Normal · Status move · Gen 5
Bestow
Bestow is a Normal-type status move introduced in Generation 5. It never misses and has 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 37 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
User passes its held item to the target. The target receives the user's held item. Fails if the user has no item or is holding a Z-Crystal, if the target is already holding an item, if the item is a Mega Stone and either the user or the target is the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or if the item is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, Drive, or Memory and either the user or the target is a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, or Silvally, respectively.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Bestow
37 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | 5–7 | ||||
| Grass/Dragon | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Ice/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 6–7 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Electric | 5–7 | ||||
| Fairy/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water | 6–7 | ||||
| Water/Dark | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Ghost/Grass | 6–7 | ||||
| Bug/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Bug/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 |
Bestow FAQ
What does Bestow do?
Bestow is a Normal-type status move. The target receives the user's held item. Fails if the user has no item or is holding a Z-Crystal, if the target is already holding an item, if the item is a Mega Stone and either the user or the target is the species that can Mega Evolve with it, or if the item is a Blue Orb, Red Orb, Griseous Orb, Plate, Drive, or Memory and either the user or the target is a Kyogre, Groudon, Giratina, Arceus, Genesect, or Silvally, respectively.
Which Pokémon can learn Bestow?
37 Pokémon and forms can learn Bestow in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Pikachu, Raichu, Alolan Raichu, Clefairy, Clefable and Exeggcute.
Is Bestow in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Bestow in Pokémon Champions.
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.