Fighting · Special move · Gen 5
Final Gambit
Final Gambit is a Fighting-type special move introduced in Generation 5. It has variable or fixed damage and 100% accuracy, with 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 33 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Fighting
Category
Special
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
Does damage equal to the user's HP. User faints. Deals damage to the target equal to the user's current HP. If this move is successful, the user faints.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (19 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (5 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Fighting attack
2× vsNormalIceRockDarkSteel
½× vsPoisonFlyingPsychicBugFairy
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Final Gambit
33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rattata | Normal | 5–7 | |||
 Alolan Rattata | Dark/Normal | 7 | |||
 Raticate | Normal | 5–7 | |||
 Alolan Raticate | Dark/Normal | 7 | |||
 Diglett | Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Alolan Diglett | Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
 Dugtrio | Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Alolan Dugtrio | Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
 Mankey | Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Primeape | Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Farfetch’d | Normal/Flying | ✓ | 7–8 | ||
 Galarian Farfetch’d | Fighting | 8 | |||
 Shuckle | Bug/Rock | 5–8 | |||
 Nincada | Bug/Ground | 5–8 | |||
 Ninjask | Bug/Flying | 5–8 | |||
 Shedinja | Bug/Ghost | 5–8 | |||
 Zangoose | Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Seviper | Poison | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Starly | Normal/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Staravia | Normal/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
 Staraptor | Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
 Riolu | Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Lucario | Fighting/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
 Victini | Psychic/Fire | 5–8 | |||
 Basculin | Water | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
 Shelmet | Bug | 5–8 | |||
 Accelgor | Bug | 5–8 | |||
 Sirfetch’d | Fighting | ✓ | 8 | ||
 Squawkabilly | Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
 Wiglett | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Wugtrio | Water | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Veluza | Water/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | ||
 Annihilape | Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | 5–7, 9 |
Final Gambit FAQ
What does Final Gambit do?
Final Gambit is a Fighting-type special move. Deals damage to the target equal to the user's current HP. If this move is successful, the user faints.
Which Pokémon can learn Final Gambit?
33 Pokémon and forms can learn Final Gambit in at least one game: 19 in Scarlet & Violet, 5 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Rattata, Alolan Rattata, Raticate, Alolan Raticate, Diglett and Alolan Diglett.
Is Final Gambit in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 5 Pokémon can use Final Gambit in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Final Gambit super effective against?
As a Fighting-type attack, Final Gambit is super effective against Normal, Ice, Rock, Dark and Steel, not very effective against Poison, Flying, Psychic, Bug and Fairy and has no effect on Ghost (unless its effect says otherwise).
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.