Smokescreen (move)

	Smokescreen; えんまく Smokescreen
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	0
	Does not make contact; Affected by Protect; Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce; Not affected by Snatch; Affected by Mirror Move; Not affected by King's Rock;
	Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Introduced	Generation I
	Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.;
Condition	Smart
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
Jam	0
	Shifts the judge's attention from others.
Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
	Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.
Condition	Clever
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jamming	3 ♥♥♥
	Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.
	On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I; Generation II; Generation III; Generation IV; Generation V; Generation VI; Generation VII; Generation VIII; Generation IX; ;

Smokescreen (Japanese: えんまく Smokescreen), formatted as SmokeScreen prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Smokescreen lowers the target's accuracy stat by one stage.

Generations I to II

In the Generation I and II core series games, when an in-game opponent outside of the Battle Tower uses Smokescreen, the move has a 25% chance to fail.

Generation III onwards

Smokescreen can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 3 bonus appeal points if Smog was used in the previous turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Smokescreen, the user's evasiveness is raised by one stage.

Description

Games	Description
StadStad2	Creates an obscuring cloud of smoke that reduces the enemy's accuracy.
GS C	Lowers the foe's accuracy.
RS E	Lowers the foe's accuracy using smoke, ink, etc.
FRLG	An obscuring cloud of smoke or ink reduces the foe's accuracy.
ColoXD	Lowers target's accuracy using smoke, ink, etc.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink. It reduces the foe's accuracy.
BW B2W2	The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink. It reduces the target's accuracy.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink. This lowers the target's accuracy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#		Egg Groups		Level
				I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII		IX
										SM USUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0004	Charmander	Monster	Dragon	−	13	13^RSE 19^FRLG	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
0005	Charmeleon	Monster	Dragon	−	13	13^RSE 20^FRLG	10	10	10	10	1, 9	1	1	1
0006	Charizard	Monster	Dragon	−	1, 13	1, 13^RSE 20^FRLG	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	10	1, 9	1	1	1
0109	Koffing	Amorphous		Amorphous	37	25	25	10	10^BW 7^B2W2	7	7	−	8	8	8
0110	Weezing	Amorphous		Amorphous	39	25	25	1, 10	1, 10^BW 1, 7^B2W2	1, 7	1, 7	−	1	1	1
0110	Weezing Galarian Form	Amorphous		Amorphous									1		1
0116	Horsea	Water 1	Dragon	19	8	8	4	4	4^XY 5^ORAS	5	6	5	5	5
0117	Seadra	Water 1	Dragon	1, 19	1, 8	1, 8	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4^XY 1, 5^ORAS	1, 5	1, 6	1	1	1
0126	Magmar	Human-Like		Human-Like	48	25	25	10	11^BW 8^B2W2	8	8	11	1	1	1
0155	Cyndaquil	Field		Field		6	6	4^DPPt 6^HGSS	6	6	6			6	6
0156	Quilava	Field		Field		1, 6	1, 6	1, 4^DPPt 1, 6^HGSS	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6			1, 6	1
0157	Typhlosion	Field		Field		1, 6	1, 6	1, 4^DPPt 1, 6^HGSS	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6			1, 6	1
0157	Typhlosion Hisuian Form	Field		Field											1
0230	Kingdra	Water 1	Dragon		1, 8	1, 8	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4^XY 1, 5^ORAS	1, 5		1	1	1
0240	Magby	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		25	25	10	10^BW 8^B2W2	8	8		8	8	8
0244	Entei	No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	−		1	1	1
0324	Torkoal	Field		Field			14	20	20	20^XY 15^ORAS	15		12	12	12
0434	Stunky	Field		Field				15^DP 14^PtHGSS	14	14	13		6	6	6
0435	Skuntank	Field		Field				15^DP 14^PtHGSS	14	14	13		1	1	1
0467	Magmortar	Human-Like		Human-Like				1, 10	1, 11^BW 1, 8^B2W2	1, 8	1, 8		1	1	1
0656	Froakie	Water 1		Water 1						18	18				18
0657	Frogadier	Water 1		Water 1						20	19				19
0658	Greninja All available forms	Water 1		Water 1						20	19				19
0690	Skrelp	Water 1	Dragon						1	1		1		1
0691	Dragalge	Water 1	Dragon						1	1		1		1
0837	Rolycoly	Mineral		Mineral									1		1
0838	Carkol	Mineral		Mineral									1		1
0839	Coalossal	Mineral		Mineral									1		1
0850	Sizzlipede	Bug		Bug									1
0851	Centiskorch	Bug		Bug									1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#		Egg Groups		Egg Move
				IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
							SM USUM	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0218	Slugma	Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
0293	Whismur	Monster	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0442	Spiritomb	Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation IX

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0218		Slugma		Amorphous		Amorphous	Wild Tera Pokémon - Infernal Pass^SV^TM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Rescue Team, Explorers and Adventure Sqaud series, Smokescreen inflicts the Whiffer status condition on the enemy. Under the Whiffer status, the opposing Pokémon will always miss with any attack; even moves like Aerial Ace will miss, although the regular attack will still hit if the user has the Sure-Hit Attacker IQ skill. This move is affected by Magic Coat.

From Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon onward, Smokescreen instead decreases the target's accuracy by one stage.

Game	Base Power	Max Power	Base PP	Max PP	Base Accuracy	Max Accuracy	Range	Target	Cuts corners
MDRB	-	-	10	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	Yes
MDTD S	-	-	10	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	Yes
BSL	-	-	10	-	100%	-	Front	Enemy	Yes
SMD	-	-	20	40	70%	98%	Front	Enemy	Yes
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Rescue Team = Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. MD Time and Darkness = Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. MD Sky = Pokémon Platinum. MD Adventure Squad = Pokémon Platinum. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Smokescreen could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Smokescreen could be seen as a move used by Boss Charmeleon.

Smokescreen

Charge time	0.98 seconds
Range type	Arc (wide)
Target	Enemy
Additional effect	None

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Smokescreen is Greninja's second move. It is obtained by evolving into Frogadier at level 5 and upgrading Substitute into it instead of Double Team. The user becomes invisible, leaving behind a cloud of smoke while dashing and gaining bonus movement speed. The user's next attack is boosted and additionally deals bonus damage. The user is unstoppable while dashing. At level 13, this also increases the user's Attack by 20% for a short while after using.

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Inflicts the Whiffer status on the target, making it miss almost all of its attacks and moves.
MDTD S	Afflicts the targeted enemy with a Whiffer status condition. A Pokémon with the Whiffer status fails to deliver almost all of its moves.
BSL	てきポケモンをからぶりじょうたいにかえるからぶりじょうたいになるとこうげきやわざがほとんどあたらない
MDGtI	UNUSED
SMD	It lowers the enemy's accuracy.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Pokémon	Method
Horsea Weezing Quilava Greninja
The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink to elude its foes.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Koffing releases thick dark green smoke from the holes covering its body.
James's Koffing	Pokémon Emergency!	Debut
	Weezing releases thick gray or dark green smoke from the holes on its body or its mouths.
James's Weezing	The Flame Pokémon-athon!	None
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing	The Ultimate Test	None
	Horsea releases purple ink from its mouth.
Misty's Horsea	The Misty Mermaid	None
	Cyndaquil opens its mouth and releases thick black smoke from its mouth.
Ash's Cyndaquil	Hot Matches!	None
Dawn's Cyndaquil	Gone With the Windworks!	None
	Kingdra releases dark purple ink from its mouth.
Molly's Kingdra	Spell of the Unown: Entei	None
Christopher's Kingdra	Dueling Heroes	None
	Magby releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Anthony's Magby	You Said a Mouthful!	None
	Quilava releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Dawn's Quilava	Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!	None
	Frogadier releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Sanpei's Frogadier	A Rush of Ninja Wisdom	None
	Greninja releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Sanpei's Greninja	A Stealthy Challenge!	None
	Skuntank releases a thick black smoke from its mouth.
Jupiter's Skuntank	The Arceus Chronicles (Part 3)	None

Pokémon Evolutions

Pokémon	Method
Skuntank Weezing and Koffing
The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke or ink to elude its foes.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Skuntank releases a thick black smoke from the tip of its tail, blinding the opponent.
Jupiter's Skuntank	The Rival	Debut
	Weezing releases a cloud of gray smoke from the holes on its body.
A Trainer's Weezing	The Show	None
	Koffing releases a cloud of gray smoke from the holes on its body.
A Trainer's Koffing	The Show	None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Pokémon	Method
The smoke
The user releases a thick cloud of smoke.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Magmortar shoots a thick black cloud of smoke from its cannons.
Rocco's Magmortar	Challenge From A Rival	Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Greninja Horsea Cyndaquil Seadra
The user releases a thick cloud of smoke that covers the battlefield.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Horsea releases a thick black smoke from its mouth that covers the battlefield.
Green's Horsea	Zap! Zap! Zapdos!	Debut
	Cyndaquil releases a stream of thick white smoke from its back that covers the battlefield.
Gold's Exbo	Totodile Rock	None
	Seadra creates white smoke that covers the battlefield.
Ryu's Seadra	Debonaire Dragonair	None
	Greninja releases a stream of thick white smoke from its body that covers the battlefield.
Y's Croaky	Charizard Transforms	None

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Pokémon	Method
Cyndaquil
The user releases an obscuring cloud of smoke.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Cyndaquil releases smoke from the spots on its back.
Chris's Cyndaquil	Escape From The Mystery Forest!	Debut

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

Pokémon	Method
Koffing Charizard
The area is covered with a thick cloud of smoke.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Koffing covers the area with smoke.
Ken's Koffing	Battle in the Smokescreen	Debut
	Charizard opens its mouth and covers the area with smoke.
Nagi's Charizard	A Grand, Mid-air Battle with a Rival!	None

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team

Pokémon	Method
Koffing
The users covers the whole area with a thick cloud of smoke.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Koffing releases smoke from the holes on its body and covers the whole area with it.
Koffing of Team Skull	BET1	Debut

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Pokémon	Method
Cyndaquil
The user covers the battlefield with a thick cloud of smoke.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Cyndaquil releases smoke from its backside.
Gold's Cyndaquil	Hatch the Pokémon Egg!!	Debut

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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	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

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	煙幕 Yīnmohk
Chinese	Mandarin	煙幕 / 烟幕 Yānmù
Czech		Kouřová clona
Danish		Røgslør
Dutch		Rookgordijn
Finnish		Savuverho
French		Brouillard
German		Rauchwolke
Greek		Καπνογόνο Kapnogóno
Indonesian		Asap Hitam Asap Tebal Kabut Hitam
Italian		Muro di Fumo
Korean		연막 Yeonmak
Norwegian		Røykteppe
Polish		Ściana Dymu* Zasłona Dymna*
Portuguese	Brazil	Cortina de Fumaça (games, animated series, TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Tela de Fumaça (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portuguese	Portugal	Cortina de Fumo
Serbian		Dimna zavesa
Spanish	Latin America	Pantalla Humo (Arceus Chronicles) Pantalla de Humo (EP006–XY052) Cortina de Humo* (EP040, EP053, EP182–EP243) Humo Negro (EP033)
Spanish	Spain	Pantalla de Humo^VI+ Pantallahumo^I–V
Swedish		Rökridå
Vietnamese		Màn Khói

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