Substitute (move)

Substitute みがわり Scapegoat

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM50 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen TM90 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Can avoid being startled by others once.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Substitute (Japanese: みがわり Scapegoat) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Using 25% of its maximum HP, the user creates a Substitute with 1 HP more than the amount of HP lost by the user. If the user's maximum HP is 3 or less, it will not lose any HP when the Substitute is made. A Substitute will have the same current type(s) and current stats of the Pokémon that created it.

Once created, all stat modifying attacks and side effects used by the target against the user will fail, though all current stat modifiers will remain in effect, and any stat modifiers used by the user will also be applied to the Substitute. Until it breaks, a Substitute will absorb all damage done by the target (even if the damage done exceeds the remaining HP of the Substitute), but will not reduce the actual amount of damage that the target's attacks do. A one-hit KO will break a Substitute on contact.

Substitute will not protect the user from self-inflicted status ailments, but it will protect it from any status ailment generated by an opponent move and damage due to those status ailments.

Substitute will not alter the execution of Bide, Counter, Disable, Haze, Leech Seed, Super Fang, Transform, or partial trapping moves, and it will not absorb crash damage, recoil damage, or recurrent damage. However, a Substitute will absorb self-inflicted confusion damage and prevent the user from flinching.

If a Pokémon breaks a Substitute with Hyper Beam, it will not need to recharge. If a Pokémon breaks a Substitute with Explosion or Selfdestruct, it will not faint, though its picture will no longer be visible until it switches out or uses Substitute. If a Pokémon breaks a Substitute with a recoil move, it will not take any recoil damage. If a Pokémon breaks a Substitute with a draining move, no HP will be restored to it. Note that in each of these cases, the Substitute has to be broken, not merely damaged, by the referenced attack.

If the user's current HP is less than 25% (rounded down) of its maximum HP, it will be too weak to make a Substitute. If the user's current HP is exactly equal to 25% (rounded down) of its maximum HP, it will create a Substitute, and then faint.

In Stadium, Substitute will protect the user from Absorb, Dream Eater, Leech Life, Leech Seed, Mega Drain, and all status ailments inflicted by the opponent. If the user's current HP is exactly equal to 25% (rounded down) of its maximum HP, it will be too weak to create a Substitute. If a Pokémon breaks a Substitute with Explosion or Selfdestruct, it will faint.

Generation II - IV

The effects of Substitute are the same as the previous generation; however, if the user has a status ailment, they will still take any damage from that status ailment after they have used Substitute.

If the Substitute is broken by a target's Selfdestruct or Explosion, the user of that move will faint.

If the user of Substitute has 25% or less of its Max HP (rounded down), or it only has a maximum of 1 HP, such as Shedinja, it will be unable to make a Substitute.

A Substitute can be Baton Passed, and can absorb damage due to partial-trapping moves.

In the anime

• Substitute1.png

  Shaymin's Substitute in Giratina's grasp.

• Substitute2.png

  Shaymin's Substitute fades away.

• DelcattySubstituteBefore.jpg

  Delcatty's Substitute on the ground.

• DelcattySubstituteAfter.jpg

  Delcatty's Substitute breaks.

Pokémon

Shaymin. A substitute is formed that looks exactly like Shaymin. It soon fades away.

• Used by Shaymin in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Debut.

Delcatty. A substitute is formed that looks exactly like Delcatty. It soon fades away.

• Used by Lila's Delcatty in Battling the Generation Gap!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 47 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM50

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation I can learn Substitute.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 9 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 8 0352 Kecleon Normal 40 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0108 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Snorlax |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0113 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Chansey
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0115 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kangaskhan
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
Snorlax
Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
Snorlax
Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0143 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorlax
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
Lapras |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0173 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Cleffa
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0175 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Togepi
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Lapras
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty
Plusle
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0263 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zigzagoon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Sentret, Furret
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Zigzagoon, Linoone
Plusle, Minun
Spoink, Grumpig
Kecleon
Absol |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0311 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Plusle
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty
Minun |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0312 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Minun
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Clefairy, Clefable
Togetic
Marill, Azumarill
Skitty, Delcatty
Plusle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0325 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spoink
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Kecleon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
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By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0004 Charmander Fire 0005 Charmeleon Fire 0006 Charizard Fire Flying 0007 Squirtle Water 0008 Wartortle Water 0009 Blastoise Water 0012 Butterfree Bug Flying 0015 Beedrill Bug Poison 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying 0019 Rattata Normal 0020 Raticate Normal 0021 Spearow Normal Flying 0022 Fearow Normal Flying 0023 Ekans Poison 0024 Arbok Poison 0025 Pikachu Electric 0026 Raichu Electric 0027 Sandshrew Ground 0028 Sandslash Ground 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 0030 Nidorina Poison 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0032 Nidoran♂ Poison 0033 Nidorino Poison 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0037 Vulpix Fire 0038 Ninetales Fire 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0041 Zubat Poison Flying 0042 Golbat Poison Flying 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0048 Venonat Bug Poison 0049 Venomoth Bug Poison 0050 Diglett Ground 0051 Dugtrio Ground 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0054 Psyduck Water 0055 Golduck Water 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0058 Growlithe Fire 0059 Arcanine Fire 0060 Poliwag Water 0061 Poliwhirl Water 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0063 Abra Psychic 0064 Kadabra Psychic 0065 Alakazam Psychic 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0077 Ponyta Fire 0078 Rapidash Fire 0079 Slowpoke Water Psychic 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0084 Doduo Normal Flying 0085 Dodrio Normal Flying 0086 Seel Water 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0096 Drowzee Psychic 0097 Hypno Psychic 0098 Krabby Water 0099 Kingler Water 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0104 Cubone Ground 0105 Marowak Ground 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0108 Lickitung Normal 0109 Koffing Poison 0110 Weezing Poison 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0113 Chansey Normal 0114 Tangela Grass 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0118 Goldeen Water 0119 Seaking Water 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 0123 Scyther Bug Flying 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0125 Electabuzz Electric 0126 Magmar Fire 0127 Pinsir Bug 0128 Tauros Normal 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0133 Eevee Normal 0134 Vaporeon Water 0135 Jolteon Electric 0136 Flareon Fire 0137 Porygon Normal 0138 Omanyte Rock Water 0139 Omastar Rock Water 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 0142 Aerodactyl Rock Flying 0143 Snorlax Normal 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0145 Zapdos Electric Flying 0146 Moltres Fire Flying 0147 Dratini Dragon 0148 Dragonair Dragon 0149 Dragonite Dragon Flying 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0155 Cyndaquil Fire 0156 Quilava Fire 0157 Typhlosion Fire 0158 Totodile Water 0159 Croconaw Water 0160 Feraligatr Water 0161 Sentret Normal 0162 Furret Normal 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 0165 Ledyba Bug Flying 0166 Ledian Bug Flying 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 0168 Ariados Bug Poison 0169 Crobat Poison Flying 0170 Chinchou Water Electric 0171 Lanturn Water Electric 0172 Pichu Electric 0173 Cleffa Normal 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0175 Togepi Normal 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 0177 Natu Psychic Flying 0178 Xatu Psychic Flying 0179 Mareep Electric 0180 Flaaffy Electric 0181 Ampharos Electric 0182 Bellossom Grass 0183 Marill Water 0184 Azumarill Water 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0186 Politoed Water 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0190 Aipom Normal 0191 Sunkern Grass 0192 Sunflora Grass 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 0194 Wooper Water Ground 0195 Quagsire Water Ground 0196 Espeon Psychic 0197 Umbreon Dark 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 0203 Girafarig Normal Psychic 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0206 Dunsparce Normal 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0218 Slugma Fire 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0220 Swinub Ice Ground 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0228 Houndour Dark Fire 0229 Houndoom Dark Fire 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0231 Phanpy Ground 0232 Donphan Ground 0233 Porygon2 Normal 0234 Stantler Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0239 Elekid Electric 0240 Magby Fire 0241 Miltank Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0243 Raikou Electric 0244 Entei Fire 0245 Suicune Water 0246 Larvitar Rock Ground 0247 Pupitar Rock Ground 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0250 Ho-Oh Fire Flying 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0258 Mudkip Water 0259 Marshtomp Water Ground 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0261 Poochyena Dark 0262 Mightyena Dark 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 0264 Linoone Normal 0267 Beautifly Bug Flying 0269 Dustox Bug Poison 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0276 Taillow Normal Flying 0277 Swellow Normal Flying 0278 Wingull Water Flying 0279 Pelipper Water Flying 0280 Ralts Psychic 0281 Kirlia Psychic 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 0283 Surskit Bug Water 0284 Masquerain Bug Flying 0285 Shroomish Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0290 Nincada Bug Ground 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 0293 Whismur Normal 0294 Loudred Normal 0295 Exploud Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0298 Azurill Normal 0299 Nosepass Rock 0300 Skitty Normal 0301 Delcatty Normal 0302 Sableye Dark Ghost 0303 Mawile Steel 0304 Aron Steel Rock 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0309 Electrike Electric 0310 Manectric Electric 0311 Plusle Electric 0312 Minun Electric 0313 Volbeat Bug 0314 Illumise Bug 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0318 Carvanha Water Dark 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 0320 Wailmer Water 0321 Wailord Water 0322 Numel Fire Ground 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0325 Spoink Psychic 0326 Grumpig Psychic 0327 Spinda Normal 0328 Trapinch Ground 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 0335 Zangoose Normal 0336 Seviper Poison 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0339 Barboach Water Ground 0340 Whiscash Water Ground 0341 Corphish Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 0347 Anorith Rock Bug 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0349 Feebas Water 0350 Milotic Water 0351 Castform Normal 0352 Kecleon Normal 0353 Shuppet Ghost 0354 Banette Ghost 0355 Duskull Ghost 0356 Dusclops Ghost 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 0358 Chimecho Psychic 0359 Absol Dark 0361 Snorunt Ice 0362 Glalie Ice 0363 Spheal Ice Water 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0366 Clamperl Water 0367 Huntail Water 0368 Gorebyss Water 0369 Relicanth Rock Water 0370 Luvdisc Water 0371 Bagon Dragon 0372 Shelgon Dragon 0373 Salamence Dragon Flying 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 0382 Kyogre Water 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0122 Mr. Mime Psychic 29 0352 Kecleon Normal 37 0352 Kecleon Normal 39 0439 Mime Jr. Psychic 29 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 36 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM90

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Substitute.

Trivia

File:SubFly.jpg

A Substitute "Flying"

In the handheld games, battle animations have the Substitute switch places with the Pokémon while the Pokémon is actually attacking. Pokémon Battle Revolution's battle animations will play out as if the Substitute was the one attacking.

In other languages

• French: Clonage
• Spanish: Sustituto
• Italian: Sostituto
• German: Delegator