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Charm

In Pokémon ChampionsGen II

Game

Pokémon Champions

FairyStatus

Lowers the target's Attack by 2.

Power: –
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 20
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 0.1% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Properties

Changes over time

How Charm changed from game to game, newest first.

Gen VI
Type Normal → Fairy Changed

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

Lowers the target's Attack by 2 stages.

“The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers the target's Attack stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Charm, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

1

Prankster+1 priority, but Dark-types are immune

Blocks or weakens it

1

Magic Bouncebounces it back

Changes how it works

1

Infiltratorgoes through Substitute

Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.

Good to know

Magic Coat sends it back to the user too.

Who runs Charm on Showdown

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Charm among their most used moves.

Who learns Charm

74 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 74 in Champions

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