Bulk Up (move)

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 TM08 in Generation III TM08 in Generation IV

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bulk Up on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

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

In the anime

Floatzel using Bulk Up

Ursaring using Bulk Up

Pokémon

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

• Used by Crasher Wake's Floatzel in A Crasher Course in Power!. Debut

Ursaring. Same as above.

• Used by Paul's Ursaring in DP132.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

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

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