
Some other, less commonly seen factors that determine move order are held items. (Also, if both Pokemon use Roar, the faster one still goes first and removes the opponent from the field.) Avalanche and Revenge cannot stop Focus Punch, but they will get their power boosted from it. This is only particularly useful for generating Roar and Whirlwind out of priority. If these attacks generate moves of different priority levels, they perform them immediately. Moves that "copy" or generate other attacks, such Assist, Me First, Metronome, Mirror Move, Nature Power and Sleep Talk, notably have Priority 0. These priorities are not affected by Trick Room during that particular move, higher priority moves still go first, but the slower Pokemon will go first if both Pokemon pick moves of the same priority.

Since this is merely a special case of the Pursuit attack, it's an exception rather than its own priority number. However, if the opponent of a switching Pokemon performs Pursuit, it will always strike the switching Pokemon before it can exit the field. It is also important to note that, under normal circumstances, switching out a Pokemon will outspeed any attack performed by the opponents (or teammates), regardless of their priority thus, switching can be pseudo-classified as "Priority 6" and outranks almost everything. The priority levels, and the moves classified under each, are as follows:Īqua Jet, Bide, Bullet Punch, Extremespeed, Fake Out, Ice Shard, Mach Punch, Quick Attack, Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch, Vacuum Wave
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Almost all of the attacks in the series have been given priority zero, but there a few moves of each priority number from Priority 5 down to Priority -7 (except for Priority -2 which includes no attacks as of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum). If two moves have the same priority number, however, the faster Pokemon will strike first per usual. Moves with higher priority numbers will always go before moves with lower priority numbers, regardless of the Speed stats of either Pokemon.

The answer is this: every move in Pokemon is assigned a priority number. But how come moves such as Quick Attack won't always go first, as claimed? Likewise, in double battles, the turn order for the four Pokemon is decided by the Speed stats of the individual Pokemon. Generally, in single battles, the fastest Pokemon will strike first and the slower Pokemon will move after it. In battle, the order in which each Pokemon takes their turn is determined by a few different factors.
