Bulk Up (move)

Bulk Up ビルドアップ Build-up

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Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM08 in Generation III TM08 in Generation IV TM08 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   User gains a star if their condition is good, and they receive the number of stars ub aooeak points after the next round. Every star they have (up to 3) lessens the probability of their Pokémon becoming nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Bulk Up (Japanese: ビルドアップ Build-up) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Bulk Up raises the user's Attack stat and Defense stat by one stage each.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 28 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 28 0383 Groudon Ground 30 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM08

#   Pokémon Type 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0127 Pinsir Bug 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 28 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 28 0383 Groudon Ground 30 0383 Groudon Ground 60 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM08

#   Pokémon Type 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0127 Pinsir Bug 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0418 Buizel Water 0419 Floatzel Water 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0484 Palkia Water Dragon Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 28 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 28 0383 Groudon Ground 60 0532 Timburr Fighting 28 0533 Gurdurr Fighting 29 0534 Conkeldurr Fighting 29 0538 Throh Fighting 33 0539 Sawk Fighting 33 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM08

#   Pokémon Type 0056 Mankey Fighting 0057 Primeape Fighting 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 0066 Machop Fighting 0067 Machoke Fighting 0068 Machamp Fighting 0106 Hitmonlee Fighting 0107 Hitmonchan Fighting 0127 Pinsir Bug 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0214 Heracross Bug Fighting 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0236 Tyrogue Fighting 0237 Hitmontop Fighting 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0287 Slakoth Normal 0288 Vigoroth Normal 0289 Slaking Normal 0296 Makuhita Fighting 0297 Hariyama Fighting 0307 Meditite Fighting Psychic 0308 Medicham Fighting Psychic 0383 Groudon Ground 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0390 Chimchar Fire 0391 Monferno Fire Fighting 0392 Infernape Fire Fighting 0418 Buizel Water 0419 Floatzel Water 0447 Riolu Fighting 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0453 Croagunk Poison Fighting 0454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting 0475 Gallade Psychic Fighting 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0500 Emboar Fire Fighting 0532 Timburr Fighting 0533 Gurdurr Fighting 0534 Conkeldurr Fighting 0538 Throh Fighting 0539 Sawk Fighting 0553 Krookodile Ground Dark 0555 Darmanitan Fire 0555 Darmanitan Fire Psychic 0559 Scraggy Dark Fighting 0560 Scrafty Dark Fighting 0614 Beartic Ice 0619 Mienfoo Fighting 0620 Mienshao Fighting 0627 Rufflet Normal Flying 0628 Braviary Normal Flying 0641 Tornadus Flying 0642 Thundurus Electric Flying 0645 Landorus Ground Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Ursaring Bulk Up.png Ursaring File:Floatzel Bulk Up.png Floatzel
The user glows a reddish color and flexes its arm muscles, raising its Attack and Defense stats.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Floatzel flexes its arms and its body becomes surrounded by a magenta aura.
Crasher Wake's Floatzel	A Crasher Course in Power!		Debut
	Ursaring flexes its arms and its body becomes surrounded in a crimson aura.
Paul's Ursaring	Evolving Strategies!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Slaking Bulk Up Adventures.png Slaking
The user increases their attack and defense power by buffing itself up.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Slaking roars loudly and flexes its muscles. Its muscles increase in size dramatically.
Norman's Slaking	VS. Slaking II		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 健美 Jiàn​měi​ French Gonflette German Protzer Greek Διόγκωση Italian Granfisico Korean 벌크업 Build-Up European Portuguese Corpulência Serbian Povećanje Mase European Spanish Corpulencia

Variations of the move Bulk Up
Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Cosmic Power Dragon Dance • Growth • Hone Claws • Stockpile • Work Up

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