Lucky Chant (move)

Lucky Chant (Japanese: おまじない Good Luck Charm) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Lucky Chant
おまじない Good Luck Charm

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	30 (max. 48)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Affects the user and all allies

Availability

Introduced	Generation IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Generation IV

Lucky Chant prevents opponents from landing critical hits on the user's party for five turns, even if the move would always result in a critical hit (e.g. Frost Breath).

Generations V to VII

Lucky Chant can now be stolen by Snatch.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Lucky Chant, the user's evasiveness is raised by one stage.

Generation VIII

Lucky Chant cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSSPBR	The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing the foe from landing critical hits.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing opposing Pokémon from landing critical hits.
SM USUM PE	The user chants an incantation toward the sky, preventing opposing Pokémon from landing critical hits for five turns.
SwSh	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	28	31^BW 37^B2W2	37	37^SMUSUM
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	25	25	25^XY 23^ORAS	23^SMUSUM
044		Gloom		Grass		Grass	29	29	29^XY 24^ORAS	24^SMUSUM
177		Natu		Flying		Flying	12	12	12	12
178		Xatu		Flying		Flying	12	12	12	12
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3	28	28^BW 23^B2W2	23	23
238		Smoochum		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	28	31	31	31
280		Ralts		Human-Like	Amorphous	17	17	17^XY 14^ORAS	14
281		Kirlia		Human-Like	Amorphous	17	17	17^XY 14^ORAS	14
370		Luvdisc		Water 2		Water 2	17	17	17^XY 14^ORAS	13
385		Jirachi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				30^USUM
420		Cherubi		Fairy	Grass	40	40	40	40
421		Cherrim		Fairy	Grass	48	48	48	48
429		Mismagius		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	1	1	1
481		Mesprit		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	31	31	31	31
492		Shaymin		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	91^DP
517		Munna		Field		Field		5	5	5
518		Musharna		Field		Field		1	1	1
653		Fennekin		Field		Field			25	25
654		Braixen		Field		Field			27	28
655		Delphox		Field		Field			27	28
669		Flabébé		Fairy		Fairy			10	10
670		Floette		Fairy		Fairy			10	10
670		Floette Eternal Flower		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			10	10
671		Florges		Fairy		Fairy			1	1
801		Magearna		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				9
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
102		Exeggcute		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔
172		Pichu		Field	Fairy		✔	✔	✔
175		Togepi		Flying	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔
311		Plusle		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔
312		Minun		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔
325		Spoink		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔
351		Castform		Fairy	Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔
519		Pidove		Flying		Flying		✔	✔	✔
531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔
580		Ducklett		Water 1	Flying		✔	✔	✔
764		Comfey		Grass		Grass				✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
175		Togepi		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	Dream World - Dream Park
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Lucky Chant is a move with 22PP that ignores accuracy and evasion checks. It targets all team members in the same room giving them Lucky Chant status condition for 8-15 turns, preventing critical hits from landing on them. In hallways, this move targets Pokémon up two tiles away (or one in one-tile darkness). This move is affected by Taunt and Snatch.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD	Gives the user and team members in the room with a Lucky Chant status, which blocks the Pokémon from taking critical hits.
MDS	Gives the user and team members in the room a Lucky Chant status, which blocks the Pokémon from taking critical hits.
BSL	おなじへやのなかまポケモンとじぶんをおまじないじょうたいにかえるこうげきがきゅうしょにあたらなくなる
MDGtI	You and your teammates in the same room will get the Lucky Chant status, which blocks you from taking critical hits.
SMD	You and your teammates in the same room will get the Lucky Chant status condition, which blocks you from taking critical hits.
MDRTDX	You and your teammates in the same room will get the Lucky Chant status condition, which protects you from taking critical hits.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Mismagius recites a spell	Mismagius's gems glow	Mismagius controls the tentacles
Mysterious tentacles prevent the user from being attacked.
User	First Used In		Notes
Mismagius	Mismagius raises to its forehead one of the extensions hanging from its body and chants repeatedly. Then, the gems on Mismagius's body start to glow pink. Magical crimson tentacles emerge from them, with which Mismagius strikes the opponent.
Zoey's Mismagius	Coming Full - Festival Circle!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Clefairy

The user wags its fingers to prevent critical hits.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Clefairy	Clefairy raises its hands into the air and calls out while looking into the air as well, preventing the opponent from landing critical hits.
Rad Rickshaw's Cliff and Cliffette	Cautious Clefairy	Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

Lucky Chant ending in Battle Revolution.

Lucky Chant displays animation when it ends in Pokémon Battle Revolution.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	幸運咒語 Hahngwahn Jauyúh
Chinese	Mandarin	幸運咒語 / 幸运咒语 Xìngyùn Zhòuyǔ
Dutch		Bezwering
French		Air Veinard
German		Beschwörung
Greek		Ψαλμός Καλοτυχίας Psalmós Kalotychías
Indonesian		Mantra
Italian		Fortuncanto
Korean		주술 Jusul
Polish		Pieśń Szczęścia
Portuguese	Brazil	Golpe de Sorte
Portuguese	Portugal	Cântico da Sorte
Russian		Песня Счастья Pesnya Schast'ya
Spanish		Conjuro
Vietnamese		Bùa May Mắn

Variations of the move Safeguard

Lucky Chant • Mist • Safeguard

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