In the Yo-kai Watch games, all Yo-kai will have an attitude. These attitudes can affect what the Yo-kai will do each turn they move and their stats when they level up. However, some Yo-kai can't have a specific attitude because of what they are. For example, Jibanyan can't have the Gentle or Tender attitudes because he does not have a Restoration-attribute Technique. He also can't have the Helpful or Devoted attitudes because his Inspirit targets enemies.
List of attitudes
| Attitude | Stats it helps raises | What it will likely do on its turn |
|---|---|---|
| Grouchy | Strength and HP | Most likely to Attack |
| Rough | Strength (by a lot) | Most likely to Attack more |
| Logical | Spirit and Speed | Most likely to use its Technique |
| Brainy | Spirit (by a lot) | Most likely to use its Technique more |
| Twisted | Strength and Speed | Most likely to Inspirit the opponent |
| Cruel | Speed (by a lot) | Most likely to Inspirit the opponent more |
| Helpful | HP and Speed | Most likely to Inspirit allies |
| Devoted | Strength and Defense | Most likely to Inspirit allies more |
| Gentle | Hp and Spirit | Most likely to heal allies |
| Tender | HP (by a lot) | Most likely to heal allies more |
| Careful | Defense and Spirit | Most likely to guard |
| Calm | Defense (by a lot) |
Most likely to guard more |
There is another type of attitude determining if your Yo-kai would Loaf or not. This is shown before the attitudes you see above. For example, Jibanyan can be Grouchy or Rough. However, for some reason, Yo-kai Watch and Yo-Kai Watch 2 have different ways of determining this. They are:
Yo-kai Watch
| Attitude | Effect |
|---|---|
| Serious | Loafs very rarely in battle |
| Stiff | Loafs rarely in battle |
| Carefree | Loafs easily in battle |
| Loafer | Loafs very easily in battle |
Yo-kai Watch 2
| Attitude: | Effect: |
|---|---|
| Very Serious | Slacks very rarely |
| Serious | Slacks rarely |
| Docile | Normal |
| Selfish | Slacks easily |
| Careless | Slacks more easily |
| Very Careless | Slacks very easily |
As mentioned in the beginning, some Yo-kai can not have some specific attitudes. Some yo-kai can't have some attitudes that change how likely your Yo-kai can slack. For Rank D and E Yo-kai, they can get to Very Serious. For B and C Rank they can get to Serious. But A and S Rank Yo-kai can only get to Docile.
Items to change attitudes
Yo-kai Watch has books that can change the attitudes of your yo-kai. They are sold in the book store at Flower Road at Shoppers Row. They are:
| Book: | Effect: |
|---|---|
| Think Karate | Turns attitude into Grouchy |
| Use Karate | Turns attitude into Rough |
| Skill Compendium | Turns attitude into Logical (Restoration-attribute Yo-kai can't use it) |
| Skill Encycloped. | Turns attitude into Brainy (Restoration-attribute Yo-kai can't use it) |
| Get Guarding | Turns attitude into Careful |
| Guard Gloriously | Turns attitude into Calm |
| Li'l Angel Heals | Turns attitude into Gentle (only Restoration-attribute Yo-kai can use it) |
| Bye, Li'l Angel | Turns attitude into Tender (only Restoration-attribute Yo-kai can use it) |
| The Pest's Quest | Turns attitude into Twisted (only Yo-kai with Inspirits that target foes can use it) |
| The Perfect Pest | Turns attitude into Cruel (only Yo-kai with Inspirits that target foes can use it) |
| Support Life #7 | Turns attitude into Helpful (only Yo-kai with Inspirits that target allies can use it) |
| Support Special | Turns attitude into Devoted (only Yo-kai with Inspirits that target allies can use it) |
| A Serious Life | Makes a Yo-kai Loaf less. |
Trivia
- Timidevil/Beelzebold is the only Yo-kai that can never be Very serious, Serious or Docile due to his skill
- As shown by the above, some Yo-kai have skills that will never make them slack or everyone to not slack, making the attitudes to control how they slack to be somewhat useless.
- There is a glitch in the game where you can get a Shadow Venoct with a Logical or Brainy even though he is a Restoration-attribute Yo-kai. However, it is highly recommended to keep this attitude since it will give him a huge boost in Spirit or both Spirit and Speed.
- Likewise there is a similar glitch with Frostail allowing them to be Cruel or Twisted which is great to help increase Speed or in Speed and Strength.
