Destiny Bond (move)

Destiny Bond
みちづれ Take Along With

Battles

Type	Ghost
Category	Status
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	—
Accuracy	—%
Priority	0
Does not make contact Not 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
Self: Affects the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
Makes a great appeal, but allows no more to the end.

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	0
Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Clever
Appeal	8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming	0
A move of huge appeal, but using it prevents the user from taking further contest moves.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Destiny Bond (Japanese: みちづれ Take Along With) is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generations II to IV

When Destiny Bond is used, until the user moves again, if the user faints as the direct result of an attack the attacking Pokémon also faints. If the user takes another turn (including "inactive" turns such as those spent sleeping or flinching), the effect disappears.

A Pokémon defeated by this move will faint before the Pokémon that used Destiny Bond.

Destiny Bond does not activate from indirect damage such as weather damage, damage from Leech Seed, and Future Sight. Destiny Bond also bypasses Focus Sash, Sturdy, and Magic Guard.

Destiny Bond has no effect if an ally causes the user to faint.

Destiny Bond can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 8 bonus appeal points if Curse, Endure, or Mean Look was used in the previous turn.

Generations V and VI

A Pokémon defeated by this move will now faint after the Pokémon that used Destiny Bond, meaning that if Destiny Bond is used by the last Pokémon on a player's team, and the last Pokémon on the opposing team makes it faint, the opposing player will win.

Destiny Bond can affect non-adjacent foes.

Destiny Bond can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if any of the moves Encore, Taunt or Torment was used in the prior turn.

Generation VII

Destiny Bond will always fail if it was successfully executed on the previous turn.

If powered up by a Ghostium Z into Z-Destiny Bond, the user becomes the center of attention, forcing all of the opponent's moves to target the user for the turn, if possible.

Generation VIII onwards

If used when Dynamax Pokémon are present on the field, Destiny Bond will fail with the message "The move was blocked by the power of Dynamax!"

Description

Games	Description
Stad2	A move that causes the opponent to faint if the user faints after using this move.
GS C	The foe faints if the user does.
RS EColoXD	If the user faints, the foe is also made to faint.
FRLG	If the user faints, the foe delivering the final hit also faints.
DP Pt HGSSPBR	When this move is used, if the user faints, the foe that landed the knockout hit also faints.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	When this move is used, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints.
SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA	After using this move, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
SV	If the user is knocked out after using this move, the Pokémon that knocked it out will also faint. This move's chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0092		Gastly		Amorphous		Amorphous	36	36^RSE 33^FRLG	40	40	40	40^SMUSUM	44	44
0093		Haunter		Amorphous		Amorphous	48	48^RSE 39^FRLG	50	50	50	50^SMUSUM	54	54
0094		Gengar		Amorphous		Amorphous	48	48^RSE 39^FRLG	50	50	50	50^SMUSUM	54	54
0109		Koffing		Amorphous		Amorphous	45	45	46	51^BW 40^B2W2	40	40^SMUSUM	52
0110		Weezing		Amorphous		Amorphous	51	51	55	59^BW 46^B2W2	46	46^SMUSUM	62
110G		Weezing Galarian Form		Amorphous		Amorphous							62^SwSh
0202		Wobbuffet		Amorphous		Amorphous	1	1	1	1	1	1	1, Evo.
0211		Qwilfish		Water 2		Water 2		45^FRLG	53	53	1, 53	1, 53	66	56
211H		Qwilfish Hisuian Form		Water 2		Water 2								56
0331		Cacnea		Grass	Human-Like		49^FRLG	57	57	57^XY 54^ORAS	54	54^BDSP	54
0332		Cacturne		Grass	Human-Like		59^FRLG	71	71	1, 71^XY 1, 59^ORAS	1, 59	1, 59^BDSP	1
0360		Wynaut		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		15	15	15	15	15	1
0416		Vespiquen		Bug		Bug			43	43^BW 53^B2W2	1, 53	1, 53	44	44
0425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous							32	32
0426		Drifblim		Amorphous		Amorphous							36	36
0477		Dusknoir		Amorphous		Amorphous							54
0478		Froslass		Fairy	Mineral			59	59	1, 59^XY 1, 61^ORAS	1, 61	1	1
0487		Giratina		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			24^HGSS	24	24	24	84	84
0562		Yamask		Mineral	Amorphous				49	49	49	52^SwSh
562G		Yamask Galarian Form		Mineral	Amorphous							52^SwSh
0563		Cofagrigus		Mineral	Amorphous				57	57	57	62^SwSh
0592		Frillish		Amorphous		Amorphous							44^SwSh
0593		Jellicent		Amorphous		Amorphous							48^SwSh
0708		Phantump		Grass	Amorphous					39	39	48^SwSh
0709		Trevenant		Grass	Amorphous					39	39	48^SwSh
0720		Hoopa Confined		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					1	1		1
720U		Hoopa Unbound		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered					1^ORAS	1		1
0867		Runerigus		Mineral	Amorphous							62^SwSh
0904		Overqwil		Water 2		Water 2								56
0000	Iron Valiant	Iron Valiant		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								77
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0109		Koffing		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0200		Misdreavus		Amorphous		Amorphous	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP	✔
222G		Corsola Galarian Form		Water 1	Water 3							✔
0225		Delibird		Water 1	Field					✔	✔	✔	✔
0228		Houndour		Field		Field					✔	✔	✔^BDSP	✔
0280		Ralts		Human-Like	Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0316		Gulpin		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP	✔
0318		Carvanha		Water 2		Water 2					✔	✔	✔
0353		Shuppet		Amorphous		Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP	✔
0355		Duskull		Amorphous		Amorphous		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0425		Drifloon		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
0442		Spiritomb		Amorphous		Amorphous			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
0605		Elgyem		Human-Like		Human-Like							✔^SwSh
0679		Honedge		Mineral		Mineral					✔	✔	✔^SwSh
0686		Inkay		Water 1	Water 2					✔	✔	✔^SwSh
0710		Pumpkaboo		Amorphous		Amorphous					✔	✔	✔^SwSh
0769		Sandygast		Amorphous		Amorphous						✔	✔^SwSh	✔
0778		Mimikyu		Amorphous		Amorphous						✔	✔^SwSh	✔
0000	Greavard	Greavard		Field		Field								✔
0000	Maschiff	Maschiff		Field		Field								✔
0000	Charcadet	Charcadet		Human-Like		Human-Like								✔
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.

Special move

Generation IV

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
0092	Gastly	Amorphous	Amorphous	Pokéwalker - Dim Cave
0200	Misdreavus	Amorphous	Amorphous	Pokéwalker - White Lake
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.

Generation V

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
0200	Misdreavus	Amorphous	Amorphous	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0280	Ralts	Amorphous	Amorphous	Dream World - Spooky Manor
0353	Shuppet	Amorphous	Amorphous	Dream World - Spooky Manor
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.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0679		Honedge		Mineral		Mineral	Island Scan - Akala Outskirts^SM
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.

Generation IX

#		Egg Groups	Obtained with
0229	Houndoom	Field	Field	Wild Tera Pokémon
0769	Sandygast	Amorphous	Amorphous	Wild Tera Pokémon
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.

By event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0319		Sharpedo		Water 2		Water 2	2015 World Championships Sharpedo
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.

Generation VII

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0778		Mimikyu		Amorphous		Amorphous	Ultra Spooky Cup Shiny Mimikyu
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Destiny Bond is a move with 12PP and 100% accuracy. The user target enemy in front, cutting corners. The user gives itself Destiny Bond status condition, linked to the target, for 11 turns. Any damage sustained by the user will be also inflicted on the target, as long as the user does not faint. If the move is bounced back, the user will be linked to themselves. In such case, Destiny Bond will trigger if the user hurts themselves from recoil/crash damage, or a different move that was bounced back at the user. This move is affected by Taunt.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Destiny Bond could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Destiny Bond could be seen as a move used by opposing Wobbuffet.

Destiny Bond

Charge time	1.74 seconds
Range type	Circular (self)
Target	Self
Additional effect	Deals damage as a reprisal after the user takes damage

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	The user and the target gain the Destiny Bond status. The target sustains the same damage as the user in this state.
MDTD	Gives the user and the target Destiny Bond status, which links the the health of the user to the target. If the user takes damage, the target sustains the same amount of damage.
MDS	Gives the user and the target a Destiny Bond status, which links the health of the user to the target. If the user takes damage, the target sustains the same amount of damage.
BSL	てきポケモンとリンクしてみちづれじょうたいになるリンクしたてきポケモンはじぶんがうけたのとおなじダメージをうけるようになる
MDGtI	It causes the Destiny Bond status condition. The enemy sustains the same amount of damage that you take.
SMD	It causes the Destiny Bond status condition. The enemy will sustain the same amount of damage that you take.
MDRTDX	It causes the Destiny Bond status condition. The enemy will sustain the same amount of damage that you take. But be careful, its chance of failing rises if used repeatedly.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Misdreavus Effect Spiritomb Effect
When this move is used, if the user faints, the foe that landed the knockout hit also faints.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Misdreavus's eyes glow purple. After fainting, two swirling purple lights come out of them and hit the opponent that knocked Misdreavus out. The opponent then becomes surrounded by a purple aura and instantly faints.
Katie's Misdreavus	Shocks and Bonds	Debut
	A dark purple orb of energy briefly appears in front of Spiritomb's body before bursting into shadowy energy underneath its body. After fainting, the energy emerges from its keystone and surrounds the opponent that knocked Spiritomb out, causing them to faint instantly.
Cynthia's Spiritomb	JN123	None

Pokédex entries

Episode	Subject	Source	Entry
SM003	Destiny Bond	Rotom Pokédex	Destiny Bond, a Ghost-type move. When a Pokémon faints after using this move, the opponent that landed the knockout blow also faints.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
Misdreavus Qwilfish
After using this move, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	After fainting, the opponent faints along with Misdreavus.
Morty's Misdreavus	Silly Scyther	Debut
	Qwilfish rams into the opponent from behind and shocks them.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	Uprooting Seedot	None

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RB Y	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

This move originated as a TCG attack.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	同命 Tùhngmehng
Chinese	Mandarin	同命 Tóngmìng
Danish		Skæbnebånd
Dutch		Lotsverbintenis
Finnish		Kohtalonside
French		Lien du Destin^VIII+ Prélèvem. Destin^VI–VII Prlvt Destin^II–V
German		Abgangsbund
Greek		Κοινό Πεπρωμένο
Indonesian		Destiny Bond
Italian		Destinobbligato^VI+ Destinobbl.^II–V
Korean		길동무 Gil Dongmu
Malaysian		Ikatan nasib
Polish		Więź Przeznaczenia
Portuguese	Brazil	Laço do Destino (manga) Vínculo do Destino (anime)
Portuguese	Portugal	Afinidade (SM003) Destino Idêntico (AG128)
Russian		Связь судьбы Svyaz' sud'by
Serbian		Okov sudbine
Spanish	Latin America	Lazo del Destino
Spanish	Spain	Mismo Destino^VI+ Mismodestino^II–V
Thai		ร่วมทาง Ruam Thang
Vietnamese		Cú Đánh Chí Mệnh Ràng buộc số mệnh

Variations of the move Destiny Bond

Destiny Bond • Grudge

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