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'''Counter''' (Japanese: '''カウンター''' ''Counter'') is a damage-dealing {{type|Fighting}} [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]]. It was [[TM18]] in Generation I. It can be seen as the [[Physical move|physical]] counterpart to {{m|Mirror Coat}}.

If the last amount of damage done before the use of Counter is greater than 0 and was dealt by a {{type|Normal}} or {{type|Fighting}} attack (except Counter), Counter will do twice as much damage to the opponent. Otherwise, Counter misses.

Counter is a decreased [[priority]] move. If the opponent does not use a decreased priority move during the round that it is used, Counter will go last regardless of the user's or opponent's speed. If the opponent also uses a decreased priority move during the same round, the attack order of the users will be determined normally. If the user is put to {{status|sleep}} or is {{status|freeze|frozen}} during the round that Counter is (or attempts to be) used, Counter's decreased speed priority will not be reset. Subsequently, it will only be reset on the turn after the user wakes up or is defrosted, or if the user switches out.

In Stadium, switching, full paralysis, and using a multi-turn move reset the last amount of damage done, so Counter can't counter itself or self-inflicted recoil damage if the opponent does not make a move on its following turn.

Counter counters all [[physical move]]s for twice the damage done to the user. Counter no longer counters a move that hits a substitute. Furthermore, Ghost-type Pokémon are now immune to Counter.

In [[Double Battle]]s, Counter will hit the last opponent that dealt physical damage to the attacker. Counter cannot affect allied Pokémon.

In [[Triple Battle]]s, Counter can hit non-adjacent opponents provided a non-adjacent opponent was the last Pokémon to attack the user.

If the Pokémon using Counter is hit by a physical attack that deals 0 damage, Counter becomes a physical move with 1 base power.

==Description==

{{movedesc|Fighting}}

{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}|A retaliation move that counters any physical hit with double the damage.}}

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==Learnset==

===By [[Level|leveling up]]===

===By {{pkmn|breeding}}===

===By [[TM]]===

===By [[Move Tutor]]===

====[[Generation II]]====

====[[Generation IV]]====

====[[Generation V]]====

==In the anime==

{{movep|type=fighting|ms=150|pkmn=Mewtwo|method=Mewtwo sticks out its hand when an attack comes near it. The attack bounces off and is sent back to the opponent.}}

{{movemid|type=fighting|user=Mewtwo (original series)|startcode=M01|startname=Mewtwo Strikes Back|notes=Debut}}

{{movemid|type=fighting|user=Harrison's Houndoom|startcode=EP271|startname=Playing with Fire!}}

{{movep|type=fighting|ms=287|pkmn=Slakoth|method=Slakoth's body becomes outlined in orange. Any attacks that hits it is sent flying back to the opponent.}}

==In the manga==

{{movemid|type=fighting|user=Brawly's Hariyama|startcode=PS197|startname=Heavy Hitting Hariyama}}

{{movep|type=fighting|ms=185|pkmn=Sudowoodo|method=When Sudowoodo is hit by the opponent's attack, it strikes the opponent back with one of its hands.}}

===In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga===

==In other generations==

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==In other languages==

{{Langtable|color={{fighting color}}|bordercolor={{fighting color dark}}

|cs=Protiútok

|da=Parade<!--source: Danish version of The Official Pokémon Handbook-->

|de=Konter

|el=Αντίκρουση ''Antíkroysi''

|ko=카운터 ''Counter''

|sr=Protiv-Napad

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