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General

Substitute

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Red/Blue/Yellow RBY

Quick Description

Flavor text: The user makes a copy of itself using some of its HP. The copy serves as the user's decoy.
Eevine summary: Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.

Damage Inflicts

0× against
½× against
2× against

Stats

Power: n/a
Accuracy: 100%
PP: 10; maximum is 16
Target: user
Effect chance: n/a
Power × accuracy: n/a
Power percentile: 0
Priority: 0

Names

Japanese: みがわり
Romaji: Migawari

Flags

Affected by accuracy
Makes contact
Stopped by Detect/Protect
Gains Flinch bonus from King's Rock
Reflected by Magic Coat
Can be stolen by Snatch

TMs

RBY TM: TM50 (¥), location: Coin Exchange (7700 Coins)
GSC TM: Not a TM
RSE TM: Not a TM
DP TM: TM90 (¥), location: Veilstone Game Corner (2000 Coins)

Effect Details

Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.

Flavor Text

Creates a decoy using 14 of the user's maximum HP.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
Appeal: 2
Jam: 0
Flavor text: Prevents the next jam on this turn.

Similar Moves

: Dive, Mirror Coat
: Detect, Double Team, Rapid Spin
: Defense Curl, Minimize, Rest
: Calm Mind
: Counter, Endure, Harden, Stockpile

Combos

Use Substitute before: none
Use Substitute after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 481 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

4 Pokémon

											Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type			Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
						40	40		39		Kecleon	3'3.4"	48.5 lb				Ground	Color Change	60	90	70	60	120	40	73.3
									29		Mime Jr.	1'11.6"	28.7 lb				No Eggs	Soundproof Filter	20	25	45	70	90	60	51.7
47	47		11	11		9	8		29		Mr. Mime	4'3.2"	120.1 lb				Humanshape	Soundproof Filter	40	45	65	100	120	90	76.7
									36		Rotom	11.8"	0.7 lb				Indeterminate	Levitate	50	50	77	95	77	91	73.3

Machine

Too many to list!

Egg

17 Pokémon

					Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type			Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
					Absol	3'11.2"	103.6 lb				Ground	Pressure Super Luck	65	130	60	75	60	75	77.5
					Chansey	3'7.3"	76.3 lb				Fairy	Natural Cure Serene Grace	250	5	5	35	105	50	75.0
					Cleffa	11.8"	6.6 lb				No Eggs	Cute Charm Magic Guard	50	25	28	45	55	15	36.3
					Happiny	1'11.6"	53.8 lb				No Eggs	Natural Cure Serene Grace	100	5	5	15	65	30	36.7
					Kangaskhan	7'2.6"	176.4 lb				Monster	Early Bird Scrappy	105	95	80	40	80	90	81.7
					Lapras	8'2.4"	485 lb				Monster Water 1	Water Absorb Shell Armor	130	85	80	85	95	60	89.2
					Lickitung	3'11.2"	144.4 lb				Monster	Oblivious Own Tempo	90	55	75	60	75	30	64.2
					Marill	1'3.7"	18.7 lb				Water 1 Fairy	Huge Power Thick Fat	70	20	50	20	50	40	41.7
					Minun	1'3.7"	9.3 lb				Fairy	Minus	60	40	50	75	85	95	67.5
					Munchlax	1'11.6"	231.5 lb				No Eggs	Thick Fat Pickup	135	85	40	40	85	5	65.0
					Plusle	1'3.7"	9.3 lb				Fairy	Plus	60	50	40	85	75	95	67.5
					Sentret	2'7.5"	13.2 lb				Ground	Run Away Keen Eye	35	46	34	35	45	20	35.8
					Skitty	1'11.6"	24.3 lb				Ground Fairy	Cute Charm Normalize	50	45	45	35	35	50	43.3
					Snorlax	6'10.7"	1014.1 lb				Monster	Immunity Thick Fat	160	110	65	65	110	30	90.0
					Spoink	2'3.6"	67.5 lb				Ground	Own Tempo Thick Fat	60	25	35	70	80	60	55.0
					Togepi	11.8"	3.3 lb				No Eggs	Serene Grace Hustle	35	20	65	40	65	20	40.8
					Zigzagoon	1'3.7"	38.6 lb				Ground	Pickup Gluttony	38	30	41	30	41	60	40.0

Tutor

Too many to list!

Other

2 Pokémon

Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type			Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
Pineco	1'11.6"	15.9 lb				Bug	Sturdy	50	65	90	35	35	15	48.3
Sudowoodo	3'11.2"	83.8 lb				Mineral	Sturdy Rock Head	70	100	115	30	65	30	68.3

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