not include weather
Detect has greatly enhanced priority, meaning that it will go before most other moves.
If another move with the same priority is used, the Pokémon with the higher Speed
The success rate of Detect is also lowered after each time the user successfully uses either:
- Detect
- Protect
- Endure
- Baneful Bunker
- Burning Bulwark
- King's Shield
- Max Guard
- Obstruct
- Silk Trap
- Spiky Shield
- Quick Guard
- Wide Guard
Generations | ||||||||||
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2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
Success penalty after each use | -50% | -50% (min. 12.5%) |
-50% (min. 12.5%) |
-50% | -66% | -66% | -66% | -66% | ||
Priority | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
- Most damaging Z-Moves (they do 25% of the original damage)
- G-Max One Blow and G-Max Rapid Flow do full damage.
- Moves that break protection do full damage and remove the Detect effect:
- The ability Unseen Fist allows contact moves to bypass Detect
- Moves used by the user that target itself
- Moves that target the user and all allies
- Moves that target all Pokémon (except Shadow Shed and Shadow Half)
- Trapping effects:
- In Gen 2 Detect fails if used by a Pokémon behind a Substitute
- In Gen 3 there is a bug that causes the moves success rate to become erratic after reaching an inteded lower bound of 12.5%
- In
accuracy
and evasion
checks either due to the effect of another move such as Mind Reader or Lock-On or due to the weather (Thunder during rain
or Blizzard during hail
) or the ability No Guard to ignore Detect with inverted accuracy
One-hit KO moves such as Horn Drill are unaffected.
there is a bug that causes moves that bypass
Description
GS C | Evades attack that turn. It may fail. |
RS E | Evades attack, but may fail if used in succession. |
FRLG | Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession. |
DP HGSS PL COL B2W2 | It enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
XY ORAS SM USUM LGPLGE | Enables the user to evade all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
SWSH | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
Meta Information
Move Target | means that the Pokémon can not be selected.means that the Pokémon can be selected.means that the Pokémon will be selected. | ||
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Effect Type |
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Other Languages |
Level Up
Egg Breeding
Machine
TM43
TM43
Contest Information
Contest
Contest Condition | Cool |
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Color | Red |
Flavor | Spicy |
Contest Effect
Effect | Prevents the next jam on this turn. |
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Description | Can avoid being startled by others once. |
Jam | - |
Appeal | ❤️❤️ |
Super Contest Effect
Description | Raises the score if the Voltage is low. |
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Appeal | - |