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Substitute

normal status

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

Stats

PowerNone (status move)
AccuracyNever misses
PP10
Priority0
Categorystatus
Targetuser
IntroducedGeneration I

In game description

The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy.

Pokemon that learn Substitute

#0001 Bulbasaur Bulbasaur #0002 Ivysaur Ivysaur #0003 Venusaur Venusaur #0004 Charmander Charmander #0005 Charmeleon Charmeleon #0006 Charizard Charizard #0007 Squirtle Squirtle #0008 Wartortle Wartortle #0009 Blastoise Blastoise #0012 Butterfree Butterfree #0015 Beedrill Beedrill #0016 Pidgey Pidgey #0017 Pidgeotto Pidgeotto #0018 Pidgeot Pidgeot #0019 Rattata Rattata #0020 Raticate Raticate #0021 Spearow Spearow #0022 Fearow Fearow #0023 Ekans Ekans #0024 Arbok Arbok #0025 Pikachu Pikachu #0026 Raichu Raichu #0027 Sandshrew Sandshrew #0028 Sandslash Sandslash #0029 Nidoran F Nidoran F #0030 Nidorina Nidorina #0031 Nidoqueen Nidoqueen #0032 Nidoran M Nidoran M #0033 Nidorino Nidorino #0034 Nidoking Nidoking #0035 Clefairy Clefairy #0036 Clefable Clefable #0037 Vulpix Vulpix #0038 Ninetales Ninetales #0039 Jigglypuff Jigglypuff #0040 Wigglytuff Wigglytuff #0041 Zubat Zubat #0042 Golbat Golbat #0043 Oddish Oddish #0044 Gloom Gloom

Showing the first 40. Availability varies by server, since some restrict move tutors or TMs.

Using Substitute in Cobblemon

Substitute deals no damage, so its value is entirely in what it sets up. Status moves are usually the difference in a close gym fight, and sleep or paralysis also make a wild Pokemon far easier to catch.

Check the type chart before relying on it, and look up specific targets in the Pokedex where dual-type multipliers are already worked out.