Vital Throw

Type

Fighting

Gen.

Power

Priority

-1

Effect Summary

Deals damage and never misses.

Detailed Effect

Vital Throw deals damage and bypasses accuracy

and evasion

checks to always hit except when the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig or Fly.
Vital Throw has decreased priority meaning that it will move after most other moves.

Description

GS C	A 2nd-strike move that never misses.
RS E	Makes the user’s move last, but it never misses.
FRLG	Makes the user attack after the foe. In return, it will not miss.
DP HGSS PL	The user allows the foe to attack first. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
COL B2W2	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
XY ORAS SM USUM LGPLGE SWSH	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move never misses.

Meta Information

Move Target

Normal

Affects a selected adjacent target.

means that the Pokémon can not be selected.

means that the Pokémon can be selected.

means that the Pokémon will be selected.

Effect Type

Damage	Deals damage.
Never Misses	Ignores accuracy and evasion checks.

Interactions

Makes contact	User touches the target. This triggers some abilities (e.g., Static) and items (e.g., Sticky Barb ).
Blocked by Detect and Protect	This move will not work if the target has used Detect or Protect this turn.
Copied by Mirror Move	A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.