Self-Destruct (move)

Selfdestruct じばく Selfdestruct

Battles Type  Normal Category  uncategorized PP  5 (max. 8) Power  200 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  [[Generation {{{gen}}}]] Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Selfdestruct is an extremely damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. Template:Project MoveDex autoarticle notice

In other languages

French: destruction, German: finale, Italian: autodistruz., Spanish: autodestruc., Dutch: zelfvernietiging, Portuguese: Autodestruiçāo.

Effect

Generation I

Selfdestruct does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is listed as 130, the opponent's defense will be halved when damage from this attack is calculated, giving it an effective power of 260. The game will bump 0 up to 1 to avoid infinite damage, so Selfdestruct will then effectively have a power of 130 if used against an opponent with a defense value of 1.

If Selfdestruct breaks an opponent's substitute, the user will not faint, though its image will be replaced by a blank image. Additionally, if the user of Selfdestruct had a substitute at the time of such a situation, uses Substitute later, or switches out, its regular image will once again become visible.

If the user of Selfdestruct attacks first and faints itself, the opponent will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, if Selfdestruct breaks an opponent's substitute, the user will faint.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

• Geodude at Lv.21
• Graveler at Lv.21
• Golem at Lv.21
• Voltorb at Lv.27
• Electrode at Lv.27
• Koffing at Lv.17
• Weezing at Lv.--
• Weezing at Lv.17
• Pineco at Lv.8
• Forretress at Lv.--
• Forretress at Lv.8
• Baltoy at Lv.19
• Claydol at Lv.19

By breeding

• Sudowoodo