Pursuit

Pursuit

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Introduced:	Generation II

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	40
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	20 (Max. 32), max: {{{max_pp}}}
Priority:	0 (Normal) 7 (When the target is about to switch out)
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contests (RSE)

Condition:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
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Super Contests (DPPt)

Condition:
Appeal:	1 ♥
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Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Jam:	1 ♥
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Pursuit is a Dark-type physical move introduced in Generation II.

Description

An attack move that inflicts double damage if used on a target that is switching out of battle.

Effect

Contests

Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests

Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Contest Spectaculars

Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type.

Learnset

By Leveling Up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
				VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Beedrill	bug/poison	30	30	22	22	22
	Rattata	normal	27	27	13	13	13
	Raticate	normal	30	30	13	13	13
	Spearow	normal/flying	25	19	13	13	13
	Fearow	normal/flying	26	26	13	13	13
	Doduo	normal/flying	19	9	19	19	19 (Template:XY) 17 (Template:ORAS)
	Dodrio	normal/flying	1, 19	1, 9	1, 19	1, 19	1, 19 (Template:XY) 1, 17 (Template:ORAS)
	Hitmonchan	fighting	13	13	11	11	11
	Scyther	bug/flying	12	11	9	9	9
	Tauros	normal	26	26 (Template:RSE) 19 (Template:FRLG)	15	15	15
	Yanma	bug/flying			30	30	30
	Umbreon	dark	16	16	15	15 (Template:BW) 9 (Template:B2W2)	9
	Murkrow	dark/flying	11	14	14	14	5
	Dunsparce	normal	26	24 (Template:RSE) 31 (Template:FRLG)	25	15 (Template:BW) 10 (Template:B2W2)	15
	Scizor	bug/steel	12	11	9	9	9
	Hitmontop	fighting	13	13	10	10	10
	Treecko	grass		16	16	16	16 (Template:XY) 17 (Template:ORAS)
	Grovyle	grass		17	17	17	17 (Template:XY) 18 (Template:ORAS)
	Sceptile	grass		17	17	17	17 (Template:XY) 18 (Template:ORAS)
	Wingull	water/flying		43	34	34 (Template:BW) 30 (Template:B2W2)	30 (Template:XY) 26 (Template:ORAS)
	Zangoose	normal		25	22	22 (Template:BW) 12 (Template:B2W2)	12
	Duskull	ghost		27	25	25	25 (Template:XY) 22 (Template:ORAS)
	Dusclops	ghost		27	25	25 (Template:BW) 22 (Template:B2W2)	22
	Absol	dark			20	20 (Template:BW) 12 (Template:B2W2)	12 (Template:XY) 10 (Template:ORAS)
	Metang	steel/psychic		32	28	28 (Template:BW) 23 (Template:B2W2)	23
	Metagross	steel/psychic		32	28	28 (Template:BW) 23 (Template:B2W2)	23
	Deoxys	psychic		20	33	33	33 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
	Deoxys	psychic		20	33	33	33 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
File:386D.png	Deoxys	psychic		20	33	33	33 (Template:XY) 25 (Template:ORAS)
	Cranidos	rock			10	10	10
	Rampardos	rock			10	10	10
	Vespiquen	bug/flying			15	15 (Template:BW) 9 (Template:B2W2)	9
	Buizel	water			10	10 (Template:BW) 18 (Template:B2W2)	18
	Floatzel	water			10	10 (Template:BW) 18 (Template:B2W2)	18
	Honchkrow	dark/flying			1	1	1
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark			1	1	1
	Skorupi	poison/bug				16 (Template:B2W2)	16
	Drapion	poison/dark				16 (Template:B2W2)	16
	Croagunk	poison/fighting			15	15	15
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting			15	15	15
	Yanmega	bug/flying			30	30	30
	Dusknoir	ghost			25	25	25 (Template:XY) 22 (Template:ORAS)
	Darkrai	dark			29 (Template:DP)
	Purrloin	dark				15	15
	Liepard	dark				15	15
	Blitzle	electric				22	22
	Zebstrika	electric				22	22
	Venipede	bug/poison				12	12
	Whirlipede	bug/poison				12	12
	Scolipede	bug/poison				12	12
	Zorua	dark				5	5
	Zoroarl	dark				1, 5	1, 5
	Emolga	electric/flying				16	16
	Bouffalant	normal				1	1
	Emolga	electric/flying				16	16
	Honedge	steel/ghost					13
	Doublade	steel/ghost					13
	Aegislash	steel/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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