Scary Face

Type

Normal

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

100

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

• Incineroar
• Metagross Mega
• Tyranitar Mega
• Steelix Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Gyarados Mega
• Dragalge Mega
• Kingambit
• Chesnaught Mega
• Scizor Mega
• Kommo O Totem
• Garchomp Mega Z
• Garchomp Mega
• Glalie Mega
• Aerodactyl Mega
• Swampert Mega
• Malamar Mega
• Scovillain Mega
• Eelektross Mega
• Goodra Hisui
• Dragonite Mega
• Hydreigon
• Blastoise Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Emboar Mega
• Kommo O
• Charizard Mega X
• Gengar Mega
• Archaludon
• Sharpedo Mega
• Excadrill Mega
• Lucario Mega Z
• Lucario Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Empoleon
• Venusaur Mega
• Feraligatr Mega
• Crabominable Mega
• Infernape
• Abomasnow Mega
• Arcanine
• Basculegion Female
• Dragonite
• Blastoise Gmax
• Charizard Gmax
• Noivern
• Rhyperior
• Garchomp
• Zoroark
• Aerodactyl
• Froslass Mega
• Torterra
• Camerupt Mega
• Decidueye Hisui
• Aggron Mega
• Venusaur Gmax
• Swampert
• Machamp Gmax
• Sandaconda
• Machamp
• Feraligatr
• Flareon
• Gengar Gmax
• Blastoise
• Gengar
• Tyranitar
• Grimmsnarl Gmax
• Skeledirge
• Charizard
• Gyarados
• Avalugg
• Clawitzer
• Avalugg Hisui
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Aggron
• Beartic
• Houndstone
• Lycanroc Dusk
• Manectric Mega
• Sandaconda Gmax
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Victreebel Mega
• Lycanroc Midnight
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Weavile
• Lycanroc Midday
• Dragalge
• Scizor
• Banette Mega
• Samurott Hisui
• Steelix
• Grimmsnarl
• Luxray
• Slowking Galar
• Passimian
• Spiritomb
• Venusaur
• Conkeldurr
• Oranguru
• Zoroark Hisui
• Samurott
• Arcanine Hisui
• Bastiodon
• Flapple
• Runerigus
• Chesnaught
• Abomasnow
• Gourgeist Average
• Basculegion Male
• Eelektross
• Krookodile
• Rampardos
• Excadrill
• Cofagrigus
• Emboar
• Crabominable
• Scrafty
• Slowbro Galar
• Glalie
• Malamar
• Overqwil
• Houndoom
• Decidueye
• Flapple Gmax
• Corviknight Gmax
• Mamoswine
• Lucario
• Metagross
• Annihilape
• Umbreon
• Sharpedo
• Toucannon
• Wyrdeer
• Manectric
• Serperior
• Tauros
• Toxicroak
• Salazzle
• Trevenant
• Tyrantrum
• Gourgeist Super
• Mudsdale
• Gliscor
• Gourgeist Large
• Kleavor
• Pangoro
• Froslass
• Gourgeist Small
• Scovillain
• Toxapex
• Corviknight
• Victreebel
• Salazzle Totem
• Banette
• Qwilfish
• Araquanid
• Camerupt
• Arbok
• Araquanid Totem
• Morpeko Hangry
• Qwilfish Hisui
• Morpeko Full Belly
• Ariados

Scary Face is a Normal-type status move. It targets a single adjacent target and has 10 PP. Scary Face is a Normal-type status move. It targets a single adjacent target and has 10 PP.

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

Consider Scary Face when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Scary Face competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Scary Face include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Scary Face in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).