Snatch
Dark
Effect Summary
Steals the target's move, if it's self-targeted.
Detailed Effect
Snatch steals the effect of the next beneficial
Status
move used by an enemy in the same turn.
Snatch has highly increased priority meaning it will move before the vast majority of other moves.
If another Pokémon uses a move of the same priority, the Pokémon with the higher Speed
will go first.
Snatch can not steal Z-Moves.
A stolen Swallow will recover 25% of maximum HP
even if the user has no stacks of Stockpile.
move used by an enemy in the same turn.Snatch has highly increased priority meaning it will move before the vast majority of other moves.
If another Pokémon uses a move of the same priority, the Pokémon with the higher Speed
will go first.Snatch can not steal Z-Moves.
A stolen Swallow will recover 25% of maximum HP
even if the user has no stacks of Stockpile.
- In Gen 3-4 Snatch can also steal effects that were already stolen by another instance if Snatch, passing the effect around multiple Pokémon but only activating for the last one to steal it.
- From Gen 8 onwards this move can not be selected in battle.
| Move | Generation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Acid Armor | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Acupressure | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Agility | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Amnesia | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Aqua Ring | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Aromatherapy | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Aurora Veil | ✔️ | ||||
| Autotomize | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Barrier | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Belly Drum | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Bulk Up | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Calm Mind | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Camouflage | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Charge | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Coil | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Conversion | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Cosmic Power | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Cotton Guard | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Defend Order | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Defense Curl | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Double Team | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Dragon Dance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Focus Energy | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Gear Up | ✔️ | ||||
| Growth | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Harden | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Heal Bell | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Heal Order | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Healing Wish | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Hone Claws | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Howl | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Imprison | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Ingrain | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Iron Defense | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Laser Focus | ✔️ | ||||
| Light Screen | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Lucky Chant | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Lunar Dance | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Magnet Rise | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Magnetic Flux | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Mat Block | ✔️ | ✔️ | |||
| Meditate | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Milk Drink | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Minimize | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Mist | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Moonlight | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Morning Sun | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Nasty Plot | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Power Trick | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Psych Up | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Quick Guard | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Quiver Dance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Recover | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Recycle | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Reflect | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Refresh | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Rest | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Rock Polish | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Roost | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Safeguard | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Sharpen | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Shell Smash | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Shift Gear | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Shore Up | ✔️ | ||||
| Slack Off | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Soft-Boiled | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Stockpile | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Substitute | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Swallow | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Swords Dance | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Synthesis | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Tail Glow | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Tailwind | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Wide Guard | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Wish | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Withdraw | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Work Up | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
Description
RS
Steals the effects of the move the foe uses next.
E
Steals the effects of the move the target uses next.
FRLG
Steals the effects of the foe’s healing or status- changing move.
DP
The user steals the effects of any healing or status- changing move the foe attempts to use.
HGSS
PL
The user steals the effects of any healing or stat- changing move the foe attempts to use.
B2W2
BW
The user steals the effects of any healing or stat-changing move the opponent attempts to use.
ORAS
XY
LGPLGE
SM
USUM
The user steals the effects of any attempts to use a healing or stat-changing move.
SWSH
This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
Additional Information
Move Target
Selfmeans that the Pokémon can not be selected.means that the Pokémon can be selected.means that the Pokémon will be selected.
Effect Type
Unique Effect
Unique effect, shared by very few or no other moves.
Interactions
Ignores Substitute
This move ignores the target's Substitute.
Other Languages
Level Up
Egg Breeding
Machine
Tutor
Contest Information
Contest
Contest Condition | Smart |
|---|---|
Color | Green |
Flavor | Bitter |
Contest Effect
Effect | Attempts to jam all Pokémon that have appealed this turn for half their appeal points (minimum 1). |
|---|---|
Description | Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals. |
Jam | 🖤 |
Appeal | ❤️❤️ |
Super Contest Effect
Description | Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went. |
|---|---|
Appeal | - |