Karate Chop
King’s Shield
Kinesis
Essentials
Kinesis
Summary
Lowers the target's accuracy by one stage.
Damage Dealt
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1
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0
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
Stats
- Power
- — (no damage)
- Accuracy
- 80%
- PP
- 15, up to 24.0 with
PP Up - Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- n/a
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
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Reflectable
This move may be reflected back at the user with Magic Coat or Magic Bounce.
- Snatchable
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Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Lowers the target's accuracy by one stage.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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Reduces the foe's accuracy.
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Distracts the foe. May lower accuracy.
The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower accuracy.
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The user distracts the foe by bending a spoon. It may lower the target’s accuracy.
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The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. It lowers the target’s accuracy.
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The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target’s accuracy.
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The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target’s accuracy.
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The user distracts the target by bending a spoon. This lowers the target’s accuracy.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- スプーンまげ (supuunmage)
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- スプーンまげ
- Korean
- 숟가락휘기
- Chinese
- 折彎湯匙
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- 折弯汤匙
- French
- Télékinésie
- German
- Psykraft
- Spanish
- Kinético
- Italian
- Cinèsi
- Czech
- Kineze
Contests
Contest
Super Contest
- Type
- Appeal
- Flavor text
- Earn double the score in the next turn.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
These moves all have the same effect as Kinesis.
| Move | Type | Class | PP | Power | Acc | Pri | Effect |
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| Flash | |
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20 | — | 100% | Lowers the target's accuracy by one stage. |
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| Smokescreen | |
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20 | — | 100% | Lowers the target's accuracy by one stage. |
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| Sand Attack | |
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15 | — | 100% | Lowers the target's accuracy by one stage. |
Pokémon
 
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Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |
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| Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | * | * | — | Kadabra |
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Synchronize
Inner Focus Magic Guard |
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Human-Like | 40 | 35 | 30 | 120 | 70 | 105 | 400 | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | Alakazam |
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Synchronize
Inner Focus Magic Guard |
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Human-Like | 55 | 50 | 45 | 135 | 95 | 120 | 500 | ||
| — | * | — |  |
Mega Alakazam |
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Trace | |
Human-Like | 55 | 50 | 65 | 175 | 105 | 150 | 600 | |||||||
3 Pokémon
