Pursuit (move)

Pursuit (Japanese: おいうち Pursuing Attack) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II.

Pursuit
おいうち Pursuing Attack

Battles

Type	Dark
Category	Physical
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	40
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation II
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	1 ♥
Earn +3 if two Pokémon raise the Voltage in a row.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Clever
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jamming	1 ♥
Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Generation II

Pursuit inflicts damage with a power of 40. If the target Pokémon is switched out on the turn Pursuit is used, Pursuit's power doubles, and it will immediately be used before it is switched out (including an accuracy check). This does not apply if used on an ally switching out, on a fleeing Pokémon, on a Pokémon using Teleport or Baton Pass, or on a Pokémon being forced to switch out.

Generation III

If the target is switched out, Pursuit will no longer perform an accuracy check (but always hit the target with double power before it is switched out).

Generations IV to VII

Pursuit will now hit any adjacent opponent that attempts to switch out (but not more than one per turn), regardless of who it originally targeted. This effect bypasses redirection effects such as Follow Me.

If the target is using U-turn, Volt Switch or Parting Shot, Pursuit's special effect will activate only if the user of Pursuit would usually act later than the target (its power will only be doubled in that case).

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, when a Pokémon holding a Choice item uses Pursuit and the opponent Pokémon switches out, the Pokémon holding the item is allowed to change its move on the next turn. This glitch was fixed in localized versions and Platinum.

In Pokémon Platinum, and HeartGold and SoulSilver, this move can trigger the acid rain glitch by knocking out a target that was about to switch while Trick Room, Gravity, Uproar, or any type of weather other than rain is active.

Generation VIII

Pursuit cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games	Description
Stad2	A Dark-type attack. It inflicts major damage if the target switches out in the same turn.
GS C	Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.
RS E	Inflicts bad damage if used on a foe switching out.
FRLG	An attack move that works especially well on a foe that is switching out.
Colo.XD	Inflicts bad damage if used on a target switching out.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	An attack move that inflicts double damage if used on a foe that is switching out of battle.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	An attack move that inflicts double damage if used on a target that is switching out of battle.
SM USUM PE	The power of this attack move is doubled if it's used on a target that's switching out of battle.
SwSh	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
015		Beedrill		Bug		Bug	30	30	22	22	22	17^SMUSUM
019		Rattata		Field		Field	27	27	13	13	13	13^SMUSUM
019		Rattata Alolan Form		Field		Field						13^SMUSUM
020		Raticate		Field		Field	30	30	13	13	13	13^SMUSUM
020		Raticate Alolan Form		Field		Field						13^SMUSUM
021		Spearow		Flying		Flying	25	19	13	13	13	8^SMUSUM
022		Fearow		Flying		Flying	26	26	13	13	13	1, 8^SMUSUM
056		Mankey		Field		Field						12^SMUSUM
057		Primeape		Field		Field						12^SMUSUM
084		Doduo		Flying		Flying	9	9	19	19	19^XY 17^ORAS	15^SMUSUM
085		Dodrio		Flying		Flying	1, 9	1, 9	19	19	19^XY 17^ORAS	15^SMUSUM
107		Hitmonchan		Human-Like		Human-Like	13	13	11	11	11	1, 11^SMUSUM
123		Scyther		Bug		Bug	12	11	9	9	9	9^SMUSUM
128		Tauros		Field		Field	26	26^RSE 19^FRLG	15	15	15	15^SMUSUM
193		Yanma		Bug		Bug			30	30	30	30
197		Umbreon		Field		Field	16	16	15	15^BW 9^B2W2	9	1, Evo.
198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying	11	14	5	5	5	5
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field	26	24^RSE 31^FRLG	25	24^BW 10^B2W2	10	8
212		Scizor		Bug		Bug	12	11	9	9	9	9
237		Hitmontop		Human-Like		Human-Like	13	13	10	10	10	1, 10
252		Treecko		Monster	Dragon		16	16	16	16^XY 17^ORAS	17
253		Grovyle		Monster	Dragon		17	17	17	17^XY 18^ORAS	18
254		Sceptile		Monster	Dragon		17	17	17	17^XY 18^ORAS	18
278		Wingull		Water 1	Flying		43	34	34^BW 30^B2W2	30^XY 26^ORAS	26
335		Zangoose		Field		Field		25	22	22^BW 12^B2W2	12	12
355		Duskull		Amorphous		Amorphous		27	25	25	25^XY 22^ORAS	22
356		Dusclops		Amorphous		Amorphous		27	25	25	25^XY 22^ORAS	22
359		Absol		Field		Field			20	20^BW 12^B2W2	12^XY 10^ORAS	10
375		Metang		Mineral		Mineral		32	28	28^BW 23^B2W2	23	23
376		Metagross		Mineral		Mineral		32	28	28^BW 23^B2W2	23	23
386		Deoxys Normal Forme		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		20	33	33	33^XY 25^ORAS	25
386		Deoxys Attack Forme		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		20	33	33	33^XY 25^ORAS	25
386		Deoxys Speed Forme		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		20	33	33	33^XY 25^ORAS	25
408		Cranidos		Monster		Monster			10	10	10	10
409		Rampardos		Monster		Monster			10	10	10	1, 10
416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug			15	15^BW 9^B2W2	9	9
418		Buizel		Water 1	Field			10	10^BW 18^B2W2	18	18
419		Floatzel		Water 1	Field			10	10^BW 18^B2W2	18	18
430		Honchkrow		Flying		Flying			1	1	1	1
442		Spiritomb		Amorphous		Amorphous			1	1	1	1
451		Skorupi		Bug	Water 3				16^B2W2	16	16
452		Drapion		Bug	Water 3				16^B2W2	16	16
453		Croagunk		Human-Like		Human-Like			15	15	15	15
454		Toxicroak		Human-Like		Human-Like			15	15	15	15
469		Yanmega		Bug		Bug			30	30	30	30
477		Dusknoir		Amorphous		Amorphous			25	25	25^XY 22^ORAS	22
491		Darkrai		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			29^DP
509		Purrloin		Field		Field				15	15	15
510		Liepard		Field		Field				15	15	15
522		Blitzle		Field		Field				22	22	22
523		Zebstrika		Field		Field				22	22	22
543		Venipede		Bug		Bug				12	12	12
544		Whirlipede		Bug		Bug				12	12	12
545		Scolipede		Bug		Bug				12	12	12
570		Zorua		Field		Field				5	5	5
571		Zoroark		Field		Field				1, 5	1, 5	1, 5
587		Emolga		Field		Field				16	16	16
626		Bouffalant		Field		Field				1	1	1
679		Honedge		Mineral		Mineral					13	13
680		Doublade		Mineral		Mineral					13	13
681		Aegislash		Mineral		Mineral					1	1
734		Yungoos		Field		Field						7
735		Gumshoos		Field		Field						1, 7
739		Crabrawler		Water 3		Water 3						13
740		Crabominable		Water 3		Water 3						1, 13
772		Type: Null		Undiscovered		Undiscovered						10
773		Silvally		Undiscovered		Undiscovered						10
802		Marshadow		Undiscovered		Undiscovered						1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
016		Pidgey		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
029		Nidoran♀		Monster	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
046		Paras		Bug	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔
088		Grimer Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous						✔
111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field	✔
142		Aerodactyl		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
161		Sentret		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
167		Spinarak		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
190		Aipom		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
193		Yanma		Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔
214		Heracross		Bug		Bug			✔	✔	✔	✔
215		Sneasel		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
227		Skarmory		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
236		Tyrogue		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔	✔	✔
246		Larvitar		Monster		Monster	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
276		Taillow		Flying		Flying		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
287		Slakoth		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
353		Shuppet		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔
396		Starly		Flying		Flying			✔	✔	✔	✔
434		Stunky		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
446		Munchlax		Monster		Monster			✔	✔	✔	✔
451		Skorupi		Bug	Water 3			✔	✔	✔	✔
495		Snivy		Field	Grass				✔	✔	✔
504		Patrat		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
506		Lillipup		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
551		Sandile		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
595		Joltik		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
616		Shelmet		Bug		Bug				✔	✔	✔
621		Druddigon		Dragon	Monster				✔	✔	✔
624		Pawniard		Human-Like		Human-Like				✔	✔	✔
631		Heatmor		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
596		Galvantula		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Spooky Manor
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
239		Elekid		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Pursuit is a non-damaging move with 17PP. The user will give itself Counter status condition, causing adjacent physical attacks be reflected back at the user. Being a non-damaging move, it is affected by Taunt.

From Gates to Infinity onward, it deals damage, inflicting 50% extra damage when used on a target afflicted with a bad status condition.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	The user gains the Counter status. Any damage from Physical Attack moves or a regular attack is partially returned.
MDTD	Gives the user the Counter status. It returns damage from certain types of moves or a regular attack back to the attacking enemy.
MDS	Gives the user the Counter status. It returns damage from Physical Attack moves back to the attacking enemy.
BSL	じぶんをカウンターじょうたいにかえるてきからうけたぶつりこうげきのわざやこうげきのダメージをあいてにかえす
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. The damage it causes goes up if the enemy has a bad status condition.
SMD	It damages an enemy. The damage goes up if the enemy has a bad status condition.
MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. The damage goes up if the enemy has a bad status.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Murkrow

The user quickly attacks a fleeing opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Murkrow	When the opponent tries to retreat, Murkrow quickly charges at them with its beak, or Murkrow waves its wing, releasing black waves of energy from it at the opponent.
Silver's Murkrow	Raise the Red Gyarados	Debut
Whirlipede	When the opponent tries to escape, Whirlipede launches itself at the opponent, spinning its body quickly and slamming its body into the opponent horizontally.
Burgh's Whirlipede	The Mystery of the Missing Fossil	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Although Pursuit is the only move that can be performed before switching, its priority is still 0.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red and Blue, Pursuit's effect is similar to Counter.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	追打 Jēuidá
Chinese	Mandarin	追打 Zhuīdǎ
French		Poursuite
German		Verfolgung
Greek		Καταδίωξη
Italian		Inseguimento
Korean		따라가때리기 Ttaragattaerigi
Portuguese		Perseguição
Serbian		Gonjenje
Spanish		Persecución
Vietnamese		Đuổi Đánh

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