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| Attack Information |
| Use of Lock-On will cause only the next move used to have perfect accuracy. Detect/Protect will still cause the affected move to miss, however.
A Lock-On influenced move also does not ignore other restrictions upon it. It can still fail to be performed due to Attract, confusion, and paralysis. Other restrictions on the functioning of a move are also taken into account. For instance: The target must still be asleep for Dream Eater or Nightmare to work. Attract can not be made to work on a pokemon that is the same gender or does not have one. One-hit KO moves will still fail against opponents of a higher level. Like all other non-damaging Normal-type attacks, Lock-On affects Ghost-type pokémon, despite their immunity to Normal attacks. Lock-On is affected by Brightpowder when the opposing pokémon is equipped with it. |
| Gameboy Behavior |
| Use of the following moves will cause Lock-On itself to fail:
Dig/Fly – Lock-On will fail during the turn that the pokemon can not be hit by most moves. This restriction does not apply to a move enhanced by Lock-On Substitute – Lock-On will simply fail when it is attempted to be used against a pokemon with a Substitute up. The effects of Lock-On will “bridge” when a switch (either a normal one or via Baton Pass) is performed. What this means is that if a pokemon uses Lock-On, then is switched out for another, the first move used by the pokemon that comes in will receive the benefits of Lock-On. Also, if a pokemon that has just been hit by Lock-On switches out, the incoming pokemon will still be targeted by the Lock-On used by the opponent. |
| Stadium 2 Behavior |
| Moves that will cause Lock-On itself to fail are unchanged.
The effects of Lock-On will normally only “bridge” for the using pokemon and the pokemon that it switches to. Normally, the targeted pokemon may escape the effects of Lock-On by switching. Bridging of Lock-On to the opponent’s pokemon will still occur if the targeted pokemon switches out via Baton Pass. |
| Learned By: |
| Naturally |
| Magnemite | Magneton | Porygon |
| Remoraid | Porygon2 |
| Previous Evolution |
| Octillery |
