Substitute (move)

Substitute

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat or Magic Bounce Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability TM90

On Bulbapedia's Movedex On Smogon's Movedex On Eevee's Movedex

Substitute is a non-damaging Normal-type move. It is TM90.

Effect

Using 25% of its maximum HP, the user creates a substitute with the amount of HP lost by the user.

Most attacks against the user will target the substitute instead and not affect the user. The substitute will break when it loses all its HP. Some status moves can bypass a substitute.

Description

Description The user makes a copy of itself using some of its HP. The copy serves as the user's decoy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
067		Vectol	Poison		Poison	34
068		Vectol.2	Poison		Poison	34
110		Galaxagos	Psychic	Rock	Start
148		Artifish	Normal		Normal	33
229		Xotec	Psychic	Steel	60
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		TM90
All Pokémon can learn this move except Skullarva and Maskoon.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.