Normal · Status move · Gen 3
Odor Sleuth
Odor Sleuth is a Normal-type status move introduced in Generation 3. It never misses and has 40 PP (64 with PP Max). 54 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 Foresight or Miracle Eye.
- 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 Odor Sleuth
54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Fire | 3–7 | ||||
| Fire | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 3–7 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 3–7 | ||||
| Dark/Fire | 3–7 | ||||
| Dark/Fire | 3–7 | ||||
| Ground | 3–7 | ||||
| Ground | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5 | ||||
| Dark | 3–7 | ||||
| Dark | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Electric | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Psychic | 3–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal/Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Water | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Ice/Ground | 3–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Psychic/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Grass | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Grass | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 6–7 | ||||
| Normal/Ground | 6–7 | ||||
| Normal | 6–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 6–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 6–7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Rock | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | 3–7 |
Odor Sleuth FAQ
What does Odor Sleuth do?
Odor Sleuth 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 Foresight or Miracle Eye.
Which Pokémon can learn Odor Sleuth?
54 Pokémon and forms can learn Odor Sleuth in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Meowth, Persian, Growlithe, Arcanine, Snorlax and Mareep.
Is Odor Sleuth in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Odor Sleuth 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.