Teleport (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

This article is about the move Teleport. For the field move, see Field Move (Ranger).

Teleport (Japanese: テレポート Teleport) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I. It is TM30 in Generation I and TM04 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.

Effect

In battle

Generation I

In wild battles, the user flees and the battle ends. In Trainer battles, Teleport always fails.

If the user's level is less than the opponent's level, there is a chance that Teleport will fail, between approximately 10% and 25%, depending on the levels of the two Pokémon. The chance of failure typically increases the higher the target's level is than the user's. Specifically, the chance of failure is the following.

Generation II

If Teleport is used by the player's Pokémon, it can still fail because of the opponent's level, but this no longer applies to wild Pokémon using Teleport due to a bug.

Teleport will fail if the user is trapped by a trapping move (except binding moves), or if used by an opposing NPC.

In this generation only, Teleport fails in battles with Pokémon encountered as traps in the Team Rocket's Hideout, the GS Ball Celebi, the Tin Tower Suicune (in Crystal), and the scripted Red Gyarados.

Generations III and IV

Teleport fails if used in a wild battle that is not a Single Battle. Teleport can no longer fail due to the user's level being less than the opponent's level.

Teleport will now fail if the user is trapped by any trapping move (including Ingrain and binding moves) or Ability. If the user is holding a Smoke Ball, Teleport will succeed regardless of trapping moves and Abilities.

In Pokémon Colosseum, there are no wild encounters, so Teleport always fails. In Pokémon XD, it can successfully be used in wild encounters at Poké Spots.

Teleport can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 1 bonus appeal point if Confusion, Double Team, Kinesis, or Psychic was used in the previous turn.

Generation V

Teleport will succeed regardless of Ingrain. If the user is owned by a Trainer and holding a Smoke Ball, Teleport will succeed regardless of trapping moves and Abilities; if the user is a wild Pokémon, Teleport will fail if the user is affected by a trapping move or Ability, even if it is holding a Smoke Ball.

Generation VI

If the user is holding a Smoke Ball, Teleport will succeed regardless of trapping moves and Abilities.

Generation VII

Teleport always fails in battles during trials. SOS Battles are considered Single Battles as long as there is only a single opponent.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Teleport, the user regains all of its HP.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Teleport switches the user out. It has -6 priority. Teleport fails if the user is the only Pokémon in the party that is able to battle.

Generation VIII onwards

Teleport retains its effect from Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, and it succeeds regardless of whether the user is trapped. It only ends a battle if used by a wild Pokémon.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Teleport cannot be mastered.

Outside of battle

From Generation I to VI, as well as in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, using Teleport outside of battle warps the player to the last Pokémon Center visited. Starting in Generation IV, the player's house is treated as a Pokémon Centre for this purpose.

In Generation I, the player must heal their Pokémon at the counter for it to count as a visit. In subsequent generations, the player only needs to enter the location.

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as in HeartGold and SoulSilver:

Teleport can only be used outside, with the same restrictions as Fly. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, unlike Fly, Teleport can teleport the player between regions.

In Generation IV only, Teleport cannot be used in towns or cities (except the Safari Zone Gate), at Mt. Silver, or at the Pokéathlon Dome.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII			IX
0063				Human-Like		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0064				Human-Like		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0065				Human-Like		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
0150				No Eggs Discovered		−	−	−	−	−	−	−	1	−	−		−
0177				Flying			20	20	9	9	9	9		10	10
0178				Flying			20	20	9	9	9XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9		1	1
0280				Human-Like	Amorphous			16	12	12	12XY 9ORAS	9		15	15	6	15
0281				Human-Like	Amorphous			1, 16	1, 12	1, 12	1, 12XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9		15	15	6	15
0282				Human-Like	Amorphous			1, 16	1, 12	1, 12	1, 12XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9		15	15	6	15
0344				Mineral				1	1	1	1	1		1	1
0386				No Eggs Discovered				10	17	17	17XY 13ORAS	13			13		13
0386				No Eggs Discovered				10	17	17	17XY 13ORAS	13			13		13
0386				No Eggs Discovered				10	17	17	17XY 13ORAS	13			13		13
0475				Human-Like	Amorphous				1, 12	1, 12	1, 12XY 1, 9ORAS	1, 9		15	15	6	15
0605				Human-Like						−	−	−		12
0606				Human-Like						−	−	−		1
0789				No Eggs Discovered								23		1			1
0790				No Eggs Discovered								1		1			1
0791				No Eggs Discovered								1		1			1
0792				No Eggs Discovered								1		1			1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By TM

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Egg Move
						V	VI	VII
0605				Human-Like		✔	✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

Special move

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0151				No Eggs Discovered		My Pokémon Ranch - Hayley's Mew
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By event

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0151				No Eggs Discovered		PalCity Mew Nintendo of Korea Mew
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Teleport warps the user to somewhere else on the floor.

Super Smash Bros. series

Mewtwo uses Teleport as its up special move. Mewtwo vanishes, then reappears in the direction the player inputs.

Pokémon Conquest

Teleport warps the user to a random location on the battlefield. The user can choose which direction to perform it in, but this does not affect the randomly chosen location.

Stars:  Power: 0 Accuracy: 0

Effect: Teleports randomly.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

In Pokémon Rumble Rush, all status moves including Teleport could only be used by opposing Pokémon and could not be obtained on any caught Pokémon. Teleport could be seen as a move used by Boss Abra, Cosmog and Cosmoem.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Teleport is Gardevoir's second move as Ralts. The user teleports to the targeted area. After evolving into Kirlia at level 5, this move is replaced by either Psyshock or Future Sight.

Description

Games Description MDRB Warps the user to another spot on the same floor. MDTDS Warps the user to another tile on the floor. BSL じぶんが フロアのどこかに ワープする Conq. Teleport to another square. MDGtI UNUSED SMD MDRTDX It warps you to somewhere else on the floor.

In the anime

Main series

Kadabra Jirachi Elgyem Cosmog
The user disappears and reappears elsewhere seconds later.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Abra's body glows white, multicolored, or yellow and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else. Sometimes, its eyes glow white before using the move.
Sabrina's Abra	Abra and the Psychic Showdown		Debut
Mrs. Bellows's Abra	The Psychic Sidekicks!		None
Mira's Abra	Sandshrew's Locker!		None
Two wild Abra	Heroes Unite!		None
A wild Abra	This Could be the Start of Something Big!		None
	Kadabra's body glows white, then disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Sabrina's Kadabra	Haunter versus Kadabra		None
	Mew's body glows white or multicolored, then disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Mew (M01)	Mewtwo Strikes Back		None
Mew (M08)	Lucario and the Mystery of Mew		None
Mew (anime)	Enter Pikachu!		None
	Alakazam glows white, multicolored, or purple, then disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
A giant Alakazam	The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis		None
Luana's Alakazam	Pokémon Double Trouble		None
Alex Davis's Alakazam	Power Play!		None
Kenny's Alakazam	Settling a Not-So-Old Score!		None
Faba's Alakazam	Mission: Total Recall!		None
	Drowzee disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Butch and Cassidy's Drowzee	Pikachu Re-Volts		None
	Togepi's body glows light blue and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Misty's Togepi	In the Pink		Used via Metronome
	Natu's body glows white and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
McKenzie's Naughty	Doin' What Comes Natu-rally		None
	Xatu's body glows blue or white and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Calista's three Xatu	Xatu the Future		None
Calista's Xatu	Me, Myself and Time		None
	The tags on Jirachi's head glow multicolored. Seconds later, its body also glows multicolored and disappears, reappearing somewhere else.
Jirachi (M06)	Jirachi: Wish Maker		Jirachi cannot legally learn Teleport
	Kirlia's body glows multicolored, becomes outlined in light blue, and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
A wild Kirlia	Do I Hear a Ralts?		None
	Gardevoir's body glows multicolored, becomes outlined in light blue and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
A wild Gardevoir	Do I Hear a Ralts?		None
Melodi's Gardevoir	Mutiny in the Bounty!		None
	Ralts's body glows multicolored, becomes outlined in light blue, and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
A Ralts Max befriended	Do I Hear a Ralts?		None
	Claydol's body glows white and disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Spenser's Claydol	Ka Boom with a View!		None
	Mesprit's body glows light blue and it disappears. Seconds later, Mesprit reappears somewhere else in a bright flash of light, encased in a multicolored orb.
Mesprit (anime)	The Needs of the Three!		Mesprit cannot legally learn Teleport
	Uxie's body glows light blue and it disappears. Seconds later, Uxie reappears somewhere else in a bright flash of light, encased in a multicolored orb.
Uxie (anime)	The Needs of the Three!		Uxie cannot legally learn Teleport
	Elgyem's body glows multicolored and becomes surrounded by light blue vertical lines. Elgyem then disappears, reappearing somewhere else seconds later.
Professor Icarus's Elgyem	A UFO for Elgyem!		None
	Cosmog's body glows white and it also becomes surrounded by lines of white light. It then disappears and reappears somewhere else. It can also cause other people and Pokémon to teleport with it.
Ash's Nebby	Now You See Them, Now You Don't!		None
	Beheeyem's body glows pink and it disappears. Seconds later, Beheeyem reappears somewhere else. It can also cause other people and Pokémon to teleport with it.
Spinel's Beheeyem	Fly! Wattrel!!		None

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Generations

Alakazam
The user disappears and reappears elsewhere seconds later.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Alakazam's body briefly flashes yellow. It then disappears, reappearing somewhere else seconds later.
Blue's Alakazam	The Challenger		Debut

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Abra
The user disappears and reappears elsewhere.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	When Abra is about to be hit by an attack, its body stretches a bit, then disappears. Seconds later, it reappears somewhere else.
Sabrina's Abra	Haunting My Dreams		Debut

Magical Pokémon Journey

Natu
The user relocates to another area.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Natu glows white and vanishes. It reappears in another spot.
Ginger's Natu	Hazel VS Almond!		Debut

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In other generations

In battle

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Outside of battle

Core series games

Side series games

Trivia

• Teleport is the only move whose priority changed between games of the same generation. Its change, from 0 to -6, was the largest single priority decrease of any move.

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