Nasty Plot

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Nasty Plot

わるだくみ Sinister Plot

Generation:	IV

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	—
Accuracy:	—%
PP:	20*~
Affects:	Selected Target
Secondary Effect:	None
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	No
Protect/Detect:	No
Snatch:	Yes
Mirror Move:	No
King's Rock:	No

Contest Data

Super Contests (DPPt)

Type:
Appeal:	1 ♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Nasty Plot is a Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
DPPtHGSS BWB2W2	The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. It sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk.
XYORAS	The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk.
SMUSUMPE SWSH	The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply raises the user's Sp. Atk stat.

Effect

Nasty Plot simulates the user thinking nasty thoughts, hence the name. When a Pokémon uses this move, its Special Atk will sharply rise (go up by 2 stages). After using this move on 3 separate occasions, the user's Sp. Atk will reach the maximum, and the move can no longer be use.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy					1
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy					1
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy					1
	Ninetales	fire	Field	1	1	1	1	1
	Ninetales	ice/fairy	Field				1	1
	Meowth	normal	Field	38	38	38	38SMUSUM 31PE	40
	Meowth	dark	Field				38SMUSUM 31PE	40
	Persian	normal	Field	44	44	44	44SMUSUM 37PE	48
	Persian	dark	Field				44SMUSUM 37PE	48
	Drowzee	psychic	Human-Like	43	53	53	53SMUSUM 36PE
	Hypno	psychic	Human-Like	55	53	1, 53	1, 53SMUSUM 46PE
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					50
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	90	90	90	90SMUSUM 88PE	50
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered	18	18	18XY 13ORAS	13	16
	Aipom	normal	Field	39	39	39	39
	Slowking	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1	39	36	36	36	1
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					1
	Girafarig	normal/psychic	Field			46ORAS	46
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	52	52	52	52
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	60	60	1, 60	1, 60
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass	1	1	1	1
	Plusle	electric	Fairy	51	56	1, 56XY 46ORAS	46
	Minun	electric	Fairy	51	56	1, 56XY 46ORAS	46
	Chimchar	fire	Field/Human-Like	23	23	23	23
	Ambipom	normal	Field	39	39	39	39
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying	35	35	35	35
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous	37	37	37	37	20
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered		47	47	47	24
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like					1
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like	36	38	38	38	40
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like	36	41	41	41	42
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	24	24BW 20B2W2	20	20	48
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral	1	1	1	1	1
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered	46	46	46	46	42
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	75PtHGSS	75	75	75
	Patrat	normal	Field				33
	Watchog	normal	Field				39
	Purrloin	dark	Field		42	42	42	42
	Liepard	dark	Field		50	50	50	50
	Zorua	dark	Field		49	49	49	49
	Zoroark	dark	Field		54	54	54	54
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying		14	14	14	54
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying		14	14	14	57
	Deino	dark/dragon	Dragon					56
	Zweilous	dark/dragon	Dragon					60
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon					60
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered		61	1, 61	1, 55
	Hoopa	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered			68ORAS	68
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying				46	24
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying				55	30
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying				60	30
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon				32	25
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon				32	25
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field				25	30
	Poipole	poison	Undiscovered				31USUM	42
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered				31USUM	42
	Nickit	dark	Field					20
	Thievul	dark	Field					22
	Sinistea	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					42
	Polteageist	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					42
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					36
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					40
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					40
	Spectrier	ghost	Undiscovered					72
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered					1
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TR

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy					TR68
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy					TR68
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy					TR68
	Ninetales	fire	Field					TR68
	Ninetales	ice/fairy	Field					TR68
	Zubat	poison/flying	Flying					TR68
	Golbat	poison/flying	Flying					TR68
	Meowth	normal	Field					TR68
	Meowth	dark	Field					TR68
	Meowth	steel	Field					TR68
	Persian	normal	Field					TR68
	Persian	dark	Field					TR68
	Alakazam	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Slowbro	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR68
	Slowbro	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR68
	Gengar	ghost/poison	Amorphous					TR68
	Mr. Mime	psychic/fairy	Human-Like					TR68
	Mr. Mime	ice/psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Jynx	ice/psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TR68
	Mewtwo	psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Hoothoot	normal/flying	Flying					TR68
	Noctowl	normal/flying	Flying					TR68
	Crobat	poison/flying	Flying					TR68
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered					TR68
	Togepi	fairy	Undiscovered					TR68
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy					TR68
	Slowking	water/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR68
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TR68
	Smoochum	ice/psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Celebi	psychic/grass	Undiscovered					TR68
	Seedot	grass	Field/Grass					TR68
	Nuzleaf	grass/dark	Field/Grass					TR68
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass					TR68
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like					TR68
	Lunatone	rock/psychic	Mineral					TR68
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3					TR68
	Claydol	ground/psychic	Mineral					TR68
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field					TR68
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field					TR68
	Mime Jr.	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered					TR68
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous					TR68
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered					TR68
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like					TR68
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like					TR68
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like					TR68
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field					TR68
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy					TR68
	Porygon-Z	normal	Mineral					TR68
	Rotom	electric/ghost	Amorphous					TR68
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered					TR68
	Purrloin	dark	Field					TR68
	Liepard	dark	Field					TR68
	Woobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying					TR68
	Swoobat	psychic/flying	Field/Flying					TR68
	Yamask	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Yamask	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Cofagrigus	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Zorua	dark	Field					TR68
	Zoroark	dark	Field					TR68
	Gothita	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Gothorita	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Gothitelle	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Eglyem	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Beheeyem	psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying					TR68
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying					TR68
	Deino	dark/dragon	Dragon					TR68
	Zweilous	dark/dragon	Dragon					TR68
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon					TR68
	Tornadus	flying	Undiscovered					TR68
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered					TR68
	Espurr	psychic	Field					TR68
	Meowstic	psychic	Field					TR68
	Meowstic	psychic	Field					TR68
	Spritzee	fairy	Fairy					TR68
	Aromatisse	fairy	Fairy					TR68
	Inkay	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2					TR68
	Malamar	dark/psychic	Water 1/Water 2					TR68
	Gourgeist	ghost/grass	Amorphous					TR68
	Rowlet	grass/flying	Flying					TR68
	Dartrix	grass/flying	Flying					TR68
	Decidueye	grass/ghost	Flying					TR68
	Litten	fire	Field					TR68
	Torracat	fire	Field					TR68
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field					TR68
	Salandit	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TR68
	Salazzle	poison/fire	Monster/Dragon					TR68
	Oranguru	normal/psychic	Field					TR68
	Poipole	poison	Undiscovered					TR68
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered					TR68
	Rookidee	flying	Flying					TR68
	Corvisquire	flying	Flying					TR68
	Corviknight	flying/steel	Flying					TR68
	Nickit	dark	Field					TR68
	Thievul	dark	Field					TR68
	Sinistea	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Polteageist	ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TR68
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TR68
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like					TR68
	Perrserker	steel	Field					TR68
	Mr. Rime	ice/psychic	Human-Like					TR68
	Runerigus	ground/ghost	Mineral/Amorphous					TR68
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy					TR68
	Zarude	dark/grass	Undiscovered					TR68
	Spectrier	ghost	Undiscovered					TR68
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered					TR68
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Gallery

• Games
• Manga

Main games

• Nasty Plot depicted in X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
• Nasty Plot depicted in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

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Pokémon Adventures

• Nasty Plot being used by Nanu's Persian.

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