Instruct (move): Difference between revisions

Instruct will fail if the target has not made any move; the target is in the middle of {{m|Bide}}, {{m|Focus Punch}}, {{m|Beak Blast}}, {{m|Shell Trap}}, or a {{cat|consecutively executed moves|consecutively executed move}}; the instructed move's PP is depleted; or the target does not know the move that would be instructed (e.g. if the last move it used was due to {{a|Dancer}}, or it has leveled up and replaced that move since it used it). It will also fail if the target's most recent move is Instruct itself, Bide, Focus Punch, Beak Blast, Shell Trap, {{m|Sketch}}, {{m|Transform}}, {{m|Mimic}}, {{m|King's Shield}}, {{m|Struggle}}, a {{cat|Moves that require recharging|move that requires recharging}} (such as {{m|Hyper Beam}}), a {{cat|moves with a charging turn|move with a charging turn}} (such as {{m|Dig}} or {{m|Skull Bash}}), a {{cat|moves that call other moves|move that calls another move}} (such as {{m|Metronome}}), a [[Z-Move]], or a [[Max Move]]. In addition, Instruct will fail when used against a [[Dynamax]] Pokémon, even if its most recent move wasn't a Max Move.

Using an instructed move is a separate action, and effects bound to a Pokémon's actions are applied individually: for example, a Pokémon may hit itself in {{status|confusion}}, be {{status|sleep|asleep}}, or {{a|Truant|loaf around}} for the first of its actions, but execute a move normally for its second. All actions that are not bound to a Pokémon's actions still apply once for the entire turn: for example, if a Pokémon has {{status|flinch}}ed, this applies to all of its actions for the remainder of the turn; if it is {{status|poison}}ed, it will take poison damage only once at the end of the turn.

A Pokémon can successfully be instructed to repeat a move when under the effect of {{m|Torment}}, or to use a [[status move]] if it has obtained an [[Assault Vest]] since its most recent use of the move. When instructed to use {{m|Fake Out}}, {{m|Mat Block}}, or {{m|First Impression}}, the target will attempt to use the move and PP will be deducted from it, but the move will fail. When instructed to use a move that would be prevented by {{m|Disable}}, {{m|Heal Block}}, {{m|Gravity}}, {{m|Throat Chop}}, {{m|Taunt}}, or {{m|Imprison}}, the target will attempt to use it, but the move will fail without PP being deducted.