Mimic

Type

Normal

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

10

Priority

0

Target

adjacent

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

• Metagross Mega
• Tyranitar Mega
• Blaziken Mega
• Gardevoir Mega
• Steelix Mega
• Houndoom Mega
• Gyarados Mega
• Ampharos Mega
• Heracross Mega
• Scizor Mega
• Glalie Mega
• Sceptile Mega
• Aerodactyl Mega
• Swampert Mega
• Slowbro Mega
• Pidgeot Mega
• Dragonite Mega
• Altaria Mega
• Blastoise Mega
• Pinsir Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Charizard Mega X
• Gengar Mega
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Sharpedo Mega
• Snorlax
• Alakazam Mega
• Venusaur Mega
• Feraligatr Mega
• Glaceon
• Leafeon
• Meganium Mega
• Arcanine
• Dragonite
• Blastoise Gmax
• Charizard Gmax
• Aerodactyl
• Starmie Mega
• Camerupt Mega
• Aggron Mega
• Venusaur Gmax
• Mr Rime
• Pelipper
• Swampert
• Machamp Gmax
• Machamp
• Feraligatr
• Flareon
• Gengar Gmax
• Blastoise
• Gengar
• Tyranitar
• Jolteon
• Skarmory Mega
• Typhlosion
• Vaporeon
• Charizard
• Gyarados
• Blaziken
• Alakazam
• Absol Mega
• Ninetales
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Raichu Mega Y
• Aggron
• Absol Mega Z
• Heracross
• Manectric Mega
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Victreebel Mega
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Raichu Mega X
• Gardevoir
• Raichu Alola
• Sceptile
• Scizor
• Banette Mega
• Kangaskhan
• Mawile Mega
• Clefable Mega
• Meganium
• Politoed
• Steelix
• Slowking Galar
• Chimecho Mega
• Venusaur
• Pidgeot
• Ampharos
• Arcanine Hisui
• Milotic
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Snorlax Gmax
• Beedrill Mega
• Altaria
• Clefable
• Slowbro Galar
• Glalie
• Houndoom
• Mimikyu Totem Busted
• Sylveon
• Mimikyu Totem Disguised
• Torkoal
• Metagross
• Mimikyu Busted
• Sableye Mega
• Slowbro
• Pinsir
• Umbreon
• Sharpedo
• Manectric
• Espeon
• Tauros
• Starmie
• Medicham Mega
• Ninetales Alola
• Raichu
• Absol
• Slowking
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Forretress
• Victreebel
• Chimecho
• Vileplume
• Furfrou
• Skarmory
• Banette
• Qwilfish
• Camerupt
• Arbok
• Qwilfish Hisui
• Pikachu Starter
• Azumarill
• Castform Snowy
• Castform Rainy
• Castform Sunny
• Castform
• Medicham
• Ariados
• Beedrill
• 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

Mimic is a Normal-type status move. It targets a single adjacent target and has 10 PP. Mimic is a Normal-type status move. It targets a single adjacent target and has 10 PP.

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

Consider Mimic 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, Mimic 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 Mimic include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. 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 Mimic 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: no effect (non-priority).