Submission (move)

Submission じごくぐるま Hell Wheel

The user grabs the foe and recklessly dives for the ground. It also hurts the user slightly.

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Physical PP  25 (max. 40) Power  80 Accuracy  80% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM17 in Generation I

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0 After this move, the user is more easily startled.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Submission on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Submission on Eevee's Movedex

Submission (Japanese: じごくぐるま Hell Wheel) is a damage-dealing Fighting-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Submission does damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 25% of the damage done to the target.

If the user of Submission attacks first and faints due to recoil damage, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round. However, the user will still be subject to recurrent damage. Self-inflicted recoil damage from Submission from the previous turn can be countered if the target does not make a move on the following turn. If Submission breaks a Substitute, the user will take no recoil damage.

In Stadium, no recoil damage is taken if Submission knocks out a target.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 066 Machop Fighting 46 067 Machoke Fighting 52 068 Machamp Fighting 52 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 TM17

#   Pokémon Type 004 Charmander Fire 005 Charmeleon Fire 006 Charizard Fire Flying 007 Squirtle Water 008 Wartortle Water 009 Blastoise Water 025 Pikachu Electric 026 Raichu Electric 027 Sandshrew Ground 028 Sandslash Ground 031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 034 Nidoking Poison Ground 035 Clefairy Normal 036 Clefable Normal 039 Jigglypuff Normal 040 Wigglytuff Normal 054 Psyduck Water 055 Golduck Water 056 Mankey Fighting 057 Primeape Fighting 061 Poliwhirl Water 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 063 Abra Psychic 064 Kadabra Psychic 065 Alakazam Psychic 066 Machop Fighting 067 Machoke Fighting 068 Machamp Fighting 074 Geodude Rock Ground 075 Graveler Rock Ground 076 Golem Rock Ground 080 Slowbro Water Psychic 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 096 Drowzee Psychic 097 Hypno Psychic 104 Cubone Ground 105 Marowak Ground 106 Hitmonlee Fighting 107 Hitmonchan Fighting 108 Lickitung Normal 112 Rhydon Ground Rock 113 Chansey Normal 115 Kangaskhan Normal 122 Mr. Mime Psychic 124 Jynx Ice Psychic 125 Electabuzz Electric 126 Magmar Fire 127 Pinsir Bug 139 Omastar Rock Water 140 KabutoY Rock Water 141 Kabutops Rock Water 143 Snorlax Normal 150 Mewtwo Psychic 151 Mew Psychic 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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 35 066 Machop Fighting 49 067 Machoke Fighting 61 068 Machamp Fighting 61 127 Pinsir Bug 37 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 breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 155 Cyndaquil Fire Pikachu, Raichu Sandshrew, Sandslash Nidoking Psyduck, Golduck Mankey, Primeape RhydonC Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 35 066 Machop Fighting 37 067 Machoke Fighting 41 068 Machamp Fighting 41 127 Pinsir Bug 43 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 062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 066 Machop Fighting 31 067 Machoke Fighting 32 068 Machamp Fighting 32 127 Pinsir Bug 42 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

	Machoke	Nidoking and Nidoqueen
The user grabs the foe and recklessly dives for the ground.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Charizard	Charizard grabs the opponent, flies up and spins around while going up. Refered to by Ash as an 'Aerial Submission.'
Ash's Charizard	Volcanic Panic		Debut
Poliwrath	Poliwrath rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits them, or Poliwrath grabs the opponent's legs and rolls around, holding onto the opponent's Pokémon.
Andreas's Poliwrath	Hook, Line, and Stinker		None
Dalaney's Poliwrath	Outrageous Fortunes		None
Machoke	Machoke flips, grabs its opponent with its legs, rolls around, holding them in a full-body hold, and throws them.
Chuck's Machoke	Machoke, Machoke Man!		None
Nidoking	It rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits them.
Oscar's Nidoking	The Bicker the Better		None
Nidoqueen	It rolls towards the opponent at full speed and hits them.
Andi's Nidoqueen	The Bicker the Better		None

Trivia

• In all generations, all Pokémon that learn Submission naturally are from a Generation I evolutionary family, with the sole exception of Cyndaquil. In Generation II, other Pokémon such as Blissey may learn this move, but only if they are traded forward with the Time Capsule prior to evolution.

• The name for this move is somewhat inaccurate. A professional wrestling submission is a move executed by wreching an opponent's limbs for an extended period of time, in the hopes the opponent will give up. The move's effect is more like a particularly strong grapple (the Japanese name suggests a Hell Wheel).

In other languages

• Spanish: Sumisión
• French: Sacrifice
• German: Überroller
• Italian: Sottomissione

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.