Essentials

Instruct

Psychic status

Generation 7

Summary

Forces the target to repeat its last used move.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark 0
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 2
  • Fire 1
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 1
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison 2
  • Psychic ½
  • Rock 1
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
— (no damage)
Accuracy
— (cannot miss)
PP
15, up to 24 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Machines

Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

The target immediately uses its most recently-used move. This is independent of the target's normal action for the turn (i.e., it may end up moving twice), but otherwise functions as usual, including deduction of PP. This effect works for disabled moves and ignores Torment.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

The user instructs the target to use the target’s last move again.

Foreign Names

Japanese
さいはい (saihai)
さいはい
Korean
지휘
Chinese
號令
号令
French
Sommation
German
Kommando
Spanish
Mandato
Italian
Imposizione

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Instruct.

Pokémon

Generation 7 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
32 Oranguru Normal Psychic Inner Focus
Telepathy
Symbiosis
½ male, ½ female Field 90 60 80 90 110 60 490

1 Pokémon

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