Knock Off (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

Knock Off (Japanese: はたきおとす Knock Off) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation III. It is TM181 in Generation IX.

Effect

Knock Off inflicts damage, and knocks off the target's held item if it has one.

If an Exp. Share or Lucky Egg was knocked off, the Pokémon will still gain experience accordingly. If an Amulet Coin was knocked off, the Pokémon will still gain prize money accordingly. Knock Off can knock off Mail (unlike other item-manipulating effects, which often cannot affect Mail).

Generations III and IV

If the Pokémon's item is knocked off, that Pokémon's held item becomes unusable for the rest of the battle (even if switched out), but still remains visible on the status screen. If a Pokémon has a knocked off item, it cannot gain or lose an item: Trick and Switcheroo always fail if either Pokémon has a knocked off item, Thief and Covet cannot steal an item from a knocked off Pokémon, and Recycle always fails when used by the Pokémon.

If Knock Off triggers an item (such as a Focus Band, Focus Sash, or Colbur Berry) after the attack, that item activates before Knock Off can knock it off (in the case of the Focus Band, which is not consumed, it will be removed after its effect has activated).

Even if the user faints when using Knock Off (such as due to the target's Rough Skin or user's Life Orb), it still knocks off the target's held item.

Knock Off cannot knock off an item from Pokémon with the Sticky Hold Ability or if it hits a Pokémon's substitute. Knock Off cannot knock off any item from a Pokémon with Multitype or a Griseous Orb from any Pokémon.

Knock Off can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Fake Out was used in the previous turn.

Generation V

Knock Off now removes the held item rather than rendering it unusable; this means that the Pokémon can obtain another item if its held item is removed by Knock Off. However, Recycle still cannot recover an item removed by Knock Off.

Wild Pokémon cannot remove held items of the player's Pokémon.

If the user faints due to the target's Ability (Rough Skin or Iron Barbs) or held Rocky Helmet, it cannot remove the target's held item. However, Knock Off will still remove the target's held item if the user faints due to its own held Life Orb. If Knock Off causes a Pokémon with the Sticky Hold Ability to faint, it can now remove that Pokémon's held item.

Knock Off can now remove a held Griseous Orb from any Pokémon other than Giratina. Knock Off cannot remove a Plate if the target is Arceus (Multitype has no effect on Knock Off), and cannot remove a Drive if the target is Genesect. If those Pokémon use Knock Off on a target holding this item (whenever or not the target benefits from holding the item), the item will not be removed.

Generation VI onwards

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Knock Off's power has been increased from 20 to 65.

Knock Off cannot remove a Z-Crystal from any Pokémon, a Mega Stone or Orb if the target could use it to Mega Evolve or undergo Primal Reversion, a memory if the target is Silvally, a Rusted Sword from Zacian, a Rusted Shield from Zamazenta, or a Booster Energy from any Paradox Pokémon (excluding Koraidon and Miraidon), even if it hasn't consumed the item because its Ability triggered from the appropriate weather or terrain condition instead.

If Knock Off is used on a Pokémon that is holding an item that can be knocked off, its base power will be boosted by 50%. Knock Off cannot remove the held item of a target that has Sticky Hold or if it hits the target's substitute, but the bonus damage will apply anyway. If used on a Pokémon weak to Dark-type moves holding a Colbur Berry, the Colbur Berry will still be eaten, but Knock Off will get the damage boost regardless. If used on a Pokémon that cannot lose its held item — such as a Pokémon holding its corresponding Mega Stone — this move will not receive the boost. Additionally, the boost will also not be applied if the user of Knock Off targets a Pokémon holding an item that would not be able to be removed from it.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, when used in a Max Raid Battle, Knock Off fails completely, without even dealing damage.

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, when used in a Tera Raid Battle, Knock Off deals damage, but does not knock off the target's item.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
0066				Human-Like		−	−	−	21ORAS	21	16	16
0067				Human-Like		−	−	−	21ORAS	21	16	16
0068				Human-Like		−	−	−	21ORAS	21	16	16
0069				Grass		−	27	27	27	27		27	27
0070				Grass		−	27	27	27	29		29	29
0071				Grass		−	−	−	−	−		1	−
0083				Flying	Field	21	9	9	13	13	30	30
0083				Flying	Field						30
0088				Amorphous						29			29
0089				Amorphous						29			29
0108				Monster		18	13	13	13	13	36	36
0114				Grass		−	36	33BW 27B2W2	27	27	28	28
0207				Bug		−	12	12BW 10B2W2	10	10		10	10
0232				Field		−	10	10	10XY 19ORAS	19		19	19
0271				Water 1	Grass	−	−	−	36ORAS	36	1	1	1
0272				Water 1	Grass	−	−	−	−	−	1	1	Rem.
0296				Human-Like		28	19	19	19	19		19	19
0297				Human-Like		29	19	19	19	19		19	19
0302				Human-Like		33	29	29	29XY 26ORAS	26	27	27	27
0341				Water 1	Water 3	26RSE 25FRLG	26	26	26XY 23ORAS	23	16	16	16
0342				Water 1	Water 3	26RSE 25FRLG	26	26	26XY 23ORAS	23	16	16	16
0353				Amorphous		1	1	1	1	1		1, 42	−
0354				Amorphous		1	1	1	1	1		1, 46	Evo.
0359				Field		−	−	−	−	−	10	10
0386				No Eggs Discovered		15	25	25	25XY 19ORAS	19		19	19
0386				No Eggs Discovered		15	25	25	25XY 19ORAS	19		19	19
0386				No Eggs Discovered		15	25	25	25XY 19ORAS	19		19	19
0451				Bug	Water 3		23DP 6PtHGSS	6BW 5B2W2	5	5	24	24
0452				Bug	Water 3		23DP 1, 6PtHGSS	1, 6BW 1, 5B2W2	1, 5	1, 5	24	24
0463				Monster			13	13	13	13	36	36
0465				Grass			36	33BW 27B2W2	27	27	28	28
0472				Bug			1, 12	1, 12BW 1, 10B2W2	1, 10	1, 10		1, 10	19
0486				No Eggs Discovered			1	1	1	1	30	30	30
0570				Field				−	−	−	24		24
0570				Field									24
0571				Field				−	−	−	24		24
0571				Field									24
0629				Flying				−	−	−	24		24
0630				Flying				−	−	−	24		24
0720				No Eggs Discovered					46ORAS	46			46
0758				Monster	Dragon					−	1		1
0799				No Eggs Discovered						−	10
0810				Field	Grass						20		20
0811				Field	Grass						24		24
0812				Field	Grass						24		24
0865				Flying	Field						30
0908				Field	Grass								52
0944				Field									40
0945				Field									45
0957				Fairy									52
0958				Fairy									52
0959				Fairy									52
0962				Flying									53
0984				No Eggs Discovered									42
0990				No Eggs Discovered									42
0993				No Eggs Discovered									63
1001				No Eggs Discovered									70
1006				No Eggs Discovered									70
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM/Move Tutor

By breeding

Special move

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0766				Field		Pokémon Bank Hidden Ability Passimian
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Generation IX

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0533				Human-Like		Wild Tera Pokémon - Wistful FieldsSVTM
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Knock Off removes the target's held item. From Super Mystery Dungeon onwards, Knock Off also deals damage, doubling if the enemy is holding an item.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Description

Games Description MDRB MDTD Knocks the target's hold item to the ground. MDS Knocks the target's held item to the ground. BSL てきポケモンの どうぐを ゆかに はたきおとす MDGtI UNUSED SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy. The power goes up if the enemy has an item. It also knocks the enemy's held item to the floor near it.

In the anime

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

• A Team Magma Grunt's Shuppet was revealed to know Knock Off on the official web site, but it was never shown using the move.

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• In Generation III, an animation of the bag disappearing appears when Knock Off knocks an opponent's item.

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