Instruct (move)

Instruct さいはい Command

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Instruct (Japanese: さいはい Command) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Oranguru.

Effect

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Instruct causes the target to repeat its most recent move immediately; PP will be deducted from moves used in this manner. When hit by this move, it counts as another turn, so the target can be prevented from moving by sleep, confusion, Truant, and similar effects. It doesn't work if the target is in the middle of Bide, Outrage, Uproar, or similar moves. If the Instructed move is Fake Out or First Impression, the target will use them, but the moves will fail.

Instruct will fail if the target used Instruct itself, Bide, Struggle, Hyper Beam or a similar move, a Z-Move, a move that calls another move (such as Metronome), or a move that has no PP left.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Instruct, the user's Special Attack rises one stage.

Description

Games Description SM The user instructs the target to use the target's last move again.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0765		Oranguru		Field		Field	32
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 號令 Houhlihng Mandarin 號令 / 号令 Hàolìng French Sommation German Kommando Italian Imposizione Korean 지휘 Jihwi Polish Pouczenie Russian Инструктаж Instruktazh Spanish Mandato

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