How much HP does Substitute take?

Substitute. Substitute creates a small copy of your Pokémon. Creating a substitute removes 25% of your Pokémon’s original HP; the sub can suffer exactly that many points of damage before it breaks. Once it is created, and until it breaks, all damaging attacks on your Pokémon hit the sub instead.

Does trick work on substitute?

Trick fails if neither Pokémon has a held item, if the user is a wild Pokémon, if either Pokémon is holding Griseous Orb, if the target is behind a substitute, or if the target has Sticky Hold (even if it has no held item). It also fails if either Pokémon has Multitype.

How much damage does it take to break a substitute?

Effect. The substitute is created at the cost of 25% of the user’s HP and will take all or most of the incoming damage from the opposing Pokémon until it breaks. A substitute cannot be created if your Pokémon’s health is less than 25% of its maximum HP. A one-hit KO attack will always break a substitute if it hits.

Is substitute a good move for Greninja?

Arguably no. Substitutes main boon to Greninja would be it’s ability to block status effects and stat drops since Greninja is too frail to make proper use of its destructible defence. In other words, the substitute would most likely be destroyed the turn it’s created.

Can substitute kill you Pokemon?

Yes. When you use it with <25% HP, it fails and your opponent gets to kill you for giving them a free turn.

Does switching out get rid of substitute?

Yes, because Pursuit hits before you switch so Substitute would take the damage then you would switch. However Substitute would not be there for the Pokemon you switched to unless you used Baton pass(as you probably already know).

Is substitute useful Pokemon?

With Substitute, your Pokémon is guarded against damaging moves until it is broken, as well as pesky status attacks and most other non-damaging moves. On offensive Pokémon, it allows you to both ease prediction, by using it on a switch, as well as make it extremely difficult for your opponent to revenge kill you.

What is substitute good for Pokemon?

-Substitute is also very beneficial for stalling with toxic and leech seed. -It also allows you to use set up moves like calm mind if your Pokemon survives the first hit. -Substitute blocks status moves like toxic and will-o-wisp as well as moves like growl. -Substitute is also a great combination with focus punch.

Does Leech Seed hit substitute?

If a Pokémon uses Baton Pass, Leech Seed will still be in effect, even if the switched in Pokémon is a Grass type. The user can no longer plant a seed on a target with a substitute (but setting up a substitute does not release a Pokémon from existing effects of Leech Seed).

Does sparkling aria bypass substitute?

It’s sound-based so it hits through Substitute, so that’s a thing.

Can Shedinja use substitute?

Shedinja can not make a substitute.

Can Shedinja learn pain split?

>Pain Split adds the current HP of the user and target Pokémon. It then divides this value by two and sets the HP of both Pokémon to the result. Also, Shedinja cannot learn Pain Split.