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Bulk Up (move)

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Bulk Up
ビルドアップ Build-up
The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
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 BrightPowder
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
Affects the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Contests
Category  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
Category  Beauty
Appeal  0
Earn double the score in the next turn.

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

Contents

Effect

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

In the anime

Pokémon

Floatzel. Floatzel glows a reddish color and flexes its arm muscles.

Ursaring. Same as above.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
256 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 28
257 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 28
383 383 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
056 056 Mankey Fighting
057 057 Primeape Fighting
062 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting
066 066 Machop Fighting
067 067 Machoke Fighting
068 068 Machamp Fighting
106 106 Hitmonlee Fighting
107 107 Hitmonchan Fighting
127 127 Pinsir Bug
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic
151 151 Mew Psychic
209 209 Snubbull Normal
210 210 Granbull Normal
214 214 Heracross Bug Fighting
216 216 Teddiursa Normal
217 217 Ursaring Normal
236 236 Tyrogue Fighting
237 237 Hitmontop Fighting
256 256 Combusken Fire Fighting
257 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting
286 286 Breloom Grass Fighting
287 287 Slakoth Normal
288 288 Vigoroth Normal
289 289 Slaking Normal
296 296 Makuhita Fighting
297 297 Hariyama Fighting
307 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic
308 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic
383 383 Groudon Ground
384 384 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
256 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 28
257 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 28
383 383 Groudon Ground 30DPPt
383 383 Groudon Ground 60HGSS
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
056 056 Mankey Fighting
057 057 Primeape Fighting
062 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting
066 066 Machop Fighting
067 067 Machoke Fighting
068 068 Machamp Fighting
106 106 Hitmonlee Fighting
107 107 Hitmonchan Fighting
127 127 Pinsir Bug
150 150 Mewtwo Psychic
151 151 Mew Psychic
209 209 Snubbull Normal
210 210 Granbull Normal
214 214 Heracross Bug Fighting
216 216 Teddiursa Normal
217 217 Ursaring Normal
236 236 Tyrogue Fighting
237 237 Hitmontop Fighting
256 256 Combusken Fire Fighting
257 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting
286 286 Breloom Grass Fighting
287 287 Slakoth Normal
288 288 Vigoroth Normal
289 289 Slaking Normal
296 296 Makuhita Fighting
297 297 Hariyama Fighting
307 307 Meditite Fighting Psychic
308 308 Medicham Fighting Psychic
383 383 Groudon Ground
384 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying
390 390 Chimchar Fire
391 391 Monferno Fire Fighting
392 392 Infernape Fire Fighting
418 418 Buizel Water
419 419 Floatzel Water
447 447 Riolu Fighting
448 448 Lucario Fighting Steel
453 453 Croagunk Poison Fighting
454 454 Toxicroak Poison Fighting
475 475 Gallade Psychic Fighting
483 483 Dialga Steel Dragon
484 484 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.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Corpulencia
  • French: Gonflette
  • Italian: Granfisico
  • German: Protzer
Variations on the move Bulk Up
Status Bulk Up | Calm Mind | Cosmic Power
Dragon Dance | Stockpile | Defend Order
Generation III TMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
Generation III HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08
Generation IV TMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25
26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50
51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75
76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92
Generation IV HMs
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 (DPPt | HGSS) | 06 | 07 | 08


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