Delcatty
Prim Pokémon
Delcatty sleeps anywhere it wants without keeping a permanent nest. If other Pokémon approach it as it sleeps, this Pokémon will never fight—it will just move away somewhere else.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Delcatty
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Delcatty can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attract Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Baby-Doll Eyes Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Charm Lowers the target’s Attack by two stages. | Fairy | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Copycat Uses the target’s last used move. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 1 | Covet Takes the target’s item. | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Disarming Voice Never misses. | Fairy | Special | 40 | — | 15 |
| 1 | Double Slap Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 15 | 85 | 10 |
| 1 | Double-Edge User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Facade Power doubles if user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned. | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Fake Out Can only be used as the first move after the user enters battle. Causes the target to flinch. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Normal | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 |
| 1 | Growl Lowers the target’s Attack by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Heal Bell Cures the entire party of major status effects. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Play Rough Has a chance to lower the target’s Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 |
| 1 | Sing Puts the target to sleep. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 15 |
| 1 | Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
Sprites & renders
18 sprites & renders for Delcatty.






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More Normal-type Pokémon
Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
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Cite this page
“Delcatty”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/delcatty.
Species data from PokéAPI.