Quick Attack (move)

Quick Attack (Japanese: でんこうせっか Lightning Speed) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation I.

Generation I
Quick Attack inflicts damage. It has a priority of +1, so it is used before all moves that do not have increased priority.

If the user is put to or  during the turn that Quick Attack is (or attempts to be) used, its increased priority will not be reset during the sleep or freeze. Subsequently, it can only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

Generation II onward
Quick Attack's increased priority will no longer carry over to sleeping or frozen Pokémon; instead, the priority at which a sleeping or frozen Pokémon acts depends on the move it selects each turn.

Quick Attack can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if the move was used in the prior turn.

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Super Smash Bros. series
uses as its up special. Pikachu dashes quickly, and can do so in two different directions, provided the angle difference is large enough. In Super Smash Bros. only, this move did no damage.

Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Quick Attack had an energy gain of 7%.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Quick Attack had an energy gain of 12% and a duration of 1.33 seconds.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Quick Attack had a power of 10, an energy gain of 8%, and a duration of 1.25 seconds.

,, and may only know this move if they were obtained before August 20, 2016.

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In the main series

 * In the English dub of The Fourth Round Rumble, Jeanette Fisher commanded her to use Quick Attack. This is a dubbing error, as in the original Japanese version, Jeanette instead commanded Scyther to use.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 * In Wanted: Pikachu!, 's Pika was revealed to know Quick Attack by Red's Pokédex.
 * In Scizor Defends, 's was mentioned to known Quick Attack, but the move was used off-panel.

Trivia

 * Quick Attack is often involved in the strategy that is referred to by some as F.E.A.R.
 * When Ash's Pidgeotto first used Quick Attack, it vaguely resembled the much later introduced.
 * Quick Attack is the only increased priority move introduced in Generation I.
 * Of all damage-dealing moves, Quick Attack has the most variations, with eight including itself.

In other languages
Ruckzuckhieb Ataque rápido Vive-Attaque Attacco Rapido でんこうせっか 电光一闪（招式）