Move card

Flash

Stats and effect
Normal Status
Power —
Accuracy 100%
PP 20
Priority 0
Effect

Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation I (Kanto) Learned by 353 Pokémon
Move properties
  • Reflectable — Magic Coat and the Magic Bounce ability bounce it back.
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
Diamond/Pearl Accuracy 70%
  • Accuracy 100% now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In Diamond/Pearl, “Accuracy” was 70%; it is now 100%.

Machines that teach this move
  • HM05 Red/Green (Japan), Blue (Japan), Red/Blue, Yellow, Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness
  • TM70 Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (353)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.