Bulk Up (Pokémon Move)

Bulk Up Effect

Effect

The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.

In-Depth Effect

Raises the user's Attack and Defense by one stage each.

Bulk Up Move Data

Type	Fighting
Category	Status
Introduced in	Generation 3
Power Points (PP)	20
Base Power
Accuracy
Speed Priority	0
Target	User The user.

Machine/Record

Ruby Sapphire	tm08
Emerald	tm08
FireRed LeafGreen	tm08
Diamond Pearl	tm08
Platinum	tm08
HeartGold SoulSilver	tm08
Black White	tm08
Black 2 White 2	tm08
X Y	tm08
Sun Moon	tm08
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	tm08
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	tm30
Sword Shield	tr48

Game Descriptions

Ruby Sapphire	Bulks up the body to boost both ATTACK and DEFENSE.
Emerald	Bulks up the body to boost both ATTACK and DEFENSE.
FireRed LeafGreen	The user bulks up its body to boost both its ATTACK and DEFENSE stats.
Diamond Pearl	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
Platinum	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
HeartGold SoulSilver	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
Black White	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
Black 2 White 2	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, boosting both its Attack and Defense stats.
X Y	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.
Sun Moon	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.
Sword Shield	The user tenses its muscles to bulk up its body, raising both its Attack and Defense stats.

Pokémon that Learn Bulk Up by Leveling Up

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group	Level
#101	Poliwrath	Water Fighting	Water 1	1
#107	Machop	Fighting	Human-Like	36
#108	Machoke	Fighting	Human-Like	42
#109	Machamp	Fighting	Human-Like	42
#352	Combusken	Fire Fighting	Field	45
#353	Blaziken	Fire Fighting	Field	49
#509	Groudon	Ground	No Eggs Discovered	18
#648	Timburr	Fighting	Human-Like	16
#649	Gurdurr	Fighting	Human-Like	16
#650	Conkeldurr	Fighting	Human-Like	16
#654	Throh	Fighting	Human-Like	25
#655	Sawk	Fighting	Human-Like	25
#780	Chespin	Grass	Field	39
#781	Quilladin	Grass	Field	44
#782	Chesnaught	Grass Fighting	Field	48
#805	Skiddo	Grass	Field	34
#806	Gogoat	Grass	Field	34
#873	Incineroar	Fire Dark	Field	1
#925	Passimian	Fighting	Field	35
#971	Buzzwole	Bug Fighting	No Eggs Discovered	20
#1036	Clobbopus	Fighting	Water 1Human-Like	25
#1037	Grapploct	Fighting	Water 1Human-Like	25
#1045	Grimmsnarl	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like	1
#1054	Falinks	Fighting	FairyMineral	20
#1081	Kubfu	Fighting	No Eggs Discovered	32
#1082	Urshifu Single Strike	Fighting Dark	No Eggs Discovered	32
#354	Blaziken Mega	Fire Fighting	Field	31
#510	Groudon Primal	Ground Fire	No Eggs Discovered	50
#239	Zapdos Galar	Fighting Flying	No Eggs Discovered	50
#1083	Urshifu Rapid Strike	Fighting Water	No Eggs Discovered	32

Pokémon that Learn Bulk Up by Machine

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#95	Mankey	Fighting	Field
#96	Primeape	Fighting	Field
#101	Poliwrath	Water Fighting	Water 1
#107	Machop	Fighting	Human-Like
#108	Machoke	Fighting	Human-Like
#109	Machamp	Fighting	Human-Like
#168	Hitmonlee	Fighting	Human-Like
#169	Hitmonchan	Fighting	Human-Like
#207	Pinsir	Bug	Bug
#245	Mewtwo	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#248	Mew	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#306	Snubbull	Fairy	FieldFairy
#307	Granbull	Fairy	FieldFairy
#310	Heracross	Bug Fighting	Bug
#314	Teddiursa	Normal	Field
#315	Ursaring	Normal	Field
#167	Tyrogue	Fighting	No Eggs Discovered
#170	Hitmontop	Fighting	Human-Like
#352	Combusken	Fire Fighting	Field
#353	Blaziken	Fire Fighting	Field
#357	Swampert	Water Ground	MonsterWater 1
#389	Breloom	Grass Fighting	FairyGrass
#390	Slakoth	Normal	Field
#391	Vigoroth	Normal	Field
#392	Slaking	Normal	Field
#399	Makuhita	Fighting	Human-Like
#400	Hariyama	Fighting	Human-Like
#413	Meditite	Fighting Psychic	Human-Like
#414	Medicham	Fighting Psychic	Human-Like
#509	Groudon	Ground	No Eggs Discovered
#511	Rayquaza	Dragon Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#521	Chimchar	Fire	FieldHuman-Like
#522	Monferno	Fire Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#523	Infernape	Fire Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#549	Buizel	Water	Water 1Field
#550	Floatzel	Water	Water 1Field
#572	Riolu	Fighting	No Eggs Discovered
#573	Lucario	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like
#579	Croagunk	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#580	Toxicroak	Poison Fighting	Human-Like
#384	Gallade	Psychic Fighting	Human-LikeAmorphous
#596	Dialga	Steel Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#597	Palkia	Water Dragon	No Eggs Discovered
#615	Emboar	Fire Fighting	Field
#648	Timburr	Fighting	Human-Like
#649	Gurdurr	Fighting	Human-Like
#650	Conkeldurr	Fighting	Human-Like
#654	Throh	Fighting	Human-Like
#655	Sawk	Fighting	Human-Like
#670	Krookodile	Ground Dark	Field
#673	Darmanitan Standard	Fire	Field
#680	Scraggy	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#681	Scrafty	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon
#736	Beartic	Ice	Field
#742	Mienfoo	Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#743	Mienshao	Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#750	Rufflet	Normal Flying	Flying
#751	Braviary	Normal Flying	Flying
#764	Tornadus Incarnate	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#766	Thundurus Incarnate	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#770	Landorus Incarnate	Ground Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#780	Chespin	Grass	Field
#781	Quilladin	Grass	Field
#782	Chesnaught	Grass Fighting	Field
#791	Bunnelby	Normal	Field
#792	Diggersby	Normal Ground	Field
#795	Talonflame	Fire Flying	Flying
#805	Skiddo	Grass	Field
#806	Gogoat	Grass	Field
#807	Pancham	Fighting	FieldHuman-Like
#808	Pangoro	Fighting Dark	FieldHuman-Like
#824	Barbaracle	Rock Water	Water 3
#835	Hawlucha	Fighting Flying	FlyingHuman-Like
#871	Litten	Fire	Field
#872	Torracat	Fire	Field
#873	Incineroar	Fire Dark	Field
#887	Crabrawler	Fighting	Water 3
#888	Crabominable	Fighting Ice	Water 3
#898	Lycanroc Midday	Rock	Field
#918	Stufful	Normal Fighting	Field
#919	Bewear	Normal Fighting	Field
#925	Passimian	Fighting	Field
#927	Golisopod	Bug Water	BugWater 3
#947	Komala	Normal	Field
#948	Turtonator	Fire Dragon	MonsterDragon
#951	Mimikyu Disguised	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#955	Bruxish	Water Psychic	Water 2
#958	Jangmo O	Dragon	Dragon
#959	Hakamo O	Dragon Fighting	Dragon
#960	Kommo O	Dragon Fighting	Dragon
#964	Tapu Bulu	Grass Fairy	No Eggs Discovered
#971	Buzzwole	Bug Fighting	No Eggs Discovered
#983	Marshadow	Fighting Ghost	No Eggs Discovered
#988	Zeraora	Electric	No Eggs Discovered
#993	Rillaboom	Grass	FieldGrass
#995	Raboot	Fire	FieldHuman-Like
#996	Cinderace	Fire	FieldHuman-Like
#1004	Corviknight	Flying Steel	Flying
#1017	Boltund	Electric	Field
#1036	Clobbopus	Fighting	Water 1Human-Like
#1037	Grapploct	Fighting	Water 1Human-Like
#1045	Grimmsnarl	Dark Fairy	FairyHuman-Like
#1046	Obstagoon	Dark Normal	Field
#1054	Falinks	Fighting	FairyMineral
#1081	Kubfu	Fighting	No Eggs Discovered
#1082	Urshifu Single Strike	Fighting Dark	No Eggs Discovered
#1084	Zarude	Dark Grass	No Eggs Discovered
#674	Darmanitan Zen	Fire Psychic	Field
#765	Tornadus Therian	Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#767	Thundurus Therian	Electric Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#771	Landorus Therian	Ground Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#208	Pinsir Mega	Bug Flying	Bug
#246	Mewtwo Mega X	Psychic Fighting	No Eggs Discovered
#247	Mewtwo Mega Y	Psychic	No Eggs Discovered
#311	Heracross Mega	Bug Fighting	Bug
#354	Blaziken Mega	Fire Fighting	Field
#415	Medicham Mega	Fighting Psychic	Human-Like
#574	Lucario Mega	Fighting Steel	FieldHuman-Like
#385	Gallade Mega	Psychic Fighting	Human-LikeAmorphous
#510	Groudon Primal	Ground Fire	No Eggs Discovered
#512	Rayquaza Mega	Dragon Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#28	Raticate Alola	Dark Normal	Field
#29	Raticate Totem Alola	Dark Normal	Field
#899	Lycanroc Midnight	Rock	Field
#952	Mimikyu Busted	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#953	Mimikyu Totem Disguised	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#954	Mimikyu Totem Busted	Ghost Fairy	Amorphous
#961	Kommo O Totem	Dragon Fighting	Dragon
#900	Lycanroc Dusk	Rock	Field
#239	Zapdos Galar	Fighting Flying	No Eggs Discovered
#675	Darmanitan Galar Standard	Ice	Field
#676	Darmanitan Galar Zen	Ice Fire	Field
#1083	Urshifu Rapid Strike	Fighting Water	No Eggs Discovered
#1085	Zarude Dada	Dark Grass	No Eggs Discovered

Available

Red Blue	No
Yellow	No
Ruby Sapphire	Yes
Emerald	Yes
FireRed LeafGreen	Yes
Diamond Pearl	Yes
Platinum	Yes
HeartGold SoulSilver	Yes
Black White	Yes
Black 2 White 2	Yes
X Y	Yes
Sun Moon	Yes
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Yes
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	Yes
Sword Shield	Yes