Vital Throw (move)

Contents
Flavor text
Learnt by level up
Learnt by breeding

Move data

Type	Fighting
Category	Physical
Power	70
Accuracy	∞
PP	10 (max. 16)
Priority	-1
Makes contact?	Yes
Introduced	Generation 2

Effects

Vital Throw deals damage with lower priority, so most attacks will take place before it. Vital Throw ignores changes to the Accuracy and Evasion stats. However, it will not hit Pokémon during the invulnerable stage of Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force or Sky Drop.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Fightinium Z and uses its Z-Power, Vital Throw turns into All-Out Pummeling and has base power 140.

Move target

Foe

User

Ally

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

Other languages

English	Vital Throw
Japanese	あてみなげ (Ateminage)
German	Überwurf
French	Corps Perdu
Italian	Vitaltiro
Spanish	Tiro Vital
Korean	받아던지기
Chinese (Simplified)	借力摔
Chinese (Traditional)	借力摔

Game descriptions

Gold/Silver Crystal	A 2nd-strike move that never misses.
Ruby/Sapphire Emerald	Makes the user’s move last, but it never misses.
FireRed/LeafGreen	Makes the user attack after the foe. In return, it will not miss.
Diamond/Pearl Platinum HeartGold/SoulSilver	The user allows the foe to attack first. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
Black/White Black 2/White 2	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move is guaranteed not to miss.
X/Y O.Ruby/A.Sapphire	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move never misses.
Sun/Moon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move never misses.
Sword/Shield B.Diamond/S.Pearl	The user attacks last. In return, this throw move never misses.
Scarlet/Violet	This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnt by level up

These Pokémon learn Vital Throw at the level specified. The numbers given are for Pokémon Sword & Shield and may vary in other games; check the respective Pokédex pages for details.