Psychic · Special move · Gen 1
Confusion
Confusion is a Psychic-type special move introduced in Generation 1. It has 50 base power and 100% accuracy, with 25 PP (40 with PP Max). 126 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Psychic
Category
Special
Power
50
Accuracy
100%
PP
25 (max 40)
Priority
0
Effect
10% chance to confuse the target. Has a 10% chance to confuse the target.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (71 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (44 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Psychic attack
2× vsFightingPoison
½× vsPsychicSteel
0× vsDark
Pokémon that learn Confusion
126 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison | 3–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 8 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Bug/Poison | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Fighting/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | ||
| Water | 3–7 | ||||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Bug/Grass | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Ground | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Steel | 4–7 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 4–7 | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Dark | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic/Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Psychic | 8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Fairy | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | ✓ | 4–8 | |||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ||||
| Psychic/Grass | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Bug/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Confusion FAQ
What does Confusion do?
Confusion is a Psychic-type special move with 50 power. Has a 10% chance to confuse the target.
Which Pokémon can learn Confusion?
126 Pokémon and forms can learn Confusion in at least one game: 71 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 44 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Butterfree, Nidoran-M and Nidorino.
Is Confusion in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Confusion in Pokémon Champions.
What is Confusion super effective against?
As a Psychic-type attack, Confusion is super effective against Fighting and Poison, not very effective against Psychic and Steel and has no effect on Dark (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.