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Instruct

In Pokémon ChampionsGen VII
Game

Pokémon Champions

PsychicStatus

The target immediately uses its last used move.

Power
–
Accuracy
—
PP
15
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user

Changes over time

How Instruct changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen IX

    … 0 PP, if the target is dropped: Dynamaxed, if the target is preparing to use Beak Blast, Focus … is Assist, Beak Blast, Belch, Bide, added: Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, added: Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Ice Ball, Instruct, King's Shield, added: Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, added: Noxious Torque, Obstruct, Outrage, Petal Dance, Rollout, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Thrash, Transform, Uproar, added: Wicked Torque, any two-turn move, added: or any recharge dropped: move, or any Max or G-Max Move. added: move.

  2. Gen VIII

    … 0 PP, if the target is added: Dynamaxed, if the target is preparing to use Beak Blast, Focus … Blast, Belch, Bide, Celebrate, Chatter, Copycat, added: Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Ice Ball, … Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, added: Obstruct, Outrage, Petal Dance, Rollout, Shell Trap, … move, any recharge move, or any dropped: Z-Move. added: Max or G-Max Move.

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 Champions

The target immediately uses its last used move. Fails if the target has not made a move, if the move has 0 PP, if the target is preparing to use Beak Blast, Focus Punch, or Shell Trap, or if the move is Assist, Beak Blast, Belch, Bide, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Ice Ball, Instruct, King's Shield, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Obstruct, Outrage, Petal Dance, Rollout, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Thrash, Transform, Uproar, Wicked Torque, any , or any .

“The user instructs the target to reuse the move last used by the target.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

Good to know

Who runs Instruct on Showdown

  1. Oranguru96.0% of its sets

Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.

On the ladder today

Ranked Doubles Pokémon with Instruct among their most used moves.

#92Oranguru

Who learns Instruct

1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.

Oranguru

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