Takes the target’s item.
- Contact — The user touches the target, so abilities such as Static and Rough Skin and items like Rocky Helmet activate.
Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.
| Game | Property | Before |
|---|---|---|
| X/ |
Power | 40 |
| X/ |
PP | 10 |
- Power 60 now
- PP 25 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 X/Y, “PP” was 10; it is now 25.
- TM46 Gold/Silver, Crystal, Ruby/Sapphire, Colosseum, FireRed/LeafGreen, Emerald, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
- TM23 Sword/Shield
- TM18 Scarlet/Violet
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 (583)
page 1 of 17The 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.
