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Mimic

Not in Pokémon ChampionsGen I
Game

Scarlet & Violet

NormalStatus

The last move the target used replaces this one.

Power
–
Accuracy
—
PP
10
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
Properties
Through Substitute

Changes over time

How Mimic changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen IX

    … move, or if the move is added: Assist, Behemoth Bash, Behemoth Blade, added: Belch, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, added: Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, added: Hold Hands, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, added: Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Sketch, added: Sleep Talk, Struggle, added: Tera Starstorm, Transform, or dropped: any Max or G-Max Move. added: Wicked Torque.

  2. Gen VIII

    … move, or if the move is added: Behemoth Bash, Behemoth Blade, Chatter, added: Dynamax Cannon, Mimic, Sketch, Struggle, Transform, or any dropped: Z-Move. added: Max or G-Max Move.

  3. Gen VII

    … move is Chatter, Mimic, Sketch, Struggle, added: Transform, or dropped: Transform. added: any Z-Move.

  4. Gen V

    … the target. The copied move has dropped: 5 PP. added: the maximum PP for that move. Fails if the target has not … or if the move is Chatter, dropped: Metronome, Mimic, Sketch, added: Struggle, or dropped: Struggle. added: Transform.

  5. Gen IV

    … move, or if the move is added: Chatter, Metronome, Mimic, Sketch, or Struggle.

  6. Gen III

    … made a move, if the user added: has Transformed, if the user already knows the move, or if the move is added: Metronome, Mimic, Sketch, or Struggle.

  7. Gen II

    Before: While the user remains active, this move is replaced by a random move known by the target, even if the user already knows that move. The copied move keeps the remaining PP for this move, regardless of the copied move's maximum PP. Whenever one PP is used for a copied move, one PP is used for this move.

    Now: While the user remains active, this move is replaced by the last move used by the target. The copied move has 5 PP. Fails if the target has not made a move, if the user already knows the move, or if the move is Struggle.

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 IX

While the user remains active, this move is replaced by the last move used by the target. The copied move has the maximum PP for that move. Fails if the target has not made a move, if the user has Transformed, if the user already knows the move, or if the move is Assist, Behemoth Bash, Behemoth Blade, Belch, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Hold Hands, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Tera Starstorm, Transform, or Wicked Torque.

“The user copies the move last used by the target. The copied move can be used until the user of Mimic leaves the battle.”

In-game text, Scarlet & Violet

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Mimic, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

1

Good to know

Who learns Mimic

It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.

All 382 Pokémon that learn it in any game →