Bounce
Pokémon Champions
Bounces turn 1. Hits turn 2. 30% .
- Power
- 85
- Accuracy
- 85%
- PP
- 5
- Hits
- Any one Pokémon, even far away
Changes over time
How Bounce changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VI
… Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, added: Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and …
- Gen V
… avoids all attacks other than Gust, added: Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, added: Smack Down, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and …
- Gen IV
… doubled power when used against it. added: If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.
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
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How it works in Champions
Has a 30% chance to the target. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and Twister have doubled power when used against it. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn.
- Makes contact
- Takes a turn to charge
“The user bounces up high on the first turn, then drops onto the target on the next turn. This may also leave the target with paralysis.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Has a secondary effect: Sheer Force boosts it and removes the effect, Serene Grace doubles the chance, and Shield Dust and Covert Cloak block it.Moves with a secondary effect
- Charges for a turn before attacking; Power Herb skips the wait once.Charging moves
- Can't be used while Gravity is in effect.
- Can't be used through: Assist, Sleep Talk, Instruct.
Works with or against it
Who learns Bounce
31 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
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