Bide
Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Waits 2 turns; deals double the damage taken.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- —
- PP
- 10
- Priority
- +1
- Hits
- The user
Changes over time
How Bide changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen V
… move does not check accuracy and
dropped: ignoresadded: does not ignore type immunity. - Gen IV
… the damage in HP it lost added: to attacks during the two turns. If the … effect ends. This move does not
dropped: ignoreadded: check accuracy and ignores type immunity. - Gen III
The user spends two
dropped: or threeturns locked into this move and then, on the seconddropped: or thirdturn after using this move, the user attacks thedropped: opponent,added: last Pokémon that hit it, inflicting double the damage in HP it lost duringdropped: thoseadded: the two turns. added: If the last Pokémon that hit it is no longer active, the user attacks a random opposing Pokémon instead. If the user is prevented from … - Gen II
… HP it lost during those turns.
dropped: This move ignores type immunity and cannot be avoided even if the target is using Dig or Fly. The user can choose to switch out during the effect.If the userdropped: switches out oris prevented from moving during this move's use, the effect ends.dropped: During the effect, if the opposing Pokémon switches out or uses Confuse Ray, Conversion, Focus Energy, Glare, Haze, Leech Seed, Light Screen, Mimic, Mist, Poison Gas, Poison Powder, Recover, Reflect, Rest, Soft-Boiled, Splash, Stun Spore, Substitute, Supersonic, Teleport, Thunder Wave, Toxic, or Transform, the previous damage dealt to the user will be added to the total.added: This move does not ignore type immunity.
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 Gen VII
The user spends two turns locked into this move and then, on the second turn after using this move, the user attacks the last Pokémon that hit it, inflicting double the damage in HP it lost to attacks during the two turns. If the last Pokémon that hit it is no longer active, the user attacks a random opposing Pokémon instead. If the user is prevented from moving during this move's use, the effect ends. This move does not check accuracy and does not ignore type .
- Makes contact
“The user endures attacks for two turns, then strikes back to cause double the damage taken.”
In-game text, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
Good to know
- Makes contact: Rough Skin, Iron Barbs and Rocky Helmet hurt the attacker; Protective Pads prevents it.Contact moves
- Priority +1: it goes before moves of lower priority, whatever the Speed.Priority moves
- Can't be used through: Sleep Talk, Instruct.
- Can hit Pokémon that its type normally can't.
Who learns Bide
It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.