Autotomize (move)

Autotomize ボディパージ Body Purge

Battles Type  Steel Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Autotomize (Japanese: ボディパージ Body Purge) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Autotomize raises the user's Speed stat by two stages and decreases the user's weight to half of its original value. This lowers the base power of Heat Crash and Heavy Slam (when used by the user of Autotomize), and Low Kick and Grass Knot (when targeting the user of Autotomize), since these moves are calculated by the user's weight. At the same time, it will increase the damage taken from Heat Crash and Heavy Slam.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 32 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 30 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 39 0304 Aron Steel Rock 43 0305 Lairon Steel Rock 51 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 57 0599 Klink Steel 31 0600 Klang Steel 31 0601 Klinklang Steel 31 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" | 0074 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0524 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roggenrola
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0582 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vanillite
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | 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. |} |}

Trivia

• Autotomize refers to autotomy, the ability of certain animals to deliberately shed parts of their own body, usually to escape from a predator. It is common amongst reptiles and salamanders, as well as various invertebrates.
• Autotomize is the only Steel-type move whose name consists of a single word.

In other languages

• French: Allègement
• German: Autotomie
• Italian: Sganciapesi
• Spanish: Aligerar

Variations of the move Acid Armor
Acid Armor • Amnesia • Autotomize • Barrier • Iron Defense • Nasty Plot • Rock Polish • Swords Dance Formerly a variation Minimize

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