Substitute (move)

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Substitute (Japanese: みがわり Substitute) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation I.
It is:
* TM50 in Generation I.
* TM90 from Generation IV to and in .
* TM08 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
* TR20 in .
* TM103 in Generation IX.
It was 's signature move in Generation II.
==Effect==
By giving up 25% of its maximum HP (rounded down), the user creates a . The substitute's HP is equal to the amount lost to create it (except in Generation I, where it is 1 HP higher). The move fails if the user already has a substitute.
A substitute doll takes any damage the user would take instead, until it breaks. While a Pokémon has a substitute, it is not affected by many status moves used by other Pokémon, and the additional effects of other Pokémon's damaging moves often fail to affect it.
 will steal the effect of Substitute when it is used.
===Generation I===
The created substitute's HP is 1 greater than the amount of HP lost by the user.
In the handheld Generation I games, if the user has exactly 25% of its maximum HP, it will create a substitute and immediately faint. In Pokémon Stadium, Substitute fails if the user has exactly 25% of its maximum HP.
===Generation II onward===
The created substitute's HP is equal to the HP lost when using Substitute.
Substitute fails if the user does not have more than 25% of its maximum HP left (i.e. making a substitute would otherwise cause it to faint). Consequently, Substitute will always fail if used by (who only has 1 HP).
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Substitute, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/TR/Move Tutor===
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==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
In the Rescue Team, Explorers and Adventure Squad series, Substitute targets the Pokémon in front of them, ally or enemy, and inflicts the status condition on them. The Pokémon with this status will be preferentially attacked by allies and enemies. The status lasts for 21-50 turns. This move is affected by .
From Gates to Infinity, Substitute instead causes the status by cutting the user's HP in half. The user will not be targeted by enemies, but the user cannot use moves or items, and cannot restore its HP naturally. If the user is attacked by a move (such as which affects the whole room), Substitute will not protect the user from damage. The status lasts 11 turns.
===Super Smash Bros. series===
 is 's down special. The substitute doll it summons resembles those from the core series games, though it can also summon a log. The move functions as a counter, attacking opponents who hit Greninja while it is posing.
There is a trophy of the substitute doll in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
====Trophy information====
If it looks like a Pokémon and it gets attacked like a Pokémon, it's probably a- Oh, no, it could also be a Substitute Doll. This cute plush figure appears out of nowhere when a Pokémon uses the move Substitute. Is that a smile on its face or a grimace of determination? Only the doll knows, and it's not telling.
===Pokkén Tournament===
Substitute is the move used by when called as a Support Pokémon. It conjures up a set of three substitute dolls that rotate around the Battle Pokémon, blocking incoming projectile attacks.Pokken Tournament DX/Projectile Priority | Shoryuken Wiki!, archived November 29, 2020 on Internet Archive It also restores a little of the Battle Pokémon's HP.
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In Pokémon UNITE, Substitute is 's second move as . The user dashes while leaving behind a targetable decoy. The user is unstoppable while dashing. After evolving into at level 5, this move is replaced by either or .
Substitute Dolls appear on their own as part of the Practice Area mode.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Phantom Thief Pokémon 7===
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
* can learn Substitute despite being incapable of using it, as its HP is too low to create a .
** However, in the Mystery Dungeon series, it is able to use the move, due to being able to possess more than 1 HP.
* This move plays its animation even if the battle animations are turned off.
* In Generation I games, if the player used Substitute, then looked at the stats of a Pokémon in their party and then exited the menu, the opponent's Pokémon sprite would change to a glitchy version of the Pokémon that was just viewed.
* In Generation VII, Substitute is the only TM that can be learned by all Pokémon that can learn TMs, except Pokémon that can only learn moves via TM that they can also learn by other means.
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Moves that cost HP to use
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
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