Fake Out
Normal
Effect Summary
.Detailed Effect
.Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus or those behind a Substitute cannot be made to flinch.
Fake Out has a highly increased priority of +3 meaning that it moves before most other moves.
Fake Out only hits if it is the first turn that the user is in battle but resets for each time the user switches in and out.
- In Gen 3 Fake Out does not make contact.
- In Gen 3-4 Fake Out has a priority of +1.
Description
A 1st-turn, 1st-strike move that causes flinching.
An attack that hits first and causes flinching. Usable only on 1st turn.
An attack that hits first and makes the target flinch. This move works only on the first turn.
An attack that hits first and makes the target flinch. It only works the first turn the user is in battle.
This attack hits first and makes the target flinch. It only works the first turn the user is in battle.
This attack hits first and makes the target flinch. It only works the first turn each time the user enters battle.
Additional Information
Move Target
Affects a selected adjacent target.
Effect Type
Deals damage.
Makes the target flinch.
Interactions3
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Contest Information
Contest
Contest Effect
Attempts to jam all Pokémon that have appealed this turn. If a Pokémon used the same type move as this one, it is jammed for 4 points instead of 1.
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
Super Contest
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.