Helping Hand

Type

Normal

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

20

Priority

5

Target

ally

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

Amplifies a partner's damage, often securing key knockouts.

• Incineroar
• Tyranitar Mega
• Blaziken Mega
• Gardevoir Mega
• Floette Mega
• Hawlucha Mega
• Greninja Ash
• Greninja Mega
• Drampa Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Delphox Mega
• Gyarados Mega
• Barbaracle Mega
• Ampharos Mega
• Heracross Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Gallade Mega
• Scizor Mega
• Falinks Mega
• Garchomp Mega Z
• Garchomp Mega
• Glalie Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Swampert Mega
• Slowbro Mega
• Malamar Mega
• Dragapult
• Scovillain Mega
• Dragonite Mega
• Florges
• Hydreigon
• Altaria Mega
• Blastoise Mega
• Pinsir Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Emboar Mega
• Kommo O
• Charizard Mega X
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Snorlax
• Excadrill Mega
• Lucario Mega Z
• Lucario Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Empoleon
• Venusaur Mega
• Feraligatr Mega
• Palafin Hero
• Crabominable Mega
• Glaceon
• Infernape
• Leafeon
• Whimsicott
• Lopunny Mega
• Golurk Mega
• Abomasnow Mega
• Audino Mega
• Meganium Mega
• Arcanine
• Dragonite
• Blastoise Gmax
• Charizard Gmax
• Rhyperior
• Garchomp
• Zoroark
• Froslass Mega
• Quaquaval
• Camerupt Mega
• Decidueye Hisui
• Venusaur Gmax
• Mr Rime
• Pelipper
• Swampert
• Machamp Gmax
• Machamp
• Staraptor Mega
• Feraligatr
• Flareon
• Blastoise
• Pyroar Male
• Tyranitar
• Greninja Battle Bond
• Jolteon
• Floette Eternal
• Skeledirge
• Ceruledge
• Typhlosion
• Vaporeon
• Hatterene Gmax
• Armarouge
• Charizard
• Gyarados
• Clawitzer
• Blaziken
• Greninja
• Ninetales
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Alcremie
• Raichu Mega Y
• Houndstone
• Meowscarada
• Tsareena
• Heracross
• Lycanroc Dusk
• Simipour
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Alcremie Gmax
• Farigiraf
• Lycanroc Midnight
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Weavile
• Lycanroc Midday
• Raichu Mega X
• Delphox
• Barbaracle
• Gardevoir
• Simisear
• Musharna
• Raichu Alola
• Sceptile
• Scizor
• Banette Mega
• Kangaskhan
• Mawile Mega
• Clefable Mega
• Meganium
• Politoed
• Primarina
• Rotom Mow
• Samurott Hisui
• Luxray
• Chimecho Mega
• Simisage
• Spiritomb
• Venusaur
• Conkeldurr
• Rotom Fan
• Zoroark Hisui
• Appletun
• Samurott
• Ampharos
• Arcanine Hisui
• Milotic
• Rotom Frost
• Tinkaton
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Hatterene
• Chesnaught
• Orthworm
• Abomasnow
• Rotom Wash
• Snorlax Gmax
• Garganacl
• Krookodile
• Excadrill
• Rotom Heat
• Altaria
• Clefable
• Emboar
• Falinks
• Crabominable
• Scrafty
• Appletun Gmax
• Hippowdon
• Slowbro Galar
• Glalie
• Malamar
• Houndoom
• Meowstic Female
• Sylveon
• Decidueye
• Gallade
• Torkoal
• Lucario
• Sableye Mega
• Slowbro
• Annihilape
• Pinsir
• Slurpuff
• Umbreon
• Toucannon
• Wyrdeer
• Serperior
• Espeon
• Tauros
• Toxicroak
• Reuniclus
• Salazzle
• Hawlucha
• Drampa
• Medicham Mega
• Espathra
• Ninetales Alola
• Raichu
• Kleavor
• Lopunny
• Pangoro
• Froslass
• Palafin Zero
• Scovillain
• Aromatisse
• Forretress
• Staraptor
• Chimecho
• Vileplume
• Furfrou
• Golurk
• Meowstic Male
• Maushold Family Of Three
• Salazzle Totem
• Banette
• Maushold Family Of Four
• Audino
• Camerupt
• Rotom
• Emolga
• Dedenne
• Pikachu Starter
• Azumarill
• Watchog
• Medicham
• Floette
• Mawile
• Pikachu
• Pikachu Alola Cap
• Pikachu Belle
• Pikachu Cosplay
• Pikachu Gmax
• Pikachu Hoenn Cap
• Pikachu Kalos Cap
• Pikachu Libre
• Pikachu Original Cap
• Pikachu Partner Cap
• Pikachu Phd
• Pikachu Pop Star
• Pikachu Rock Star
• Pikachu Sinnoh Cap
• Pikachu Unova Cap
• Pikachu World Cap
• Sableye

Helping Hand is a Normal-type status move. It targets ally and has 20 PP. It has +5 priority, letting it move before most attacks. Boosts the power of the ally's move by 50% this turn.

Amplifies a partner's damage, often securing key knockouts.

Consider Helping Hand when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Helping Hand competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Helping Hand 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. 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 Helping Hand 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.