Self-Destruct

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Self-Destruct

じばく Self-Destruct

Generation:	I

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	200
Accuracy:	100
PP:	5, max: ?
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	User faints
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Protect/Detect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contests (RS E)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:	0

Super Contests (DP Pt)

Type:
Appeal:	6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:
Jam:

Self-Destruct, formerly known as Selfdestruct prior to Generation VI, is a Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Pokémon that can learn this booming move are Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Voltorb, Electrode, Koffing, Weezing, Pineco, Forretress, Baltoy, Claydol, and Mew.

It has a more powerful version called Explosion.

Description[]

Games	Description
GS C	Powerful but makes the user faint.
RS E	Inflicts severe damage but makes the user faint.
FRLG	The user blows up to inflict severe damage, even making itself faint
DP Pt HGSS	The user blows up to inflict damage on all Pokémon in battle. The user faints upon using this move.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE	The user attacks everything around it by causing an explosion. The user faints upon using this move.

In battle[]

As the name states, the user explodes, causing he/she to die. This attack can cause massive amounts of damage to every other Pokémon on the field.

Only Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to the move.

If the player character receives the Winner's Path for the Pokéwalker in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, a Munchlax that knows Self-Destruct can be found.

Other games[]

Super Smash Bros. series[]

In the Super Smash Bros. series Pokémon appear in battles as items in the form of Poké Balls. In S.S.B.B. (Brawl) Electrode will use self-destruct. Electrode's body will have start becoming red indicating it's about to blow, however it can only be picked up when it's about to explode meaning it is hard to throw it. Sometimes it will even short-circuit, making steam come from it, after this it will start again and explode much faster.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series[]

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness and Sky, Self-Destruct damages members of the player's team for 50% of their current HP, or in the case of Fire-types, 25%. Enemy Pokémon take 40 damage each; enemies that faint from this damage will not earn the player's team any Experience Points. All items and walls within a one-tile radius are destroyed. Self-Destruct fails in rainy weather and when a Pokémon with Damp (such as Psyduck) is present on the dungeon floor.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Level

III

VII

VIII

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM[]

Pokémon

Type

Egg groups

Machine

III

VII

VIII

Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

By Move Tutor[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Games
Bold indicates that this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates that an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Special move[]

Generation IV[]

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

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Kanto

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A	Acupressure After You Assist Attract

B	Barrage Baton Pass Belly Drum Bestow Bide Bind Bite Block Blood Moon Body Slam Boomburst

C	Camouflage Captivate Celebrate Charm Chip Away Comet Punch Confide Constrict Conversion Conversion 2 Copycat Court Change Covet Crush Claw Crush Grip Cut

D	Defense Curl Disable Dizzy Punch Doodle Double Hit Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge

E	Echoed Voice Egg Bomb Encore Endeavor Endure Entrainment Explosion Extreme Speed

F	Facade Fake Out False Swipe Feint Fillet Away Flail Flash Focus Energy Follow Me Foresight Frustration Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Giga Impact Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Happy Hour Harden Head Charge Headbutt Heal Bell Helping Hand Hidden Power Hold Back Hold Hands Horn Attack Horn Drill Howl Hyper Beam Hyper Drill Hyper Fang Hyper Voice

J	Judgment

K	Karate Chop

L	Laser Focus Last Resort Leer Lock-On Lovely Kiss Lucky Chant

M	Me First Mean Look Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Milk Drink Mimic Mind Reader Minimize Moonlight Morning Sun Multi-Attack

N	Natural Gift Nature Power Noble Roar

O	Odor Sleuth

P	Pain Split Pay Day Perish Song Play Nice Population Bomb Pound Power Shift Present Protect Psych Up

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Raging Bull Rapid Spin Razor Wind Recover Recycle Reflect Type Refresh Relic Song Retaliate Return Revelation Dance Revival Blessing Roar Rock Climb Round

S	Safeguard Sand Attack Scary Face Scratch Screech Secret Power Self-Destruct Sharpen Shed Tail Shell Smash Simple Beam Sing Sketch Skull Bash Slack Off Slam Slash Sleep Talk Smelling Salts Smokescreen Snore Soft-Boiled Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Spit Up Splash Spotlight Stockpile Stomp Strength Struggle Stuff Cheeks Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Swagger Swallow Sweet Kiss Sweet Scent Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Slap Tail Whip Take Down Tearful Look Teatime Techno Blast Teeter Dance Tera Blast Tera Starstorm Terrain Pulse Thrash Tickle Tidy Up Transform Tri Attack Trump Card

U	Uproar

V	Vise Grip

W	Weather Ball Whirlwind Wish Work Up Wrap Wring Out

Y	Yawn

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-type Fairy-type Fighting-type Fire-type Flying-type Ghost-type Grass-type Ground-type Ice-type Poison-type Psychic-type Rock-type Steel-type Water-type

Moves

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A	Absorb Acid Acid Armor Agility Amnesia Aurora Beam

B	Barrage Barrier Bide Bind Bite Blizzard Body Slam Bone Club Bonemerang Bubble Bubble Beam

C	Clamp Comet Punch Confuse Ray Confusion Constrict Conversion Counter Crabhammer Cut

D	Defense Curl Dig Disable Dizzy Punch Double Kick Double Slap Double Team Double-Edge Dragon Rage Dream Eater Drill Peck

E	Earthquake Egg Bomb Ember Explosion

F	Fire Blast Fire Punch Fire Spin Fissure Flamethrower Flash Fly Focus Energy Fury Attack Fury Swipes

G	Glare Growl Growth Guillotine Gust

H	Harden Haze Headbutt High Jump Kick Horn Attack Horn Drill Hydro Pump Hyper Beam Hyper Fang Hypnosis

I	Ice Beam Ice Punch

J	Jump Kick

K	Karate Chop Kinesis

L	Leech Life Leech Seed Leer Lick Light Screen Lovely Kiss Low Kick

M	Meditate Mega Drain Mega Kick Mega Punch Metronome Mimic Minimize Mirror Move Mist

N	Night Shade

P	Pay Day Peck Petal Dance Pin Missile Poison Gas Poison Powder Poison Sting Pound Psybeam Psychic Psywave

Q	Quick Attack

R	Rage Razor Leaf Razor Wind Recover Reflect Rest Roar Rock Slide Rock Throw Rolling Kick

S	Sand Attack Scratch Screech Seismic Toss Self-Destruct Sharpen Sing Skull Bash Sky Attack Slam Slash Sleep Powder Sludge Smog Smokescreen Soft-Boiled Solar Beam Sonic Boom Spike Cannon Splash Spore Stomp Strength String Shot Struggle Stun Spore Submission Substitute Super Fang Supersonic Surf Swift Swords Dance

T	Tackle Tail Whip Take Down Teleport Thrash Thunder Thunder Punch Thunder Shock Thunder Wave Thunderbolt Toxic Transform Tri Attack Twineedle

V	Vine Whip ViceGrip

W	Water Gun Waterfall Whirlwind Wing Attack Withdraw Wrap

See also	Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation I

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Self-Destruct

Contents

Description[]

In battle[]

Other games[]

Super Smash Bros. series[]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series[]

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

By TM[]

By breeding[]

By Move Tutor[]

Special move[]

Generation IV[]

Gallery[]

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