Baneful Bunker (move)

Baneful Bunker トーチカ Pillbox

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 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

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII 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  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Baneful Bunker (Japanese: トーチカ Pillbox) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Toxapex.

Effect

Baneful Bunker protects the user from all effects of moves that target the user during the turn it is used, including damage. (This does not include damage afflicted by weather conditions it is susceptible to, or damage from a status ailment that it obtained on a previous turn.) Additionally, if Baneful Bunker blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker becomes poisoned (unless they're part Poison-type, Steel-type have Immunity, Comatose or another Status Condition. However, if an attack is blocked by Baneful Bunker, the effects of the user's Rocky Helmet, Rough Skin, and Iron Barbs will not activate. If Sucker Punch is used on a Pokémon that has used Baneful Bunker, the move fails and the Pokémon does not get poisoned.

Using Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, Wide Guard, or Quick Guard consecutively decreases the chance of success of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, and Baneful Bunker for each consecutive use.

It is an increased-priority move that will always go before attacks during the turn.

Feint, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, Hyperspace Hole, and Hyperspace Fury lift Baneful Bunker's protection for the rest of the turn. If a damaging Z-Move targets a Pokémon that used Baneful Bunker, the Z-Move will bypass Baneful Bunker but only do 25% of the original damage (the effects of Baneful Bunker are not lifted).

In addition to damaging Z-Moves, Baneful Bunker is unable to defend against any of the following moves:

Move Type Cat. Acupressure  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Aromatic Mist  Fairy  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Bestow  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Block  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Confide  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Conversion 2  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Curse  Ghost  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Doom Desire  Steel  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Feint  Normal  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Future Sight  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Hyperspace Fury  Dark  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Hyperspace Hole  Psychic  Special {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Hold Hands  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Mean Look  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Perish Song  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Phantom Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Play Nice  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Psych Up  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Roar  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Role Play  Psychic  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Shadow Force  Ghost  Physical {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Sketch  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Spider Web  Bug  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Tearful Look  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Transform  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}} Whirlwind  Normal  Status {{{3}}} {{{4}}} {{{5}}} {{{6}}}

Moves that target the user, moves that target the user and all allies, moves that target all Pokémon, and entry hazard moves cannot be blocked by Baneful Bunker.

If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Baneful Bunker, the user's Defense stat rises by one stage.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM In addition to protecting the user from attacks, this move also poisons any attacker that makes direct contact.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0748		Toxapex		Water 1		Water 1	1, Evo.
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 碉堡 Dīubóu Mandarin 碉堡 Diāobǎo French Blockhaus German Bunker Italian Fortino Korean 토치카 Tochka Spanish Búnker

Variations of the move Protect
Protect • Detect • King's Shield • Spiky Shield • Baneful Bunker • Obstruct • Silk Trap • Burning Bulwark

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