Snatch (move)

Snatch (Japanese: よこどり Snatch) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation III. It was TM49 in Generation III and Generation IV.
==Effect==
Snatch is an increased priority move. After being used, if another Pokémon (including an ally) attempts to use a beneficial status move, the user of Snatch steals the move and uses the move itself instead of the move's original user.
===Generations III and IV===
Snatch will steal the first susceptible move that is used by any other Pokémon in the same turn. If more than one Pokémon use Snatch in the same turn, the fastest Pokémon's Snatch will activate first, but the stolen move will in turn be stolen by the next fastest Pokémon's Snatch (such that only the slowest user of Snatch will receive a stolen effect in the end).
If is stolen, it will always be applied to the user of Snatch regardless of the move's original target. If is stolen, it will target the Pokémon the move was most recently stolen from.
===Generation V to VII===
Snatch no longer steals moves that were stolen by another Pokémon's Snatch on the same turn. The order in which moves are stolen is the same as the order in which Snatch was executed.
 and can no longer be stolen. All moves that can be stolen either affect only the user or affect the user's entire team.
 and can now only be stolen if they would have an effect when used by the original user (regardless of whether or not they would have an effect on the user of Snatch).
If Swallow is stolen and the user of Snatch is not under the effects of , it will nonetheless recover 25% of its max HP.
Snatch cannot steal Z-Moves, even if it could normally steal their base move.
If powered up by a Darkinium Z into Z-Snatch, the user's stat rises two stages.
===Generation VIII onwards===
Snatch cannot be selected in a battle.
===Affected moves===
The following moves can be stolen by Snatch:
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The Generation VIII moves , , , , , , and are affected by Snatch according to the moves' data. Since Snatch cannot be used in any of the Generation VIII or IX core series games, they are not included in the table.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/Move Tutor===
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation III====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon===
The user gains the status condition, allowing them to steal certain moves from any Pokémon on the floor, ally or enemy. There can be only one Pokémon on the floor with this status; another Pokémon using Snatch will remove the status from whoever currently has it. The Snatch status lasts for 4-5 / 6 turns. 
Moves that are affected by Snatch are mostly the same as in the main series. cannot be snatched unlike the main series games. Interestingly, in the Explorers series, the list of affected moves follows closely with the Generation V games (for example, cannot be snatched, while , , , and can). 
Moves that would usually affect other teammates (e.g. and ) will only affect the Pokémon with the Snatch status, even if that Pokémon was a teammate. The user will lose the Snatch status after snatching , but will regain the status after waking up.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Name 	 	Move gauge cost	MP(uses)	Base	Max	 	Target	Effect tag 	Description	Playable
Snatch	2	2 	— 	— 	—% 	An opponent	— 	Returns the target's raised stats to normal and raises the user's stats by the same amount.	 	
* Description prior to version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Returns the target's raised stats to normal and raises the user's stats by that amount.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
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==Trivia==
* In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it targets the user (thus it ignores accuracy and evasion checks).
* In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, despite the move being unusable, Fantina uses a that knows Snatch during the rematch. This was fixed in the 1.1.3 update, where Snatch was replaced with .
==In other languages==
==External links==
* Psypoke's list of moves affected by Snatch
Category:Increased priority moves
Category:Moves that can jam
Category:Moves that call other moves
Category:Moves unusable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves unusable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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