Hold Hands (move)

Hold Hands てをつなぐ Holding Hands

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Not affected by Protect Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally 1 Ally: Affects an adjacent ally

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Hold Hands (Japanese: てをつなぐ Holding Hands) is a non-damaging Normal-type event-exclusive move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Hold Hands has no known effect in battle. When a Pokémon uses this move in a Double Battle or Triple Battle, it and its target ally will perform a brief animation together.

It will fail if used in a Single Battle or Horde Encounter (even if used by one of the five opposing Pokémon). It will hit the target even if it has used Protect, Detect, or Spiky Shield, but will fail if the target is protected by Crafty Shield or is in the middle of a semi-invulnerable move like Fly or Dig.

Description

Games Description The user and an ally hold hands. This makes them very happy.

Learnset

By events

Generation VI

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0006 Charizard Fire Flying Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo Charizard Spring 2015 Charizard 0025 Pikachu Electric Minato Mirai Pikachu Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo Pikachu Tohoku Pikachu 0666 Vivillon Bug Flying GTS Fancy Pattern Vivillon Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

Language Title French Mains Jointes German Händchenhalten Italian Mano nella Mano Korean 손에손잡기 Son-esonjabgi Spanish Manos Juntas

Variations of the move Splash
Celebrate • Hold Hands • Splash

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.