Knock Off

Changes over time

How Knock Off changed from game to game, newest first.

1. Champions

   … and the target loses its held dropped: item if the user has not fainted. added: item. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability … target's item if it is a dropped: Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask added: Mega Stone held by dropped: a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokémon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the dropped: user is one of those species dropped: and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokémon include every species added: that can Mega Evolve with dropped: the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. added: it. Items lost to this move cannot …

2. Gen IX

   … if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, dropped: Griseous Orb, added: Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, added: Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or dropped: Rusted Shield added: Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, added: Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, added: Zamazenta, Paradox Pokémon, or dropped: Zamazenta, added: Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is … target is holding the respective item. added: In this case, Paradox Pokémon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot …

3. Gen VIII

   … target's item if it is a dropped: Z-Crystal, a Mega Stone held by the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, Drive, added: Memory, Rusted Sword, or dropped: Memory added: Rusted Shield held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, added: Silvally, Zacian, or dropped: Silvally, added: Zamazenta, respectively, or if the user is …

4. Gen VII

   … target's item if it is a added: Z-Crystal, a Mega Stone held by the species … or a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, added: Drive, or dropped: Drive added: Memory held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, added: Genesect, or dropped: Genesect, added: Silvally, respectively, or if the user is …

5. Gen VI

   Power 20 → 65 ▲ Buffed

   dropped: If added: This move's power is multiplied by 1.5 if the dropped: user has not fainted, added: target is holding an item, and the target loses its held dropped: item. added: item if the user has not fainted. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability … not fainted. This move does not added: increase in power or remove the target's item if it is a added: Mega Stone held by the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, or Drive held by a added: Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, or Genesect, respectively, or …

6. Gen V

   Before: The target's held item is lost for the rest of the battle, unless the item is a Griseous Orb or the target has the Multitype or Sticky Hold Abilities. During the effect, the target cannot obtain a new item by any means.

   Now: If the user has not fainted, the target loses its held item. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. This move does not remove the target's item if it is a Griseous Orb, Plate, or Drive held by a Giratina, Arceus, or Genesect, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability.

7. Gen IV

   Became Physical (the physical/special split)

   … the rest of the battle, unless dropped: it added: the item is a Griseous Orb or the target has the added: Multitype or Sticky Hold dropped: Ability. added: Abilities. During the effect, the target cannot dropped: gain added: obtain a new item by any means.

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

What interacts

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

No ability or held item affected it in these games.

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

Good to know

Who runs Knock Off on Showdown

1. Mega Tyranitar97.2% of its sets
2. Tyranitar93.8% of its sets
3. Rillaboom1.9% of its sets
4. Liepard97.1% of its sets
5. Meowscarada82.7% of its sets
6. Weavile74.4% of its sets
7. Mega Scrafty91.2% of its sets
8. Mega Swampert3.3% of its sets
9. Malamar80.6% of its sets
10. Scrafty88.5% of its sets
11. Krookodile80.8% of its sets
12. Sirfetch’d12.5% 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 Knock Off among their most used moves.

Tyranitar, ladder rank #17Meowscarada, ladder rank #68Weavile, ladder rank #86Malamar, ladder rank #88Scrafty, ladder rank #112Tinkaton, ladder rank #114Krookodile, ladder rank #144Liepard, ladder rank #172Morpeko, ladder rank #179Leafeon, ladder rank #194Perrserker, ladder rank #204Pangoro, ladder rank #209Falinks, ladder rank #216Passimian, ladder rank #227Farfetch’d, ladder rank #230

Who learns Knock Off

95 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Show all 95 in Champions

VenusaurBeedrillArbokPikachuRaichuClefableMachampVictreebelGengarMeganiumAriadosAzumarillScizorHeracrossTyranitarBlazikenSwampertPelipperGardevoirSableyeMawileBanetteChimechoAbsolInfernapeEmpoleonToxicroakWeavileLeafeonGliscorMamoswineGalladeSerperiorEmboarSamurottLiepardConkeldurrKrookodileScraftyZoroarkReuniclusEelektrossGolurkChesnaughtPangoroMalamarGoodraTrevenantDecidueyeToucannonCrabominableSalazzleTsareenaOranguruPassimianFalinksMorpekoMeowscaradaQuaquavalTinkatonMega VenusaurMega GengarMega ScizorMega HeracrossMega TyranitarMega BlazikenMega GardevoirMega MawileMega BanetteMega AbsolMega SwampertMega SableyeMega GalladeMega BeedrillAlolan RaichuMidnight LycanrocHisuian SamurottHisuian ZoroarkHisuian GoodraHisuian DecidueyeMega ClefableMega VictreebelMega MeganiumMega EmboarMega ScraftyMega EelektrossMega ChesnaughtMega MalamarMega FalinksMega Raichu XMega Raichu YMega ChimechoMega Absol ZMega GolurkMega Crabominable

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