TECHNIQUE DEX - SNATCH

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The following moves can be Snatched while battling in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen.

The following moves can be Snatched while battling in Diamond and Pearl.

Move	Effect	Damage	Type	PP	Power	Acc
Acid Armor	Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.		Poison	40	N/A	N/A
Acupressure	One of the user's stats, including Accuracy or Evasion, is randomly selected and boosted by 2 stages. User can also select its partner in 2v2 battles to randomly boost one of its stats.		Normal	30	N/A	N/A
Agility	Raises the user's Speed by 2 stages.		Psychic	30	N/A	N/A
Amnesia	Raises the user's Special Defense by 2 stages.		Psychic	20	N/A	N/A
Aromatherapy	Every Pokemon in the user's party is cured of status conditions.		Grass	5	N/A	N/A
Barrier	Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.		Psychic	30	N/A	N/A
Belly Drum	The user maximizes its Attack but sacrifices 50% of its max HP.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Bulk Up	Raises the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage each.		Fighting	20	N/A	N/A
Calm Mind	Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense by 1 stage each.		Psychic	20	N/A	N/A
Camouflage	The user's type changes according to the current terrain. It becomes Grass-type in tall grass and very tall grass (as well as in puddles), Water-type while surfing on any body of water, Rock-type while inside any caves or on any rocky terrain, Ground-type on beach sand, desert sand and dirt roads, Ice-type in snow, and Normal-type everywhere else. The user will always become Normal-type during Wi-Fi battles. In Pokemon Battle Revolution, the user becomes Normal-type at Courtyard, Main Street and Neon, Grass-type at Sunny Park and Waterfall, Water-type at Gateway, Rock-type at Crystal, Magma and Stargazer and Ground-type at Sunset.		Normal	20	N/A	N/A
Charge	Doubles the power of the user's Electric attacks on the next turn and increases the user's Special Defense by 1 stage.		Electric	20	N/A	N/A
Cosmic Power	Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage each.		Psychic	20	N/A	N/A
Defend Order	Raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage each.		Bug	10	N/A	N/A
Defense Curl	Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage; after one use of this move, the user's starting base power is doubled for every use of Rollout or Ice Ball.		Normal	40	N/A	N/A
Double Team	Raises the user's Evasion by 1 stage.		Normal	15	N/A	N/A
Dragon Dance	Raises the user's Attack and Speed by 1 stage each.		Dragon	20	N/A	N/A
Focus Energy	Raises the user's chance for a Critical Hit by two domains.		Normal	30	N/A	N/A
Growth	Raises the user's Special Attack by 1 stage.		Normal	40	N/A	N/A
Harden	Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage.		Normal	30	N/A	N/A
Heal Bell	Every Pokemon in the user's party is cured of status conditions. Allied Pokemon who have Soundproof are not affected.		Normal	5	N/A	N/A
Heal Order	Restores 1/2 of the user's max HP.		Bug	10	N/A	N/A
Howl	Raises the user's Attack by 1 stage.		Normal	40	N/A	N/A
Ingrain	The user recovers 1/16 of its max HP after each turn, but it cannot be switched out or forced to switch out. If a Flying-type Pokemon or a Pokemon with Levitate comes under the effect of Ingrain, it will no longer have immunity from Ground-type attacks.		Grass	20	N/A	N/A
Iron Defense	Raises the user's Defense by 2 stages.		Steel	15	N/A	N/A
Light Screen	All Pokemon in the user's party receive 1/2 damage from Special attacks for 5 turns. Light Screen will be removed from the user's field if an opponent's Pokemon uses Brick Break. It will also last for eight turns if its user is holding Light Clay. In double battles, both Pokemon are shielded, but damage protection is reduced from 1/2 to 1/3.		Psychic	30	N/A	N/A
Meditate	Raises the user's Attack by 1 stage.		Psychic	40	N/A	N/A
Milk Drink	Restores 1/2 of the user's max HP.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Minimize	Raises the user's Evasion by 1 stage; however, Stomp retains its normal accuracy and gains doubled power against Minimized Pokemon.		Normal	20	N/A	N/A
Mist	Protects every Pokemon on the user's team from negative stat modifiers caused by other Pokemon (including teammates), but not by itself, for five turns. The team's Accuracy and Evasion stats are also protected. Moves that cause negative stat modifiers as a secondary effect, such as Psychic, still deal their regular damage.		Ice	30	N/A	N/A
Moonlight	Restores a fraction of the user's max HP depending on the weather: 2/3 during Sunny Day, 1/2 during regular weather and 1/4 during Rain Dance, Hail and Sandstorm.		Normal	5	N/A	N/A
Morning Sun	Restores a fraction of the user's max HP depending on the weather: 2/3 during Sunny Day, 1/2 during regular weather and 1/4 during Rain Dance, Hail and Sandstorm.		Normal	5	N/A	N/A
Nasty Plot	Raises the user's Special Attack by 2 stages.		Dark	20	N/A	N/A
Psych Up	The user copies all six of the target's current stat modifiers.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Recover	Restores 1/2 of the user's max HP.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Reflect	All Pokemon in the user's party receive 1/2 damage from Physical attacks for 5 turns. Reflect will be removed from the user's field if an opponent's Pokemon uses Brick Break. It will also last for eight turns if its user is holding Light Clay. In double battles, both Pokemon are shielded, but damage protection is reduced from 1/2 to 1/3.		Psychic	20	N/A	N/A
Refresh	The user recovers from burn, poison and paralysis.		Normal	20	N/A	N/A
Rest	The user is cured of status effects (and confusion), and recovers full HP, but falls asleep for 2 turns. Pokemon who have Early Bird will wake up one turn early.		Psychic	10	N/A	N/A
Rock Polish	Raises the user's Speed by 2 stages.		Rock	20	N/A	N/A
Roost	The user recovers 1/2 of its max HP; if it is a Flying-type Pokemon, it also loses its Flying-type classification until the start of the next turn.		Flying	10	N/A	N/A
Safeguard	Protects the user's entire team from status conditions for five turns.		Normal	25	N/A	N/A
Sharpen	Raises the user's Attack by 1 stage.		Normal	30	N/A	N/A
Slack Off	Restores 1/2 of the user's max HP.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Softboiled	Restores 1/2 of the user's max HP.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Stockpile	Can be used up to three times to power Spit Up or Swallow. Also raises the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage each. Stockpiles and the defensive boosts are lost when these Swallow or Spit Up is used or the user switches out. However, the boosts can be Baton Passed.		Normal	20	N/A	N/A
Substitute	The user takes one-fourth of its maximum HP to create a substitute; this move fails if the user does not have enough HP for this. Until the substitute is broken, it receives damage from all attacks made by other Pokemon and shields the user from status effects and stat modifiers caused by other Pokemon. The user is still affected by Tickle, Hail, Sandstorm and Attract from behind its Substitute. If a Substitute breaks from a hit during a multistrike move such as Fury Attack, the user takes damage from the remaining strikes.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Swallow	This move only works if the user has at least one Stockpile. Restores 1/4 of user's max HP with one Stockpile, 1/2 of user's max HP with two Stockpiles and fully restores the user's HP with three Stockpiles.		Normal	10	N/A	N/A
Swords Dance	Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages.		Normal	30	N/A	N/A
Synthesis	Restores a fraction of the user's max HP depending on the weather: 2/3 during Sunny Day, 1/2 during regular weather and 1/4 during Rain Dance, Hail and Sandstorm.		Grass	5	N/A	N/A
Tail Glow	Raises the user's Special Attack by 2 stages.		Bug	20	N/A	N/A
Tailwind	Speed is doubled for every Pokemon on the user's team for three turns; the turn used to perform Tailwind is included in this total, as are any turns used to switch around Pokemon.		Flying	30	N/A	N/A
Withdraw	Raises the user's Defense by 1 stage.		Water	40	N/A	N/A