Follow Me (move)

Follow Me (Japanese: このゆびとまれ Stay With This Finger) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation III.

Generations III and IV
Follow Me has a priority of +3 and makes the user the center of attention, forcing opposing Pokémon to use their moves on the user rather than the intended target (even if it was a friendly target, unless it is a move that cannot target an opponent such as or ) for the rest of the turn. If a move cannot target the center of attention, it will be used on its intended target. It does not affect allies.

If the center of attention faints or switches out, it no longer draws moves.

Follow Me can draw (such as  and ) if it is used on the turn the move would hit.

Follow Me draws Electric- and moves even if a Pokémon with  or  is on the field. If another Pokémon on the same team is already the center of attention, the first user takes priority; if the first user is outside of range or stops being the center of attention, the attack will be drawn to the next center of attention.

Follow Me has no effect on moves which hit multiple Pokémon in a battle. While it can be used in Single Battles, it has no effect.

Generation V
In Triple Battles, Follow Me will draw the attacks of all opponents in the field, but it can only draw attacks from non-adjacent opponents if they use a.

Follow Me cannot redirect. If the center of attention is taken into the air by, it no longer draws moves.

Generation VI onward
Follow Me now has +2 priority.

Follow Me does not redirect or.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Follow Me, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, Follow Me turns the user into a decoy.

From Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity onwards, Follow Me warps 1 random enemy in the same room to the tile in front of the user, and warps allies nearby the user to surround said enemy.

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Trivia

 * A song under the same Japanese name uses this move as the title, as well as Pokémon and move puns.
 * In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).

In other languages
Spotlight Señuelo Par Ici Sonoqui このゆびとまれ 看我嘛（招式）