Pursuit
(おいうち Pursuing Attack)
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| Introduced: | Generation II |
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Battle Data
| Type: | 
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| Category: | 
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| Power: | 40 |
| Accuracy: | 100% |
| PP: | 20 (Max. 32) |
| Priority: | 0[1] |
| Contact: | Yes |
Affected by
| Magic Coat: | No |
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| Magic Bounce: | No |
| Bright Powder: | Yes |
| Detect/Protect: | Yes |
| Snatch: | No |
| Mirror Move: | Yes |
| King's Rock: | No |
Contest Data
| Condition: | Smart |
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| Appeal: | 2 ♥♥ |
| Jam: | 1 ♥ |
| Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals. | |
| Condition: | Smart |
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| Appeal: | 1 ♥ |
| Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row. | |
Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)
| Condition: | Clever |
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| Appeal: | 2 ♥♥ |
| Jam: | 1 ♥ |
| Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type. | |
Pursuit is a Dark-type move introduced in Generation II.
Description
| Games | Description |
| GSC | Heavily strikes switching Pokémon. |
| RSE | Inflicts bad damage if used on a foe switching out. |
| FRLG | An attack move that works especially well against a foe that is switching out. |
| DPPtHGSS | An attack move that inflicts double the damage if used on a foe that is switching out of battle. |
| BWB2W2 XYORAS | An attack move that inflicts double the damage if used on a target that is switching out of battle. |
| SMUSUM | An attack move that causes double the damage if used on the opponent that is switching out of the battle. |
Effect
In battle
Pursuit does damage to the target. If the target is about the switch out, Pursuit will be executed first, and will be doubled in power. In a Double Battle, Pursuit can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Pursuit can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.
Learnset
By leveling up
| Pokémon | Type | Level | ||||||
| II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |||
| Beedrill | bug/poison | 30 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 17 |
| Rattata | normal | 27 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Rattata | dark/normal | 13 | |||||
| Raticate | normal | 30 | 30 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Raticate | dark/normal | 13 | |||||
| Spearow | normal/ | 25 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| Fearow | normal/ | 26 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1, 8 |
| Mankey | fighting | 12 | |||||
| Primeape | fighting | 12 | |||||
| Doduo | normal/ | 19 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 19 (XY) 17 (ORAS) | 15 |
| Dodrio | normal/ | 1, 19 | 1, 9 | 1, 19 | 1, 19 | 1, 19 (XY) 1, 17 (ORAS) | 15 |
| Hitmonchan | fighting | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1, 11 |
| Scyther | bug/ | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Tauros | normal | 26 | 26 (RSE) 19 (FRLG) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Yanma | bug/ | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Umbreon | dark | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 (BW) 9 (B2W2) | 9 | 1, Evolve |
| Murkrow | dark/ | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| Dunsparce | normal | 26 | 24 (RSE) 31 (FRLG) | 25 | 15 (BW) 10 (B2W2) | 15 | 8 |
| Scizor | bug/steel | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Hitmontop | fighting | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 |
| Treecko | grass | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 (XY) 17 (ORAS) | 17 | |
| Grovyle | grass | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 (XY) 18 (ORAS) | 18 | |
| Sceptile | grass | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 (XY) 18 (ORAS) | 18 | |
| Wingull | water/ | 43 | 34 | 34 (BW) 30 (B2W2) | 30 (XY) 26 (ORAS) | 26 | |
| Zangoose | normal | 25 | 22 | 22 (BW) 12 (B2W2) | 12 | 12 | |
| Duskull | ghost | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 (XY) 22 (ORAS) | 22 | |
| Dusclops | ghost | 27 | 25 | 25 (BW) 22 (B2W2) | 22 | 22 | |
| Absol | dark | 20 | 20 (BW) 12 (B2W2) | 12 (XY) 10 (ORAS) | 10 | ||
| Metang | steel/psychic | 32 | 28 | 28 (BW) 23 (B2W2) | 23 | 23 | |
| Metagross | steel/psychic | 32 | 28 | 28 (BW) 23 (B2W2) | 23 | 23 | |
| Deoxys | psychic | 20 | 33 | 33 | 33 (XY) 25 (ORAS) | 25 | |
| Deoxys | psychic | 20 | 33 | 33 | 33 (XY) 25 (ORAS) | 25 | |
| Deoxys | psychic | 20 | 33 | 33 | 33 (XY) 25 (ORAS) | 25 | |
| Cranidos | rock | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Rampardos | rock | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1, 10 | ||
| Vespiquen | bug/ | 15 | 15 (BW) 9 (B2W2) | 9 | 9 | ||
| Buizel | water | 10 | 10 (BW) 18 (B2W2) | 18 | 18 | ||
| Floatzel | water | 10 | 10 (BW) 18 (B2W2) | 18 | 18 | ||
| Honchkrow | dark/ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Spiritomb | ghost/dark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Skorupi | poison/bug | 16 (B2W2) | 16 | 16 | |||
| Drapion | poison/dark | 16 (B2W2) | 16 | 16 | |||
| Croagunk | poison/fighting | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Toxicroak | poison/fighting | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Yanmega | bug/ | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Dusknoir | ghost | 25 | 25 | 25 (XY) 22 (ORAS) | 22 | ||
| Darkrai | dark | 29 (DP) | |||||
| Purrloin | dark | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Liepard | dark | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Blitzle | electric | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||
| Zebstrika | electric | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||
| Venipede | bug/poison | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Whirlipede | bug/poison | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Scolipede | bug/poison | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Zorua | dark | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Zoroark | dark | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | |||
| Emolga | electric/ | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Bouffalant | normal | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
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| Emolga | electric/ | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Honedge | steel/ghost | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Doublade | steel/ghost | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Aegislash | steel/ghost | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yungoos | normal | 7 | |||||
| Gumshoos | normal | 1, 7 | |||||
| Crabrawler | fighting | 13 | |||||
| Crabominable | fighting/ice | 1, 13 | |||||
| Type: Null | normal | 10 | |||||
| Silvally | normal | 10 | |||||
| Marshadow | fighting/ghost | 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 breeding
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References
- ^ Pursuit's priorty is normally 0, however if the target is about to switch out, its priority becomes +7
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