Thief
Dark
Effect Summary
Detailed Effect
- Items stolen from wild Pokémon are kept after the battle ends.
- Items stolen from a Trainer's Pokémon are not kept after battle ends.
- Items that activate on attack such as Focus Band
activate before being stolen.
- Consumable items that activate on being attacked such as Focus Sash
are consumed and therefore can not be removed.
- The ability Sticky Hold prevents items from being stolen.
- The following items are always unable to be stolen:
- Griseous Orb
from a Giratina
- Any Type Plate held by Arceus
- Any Drive held by Genesect
- Any Mega Stone held by a Pokémon that can use it to Mega-Evolve
- Any mail item such as Grass Mail
- Any e-Reader berry such as Pumkin Berry
- Any Z-Crystal such as Buginium Z
- Any memory item such as Bug Memory
held by Silvally
- Rusted Sword
if either the user or the target is Zacian
- Rusted Shield
if either the user or the target is Zamazenta
- Booster Energy
if the target is a Paradox Pokémon (excluding Koraidon
and Miraidon
).
- Wellspring Mask
, Hearthflame Mask
or Cornerstone Mask
if either the user or the target is Ogerpon
- Griseous Orb
Thief always fails without dealing damage in Max Raid Battles.
- In Gen 2 Thief is affected by King's Rock
- In Gen 2-3 Thief is categorized as Special
- In Gen 2-4 Thief can steal a Trainer Pokémon's item permanently but will not steal anything if used by an NPC or wild Pokémon.
- In Gen 2-5 Thief has 40 power and 10 PP.
- In Gen 9 the stolen item is deposited directly into the player's bag.
Description
An attack that may steal a held item.
While attacking, it may steal the foe’s held item.
An attack that may take the foe’s held item if the user isn’t holding one.
The user attacks and steals the foe’s held item simultaneously. It can’t steal if the user holds an item.
The user attacks and steals the target’s held item simultaneously. It can’t steal if the user holds an item.
The user attacks and steals the target’s held item simultaneously. The user can’t steal anything if it already holds an item.
Additional Information
Move Target
Affects a selected adjacent target.
Effect Type
Unique effect, shared by very few or no other moves.
Interactions3
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Level Up
Egg Breeding
Machine
Contest Information
Contest
Contest Effect
User earns appeal points equal to half the points ALL the previous Pokémon earned plus one.
Makes the appeal as good as those before it.
Super Contest
Steals the Voltage of the Pokémon that just went.