Self-Destruct (move)
| Selfdestruct じばく Suicide Bombing | ||||||||||||
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Selfdestruct (Japanese: じばく Suicide Bombing) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Selfdestruct does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is listed as 130, the target'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 a target with a defense value of 1.
If Selfdestruct breaks a target'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 target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.
In Stadium, if Selfdestruct breaks a target's Substitute, the user will faint.
Generation II and on
Similar, but without glitches and with a power of 200 instead. The Defense-halving step still applies, giving it an effective power of 400.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0185
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| style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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| 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.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0185
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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| 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.
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By move tutor
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0185
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0438
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Bonsly
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem
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| 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.
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In the anime
| The Pokémon becomes angry and white and then explodes. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Voltorb glows for a second or two and then explodes suddenly. | ||
| Koga's Voltorb | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | Debut | |
| Duplica's Ditto in form of Voltorb | Ditto's Mysterious Mansion | None | |
| Wild Voltorb | Pikachu Re-Volts | None | |
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Pineco glows blue, then suddenly explodes. | ||
| Multiple wild Pineco | Going Apricorn! | None | |
| Brock's Pineco | Going Apricorn! | None | |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Selfdestruct does not cause the user to faint, but instead cuts its HP in half, and reduces HP by half on teammates, by 40 on hostile Pokémon, and destroys all walls and items within one tile of the user.
In other languages
- French: Destruction
- German: Finale
- Italian: Autodistruzione
- Spanish: Autodestruc
| Generation I TMs | |
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| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
| Generation I HMs | |
| 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 | |
