Bestow
Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
User passes its held item to the target.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 15
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Bestow changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VII
… Fails if the user has no
dropped: item,added: item or is holding a Z-Crystal, if the target is already holding … Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, added: Drive, ordropped: Driveadded: Memory and either the user or the target is a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, added: Genesect, ordropped: Genesect,added: Silvally, respectively. - Gen VI
… Fails if the user has no
dropped: item or is holding a Mail,added: item, if the target is already holding an item, added: if the item is a Mega Stone and either the user or the target is the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or if the item is a added: Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, or Drive and either the user or the target is a added: Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, or Genesect, respectively.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
No clip of Bestow here yet. Find Bestow on YouTube →
How it works in Gen VII
The target receives the user's held item. Fails if the user has no item or is holding a , if the target is already holding an item, if the item is a and either the user or the target is the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or if the item is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, Drive, or Memory and either the user or the target is a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, or Silvally, respectively.
“The user passes its held item to the target when the target isn’t holding an item.”
In-game text, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Good to know
- Hits through Substitute.
- Can't be used through: Metronome, Assist, Copycat.
Who learns Bestow
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.