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Foresight

Foresight is a Normal-type status move introduced in Generation 2. It never misses and has 40 PP (64 with PP Max). 81 Pokémon and forms can learn it.

Type

Normal

Category

Status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

40 (max 64)

Priority

0

Effect

Fighting, Normal hit Ghost. Evasiveness ignored. As long as the target remains active, its evasiveness stat stage is ignored during accuracy checks against it if it is greater than 0, and Normal- and Fighting-type attacks can hit the target if it is a Ghost type. Fails if the target is already affected, or affected by Miracle Eye or Odor Sleuth.

Targets
One adjacent Pokémon
Scarlet & Violet
Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
Pokémon Champions
Not usable
Legends: Z-A
Not usable

Pokémon that learn Foresight

81 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.

PokémonTypeChampionsS/VZ-AGens
SquirtleWater3–7
WartortleWater3–7
BlastoiseWater3–7
PidgeyNormal/Flying3–7
PidgeottoNormal/Flying3–7
PidgeotNormal/Flying3–7
VenonatBug/Poison3–7
VenomothBug/Poison3–7
PsyduckWater3–7
GolduckWater3–7
MankeyFighting3–7
PrimeapeFighting3–7
MachopFighting3–7
MachokeFighting3–7
MachampFighting3–7
Farfetch’dNormal/Flying3–7
HitmonleeFighting3–7
HitmonchanFighting4–7
KangaskhanNormal3–7
LaprasWater/Ice3–7
KabutoRock/Water5–7
KabutopsRock/Water5–7
AerodactylRock/Flying3–7
CyndaquilFire3–7
QuilavaFire3–7
TyphlosionFire3–7
Hisuian TyphlosionFire/Ghost3–7
SentretNormal4–7
FurretNormal4–7
HoothootNormal/Flying3–7
NoctowlNormal/Flying3–7
TogepiFairy3–7
TogeticFairy/Flying3–7
MarillWater/Fairy7
AzumarillWater/Fairy7
YanmaBug/Flying3–7
GirafarigNormal/Psychic3–7
SneaselDark/Ice3–7
TyrogueFighting4–7
HitmontopFighting4–7
MudkipWater3–7
MarshtompWater/Ground3–7
SwampertWater/Ground3–7
SurskitBug/Water3–7
MasquerainBug/Flying3–7
MakuhitaFighting3–7
HariyamaFighting3–7
SkittyNormal4–7
DelcattyNormal4–7
SableyeDark/Ghost3–7
MedititeFighting/Psychic3–7
MedichamFighting/Psychic3–7
ShuppetGhost3–7
BanetteGhost3–7
DuskullGhost3–7
DusclopsGhost3–7
StarlyNormal/Flying4–7
StaraviaNormal/Flying4–7
StaraptorNormal/Flying4–7
BunearyNormal4–7
LopunnyNormal4–7
RioluFighting4–7
LucarioFighting/Steel4–7
WeavileDark/Ice3–7
TogekissFairy/Flying3–7
YanmegaBug/Flying3–7
DusknoirGhost3–7
RegigigasNormal4–7
PatratNormal5–7
WatchogNormal5–7
TimburrFighting5–7
GurdurrFighting5–7
ConkeldurrFighting5–7
LarvestaBug/Fire5–7
VolcaronaBug/Fire5–7
RowletGrass/Flying7
DartrixGrass/Flying7
DecidueyeGrass/Ghost7
Hisuian DecidueyeGrass/Fighting7
AnnihilapeFighting/Ghost3–7
FarigirafNormal/Psychic3–7

Foresight FAQ

What does Foresight do?

Foresight is a Normal-type status move. As long as the target remains active, its evasiveness stat stage is ignored during accuracy checks against it if it is greater than 0, and Normal- and Fighting-type attacks can hit the target if it is a Ghost type. Fails if the target is already affected, or affected by Miracle Eye or Odor Sleuth.

Which Pokémon can learn Foresight?

81 Pokémon and forms can learn Foresight in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Pidgey, Pidgeotto and Pidgeot.

Is Foresight in Pokémon Champions?

No, no Pokémon can use Foresight in Pokémon Champions.

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.