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Taunt

Dark · Status · 41 Pokémon in Reg M-B
Dark
Taunt
TypeDark
CategoryStatus
Base power—
Accuracy100%
PP20
Priority0
PokémonTypes Its usageCarries it
Kingambit 47.2% 0% Incineroar 33.6% 2.3% Whimsicott 23.5% 1.6% Mega Aerodactyl 10.0% 1.7% Mega Froslass 7.7% 8.1% Maushold 5.5% 19.4% Lycanroc-Dusk 2.7% 0.3% Annihilape 2.4% 11.8% Corviknight 2.3% 2.7% Sableye 2.1% 5.8% Talonflame 2.1% 11.2% Tsareena 1.3% 23.4% Mega Pyroar 1.2% 3.1% Mimikyu 0.84% 4% Weavile 0.81% 13.2% Zoroark-Hisui 0.81% 32.2% Vanilluxe 0.74% 2.4% Umbreon 0.50% 15.9% Oranguru 0.44% 6.9% Mega Banette 0.32% 7.4% Gengar 0.30% 26.8% Decidueye-Hisui 0.25% 10.9% Liepard 0.17% 10% Krookodile 0.17% 10.3%

What it does

Prevents the target from using non-damaging moves for its next three turns. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune.

Who carrys it

41 of the 277 Pokémon measured on the Regulation M-B ladder carry Taunt. The one that matters most is Kingambit, which is on 47.2% of teams and carrys it on 0% 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, Knock Off, Foul Play and others.

Who could and does not

83 Pokémon legal in this regulation can learn Taunt at all, against the 41 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 Sneasler, Grimmsnarl, Kommo-o, Tyranitar, Ceruledge and Meowscarada — each of them measured on the ladder, each of them leaving this move on the shelf.

How concentrated it is

Across the ladder, Taunt accounts for an expected 0.05 of the six slots on an average team, which makes it the 77th most-brought of the 121 moves this format runs. 0% of that comes from Kingambit alone, so it is spread across the field rather than propped up by one Pokémon. Its carriers are mostly Dark (10), Flying (8) and Ghost (7).

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 Kingambit seated — Kingambit brings Taunt to more teams than any of the other 40 Pokémon that carry it.

More

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