Helping Hand (move)

Helping Hand (Japanese: てだすけ Help) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation III. It is:
* TM03 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
* TM41 in .
* TM130 in Generation IX.
==Effect==
===Generation III===
Helping Hand is an increased priority move that will increase the damage done by the user's ally this turn by 50%.
It will fail if there is no adjacent ally, or if the ally has already acted this turn.
It can still affect an ally behind a or in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move like or .
Helping Hand targets the user.
===Generation IV===
Helping Hand now targets an adjacent ally, and will raise its move's power by 50% this turn (resulting in virtually the same effect).
Helping Hand will fail in a Single Battle.
Helping Hand now boosts damage.
===Generation V onwards===
Helping Hand now targets an adjacent ally. It no longer boosts confusion damage.
Helping Hand will fail when used by the player's Pokémon in a Horde Encounter. In a Battle Royal, Helping Hand can target any opponent, and successfully increase that opponent's move power.
If Helping Hand is used multiple times in a turn, all targeting the same Pokémon, the boosts are cumulative. The move power will increase by 125% if there are two Helping Hands, or 237.5% if there are three.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Helping Hand, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.
===Generation IX===
In Tera Raid Battles, when Helping Hand is used multiple times on the same target, it does not stack and only applies the base 50% increase.
==Description==
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==Learnset==
===By leveling up===
===By TM/Move Tutor===
===By ===
===Special move===
====Generation III====
====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
===By ===
====Generation IV====
====Generation V====
==In other games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
Helping Hand targets all teammates other than the user in the same room, raising their Attack and Special Attack by one stage.
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In Pokémon UNITE, Helping Hand is 's first move. It is obtained by reaching level 6 upgrading into it instead of . The user greatly improves movement speed and basic attack speed for itself and allies by 35% for 3s. During this duration, all of the user's basic attacks are boosted. After this bonus expires, the user loses any boosted attack that was granted. At level 12, the move also increases basic attack damage for all those affected by 15%.
===Description===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
===Pokémon Battle Frontier===
===Pokémon Colosseum Snatcher Leo===
===Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom===
==In other generations==
===Core series games===
===Side series games===
===Spin-off series games===
==Trivia==
*Ever since its introduction, Helping Hand has the highest consistent priority of all moves, meaning a Pokémon performing this move will always go first unless another Pokémon uses on a recalled Pokémon, or a Pokémon with uses a move with +4 priority.
* In Generation III, the status screen erroneously states that the move has 100% accuracy, even though it ignores accuracy and evasion checks.
==In other languages==
Category:Increased priority moves
Category:Moves that can hit semi-invulnerable Pokémon
Category:Moves learned by purification
Category:Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
Category:Moves usable in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
de:Rechte Hand
es:Refuerzo
fr:Coup d'Main
it:Altruismo
ja:てだすけ
zh:帮助（招式）