Substitute (move)

Substitute is an -type status move. It is TM90 and can be bought at the Game Corner at Rustbolt City.

Effect
Substitute uses 25% of the user's total HP to create a Substitute; if the user does not have enough HP remaining, the move fails. The Substitute will then take damage for the user until it runs out of health.

Any damage over the maximum health of the Substitute is blocked, but multi-strike moves will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken. Substitutes do not protect the user from damage from effects such as confusion, recoil, weather damage, or a Life Orb.

While a Substitute is up, the user cannot be inflicted with any status condition, have its lowered, or be caused to flinch by an opponent's move. Some secondary effects from moves such as, , or are also cancelled. Preexisting status conditions and lowered stats persist after a Substitute is created. Moves used by a Pokémon with bypass Substitutes, as do the following:


 * After You
 * Aromatherapy
 * Aromatic Mist
 * Attract
 * Bestow
 * Boomburst
 * Bug Buzz
 * Chatter
 * Confide
 * Conversion 2
 * Curse
 * Destiny Bond
 * Disable
 * Disarming Voice
 * Echoed Voice
 * Encore
 * Foresight
 * Grass Whistle
 * Growl
 * Grudge
 * Guard Swap
 * Haze
 * Heal Bell
 * Heart Swap
 * Helping Hand
 * Hyper Voice
 * Imprison
 * Mean Look
 * Metal Sound
 * Mimic
 * Miracle Eye
 * Noble Roar
 * Odor Sleuth
 * Parting Shot
 * Perish Song
 * Play Nice
 * Powder
 * Power Swap
 * Psych Up
 * Reflect Type
 * Relic Song
 * Roar
 * Role Play
 * Round
 * Screech
 * Sing
 * Skill Swap
 * Snarl
 * Snore
 * Speed Swap
 * Spider Web
 * Spikes
 * Spite
 * Supersonic
 * Taunt
 * Tickle
 * Torment
 * Transform
 * Uproar
 * Whirlwind

By TM
Any Pokémon can learn Substitute, except Formling.