Fighting · Physical move · Gen 1
Submission
Submission is a Fighting-type physical move introduced in Generation 1. It has 80 base power and 80% accuracy, with 20 PP (32 with PP Max). 75 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Fighting
Category
Physical
Power
80
Accuracy
80%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
Has 1/4 recoil. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 1/4 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Properties
- Makes contact
- Scarlet & Violet
- Not usable — it was removed in Scarlet & Violet
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Type matchups as a Fighting attack
2× vsNormalIceRockDarkSteel
½× vsPoisonFlyingPsychicBugFairy
0× vsGhost
Pokémon that learn Submission
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Electric/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 7 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 7 | ||||
| Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Water/Fighting | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 3–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 3–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 7 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 7 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 7 | ||||
| Water/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Ghost/Poison | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 7 | ||||
| Fire/Ghost | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Fighting | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Psychic/Fairy | 7 | ||||
| Ice/Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Bug | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 7 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Fire/Ghost | 7 | ||||
| Water | 7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Fire/Fighting | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 7 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 7 | ||||
| Electric | 7 | ||||
| Fire | 7 | ||||
| Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting/Flying | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Fighting/Ghost | 7 |
Submission FAQ
What does Submission do?
Submission is a Fighting-type physical move with 80 power. If the target lost HP, the user takes recoil damage equal to 1/4 the HP lost by the target, rounded half up, but not less than 1 HP.
Which Pokémon can learn Submission?
75 Pokémon and forms can learn Submission in at least one game: 0 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise.
Is Submission in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Submission in Pokémon Champions.
What is Submission super effective against?
As a Fighting-type attack, Submission 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.