Phantom Force (move)

Phantom Force (Japanese: ゴーストダイブ Ghost Dive) is a damage-dealing move introduced in Generation VI.

Generation VI
Phantom Force causes the user to "vanish" on the turn it is used, making it semi-invulnerable, and then reappear the next turn causing damage.

Phantom Force hits the target even if it is protected by a, and removes the effects of protection moves from the target for the remainder of the turn; if it hits a target that is protected by protection move that affects its whole side of the field, it removes the protection move from that entire side of the field (even if the protection move would not affect Phantom Force, such as ). If Phantom Force hits a Pokémon protected by a move with a negative effect (such as ), the user will not suffer the negative effect of the protection move. Phantom Force cannot remove the effects of protecting moves if it does not affect the target (such as if the target is ).

If the target has used, Phantom Force deals double its regular damage and bypasses checks to always hit, unless the target is in the  of a move such as  or.

If a Power Herb is held by the user, Phantom Force can be executed in one turn.

Generation VII
Phantom Force no longer bypasses checks nor deals double its regular damage if the target has used.

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In other languages
Phantomkraft Golpe fantasma Hantise Spettrotuffo ゴーストダイブ 潜灵奇袭（招式）