Disguise
Pokémon Champions
(Mimikyu only) The first hit it takes is blocked, and it takes 1/8 HP damage instead.
- Who has it
- 1 Pokémon
- On Showdown
- 0.3% of Champions VGC teams bring it
- Showdown rating
How it works in Champions
If this Pokémon is a Mimikyu, the first hit it takes in battle deals 0 neutral damage. Its disguise is then broken, it changes to Busted Form, and it loses 1/8 of its max HP. Confusion damage also breaks the disguise.
“Once per battle, the shroud that covers the Pokémon can protect it from an attack.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Changes over time
How Disguise changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen VIII
… neutral damage. Its disguise is then
dropped: broken andadded: broken, it changes to Busteddropped: Form.added: Form, and it loses 1/8 of its max HP. Confusion damage also breaks the disguise.
Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, and PokéAPI’s notes on the changes they don’t show. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
Good to know
- Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze (and moves like Sunsteel Strike) ignore it.
- Neutralizing Gas and Gastro Acid can't stop it.
- Can't be copied or swapped by: Role Play, Skill Swap, Trace, Receiver and Power of Alchemy, Entrainment, Transform.
- Changes how critical hits work for it; How it works says how.
Who runs Disguise on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown; the ranks are from today’s in-game ladder.