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Assist (Japanese: ねこのて Cat's Paw) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation IV, it was the signature move of Skitty.

Effect

Generation III

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Reason: Can it call moves from an ally (and allied inactive Pokémon) in a Multi Battle in Generation III? What are the effects of Choice items on Assist?

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Assist randomly selects an eligible move from all of the moves known by other Pokémon in the user's party allies (including fainted Pokémon) and executes it. If no other Pokémon in the user's party know eligible moves, Assist fails. Assist can call a move even if that move is disabled for the user.

Generation IV

Assist cannot call a move from an allied Pokémon belonging to a different trainer in a Multi Battle.

Generation V

Assist can use moves known by unhatched Eggs in the party. In a wild Double Battle, a wild Pokémon that uses Assist can use a move the other wild Pokémon knows.

Generation VI to VII

Assist can no longer use moves known by unhatched Eggs in the party.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Assist, and if the called move is a damaging move, it will turn the called move into its respective Z-Move. If the called move is a status move, Z-Assist will merely execute that move without any additional effects.

Generation VIII

Assist cannot be selected in a battle.

Uncallable moves

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Reason: Whether Shadow moves are callable

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Assist cannot call any of the following moves marked with a ✓:

Description

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# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with 052 Meowth

Field Field Pokémon Center Meowth Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.

Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.





In other games

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Reason: Uncallable moves (if any).

Assist will call a move known by Pokémon on the floor, including the user, or itself. If Assist calls itself, the move fails.

Description

Games Description MD R B Makes the user randomly use one move out of all the moves of the Pokémon on the floor. MD T D S Causes the user to unleash a random move drawn from all the moves that all Pokémon on the floor know. B S L フロアすべての ポケモンのわざから どれかひとつの わざを くりだす MD GtI It causes you to unleash a random move from all the moves that your teammates on the floor know. S MD It enables you to use one of the moves known by your teammates. *

It causes you to unleash a random move from all the moves known by your teammates on the floor. *

In the anime

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

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). The move called by Assist still has to undergo accuracy and evasion checks as normal, however.

The Japanese name for this move, ねこのて Neko no Te (Cat's Paw), is likely a reference to the saying 猫の手も借りたい neko no te mo karitai, which translates to "I would even like to borrow a cat's hands" ("I would even like a cat to assist me"), which means "I need all the help I can get". This is reflected by the way the move works, and that many feline Pokémon are capable of learning it.

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