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Spotlight

Normalstatus

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

Pokémon that learn it
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Accuracy—
PP15
Priority+3

In-battle 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.

Pokémon that learn Spotlight

7

Grouped by National Pokédex number. Learn methods and availability vary by game; open a Pokémon to check its game-specific learnset.

Clefairy#0035Clefable#0036Starmie#0121Lanturn#0171Spinda#0327Morelull#0755Shiinotic#0756
No. 001–151 (3)
No. 152–251 (1)
No. 252–386 (1)
No. 722–809 (2)

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“Spotlight”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/moves/spotlight.

Move data from PokéAPI.