Sucker Punch (Pokémon Move)

Sucker Punch Effect

Effect

This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.

In-Depth Effect

Inflicts regular damage. If the target has not selected a damaging move this turn, or if the target has already acted this turn, this move will fail. This move is not affected by iron fist.

Sucker Punch Move Data

Type	Dark
Category	Physical
Introduced in	Generation 4
Power Points (PP)	5
Base Power	70
Accuracy	100
Speed Priority	1
Target	Selected Pokémon One other Pokémon on the field, selected by the trainer.

Game Descriptions

Diamond Pearl	This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the foe is not readying an attack, however.
Platinum	This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the foe is not readying an attack, however.
HeartGold SoulSilver	This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the foe is not readying an attack, however.
Black White	This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the target is not readying an attack, however.
Black 2 White 2	This move enables the user to attack first. It fails if the target is not readying an attack, however.
X Y	This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
Sun Moon	This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
Sword Shield	This move enables the user to attack first. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.

Pokémon that Learn Sucker Punch by Leveling Up

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group	Level
#25	Rattata	Normal	Field	24
#27	Raticate	Normal	Field	34
#33	Arbok	Poison	FieldDragon	1
#84	Diglett	Ground	Field	20
#86	Dugtrio	Ground	Field	20
#112	Victreebel	Grass Poison	Grass	1
#147	Gastly	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	32
#148	Haunter	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	36
#149	Gengar	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	36
#184	Kangaskhan	Normal	Monster	28
#194	Mr Mime	Psychic Fairy	Human-Like	40
#258	Sentret	Normal	Field	31
#259	Furret	Normal	Field	36
#264	Spinarak	Bug Poison	Bug	26
#265	Ariados	Bug Poison	Bug	28
#281	Sudowoodo	Rock	Mineral	28
#293	Murkrow	Dark Flying	Flying	55
#170	Hitmontop	Fighting	Human-Like	24
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field	43
#360	Mightyena	Dark	Field	52
#373	Seedot	Grass	FieldGrass	30
#374	Nuzleaf	Grass Dark	FieldGrass	50
#375	Shiftry	Grass Dark	FieldGrass	1
#407	Mawile	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy	20
#439	Spinda	Normal	FieldHuman-Like	28
#443	Cacnea	Grass	GrassHuman-Like	34
#444	Cacturne	Grass Dark	GrassHuman-Like	35
#468	Kecleon	Normal	Field	46
#469	Shuppet	Ghost	Amorphous	38
#470	Banette	Ghost	Amorphous	40
#478	Absol	Dark	Field	40
#488	Huntail	Water	Water 1	23
#542	Wormadam Plant	Bug Grass	Bug	1
#294	Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Flying	1
#560	Glameow	Normal	Field	41
#562	Stunky	Poison Dark	Field	30
#563	Skuntank	Poison Dark	Field	30
#280	Bonsly	Rock	No Eggs Discovered	28
#193	Mime Jr	Psychic Fairy	No Eggs Discovered	40
#567	Spiritomb	Ghost Dark	Amorphous	35
#579	Croagunk	Poison Fighting	Human-Like	24
#580	Toxicroak	Poison Fighting	Human-Like	24
#624	Purrloin	Dark	Field	28
#625	Liepard	Dark	Field	34
#677	Maractus	Grass	Grass	16
#717	Joltik	Bug Electric	Bug	28
#718	Galvantula	Bug Electric	Bug	28
#740	Stunfisk	Ground Electric	Water 1Amorphous	25
#809	Furfrou	Normal	Field	42
#811	Meowstic Male	Psychic	Field	24
#857	Yveltal	Dark Flying	No Eggs Discovered	20
#868	Rowlet	Grass Flying	Flying	27
#869	Dartrix	Grass Flying	Flying	35
#870	Decidueye	Grass Ghost	Flying	37
#898	Lycanroc Midday	Rock	Field	1
#927	Golisopod	Bug Water	BugWater 3	24
#947	Komala	Normal	Field	31
#983	Marshadow	Fighting Ghost	No Eggs Discovered	45
#997	Sobble	Water	Water 1Field	20
#998	Drizzile	Water	Water 1Field	24
#999	Inteleon	Water	Water 1Field	24
#1008	Nickit	Dark	Field	24
#1009	Thievul	Dark	Field	28
#1038	Sinistea	Ghost	MineralAmorphous	24
#1039	Polteageist	Ghost	MineralAmorphous	24
#1043	Impidimp	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	24
#1044	Morgrem	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	24
#1045	Grimmsnarl	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	24
#1050	Mr Rime	Ice Psychic	Human-Like	40
#1074	Dragapult	Dragon Ghost	AmorphousDragon	1
#1082	Urshifu Single Strike	Fighting Dark	No Eggs Discovered	1
#543	Wormadam Sandy	Bug Ground	Bug	1
#544	Wormadam Trash	Bug Steel	Bug	1
#812	Meowstic Female	Psychic	Field	24
#150	Gengar Mega	Ghost Poison	Amorphous	19
#185	Kangaskhan Mega	Normal	Monster	50
#408	Mawile Mega	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy	37
#471	Banette Mega	Ghost	Amorphous	40
#479	Absol Mega	Dark	Field	45
#26	Rattata Alola	Dark Normal	Field	24
#28	Raticate Alola	Dark Normal	Field	34
#29	Raticate Totem Alola	Dark Normal	Field	29
#85	Diglett Alola	Ground Steel	Field	20
#87	Dugtrio Alola	Ground Steel	Field	20
#900	Lycanroc Dusk	Rock	Field	1
#195	Mr Mime Galar	Ice Psychic	Human-Like	40
#241	Moltres Galar	Dark Flying	No Eggs Discovered	30
#741	Stunfisk Galar	Ground Steel	Water 1Amorphous	25

Pokémon that Learn Sucker Punch by Move Tutor

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#25	Rattata	Normal	Field
#27	Raticate	Normal	Field
#60	Nidoran M	Poison	MonsterField
#61	Nidorino	Poison	MonsterField
#62	Nidoking	Poison Ground	MonsterField
#84	Diglett	Ground	Field
#86	Dugtrio	Ground	Field
#110	Bellsprout	Grass Poison	Grass
#111	Weepinbell	Grass Poison	Grass
#112	Victreebel	Grass Poison	Grass
#115	Geodude	Rock Ground	Mineral
#117	Graveler	Rock Ground	Mineral
#119	Golem	Rock Ground	Mineral
#147	Gastly	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#148	Haunter	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#149	Gengar	Ghost Poison	Amorphous
#158	Voltorb	Electric	Mineral
#159	Electrode	Electric	Mineral
#168	Hitmonlee	Fighting	Human-Like
#184	Kangaskhan	Normal	Monster
#248	Mew	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#258	Sentret	Normal	Field
#259	Furret	Normal	Field
#264	Spinarak	Bug Poison	Bug
#265	Ariados	Bug Poison	Bug
#266	Chinchou	Water Electric	Water 2
#267	Lanturn	Water Electric	Water 2
#271	Natu	Psychic Flying	Flying
#272	Xatu	Psychic Flying	Flying
#281	Sudowoodo	Rock	Mineral
#221	Umbreon	Dark	Field
#293	Murkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#295	Misdreavus	Ghost	Amorphous
#300	Girafarig	Normal Psychic	Field
#321	Corsola	Water Rock	Water 1Water 3
#329	Houndour	Dark Fire	Field
#330	Houndoom	Dark Fire	Field
#334	Stantler	Normal	Field
#170	Hitmontop	Fighting	Human-Like
#346	Celebi	Psychic Grass	No Eggs Discovered
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field
#360	Mightyena	Dark	Field
#375	Shiftry	Grass Dark	FieldGrass
#390	Slakoth	Normal	Field
#391	Vigoroth	Normal	Field
#392	Slaking	Normal	Field
#395	Shedinja	Bug Ghost	Mineral
#403	Skitty	Normal	FieldFairy
#404	Delcatty	Normal	FieldFairy
#405	Sableye	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#407	Mawile	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#439	Spinda	Normal	FieldHuman-Like
#443	Cacnea	Grass	GrassHuman-Like
#444	Cacturne	Grass Dark	GrassHuman-Like
#449	Seviper	Poison	FieldDragon
#468	Kecleon	Normal	Field
#469	Shuppet	Ghost	Amorphous
#470	Banette	Ghost	Amorphous
#472	Duskull	Ghost	Amorphous
#473	Dusclops	Ghost	Amorphous
#478	Absol	Dark	Field
#488	Huntail	Water	Water 1
#503	Latias	Dragon Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#542	Wormadam Plant	Bug Grass	Bug
#555	Drifloon	Ghost Flying	Amorphous
#556	Drifblim	Ghost Flying	Amorphous
#296	Mismagius	Ghost	Amorphous
#294	Honchkrow	Dark Flying	Flying
#560	Glameow	Normal	Field
#561	Purugly	Normal	Field
#562	Stunky	Poison Dark	Field
#563	Skuntank	Poison Dark	Field
#280	Bonsly	Rock	No Eggs Discovered
#567	Spiritomb	Ghost Dark	Amorphous
#579	Croagunk	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#580	Toxicroak	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#474	Dusknoir	Ghost	Amorphous
#483	Froslass	Ice Ghost	FairyMineral
#587	Rotom	Electric Ghost	Amorphous
#605	Darkrai	Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#543	Wormadam Sandy	Bug Ground	Bug
#544	Wormadam Trash	Bug Steel	Bug
#588	Rotom Heat	Electric Fire	Amorphous
#589	Rotom Wash	Electric Water	Amorphous
#590	Rotom Frost	Electric Ice	Amorphous
#591	Rotom Fan	Electric Flying	Amorphous
#592	Rotom Mow	Electric Grass	Amorphous

Pokémon that Learn Sucker Punch by Breeding

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#32	Ekans	Poison	FieldDragon
#60	Nidoran M	Poison	MonsterField
#271	Natu	Psychic Flying	Flying
#295	Misdreavus	Ghost	Amorphous
#329	Houndour	Dark Fire	Field
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field
#403	Skitty	Normal	FieldFairy
#405	Sableye	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#407	Mawile	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#478	Absol	Dark	Field
#613	Tepig	Fire	Field
#692	Zorua	Dark	Field
#744	Druddigon	Dragon	MonsterDragon
#747	Pawniard	Dark Steel	Human-Like
#754	Heatmor	Fire	Field
#842	Phantump	Ghost Grass	GrassAmorphous
#896	Rockruff	Rock	Field
#994	Scorbunny	Fire	FieldHuman-Like
#1021	Applin	Grass Dragon	GrassDragon
#1036	Clobbopus	Fighting	Water 1Human-Like
#1055	Pincurchin	Electric	Water 1Amorphous
#1072	Dreepy	Dragon Ghost	AmorphousDragon
#408	Mawile Mega	Steel Fairy	FieldFairy
#479	Absol Mega	Dark	Field
#406	Sableye Mega	Dark Ghost	Human-Like
#897	Rockruff Own Tempo	Rock	Field

Available

Red Blue	No
Yellow	No
Ruby Sapphire	No
Emerald	No
FireRed LeafGreen	No
Diamond Pearl	Yes
Platinum	Yes
HeartGold SoulSilver	Yes
Black White	Yes
Black 2 White 2	Yes
X Y	Yes
Sun Moon	Yes
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Yes
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	Yes
Sword Shield	Yes