Upper Hand

Upper Hand

はやてがえし Hayate Return

Introduced:	Generation IX

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	65
Accuracy:	100
PP:	15, max: 24
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

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

Upper Hand is a fighting-type move introduced in Generation IX.

Description

Games	Description
SV	The user reacts to the target's movement and strikes with the heel of its palm, making the target flinch. This move fails if the target is not readying a priority move.

Effect

Similar to Sucker Punch, Upper Hand only succeeds when the user is preparing an attacking move, though unlike Sucker Punch, this only applies to priority moves that have +1 to +3 priority (Upper Hand itself is +3), even if they're affected by abilities such as Gale Wings or Prankster. If Upper Hand connects, it flinches the opponent, much like Fake Out.

Learnset

By TM

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
				IX
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM229
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy	TM229
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy	TM229
	Poliwrath	water/fighting	Water 1	TM229
	Hitmonlee	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Hitmonchan	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM229
	Aipom	normal	Field	TM229
	Heracross	bug/fighting	Bug	TM229
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field	TM229
	Tyrogue	fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Hitmontop	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Treecko	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM229
	Grovyle	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM229
	Sceptile	grass	Monster/Dragon	TM229
	Blaziken	fire/fighting	Field	TM229
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass	TM229
	Makuhita	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Hariyama	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Meditite	fighting/psychic	Human-Like	TM229
	Medicham	fighting/psychic	Human-Like	TM229
	Zangoose	normal	Field	TM229
	Monferno	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM229
	Infernape	fire/fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM229
	Ambipom	normal	Field	TM229
	Riolu	fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Lucario	fighting/steel	Field/Human-Like	TM229
	Croagunk	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Toxicroak	poison/fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	TM229
	Gallade	psychic/fighting	Human-Like/Amorphous	TM229
	Samurott	water	Field	TM229
	Samurott	water/dark	Field	TM229
	Conkeldurr	fighting	Human-Like	TM229
	Lilligant	grass/fighting	Grass	TM229
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon	TM229
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon	TM229
	Mienfoo	fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM229
	Mienshao	fighting	Field/Human-Like	TM229
	Cobalion	steel/fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Terrakion	rock/fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Virizion	grass/fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Keldeo	water/fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
	Greninja	water/dark	Water 1	TM229
	Talonflame	fire/flying	Flying	TM229
	Hawlucha	fighting/flying	Flying/Human-Like	TM229
	Decidueye	grass/fighting	Flying	TM229
	Crabrawler	fighting	Water 3	TM229
	Crabominable	fighting/ice	Water 3	TM229
	Lycanroc	rock	Field	TM229
	Passimian	fighting	Field	TM229
	Hakamo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon	TM229
	Kommo-o	dragon/fighting	Dragon	TM229
	Falinks	fighting	Fairy/Mineral	TM229
	Sneasler	fighting/poison	Field	TM229
	Quaquaval	water/fighting	Flying/Water 1	TM229
	Spidops	bug	Bug	TM229
	Pawmo	electric/fighting	Field	TM229
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field	TM229
	Flamigo	flying/fighting	Flying	TM229
	Okidogi	poison/fighting	Undiscovered	TM229
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.