Does Fairy Lock prevent switching or fleeing moves?
According to Bulbapedia and Serebii, Fairy Lock prevents all Pokemon on the field from switching or fleeing.
I've been wondering in regards to the potential viability of this move, whether it also prevents the use of moves such as Volt Switch, U-turn, Roar or Teleport, which either switch out the user or the opponent.
For example, I know that Mean Look prevents Teleport, but it doesn't stop the switching moves or Roar.
So, does anyone know what will and wont work against Fairy Lock?
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What prevents Pokémon from switching?
The move that prevents the user switching is Ingrain, which will cause the Pok\xe9mon to be embedded into the ground and irremovable. However, it can remove itself with the move, U-Turn and Baton Pass.What move stops Pokémon from fleeing?
Mean Look prevents the target from switching out or fleeing (including via Teleport). It bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. The effect only applies as long as the Pok\xe9mon that used it remains in battle.What Pokémon can learn fairy lock?
Fairy Lock is the signature move of Klefki and can ony be learned by this Pokmeon.Pokémon X/Y metagame 101: Fairy Lock is a risky move but useful against Choice Users.
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