Instruct (move)

Instruct (Japanese: さいはい Command) is a non-damaging move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of.

Effect
Instruct causes the target to repeat its most recent move immediately; will be deducted from moves used in this manner, and damage dealt by moves used in this manner is considered for the purpose of, , and  (even if the target did not select a move this turn). If the target has not yet made a move this turn when instructed to use its most recent move, it may still use the move it selected this turn afterwards.

Instruct will fail if the target has not made any move; the target is in the middle of, , , , or a ; the instructed move's PP is depleted; or the target does not know the move that would be instructed (e.g. if the last move it used was due to , or it has leveled up and replaced that move since it used it). It will also fail if the target's most recent move is Instruct itself, Bide, Focus Punch, Beak Blast, Shell Trap,, , , , , a (such as ), a  (such as  or ), a  (such as ), or a Z-Move.

Using an instructed move is a separate action, and effects bound to a Pokémon's actions are applied individually: for example, a Pokémon may hit itself in, be , or for the first of its actions, but execute a move normally for its second. All actions that are not bound to a Pokémon's actions still apply once for the entire turn: for example, if a Pokémon has ed, this applies to all of its actions for the remainder of the turn; if it is ed, it will take poison damage only once at the end of the turn.

A Pokémon can successfully be instructed to repeat a move when under the effect of. When instructed to use, , , a status move while under the effect of , or a move that has been d, the target will attempt to use it, but fail.

The instructed move will target the same Pokémon slot as the previously used move, as long as a Pokémon is present in that slot. If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Instruct, the user's rises one stage.

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In other languages
Kommando Mandato Sommation Imposizione さいはい 号令（招式）