Feint Attack (move)

Feint Attack (Japanese: だましうち Sneak Attack), spelled Faint Attack prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation II. The English and  have consistently spelled the move as "Feint Attack".

Effect
Feint Attack inflicts damage and bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the  of a move such as  or.

In Generation III only, this move will not trigger effects involving contact.

Feint Attack can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining two extra appeal points if any of the moves, or  was used in the prior turn.

Description

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Pokémon GO

 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Feint Attack had an energy gain of 7%.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Feint Attack had a duration of 1.04 seconds.
 * Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 21, 2017, Feint Attack had a power of 12, an energy gain of 10%, and a duration of 1.4 seconds.

Description

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Trivia

 * At Pokémon Festa 2002, the early animation for the attack showed that the background didn't change.

In other languages
Finte Finta Feinte Finta だましうち 出奇一击（招式）