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Fake Out

In Pokémon ChampionsGen III

Game

Pokémon Champions

NormalPhysical

Hits first. First turn out only. 100% chance.

Power: 40
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 10
Priority: +3
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 19.3% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Changes over time

How Fake Out changed from game to game, newest first.

Champions
Has a 100% chance to make the target flinch. ~~dropped: Fails~~ added: This move cannot be selected unless it is the user's first turn on the field.

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

Has a 100% chance to make the target . This move cannot be selected unless it is the user's first turn on the field.

Makes contact

“This attack hits first and makes the target flinch. It works only on the first turn each time the user enters battle.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
Priority +3: it goes before moves of lower priority, whatever the Speed. Psychic Terrain, Dazzling, Queenly Majesty and Armor Tail block it.Priority moves
Has a secondary effect: Sheer Force boosts it and removes the effect, Serene Grace doubles the chance, and Shield Dust and Covert Cloak block it.Moves with a secondary effect

Who runs Fake Out 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 Fake Out among their most used moves.

Who learns Fake Out

33 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

All 82 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →