Memento (move)

Memento (Japanese: おきみやげ Memento) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation III.
==Effect==
===Generation III===
Memento causes the user to faint and in return lowers the and stat of the target by two stages each.
Memento bypasses checks to always hit, even if the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move.
The user will always faint even if it is blocked by a . The user will also faint even if Memento fails (such as if it is blocked by a ) or if it is unable to affect the target's stats (such as due to or ), but the user will not faint if Memento is unable to affect the target's stats due to both stats already being at -6.
===Generation IV===
Memento no longer bypasses accuracy checks, and has an accuracy of 100. The user will now faint even if Memento is unable to affect the target's stats due to both stats already being at -6 or if the move misses.
===Generation V onward===
The user will not faint if Memento fails (such as if it has no target, the move misses, or is blocked by a ), if the target is immune from being a and Memento's priority is boosted by the user's (from Generation VII onward), or if it is blocked by a . However, the user will faint if Memento is unable to affect the target's stats but still hits (such as due to or if both stats are already at -6).
Memento can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves , or was used in the prior turn.
If powered up by a Darkinium Z into Z-Memento, if a Pokémon is switched in to replace the user the same turn, that Pokémon has its HP fully restored (even if Z-Memento was not used successfully after gaining its Z-Power effect). Due to a glitch, this effect is not applied in version 1.0 of Sun and Moon.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
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==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Memento targets all enemies in the room and reduces their Attack and Sp. Atk. The move then cuts the user's HP to 1 and randomly warps the user to somewhere else on the floor (if possible). In the Rescue Team and Explorers series, the Attack and Sp. Atk are cut to ¼ of the original value, with this reduction being separate from stat stages. This characteristic is shared with and . The reduction can be applied multiple times, up to 1/128. 
From Gates to Infinity onward, Memento reduces the Attack and Sp. Atk stat by two stages instead.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
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==Trivia==
* In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it ignores accuracy and evasion checks.
* Memento is the only stat lowering status move that is not reflected by .
* This move's name (particularly its German name) is a reference to the Latin phrase , meaning "remember that you will die".
* A in Generation VII's Battle Spot caused battles to crash when Memento was used as a Z-Move. The same problem occurred with . As a result, starting in November 2016. The glitch was fixed in the version 1.1 update.
==In other languages==
Category:Moves that can lower the target's Attack
Category:Moves that can lower the target's Special Attack
Category:Moves that cause the user to faint
Category:Moves that cannot miss
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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zh:临别礼物（招式）