EXceed Pulse (move)

**eXceed Pulse** (Japanese: **いくつかのXはどうですか** *How about some X*) is a damage-dealing Psychic move introduced in Generation VII. It is one of the signature moves of Firewall eXceed.

## Effect

eXceed Pulse deals damage and then switches the user out and it will switch out the target to the next Pokémon in line that has not fainted (if there is one). eXceed Pulse lets the users Player looks at their opponents party and choose Pokémon for them to send out, otherwise if the user it causes the targeted Pokémon to faint, the User is still switches the user out like Normal and the opponents Pokémon will be chosen at random rather then them making their own choice.

If an opponents Pokémon is switch outed by this move the owner of the user can look at the opponent's party and look at their Pokémon's Ability, held items, and Stats and moves of the opponent's Pokémon after the user's owner as selected a Pokémon to send out to battle and select a Pokémon from the opponent's party for the opponent to send out to battle only if the opposing Pokémon was not knocked out by this move, otherwise if the Pokémon faints due to this move the Pokémon will be sent out to battle by a random from the opponent's party, in which case you nor opponent's can decide which Pokémon will be sent out to battle from the opponents party, but the user's player can still choose their own Pokémon to send out to battle.

The user will not be switched out if the user is the only Pokémon in the party that is able to battle, if eXceed Pulse triggers an opponent's Wimp Out or Emergency Exit. If eXceed Pulse faints an opponent Trainer's Pokémon, the next Pokémon sent out by the user will not be counted for additional experience, and if the user is battling an NPC, the player will still have the ability to switch Pokémon in between Pokémon that have fainted. If the next Pokémon sent out by the user is holding an Amulet Coin or Luck Incense, it will be counted for that even if it is immediately switched out in between fainted Pokémon.

If the foe Pokémon uses Pursuit on the same turn eXceed Pulse is used, Pursuit will deal normal damage if the foe is faster, or double damage if the foe is slower than the user.

eXceed Pulse may be used to switch out of Ingrain, but Ingrain's effects will not be passed on. eXceed Pulse can also be used to switch out even if the user is under the effect of Arena Trap, Magnet Pull, Shadow Tag, Mean Look, Spider Web, or Block. eXceed Pulse will not force a switch if the user is holding a Red Card or the target is holding an Eject Button.

When used on a Dynamax or Gigantamax Pokémon, eXceed Pulse will deal damage but not force the either players to switch out.

eXceed Pulse also prevents all adjacent opponents from or switching out while a Pokémon with this move is attacking another Pokémon. Ghost Pokémon cannot be trapped by this move.

eXceed Pulse also prevents both players from switching out as long as the user remains in battle. Wimp Out, Emergency Exit, the Red Card, the Shed Shell, and the Eject Button can bypass this effect when Pokémon are chosen to be sent out by its effect.

If either player's Pokémon leave the battle cause 1 of them fainted or is switched out due to an ability or item Wimp Out, Emergency Exit, the Red Card, the Shed Shell, and the Eject Button the other player can now switching out their Pokémon.

If the opponent's Pokémon is sent out into battle by this move either by you choosing or at random suppresses that opponent's Pokémon's Ability while it remains in battle. It cannot suppress Multitype, Stance Change, Schooling, Comatose, Shields Down, Disguise, RKS System, Battle Bond, Power Construct, or As One.

eXceed Pulse can also ignore certain Abilities like Suction Cups.

eXceed Pulse also lowers the Defense and Special Defense of the opposing Pokémon chosen from the party that was sent out by battle by this move by one stage each.

eXceed Pulse also negates the effect of opponent's Pokémon held item while in battle, that was switched into battle by this move, but eXceed Pulse cannot negate the effects of certain held items like Plate if the target is Arceus and cannot negate a Drive if the target is Genesect Z-Crystal from any Pokémon, a Mega Stone or Orb if the target could use it to Mega Evolve or undergo Primal Reversion, or a memory if the target is Silvally, nor negate the effects of Rusted Sword from Zacian, or a Rusted Shield from Zamazenta.

eXceed Pulse can only be successfully used by Firewall (or a Pokémon that has transformed into Firewall). If this move is used by any other Pokémon (including via Assist or Metronome), the move will fail, displaying the battle text *"But <Pokémon> can't use the move!"*.

## Description

### Special move

#### Generation VII

 **Bold** indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.*Italics* indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.