Quick Attack

でんこうせっか Quick Attack

Introduced:	Generation I

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	40
Accuracy:	100%
PP:	30, max: 48
Priority:	+1
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
The next appeal can be made earlier the next turn.

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	2 ♥♥
Enables the user to perform first in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cool
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Causes the user to move earlier on the next turn.

Quick Attack (Japanese: でんこうせっか, Hepburn: Quick Attack) is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Descrption

Games	Description
GS C	Lets the user get in the first hit.
RS E	An extremely fast attack that always strikes first.
FRLG	An almost invisibly fast attack that is certain to strike first.
DP Pt HGSS	The user lunges at the foe at a speed that makes it seem almost invisible. It is sure to strike first.
BW B2W2	The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it seem almost invisible. It is sure to strike first.
XY ORAS	The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it seem almost invisible. This move always goes first.
SM USUM PE	The user hits the target at a fast speed that makes it almost invisible. The move always strike first.

Effect

In battle

Due to having a positive priority, Quick Attack will always go before moves that have neutral priority. Quick Attack does damage to the target. In a Double Battle, Quick Attack can target any Pokémon around the user. In a Triple Battle, Quick Attack can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

In the Mystery Dungeon series, the move's range extends two steps in front of the user.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	VII	VIII	IX
	Pidgey	normal/flying	12	15	13	13
	Pidgeotto	normal/flying	12	15	13	13
	Pidgeot	normal/flying	1, 12	1, 15	1, 13	1, 13
	Rattata	normal	7	7	7	4
	Raticate	normal	1, 7	1, 7	1, 7	1, 4
	Pikachu	electric	16 (RB) 11 ()	11	11	13
	Raichu	electric		1	1	1
	Vulpix	fire	16	7	13	11
	Ninetales	fire	1	1	1	1
	Ponyta	fire			1 (FRLG)
	Rapidash	fire			1 (FRLG)	1
	Doduo	normal/flying				5
	Dodrio	normal/flying				1, 5
	Scyther	bug/flying	1	1	1	1
	Electabuzz	electric	1	1	1	1
	Eevee	normal	27 (RB) 23 ()	23	23	22
	Vaporeon	water	27 (RB) 23 ()	23	23	22
	Jolteon	electric	27 (RB) 23 ()	23	23	22
	Flareon	fire	27 (RB) 23 ()	23	23	22
	Cyndaquil	fire		19	19	13
	Quilava	fire		21	21	13
	Typhlosion	fire		21	21	13
	Sentret	normal		11	7	7
	Furret	normal		1, 11	1, 7	1, 7
	Yanma	bug/flying		7	7 (RS E) 6 (FRLG)	6
	Espeon	psychic		23	23	22
	Umbreon	dark		23	23	22
	Gligar	ground/flying		20	20	16
	Scizor	bug/steel		1	1	1
	Sneasel	dark/ice		9	8	8
	Hitmontop	fighting		19	19	15
	Elekid	electric		1	1	1
	Raikou	electric		31	31	22
	Treecko	grass			11	11
	Grovyle	grass			1, 11	1, 11
	Sceptile	grass			1, 11	1, 11
	Torchic	fire			28	28
	Combusken	fire/fighting			32	32
	Blaziken	fire/fighting			32	32
	Taillow	normal/flying			8	8
	Swellow	normal/flying			1, 8	1, 8
	Wingull	water/flying			31	24
	Surskit	bug/water			7	7
	Masquerain	bug/flying			1, 7	1, 7
	Electrike	electric			17	17
	Manectric	electric			17	17
	Plusle	electric			10	7
	Minun	electric			10	7
	Volbeat	bug			17	17
	Illumise	bug			17	17
	Zangoose	normal			7	5
	Absol	dark			13	12
	Starly	normal/flying				5
	Staravia	normal/flying				1, 5
	Staraptor	normal/flying				1, 5
	Pachirisu	electric				5
	Buizel	water				3
	Floatzel	water				1, 3
	Buneary	normal				16
	Lopunny	normal				16
	Riolu	fighting				1
	Lucario	fighting/steel				1
	Weavile	dark/ice				1, 8
	Electivire	electric				1
	Yanmega	bug/flying				1, 6
	Leafeon	grass				22
	Glaceon	ice				22
	Gliscor	ground/flying				16
	Darkrai	dark				11
	Shaymin	grass/flying				28 (Pt HGSS)
	Victini	psychic/fire
	Pidove	normal/flying
	Tranquill	normal/flying
	Unfezant	normal/flying
	Blitzle	electric
	Zebstrika	electric
	Archen	rock/flying
	Archeops	rock/flying
	Emolga	electric/flying
	Accelgor	bug
	Cobalion	steel/fighting
	Terrakion	rock/fighting
	Virizion	grass/fighting
	Meloetta	normal/psychic
	Froakie	water
	Frogadier	water
	Greninja	water/dark
	Bunnelby	normal
	Diggerby	normal/ground
	Fletchling	normal/flying
	Fletchinder	fire/flying
	Talonflame	fire/flying
	Helioptile	electric/normal
	Heliolisk	electric/normal
	Sylveon	fairy
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

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Trivia

Quick Attack is often involved in the strategy that is referred to by some as F.E.A.R.
When Ash's Pidgeotto first used Quick Attack, it vaguely resembled the much later introduced Brave Bird.
Quick Attack is the only increased priority move introduced in Generation I.
Of all damage-dealing moves, Quick Attack is tied with Bouncy Bubble for most variations, with eight including itself.

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A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract

B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst

C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut

D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge

E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed

F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice

J	Judgment

K	Karate Chop

L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant

M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack

N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar

O	Odor Sleuth

P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round

S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card

U	Uproar

V	Vise Grip

W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out

Y	Yawn

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I