Final Gambit (move)

Final Gambit
いのちがけ Life Risk

Battles

Type	Fighting
Category	Special
PP	5 (max. 8)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

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

Availability

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

Contest Spectaculars

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

On Smogon's Movedex:

Final Gambit (Japanese: いのちがけ Life Risk) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Final Gambit causes the user to faint, and the target receives damage equal to the user's remaining HP before using Final Gambit.

If Final Gambit doesn't hit the opponent due to missing, type immunity, or protection, then Final Gambit will fail, and the user will not faint.

The move's side effect is not considered as inflicting damage to the user, and so if the user is holding a Focus Band, Focus Sash, or has Sturdy, it will not activate and the user will still faint. However, the move inflicts damage to the target, and so the target's Focus Band, Focus Sash, Sturdy, and/or Endure can still trigger if applicable, so that the target will be left with 1 HP.

If the user of a Final Gambit were to faint on the same turn as the victim, then the user faints before the victim takes damage. This means that the user's team loses the battle if both teams had their final Pokémon sent out.

Description

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user risks everything to attack its target. The user faints but does damage equal to the user's HP.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh BDSP LA	The user risks everything to attack its target. The user faints but does damage equal to its HP.
SV	The user risks everything to attack the target. The user faints but inflicts damage equal to its own HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
056		Mankey		Field		Field	53	53	50	50^BDSP	48
057		Primeape		Field		Field	63	1, 63	1, 57	1, 57^BDSP	57
083		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field				60
335		Zangoose		Field		Field					Rem.
396		Starly		Flying		Flying	41	41	41	41^BDSP	41
397		Staravia		Flying		Flying	48	48	48	48^BDSP	48
398		Staraptor		Flying		Flying	57	57	57	57^BDSP	57
447		Riolu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	55	50	50	52^SwSh^BDSP	52
448		Lucario		Field	Human-Like				1^SwSh^BDSP	1
494		Victini		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	81	81	81	91
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2	51	50	38	40	40
616		Shelmet		Bug		Bug	56	56	56	48
617		Accelgor		Bug		Bug	56	1, 56	1, 56	48
865		Sirfetch'd		Flying	Field				60
976		Veluza		Water 2		Water 2					55
979		Annihilape		Field		Field					57
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
019		Rattata		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
019		Rattata Alolan Form		Field		Field			✔
050		Diglett		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
050		Diglett Alolan Form		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field			✔^USUM	✔
213		Shuckle		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔
290		Nincada		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔
335		Zangoose		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
336		Seviper		Field	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP	✔
931		Squawkabilly		Flying		Flying					✔
960		Wiglett		Water 3		Water 3					✔
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

Description

Games	Description
MDGtI SMD	It lowers your HP to 1, and damages an enemy equal to your reduced HP.
MDRTDX	It lowers your HP to 1 and damages an enemy by an amount equal to your reduced HP.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Staraptor

The user rams into the opponent at full force.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Staraptor	Staraptor rams into the opponent at full force.
Norman's Staraptor	PS611	Debut

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, andSky	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	搏命Bokmihng
Chinese	Mandarin	搏命 Bómìng
French		Tout ou Rien
German		Wagemut
Italian		Azzardo
Korean		목숨걸기 Moksum Geolgi
Brazilian Portuguese		Gambito Final
Spanish		Sacrificio

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