Essentials

Spotlight

Normal status

Generation 7

Summary

Forces the target's opponents to aim at the target for the rest of the turn.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark 1
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 1
  • Fire 1
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 0
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison 1
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock ½
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
— (no damage)
Accuracy
— (cannot miss)
PP
15, up to 24 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
3 (fast)

Machines

Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

For the duration of the turn, if the target is also a valid target for a move used by one of its opponents, that move will target it instead.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

The user shines a spotlight on the target so that only the target will be attacked during the turn.

Foreign Names

Japanese
スポットライト (supottoraito)
スポットライト
Korean
스포트라이트
Chinese
聚光燈
聚光灯
French
Projecteur
German
Rampenlicht
Spanish
Foco
Italian
Riflettore

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Spotlight.

Pokémon

Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
Clefairy Fairy Cute Charm
Magic Guard
Friend Guard
¼ male, ¾ female Fairy 70 45 48 60 65 35 323
Clefable Fairy Cute Charm
Magic Guard
Unaware
¼ male, ¾ female Fairy 95 70 73 95 90 60 483
Starmie Water Psychic Illuminate
Natural Cure
Analytic
genderless Water 3 60 75 85 100 85 115 520
Lanturn Water Electric Volt Absorb
Illuminate
Water Absorb
½ male, ½ female Water 2 125 58 58 76 76 67 460
46 46 Morelull Grass Fairy Illuminate
Effect Spore
Rain Dish
½ male, ½ female Grass 40 35 55 65 75 15 285
53 53 Shiinotic Grass Fairy Illuminate
Effect Spore
Rain Dish
½ male, ½ female Grass 60 45 80 90 100 30 405
Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
• • Spinda Normal Own Tempo
Tangled Feet
Contrary
½ male, ½ female Field
Human-Like
60 60 60 60 60 60 360

7 Pokémon

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