Moves
Move usage- 1
Night Slash
89.6% - 2
Shadow Claw
68.8% - 3
Detect
52% - 4
Close Combat
51.4%

Base Stats
Type defenses
Absol takes damage from each attacking type below.
| Normal | Fire | Water | Electric | Grass | Ice | Fighting | Poison | Ground | Flying | Psychic | Bug | Rock | Ghost | Dragon | Dark | Steel | Fairy |
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| 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 2x | 1x | 1x | 1x | 0x | 2x | 1x | 1/2x | 1x | 1/2x | 1x | 2x |
Forms / Mega
Battle Data
Learnable Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | 60 | - | 20 | This move does not check accuracy. | ||
| Air Slash | 75 | 95 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Assurance | 60 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target has already taken damage this turn, other than direct damage from Belly Drum, confusion, Curse, or Pain Split. | ||
| Attract | - | 100 | 15 | Causes the target to become infatuated, making it unable to attack 50% of the time. Fails if both the user and the target are the same gender, if either is genderless, or if the target is already infatuated. The effect ends when either the user or the target is no longer active. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune. | ||
| Baton Pass | - | - | 20 | The user is replaced with another Pokemon in its party. The selected Pokemon has the user's stat stage changes transferred to it, as well as the effects of confusion, Aqua Ring, Curse, Dragon Cheer, Embargo, Focus Energy, Gastro Acid, Heal Block, Ingrain, Leech Seed, Lock-On (Mind Reader), Magnet Rise, Perish Song, Power Trick, Telekinesis, and a substitute with its remaining HP. The effect of Gastro Acid is not transferred if the recipient has an Ability that cannot be affected. | ||
| Bite | 60 | 100 | 20 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Blizzard | 110 | 70 | 5 | Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. If the weather is Snow, this move does not check accuracy. | ||
| Body Slam | 85 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target. Damage doubles and no accuracy check is done if the target has used Minimize while active. | ||
| Bounce | 85 | 85 | 5 | Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks other than Gust, Hurricane, Sky Uppercut, Smack Down, Thousand Arrows, Thunder, and Twister, and Gust and Twister have doubled power when used against it. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Brutal Swing | 60 | 100 | 20 | No additional effect. | ||
| Calm Mind | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Special Attack and Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Close Combat | 120 | 100 | 5 | Lowers the user's Defense and Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Confuse Ray | - | 100 | 10 | Causes the target to become confused. | ||
| Curse | - | - | 10 | If the user is not a Ghost type, lowers the user's Speed by 1 stage and raises the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage. If the user is a Ghost type, the user loses 1/2 of its maximum HP, rounded down and even if it would cause fainting, in exchange for the target losing 1/4 of its maximum HP, rounded down, at the end of each turn while it is active. If the target uses Baton Pass, the replacement will continue to be affected. Fails if there is no target or if the target is already affected. | ||
| Dark Pulse | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Detect | - | - | 5 | The user is protected from most attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Double Team | - | - | 15 | Raises the user's evasiveness by 1 stage. | ||
| Double-Edge | 120 | 100 | 15 | If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 33% the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP. | ||
| Endure | - | - | 10 | The user will survive attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn with at least 1 HP. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Facade | 70 | 100 | 20 | Power doubles if the user is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned. The physical damage halving effect from the user's burn is ignored. | ||
| Feint | 30 | 100 | 10 | If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokemon to attack the target normally. If the target's side is protected by Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard, that protection is also broken for this turn and other Pokemon may attack the target's side normally. | ||
| Fire Blast | 110 | 85 | 5 | Has a 10% chance to burn the target. | ||
| Flamethrower | 90 | 100 | 15 | Has a 10% chance to burn the target. | ||
| Focus Energy | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's chance for a critical hit by 2 stages. Fails if the user already has the effect. Baton Pass can be used to transfer this effect to an ally. | ||
| Foul Play | 95 | 100 | 15 | Damage is calculated using the target's Attack stat, including stat stage changes. The user's Ability, item, and burn are used as normal. | ||
| Future Sight | 120 | 100 | 10 | Deals damage two turns after this move is used. At the end of that turn, the damage is calculated at that time and dealt to the Pokemon at the position the target had when the move was used. If the user is no longer active at the time, damage is calculated based on the user's natural Special Attack stat, types, and level, with no boosts from its held item or Ability. Fails if this move or Doom Desire is already in effect for the target's position. | ||
| Giga Impact | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Hex | 65 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the target has a non-volatile status condition. | ||
| Hyper Beam | 150 | 90 | 5 | If this move is successful, the user must recharge on the following turn and cannot select a move. | ||
| Ice Beam | 90 | 100 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to freeze the target. | ||
| Icy Wind | 55 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Iron Tail | 100 | 75 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Knock Off | 65 | 100 | 20 | This move's power is multiplied by 1.5 if the target is holding an item, and the target loses its held item if the user has not fainted. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. This move does not increase in power or remove the target's item if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability. | ||
| Mean Look | - | - | 5 | Prevents the target from switching out. The target can still switch out if it is holding Shed Shell or uses Baton Pass, Flip Turn, Parting Shot, Teleport, U-turn, or Volt Switch. The effect ends if either the user or the target leaves the field. | ||
| Megahorn | 120 | 85 | 10 | No additional effect. | ||
| Night Slash | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Payback | 50 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if the user moves after the target this turn, including actions taken through Instruct or the Dancer Ability. Switching in does not count as an action. | ||
| Perish Song | - | - | 5 | Each active Pokemon receives a perish count of 4 if it doesn't already have a perish count. At the end of each turn including the turn used, the perish count of all active Pokemon lowers by 1 and Pokemon faint if the number reaches 0. The perish count is removed from Pokemon that switch out. If a Pokemon uses Baton Pass while it has a perish count, the replacement will gain the perish count and continue to count down. | ||
| Phantom Force | 90 | 100 | 10 | If this move is successful, it breaks through the target's Baneful Bunker, Detect, King's Shield, Protect, or Spiky Shield for this turn, allowing other Pokemon to attack the target normally. If the target's side is protected by Crafty Shield, Mat Block, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard, that protection is also broken for this turn and other Pokemon may attack the target's side normally. This attack charges on the first turn and executes on the second. On the first turn, the user avoids all attacks. If the user is holding a Power Herb, the move completes in one turn. | ||
| Play Rough | 90 | 90 | 10 | Has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage. | ||
| Protect | - | - | 5 | The user is protected from most attacks made by other Pokemon during this turn. This move has a 1/X chance of being successful, where X starts at 1 and triples each time this move is successfully used. X resets to 1 if this move fails, if the user's last move used is not Baneful Bunker, Burning Bulwark, Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Max Guard, Obstruct, Protect, Quick Guard, Silk Trap, Spiky Shield, or Wide Guard, or if it was one of those moves and the user's protection was broken. Fails if the user moves last this turn. | ||
| Psycho Cut | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Quick Attack | 40 | 100 | 20 | No additional effect. | ||
| Rain Dance | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Rain. The damage of Water-type attacks is multiplied by 1.5 and the damage of Fire-type attacks is multiplied by 0.5 during the effect. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Damp Rock. Fails if the current weather is Rain. | ||
| Rest | - | - | 5 | The user falls asleep for the next two turns and restores all of its HP, curing itself of any non-volatile status condition in the process. Fails if the user has full HP, is already asleep, or if another effect is preventing sleep. | ||
| Rock Slide | 75 | 90 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. | ||
| Rock Tomb | 60 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Round | 60 | 100 | 15 | If there are other active Pokemon that chose this move for use this turn, those Pokemon take their turn immediately after the user, in Speed order, and this move's power is 120 for each other user. | ||
| Sandstorm | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Sandstorm. At the end of each turn except the last, all active Pokemon lose 1/16 of their maximum HP, rounded down, unless they are a Ground, Rock, or Steel type, or have the Magic Guard, Overcoat, Sand Force, Sand Rush, or Sand Veil Abilities. During the effect, the Special Defense of Rock-type Pokemon is multiplied by 1.5 when taking damage from a special attack. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Smooth Rock. Fails if the current weather is Sandstorm. | ||
| Shadow Ball | 80 | 100 | 15 | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Special Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Shadow Claw | 70 | 100 | 15 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Shadow Sneak | 40 | 100 | 20 | No additional effect. | ||
| Slash | 80 | 100 | 20 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Sleep Talk | - | - | 10 | One of the user's known moves, besides this move, is selected for use at random. Fails if the user is not asleep. The selected move does not have PP deducted from it, and can currently have 0 PP. This move cannot select Assist, Beak Blast, Belch, Bide, Blazing Torque, Celebrate, Chatter, Combat Torque, Copycat, Dynamax Cannon, Focus Punch, Hold Hands, Magical Torque, Me First, Metronome, Mimic, Mirror Move, Nature Power, Noxious Torque, Shell Trap, Sketch, Sleep Talk, Struggle, Uproar, Wicked Torque, or any two-turn move. | ||
| Snarl | 55 | 95 | 15 | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Special Attack by 1 stage. | ||
| Snore | 50 | 100 | 15 | Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. Fails if the user is not asleep. | ||
| Stone Edge | 100 | 80 | 5 | Has a higher chance for a critical hit. | ||
| Substitute | - | - | 10 | The user takes 1/4 of its maximum HP, rounded down, and puts it into a substitute to take its place in battle. The substitute is removed once enough damage is inflicted on it, if the user switches out or faints, or if any Pokemon uses Tidy Up. Baton Pass can be used to transfer the substitute to an ally, and the substitute will keep its remaining HP. Until the substitute is broken, it receives damage from all attacks made by other Pokemon and shields the user from status effects and stat stage changes caused by other Pokemon. Sound-based moves and Pokemon with the Infiltrator Ability ignore substitutes. The user still takes normal damage from weather and status effects while behind its substitute. If the substitute breaks during a multi-hit attack, the user will take damage from any remaining hits. If a substitute is created while the user is trapped by a binding move, the binding effect ends immediately. Fails if the user does not have enough HP remaining to create a substitute without fainting, or if it already has a substitute. | ||
| Sucker Punch | 70 | 100 | 5 | Fails if the target did not select a physical attack, special attack, or Me First for use this turn, or if the target moves before the user. | ||
| Sunny Day | - | - | 5 | For 5 turns, the weather becomes Sun. The damage of Fire-type attacks is multiplied by 1.5 and the damage of Water-type attacks is multiplied by 0.5 during the effect. Lasts for 8 turns if the user is holding Heat Rock. Fails if the current weather is Sun. | ||
| Superpower | 120 | 100 | 5 | Lowers the user's Attack and Defense by 1 stage. | ||
| Swords Dance | - | - | 20 | Raises the user's Attack by 2 stages. | ||
| Taunt | - | 100 | 20 | Prevents the target from using non-damaging moves for its next three turns. Pokemon with the Oblivious Ability or protected by the Aroma Veil Ability are immune. | ||
| Thief | 60 | 100 | 20 | If this attack was successful and the user has not fainted, it steals the target's held item if the user is not holding one. A target with the Sticky Hold Ability does not lose its held item if it has not fainted. The target's item is not stolen if it is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Adamant Crystal, Lustrous Globe, Griseous Core, Plate, Drive, Memory, Rusted Sword, Rusted Shield, Booster Energy, or Mask held by a Kyogre, Groudon, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, Silvally, Zacian, Zamazenta, Paradox Pokemon, or Ogerpon, respectively, or if the user is one of those species and the target is holding the respective item. In this case, Paradox Pokemon include every species with the Protosynthesis and Quark Drive Abilities, except Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown. Items lost to this move cannot be regained with Recycle or the Harvest Ability. | ||
| Throat Chop | 80 | 100 | 15 | For 2 turns, the target cannot use sound-based moves. | ||
| Thunder | 110 | 70 | 10 | Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target. This move can hit a target using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop, or is under the effect of Sky Drop. If the weather is Heavy Rain or Rain, this move does not check accuracy. If the weather is Intense Sun or Sun, this move's accuracy is 50%. If this move is used against a Pokemon holding Utility Umbrella, this move's accuracy remains at 70%. | ||
| Thunder Wave | - | 90 | 20 | Paralyzes the target. This move does not ignore type immunity. | ||
| Thunderbolt | 90 | 100 | 15 | Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target. | ||
| Trailblaze | 50 | 100 | 20 | Has a 100% chance to raise the user's Speed by 1 stage. | ||
| Will-O-Wisp | - | 85 | 15 | Burns the target. | ||
| X-Scissor | 80 | 100 | 15 | No additional effect. | ||
| Zen Headbutt | 80 | 90 | 15 | Has a 20% chance to make the target flinch. |