Change your preferences here. Captivate
DescriptionIf the target is of the opposite gender to the user, the target's Special Attack stat is lowered by two stages. Will fail if either Pokemon is genderless, or if the target has the ability Oblivious. Competitive UseUsing Captivate competitively is certainly not recommended; the attack is neither reliable nor rewarding. Though the majority of Pokemon used on simulators are male, and as such Captivate may succeed more often than not when used by a female Pokemon, the move will still fail against the common genderless Pokemon, as well as against opponents who take care to use female Pokemon to prevent such a situation from occurring. Also, as previously mentioned, this attack is not especially effective even when it succeeds, since the opponent can simply switch out, negating the Special Attack drops. Related MovesAttract is similar in that it affects foes of the opposite gender, but instead prevents them from attacking 50% of the time. |
