Fake Tears (move)

	Gameplay Notice This move cannot be learned by any Pokémon by leveling up, so it can currently only be called by Metronome.

Fake Tears

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Stats Type  Dark Category  Status Power  — Accuracy  100% PP  20 (max. 32) Priority  {{{priority}}} The user feigns crying to fluster the target, harshly lowering its Sp. Def stat. Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

On Bulbapedia

Fake Tears is a stat-reducing Dark-type move. It lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.

Pokémon that learn Fake Tears

By breeding

Dex #	Pokémon		Type		Father
#053		Jerbolta	Ground	Electric	N/A
#069		Minyan	Dark	Poison	N/A
#070		Vilucard	Dark	Poison
#090		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy	N/A
#091		Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy
#129		Eevee	Normal		Unknown	N/A
#130		Vaporeon	Water		Unknown
#131		Jolteon	Electric		Unknown
#132		Flareon	Fire		Unknown
#133		Espeon	Psychic		Unknown
#134		Umbreon	Dark		Unknown
#135		Leafeon	Grass		Unknown
#136		Glaceon	Ice		Unknown
#137		Sylveon	Fairy		Unknown
#138		Nucleon	Nuclear		Unknown
For clarity, only the lowest stage possible of every compatible evolutionary line are listed as fathers. When Ratsy (*) is listed as a father, it means that the move must be acquired via Sketch beforehand.