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Foul Play

In Pokémon ChampionsGen V
Game

Pokémon Champions

DarkPhysical

Uses target's Attack stat in damage calculation.

Power
95
Accuracy
100%
PP
16 Scarlet & Violet: 15
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
On Showdown
0.3% of Champions VGC Pokémon run it
Properties

Changes over time

How Foul Play changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Champions

    PP 15 → 16 Buffed

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

No clip of Foul Play here yet. Find Foul Play on YouTube →

How it works in Champions

Damage is calculated using the target's Attack stat, including stat stage changes. The user's Ability, item, and burn are used as normal.

“The user turns the target's strength against it. The higher the target's Attack stat, the greater the damage this move inflicts.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

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

Boosts it

2

Blocks or weakens it

2

Punishes the user

12

Changes how it works

4

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

Good to know

  • Uses the target's Attack instead of the user's.

Who runs Foul Play on Showdown

  1. Grimmsnarl10.3% of its sets
  2. Sableye28.2% of its sets
  3. Umbreon92.7% of its sets
  4. Alolan Persian64.3% of its sets
  5. Spiritomb44.9% of its sets
  6. Mega Sableye83.6% of its sets
  7. Thievul43.1% of its sets
  8. Oranguru8.8% of its sets
  9. Squawkabilly6.4% of its sets
  10. Liepard1.1% of its sets

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 Foul Play among their most used moves.

Umbreon, ladder rank #113Spiritomb, ladder rank #121Alolan Persian, ladder rank #182Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly, ladder rank #213Bastiodon, ladder rank #215Thievul, ladder rank #229

Who learns Foul Play

72 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 72 in Champions
NinetalesAlakazamSlowbroGengarAriadosUmbreonSlowkingHoundoomTyranitarSableyeMawileBanetteAbsolGlalieBastiodonSpiritombToxicroakWeavileRotomLiepardKrookodileScraftyZoroarkStunfiskDelphoxDiggersbyPangoroMalamarKlefkiTrevenantGourgeistSalazzleOranguruPolteageistGrimmsnarlMr. RimeMorpekoMeowscaradaEspathraTinkatonFarigirafKingambitSinistchaArchaludonHeat RotomWash RotomFrost RotomFan RotomMow RotomSmall GourgeistLarge GourgeistSuper GourgeistMega AlakazamMega GengarMega HoundoomMega TyranitarMega MawileMega BanetteMega AbsolMega SableyeMega SlowbroMega GlalieAlolan NinetalesMidnight LycanrocGalarian SlowbroGalarian SlowkingGalarian StunfiskHisuian ZoroarkMega ScraftyMega DelphoxMega MalamarMega Absol Z

All 152 Pokémon that learn it in any game → Filter the Pokédex to Champions →