Last Resort (move)

Last Resort とっておき The Best

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  130 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jam  0   +1 if first to appeal

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Last Resort (Japanese: とっておき The Best) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Last Resort inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. However, it cannot be used until all other moves that the user knows have been fully executed, at least once, during the battle.

This 'counter' resets if the user switches out, faints, or the battle ends. Last Resort will fail if it is the only move the user knows.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

Last resort will fail if the user does not have at least one move with no PP. The more moves with no PP, the more powerful it becomes.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0133 Eevee Normal 50 0134 Vaporeon Water 50 0135 Jolteon Electric 50 0136 Flareon Fire 50 0175 Togepi Normal 51 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 51 0190 Aipom Normal 43 0196 Espeon Psychic 50 0197 Umbreon Dark 50 0231 Phanpy Ground 37 0311 Plusle Electric 48 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 65 0417 Pachirisu Electric 37 0424 Ambipom Normal 43 0433 Chingling Psychic 22 0446 Munchlax Normal 49 0470 Leafeon Grass 50 0471 Glaceon Ice 50 0482 Azelf Psychic 61 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon,
Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, Leafeon
Aipom, Ambipom
Phanpy, Donphan
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon,
Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon
Aipom, Ambipom
Phanpy, Donphan
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0161 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sentret
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon
Aipom, Ambipom
Phanpy, Donphan
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0174 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Igglybuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Pachirisu
Togetic, Togekiss |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0255 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Torchic
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon
Aipom, Ambipom
Phanpy, Donphan
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon
Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, Glaceon
Aipom, Ambipom
Phanpy, Donphan
Pachirisu |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0440 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Happiny
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff
Togetic, Togekiss
Skitty, Delcatty
Plusle
Pachirisu

|- | colspan="6" | 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. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver

#   Pokémon Type 0019 Rattata Normal 0020 Raticate Normal 0035 Clefairy Normal 0036 Clefable Normal 0039 Jigglypuff Normal 0040 Wigglytuff Normal 0052 Meowth Normal 0053 Persian Normal 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 0113 Chansey Normal 0133 Eevee Normal 0134 Vaporeon Water 0135 Jolteon Electric 0136 Flareon Fire 0137 Porygon Normal 0143 Snorlax Normal 0151 Mew Psychic 0161 Sentret Normal 0162 Furret Normal 0173 Cleffa Normal 0174 Igglybuff Normal 0175 Togepi Normal 0176 Togetic Normal Flying 0190 Aipom Normal 0196 Espeon Psychic 0197 Umbreon Dark 0206 Dunsparce Normal 0209 Snubbull Normal 0210 Granbull Normal 0216 Teddiursa Normal 0217 Ursaring Normal 0233 Porygon2 Normal 0234 Stantler Normal 0242 Blissey Normal 0251 Celebi Psychic Grass 0255 Torchic Fire 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 0264 Linoone Normal 0300 Skitty Normal 0301 Delcatty Normal 0311 Plusle Electric 0312 Minun Electric 0327 Spinda Normal 0335 Zangoose Normal 0351 Castform Normal 0352 Kecleon Normal 0358 Chimecho Psychic 0380 Latias Dragon Psychic 0381 Latios Dragon Psychic 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0399 Bidoof Normal 0400 Bibarel Normal Water 0417 Pachirisu Electric 0424 Ambipom Normal 0427 Buneary Normal 0428 Lopunny Normal 0431 Glameow Normal 0432 Purugly Normal 0440 Happiny Normal 0446 Munchlax Normal 0468 Togekiss Normal Flying 0470 Leafeon Grass 0471 Glaceon Ice 0474 Porygon-Z Normal 0482 Azelf Psychic 0489 Phione Water 0490 Manaphy Water 0491 Darkrai Dark 0492 Shaymin Grass 0492 Shaymin Grass Flying 0493 Arceus Fighting Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• It is, as of Generation IV, the only known move that has a base power of 130, although the variable move Fling when used with an Iron Ball also has a base power of 130.
• It is physically impossible to use Last Resort when the user is holding a Choice item. A move such as Trick can fix this, however.
  • However, it is possible for a Buneary or Lopunny with the Klutz ability to use Last Resort while holding a Choice item (as Klutz prevents the item from working anyway).

In other languages

• French : Dernierecour
• Spanish: Última Baza
• German : Zuflucht
• Italian: Ultimascelta