Move profile

Knock Off Pokemon Move

Debut: Generation III

Dark

Power

Accuracy

100

Priority

Battle context

Damage class

Physical

Target

Selected Pokemon

Flavor text

Knocks down the foe’s held item to prevent its use.

Effect

Target drops its held item.

Move mechanics

Introduced in Generation III.

How to get Knock Off

Knock Off learnset by level-up, egg move, tutor, and TM sources. Sampled 48 of 370 official learners — compare fan favorites before committing a move slot.

Level up · 5 species in sample

Absol · Lv 10 Banette · Lv 46 Banette Mega · Lv 1 Bellsprout · Lv 27 Bombirdier · Lv 53

Machine availability

TM, TR, and HM item links by version group — open the held item profile for shop and battle context.

Version group	Item
Scarlet Violet	Tm181
The Indigo Disk	Tm181
The Teal Mask	Tm181

Species that learn it

370 Pokémon can learn Knock Off in the official dataset. Sample profiles below — compare fan favorites before you slot this move on a team.

Abra Absol Absol Mega Accelgor Aipom Alakazam Alakazam Mega Alomomola Ambipom Anorith Arbok Archen Archeops Ariados Armaldo Audino Audino Mega Azelf Azumarill Azurill Banette Banette Mega Bayleef Beedrill

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