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Knock Off

Dark · Physical · 35 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Dark
Knock Off
TypeDark
CategoryPhysical
Base power65
Accuracy100%
PP20
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Mega Tyranitar 7.6% 95.8% Mega Swampert 7.2% 2.1% Mega Mawile 3.3% 1.2% Meowscarada 2.1% 81.4% Scizor 1.8% 5.5% Mega Blaziken 1.5% 0.9% Tsareena 1.3% 4.7% Mamoswine 1.1% 4.9% Mega Scrafty 1.1% 94.1% Weavile 0.81% 77.4% Azumarill 0.77% 3.3% Mega Raichu X 0.66% 8.9% Gallade 0.59% 1.8% Samurott-Hisui 0.57% 2.5% Tinkaton 0.56% 6.3% Gliscor 0.43% 4.1% Mega Malamar 0.38% 71.1% Decidueye-Hisui 0.25% 24.7% Mega Falinks 0.24% 15.6% Conkeldurr 0.22% 72.8% Mega Golurk 0.20% 6.3% Mega Crabominable 0.18% 6.8% Liepard 0.17% 32.2% Krookodile 0.17% 86.5%

What it does

This move's power is multiplied by 1.5 if the target is holding an item, and the target loses its held item if the user has not fainted. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. This move does not increase in power or remove the target's item if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability.

At 65 base power it is the 27th strongest of the 39 damaging physical moves that appear in this format.

Who carrys it

35 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Knock Off. The one that matters most is Mega Tyranitar, which is on 7.6% of teams and carrys it on 95.8% of its sets. The full list is above, ordered by how much of the format each one is.

What it hits

As a Dark move it is super effective against Ghost and Psychic, resisted by Dark, Fairy and Fighting. 8 other Dark moves appear in this format: Sucker Punch, Throat Chop, Nasty Plot, Dark Pulse, Taunt, Foul Play and others.

Who could and does not

80 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Knock Off at all, against the 35 that actually bring it. The gap is the interesting number: it is the set of Pokémon that have the option and decline it. The most-played of those are Incineroar, Whimsicott, Venusaur, Pelipper, Toxapex and Sableye — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Knock Off accounts for an expected 0.12 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 43rd most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 60% of that comes from Mega Tyranitar alone, so it is really one Pokémon’s move rather than the format’s. Its carriers are mostly Dark (11), Fighting (11) and Ground (5).

Where these numbers come from

Usage is Smogon's published statistics for the Regulation M-B VGC ladder, and the description is the one shipped in the Pokémon Showdown data set. Both are regenerated on every build rather than written by hand, so this page follows the format instead of trailing it. Take any of it to the team builder or the damage calculator.

Where this goes next

Build

Open the builder with Mega Tyranitar seated — Mega Tyranitar brings Knock Off to more teams than any of the other 34 Pokémon that carry it.

More

All 121 moves the format runs, ordered by how many copies an average team carries.