Defog (move)

Defog (Japanese: きりばらい Fog Wipe) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation IV. It is HM05 in, moving the traditional HM05, , to TM70. However, in, it loses its HM status in favor of.

Defog cannot be used outside of battle without the in  and the  in.

Generation IV
Defog lowers the target's one stage, even if the target is behind a. It bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the  of a move such as  or.

Defog clears away any fog on the field, as well as, , , , , and  on the target's side of the field.

Generation V
Defog can now be reflected with and no longer lowers the evasion of a Pokémon behind a.

Generation VI onward
Defog now clears away, , , and on both sides of the field as well as  on the target's side of the field. It still clears away Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard and Mist only from the target's side of the field.

If powered up by a Flyinium Z into Z-Defog, the user's accuracy is raised by one stage.

Generation IV
Defog clears away fog from the area. The effect lasts until the undefined leaves the area.

Generation V onward
Defog can no longer be used outside of battle.

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Trivia

 * The Bag sprite for the HM containing Defog is mistakenly that of a HM, rather than a  one.
 * Like was in Generations, , and , Defog is not critical to the completion of the game, as a player can traverse foggy areas without using the move. However, unlike with dark caves requiring Flash to light them, foggy areas affect battles within them.
 * In the anime, Ash sometimes uses his 's and 's and his 's  in a similar manner.
 * If a player teaches a Pokémon Defog by HM in and trades it to HeartGold or SoulSilver, the Pokémon can be freely imported to  via the Poké Transfer, due to Defog not being needed outside of battle in HeartGold and SoulSilver. The same can be done with  by transferring a Pokémon that learned it by HM in HeartGold or SoulSilver to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum.

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