Bulk Up (move)

Bulk Up ビルドアップ Build-up

Battles Type  Fighting Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM08 in Generation III TM08 in Generation IV TM08 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn double the score in the next turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Bulk Up (Japanese: ビルドアップ Build-up) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Bulk Up raises the user's Attack stat and Defense stat by one stage each. Due to its effect it appears to be the complementary move to Superpower.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	28			28				28			'
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	28			28				28			'
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	30			30	60		60			'
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting								28			'
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting								29			'
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting								29			'
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting								33			'
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting								33			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM08		II TM08		III TM08		IV TM08		V TM08		VI TM08
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
062		Poliwrath	Water	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
066		Machop	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
067		Machoke	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
068		Machamp	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
106		Hitmonlee	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug	✔			✔				✔		✔
150		Mewtwo	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
210		Granbull	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting	✔			✔						✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
236		Tyrogue	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
237		Hitmontop	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	✔			✔				✔		✔
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	✔			✔				✔		✔
307		Meditite	Fighting	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
308		Medicham	Fighting	Psychic	✔			✔				✔		✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground	✔			✔				✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying	✔			✔				✔		✔
390		Chimchar	Fire		Fire				✔				✔		✔
391		Monferno	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting				✔				✔		✔
418		Buizel	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water				✔				✔		✔
447		Riolu	Fighting		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				✔				✔		✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting								✔		✔
532		Timburr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
533		Gurdurr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
534		Conkeldurr	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
538		Throh	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
539		Sawk	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark								✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire								✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire	Psychic								✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting								✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting								✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice								✔		✔
619		Mienfoo	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
620		Mienshao	Fighting		Fighting								✔		✔
627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying								✔		✔
628		Braviary	Normal	Flying								✔		✔
641		Tornadus	Flying		Flying								✔		✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying								✔		✔
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying								✔		✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Sawk Ursaring Floatzel
The user glows a reddish color and flexes its arm muscles, raising its Attack and Defense stats.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Floatzel flexes its arms and its body becomes surrounded by a magenta aura.
Crasher Wake's Floatzel	A Crasher Course in Power!		Debut
	Ursaring flexes its arms and its body becomes surrounded in a crimson aura.
Paul's Ursaring	Evolving Strategies!		None
	Sawk flexes its arms and its body becomes surrounded in a crimson aura.
Stephan's Sawk	BW041		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Slaking Bulk Up Adventures.png Slaking
The user increases their attack and defense power by buffing itself up.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Slaking roars loudly and flexes its muscles. Its muscles increase in size dramatically.
Norman's Slaking	VS. Slaking II		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 健美 Jiàn​měi​ French Gonflette German Protzer Greek Διόγκωση Italian Granfisico Korean 벌크업 Build-Up Portuguese Corpulência Serbian Povećanje Mase Spanish Corpulencia

Variations of the move Bulk Up
Bulk Up • Calm Mind • Cosmic Power Dragon Dance • Growth • Hone Claws • Stockpile • Work Up

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