Bide

Type

Normal

Category

physical

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

10

Priority

1

Target

self

Contact

Yes

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

Prized for its priority, letting the user act before faster threats or enabling support in key turns.

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Bide is a Normal-type physical attack. It has — base power, —% accuracy, 10 PP and targets the user. It has +1 priority, letting it move before most attacks. It makes contact, which matters for abilities and items that trigger on contact. Bide is a Normal-type physical attack. It has — base power, —% accuracy, 10 PP and targets the user. It has +1 priority, so it acts before most moves. It makes contact, which matters for contact-triggering abilities and items.

Prized for its priority, letting the user act before faster threats or enabling support in key turns.

Consider Bide when you need to move before the opponent to secure a knockout, flinch, or utility effect. Priority moves are especially valuable against fast threats and speed-control teams, but they can be blocked by Quick Guard and abilities like Queenly Majesty or Dazzling.

In team building, Bide is usually a coverage or primary STAB option. It shines when your team already has speed control or when it patches a matchup hole. Compare it with alternative moves of the same type and category to decide whether the extra power, accuracy or side effect justifies the slot over a more defensive option.

Common mistakes with Bide include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Assuming priority always goes first without accounting for Quick Guard or Psychic Terrain. Spamming it predictably and letting the opponent switch into a resist. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. Quick Guard and Psychic Terrain can stop priority versions. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Bide in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: blocks this priority move.