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Substitute in Poke Survivor

Substitute is a Normal turret move in Poke Survivor (PokéSurvivor). A decoy that stays behind shooting for you. Base stats, level-up effects, evolution and the 966 Pokémon that can use it.

NormalTurret

Base stats

Base damage
14
Cooldown
4s
Speed
320
Count
1
Duration
6
Values as the game's move data stores them, before the Pokémon's attack multiplier and level-ups. Cooldown is in seconds.

Level-up effects

What each level adds, up to level 5.

Level-up effects
LevelEffect
2+50% damage
3Fires 35% faster
4+1 at a time
5+50% duration and +40% damage

Evolution

At level 5, Substitute evolves into Double Team if you have taken the Armor stat card in that run.

All moves and the move evolution table

Pokémon that can use Substitute

Every Pokémon (966) can use Substitute: it is in every move pool.

Pokémon that start with Substitute (0)

No Pokémon starts with Substitute.

Numbers on this page come from data release 2026-10-13-a9b21f0 (game commit a9b21f0).

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