Substitute

Substitute

Categories Element Normal Type Status

Statistical Attributes Base Power — Accuracy — PP 16

Obtainability Natural methods Level-up/instinctual TM50 Vendor Kevin at Trainers Valley for 9,000

Substitute is a Normal type, Status move.

Function

Substitute uses 1/4 of the users total HP and creates a substitute to take hits and status conditions. If used when under a binding moves, the substitute removes the binding effect.

Weather damage and damage from status effects is still taken. Sound-based moves and Pokémon with Infiltrator bypass the substitute. Switching out removes the substitute. If the user doesn't have enough HP to create a substitute or already has one in place, the move will fail.

Baton Pass passes the effect.

Learnability

Level Up

No.		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic	Fairy	29
352		Kecleon	Normal		42
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic	Fairy	29
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost	40
656		Froakie	Water		35
657		Frogadier	Water		40
658		Greninja	Water	Dark	42
944		Shroodle	Poison	Normal	36
945		Grafaiai	Poison	Normal	40
1000		Gholdengo	Steel	Ghost	21
1011		Dipplin	Grass	Dragon	44
1019		Hydrapple	Grass	Dragon	44
Emboldened Pokémon avail from a STAB bonus for this move.

TMs

All Pokémon who can learn TMs can learn Substitute except the ones listed below:

No.		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2
010		Caterpie	Bug
011		Metapod	Bug
013		Weedle	Bug	Poison
014		Kakuna	Bug	Poison
129		Magikarp	Water
132		Ditto	Normal
201		Unown	Psychic
202		Wobbuffet	Psychic
235		Smeargle	Normal
265		Wurmple	Bug
266		Silcoon	Bug
268		Cascoon	Bug
360		Wynaut	Psychic
374		Beldum	Steel	Psychic
401		Kricketot	Bug
412		Burmy	Bug
415		Combee	Bug	Flying
602		Tynamo	Electric
664		Scatterbug	Bug
665		Spewpa	Bug
789		Cosmog	Psychic
790		Cosmoem	Psychic
824		Blipbug	Bug
840		Applin	Grass	Dragon
Emboldened Pokémon avail from a STAB bonus for this move.