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 30DPPt 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 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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