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Fake Tears

In Pokémon ChampionsGen III

Game

Pokémon Champions

DarkStatus

Lowers the target's Sp. Def by 2.

Power: –
Accuracy: 100%
Hit chance
PP: 20
Cooldown
Wind-up
Hits: One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown: 0.2% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it

Properties

See it in the games

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How it works in Champions

Lowers the target's Special Defense by 2 stages.

“The user feigns crying to fluster the target. This harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Fake Tears, 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 Fake Tears 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 Tears among their most used moves.