Coaching (move)

Coaching コーチング Coaching

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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 all allies

Availability Introduced  Generation VIII Move Tutor in The Isle of Armor

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 VIII Generation IX

Coaching (Japanese: コーチング Coaching) is a non-damaging Fighting-type move introduced in Generation VIII.

Effect

Coaching boosts the Attack and Defense of all allies (but not the user or allies in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move) by one stage each. It bypasses all forms of protection to affect the allies, including Crafty Shield.

If used in a Single Battle or when no ally is present, Coaching will fail.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Coaching cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SwShLA SV The user properly coaches its ally Pokémon, boosting their Attack and Defense stats. BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnset

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Game
						SwSh	SwSh EP	BDSP	LA
062		Poliwrath		Water 1		Water 1	✔
066		Machop		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
067		Machoke		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
068		Machamp		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
106		Hitmonlee		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
107		Hitmonchan		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
145		Zapdos Galarian Form		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
151		Mew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	✔
237		Hitmontop		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
256		Combusken		Field		Field	✔
257		Blaziken		Field		Field	✔
447		Riolu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
448		Lucario		Field	Human-Like	✔
453		Croagunk		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
454		Toxicroak		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
475		Gallade		Human-Like	Amorphous	✔
532		Timburr		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
533		Gurdurr		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
534		Conkeldurr		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
538		Throh		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
539		Sawk		Human-Like		Human-Like	✔
559		Scraggy		Field	Dragon	✔
560		Scrafty		Field	Dragon	✔
619		Mienfoo		Field	Human-Like	✔
620		Mienshao		Field	Human-Like	✔
638		Cobalion		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
639		Terrakion		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
640		Virizion		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
647		Keldeo		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
674		Pancham		Field	Human-Like	✔
675		Pangoro		Field	Human-Like	✔
701		Hawlucha		Flying	Human-Like	✔
759		Stufful		Field		Field	✔
760		Bewear		Field		Field	✔
766		Passimian		Field		Field	✔
783		Hakamo-o		Dragon		Dragon	✔
784		Kommo-o		Dragon		Dragon	✔
794		Buzzwole		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
795		Pheromosa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
802		Marshadow		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
807		Zeraora		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
815		Cinderace		Field	Human-Like	✔
852		Clobbopus		Water 1	Human-Like	✔
853		Grapploct		Water 1	Human-Like	✔
865		Sirfetch'd		Flying	Field	✔
870		Falinks		Fairy	Mineral	✔
889		Zamazenta		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
891		Kubfu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
892		Urshifu Single Strike Style		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
892		Urshifu Rapid Strike Style		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Coaching is one of Mew's possible second moves. It is obtained by reaching level 3 and choosing it over Light Screen and Agility.

Coaching has the user move toward an ally Pokémon to grant it a shield and increase its basic attack speed. Each time Coaching is used, the cooldown of Mew's Electro Ball, Solar Beam, or Surf is reduced. Also, if Coaching is used on an ally Pokémon that hasn't been targeted by it for a set amount of time, the move's cooldown immediately resets.

By reaching level 12, Coaching is upgraded into Coaching+, and its cooldown and the waiting time before using it again on a recently coached ally Pokémon without triggering its cooldown are reduced.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 指導 Jídouh Mandarin 指導 / 指导 Zhǐdǎo Czech Koučování French Coaching German Coaching Italian Coaching Korean 코칭 Koching Brazilian Portuguese Encorajar Spanish Motivación

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