Encore
Normal
Effect Summary
Detailed Effect
Encore fails if the last used move was one of:
- Transform
- Mimic
- Sketch
- Mirror Move
- Struggle
- Encore itself
- A move with no PP left.
Encore bypasses Substitute.
Encore has no effect on Dynamaxed Pokémon.
- In Gen 2 Encore lasts from 2-6 turns.
- In Gen 3-6 Encore can force the target to use moves that call other moves such as Metronome.
- In DPEncore's effect lasts for 3-7 turns.
- In PLEncore's effect lasts for 2-6 turns.
- In HGSSEncore's effect lasts for 4-8 turns.
Description
Makes the foe repeat 2-6 times.
Makes the foe repeat its last move over 2 to 6 turns.
Makes the foe use the move it last used repeatedly for two to six turns.
The user compels the foe to keep using only the move it last used for two to six turns.
The user compels the foe to keep using only the move it last used for three to seven turns.
The user compels the target to keep using only the move it last used for three turns.
The user compels the target to keep using the move it encored for three turns.
Additional Information
Move Target
Affects a selected adjacent target.
Effect Type
Unique effect, shared by very few or no other moves.
Interactions5
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Level Up
Egg Breeding
Machine
Contest Information
Contest
Contest Effect
Attempts to make all following Pokémon nervous (and thus unable to appeal).
Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.
Super Contest
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.