Hold Back (move)

Hold Back てかげん Go Easy

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  40 (max. 64) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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  Cool Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Makes the audience quickly grow bored when an appeal move has little effect.

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

Hold Back (Japanese: てかげん Go Easy) is a damage-dealing Normal-type event-exclusive move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Hold Back inflicts damage, but will leave the target with 1 HP if it would otherwise cause it to faint. If the target has 1 HP remaining, Hold Back will hit and leave the target at 1 HP.

If used against a substitute, Hold Back is able to break it and will not leave the substitute with 1 HP.

Description

Games Description XYORAS The user holds back when it attacks and the target is left with at least 1 HP. SM The user holds back when it attacks, and the target is left with at least 1 HP.

Learnset

Special move

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0251		Celebi		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Pokémon Bank Celebi
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.

Event move

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0179		Mareep		Monster	Field	National Pokédex Mareep
0374		Beldum		Mineral		Mineral	Steven's Beldum
0497		Serperior		Field		Field	Hidden Ability Present Serperior
0500		Emboar		Field		Field	Hidden Ability Present Emboar
0503		Samurott		Field		Field	Hidden Ability Present Samurott
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
0446		Munchlax		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Snorlium Z Munchlax
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.

Trivia

• Hold Back was first revealed on the December 18, 2013 episode of Nintendo Direct.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 手下留情 Sáuhah Làuhchìhng Mandarin 手下留情 Shǒuxià Liúqíng French Retenue German Zurückhaltung Italian Riguardo Korean 적당히손봐주기 Jeokdanghisonbwajugi Russian Воздержание Vozderzhaniye Spanish Clemencia

Variations of the move False Swipe
False Swipe • Hold Back

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.