Your partner starts every run with one attack and picks up the rest as it levels. Knowing where those moves come from lets you plan a run instead of hoping for good cards. This page explains the three move sources, the rules for slots and levels, and how upgrades work.
Where to see every move your partner can learn
Before a run, press Play to open The League, pick your partner, and look under Passive & kit. The profile shows the four signature attacks. Tap See all its moves below them to open the full list, titled “Everything it can learn during a run”. You may need to scroll the panel to reach the button.
The full list is much longer than the four-card summary. Squirtle’s, for example, holds 38 moves once every source is counted.
The three move sources
| Source | What is in it | How it is offered |
|---|---|---|
| Own kit | Four signature attacks | Offered more often than any other move, each from its listed level |
| Evolution line | Moves from the partner’s evolution family | 35% chance per level-up that one is offered at random; needs a free slot |
| Other members’ kits | Attacks taught by your League members | Members who share a type with your partner teach moves of that type or Normal type |
Own kit (signature moves)
Every partner has four signature attacks. The first is its starter move, and the other three unlock at set levels during the run. These are the most reliable picks because they appear the most often.
Evolution-line moves
These come from the rest of the partner’s evolution family. They add variety, but they are random: each level-up has a 35% chance of offering one, and only if you have an empty move slot.
Other members’ kits
This is the source that grows as you play. When you capture Pokémon and they join your League, they can teach your partner. A member only teaches attacks of a type it shares with your partner, or Normal-type attacks. Until a member joins, its moves show as locked in the list. That is why two players using the same starter can see different offers.
Squirtle as an example
Squirtle’s own kit, with the level each move becomes available:
| Move | Available from | Type · Category · Shape |
|---|---|---|
| Water Gun | Start | Water · Special · Projectile |
| Bubble | Lv. 2 | Water · Special · Burst |
| Rapid Spin | Lv. 4 | Normal · Physical · Spin |
| Hydro Pump | Lv. 7 | Water · Special · Bolt |
Its evolution-line moves are Tackle and Bite from the start, Water Pulse from Lv. 2, Rain Dance from Lv. 5, Aqua Tail from Lv. 6, Shell Smash from Lv. 7 and Wave Crash from Lv. 10. On top of that, 27 more moves sit locked behind Water-type League members.
These levels are run levels, not evolution levels. “Lv. 7” means Hydro Pump can be offered once Squirtle reaches level 7 in that run.
Move types and categories
Each move card lists three things:
- Type (Water, Fire, Grass, Normal, Dark and so on). Type boosters like Mystic Water only help moves of their type.
- Category: Physical or Special. Muscle Band and Choice Band boost physical moves; Wise Glasses and Choice Specs boost special ones.
- Shape: how the attack behaves, such as Projectile, Burst, Spin, Bolt, Charge, Strike, Weather or Booster.
A Water starter does not have an all-Water, all-Special kit. Rapid Spin is Normal and Physical, so a Water-only item build skips it. Match your items to the moves you actually run; Items and Vitamins has the full breakdown.
Move slots
Your partner starts a run with three move slots. A fourth is locked until you buy 4th move in the Lab for 1,275 Stardust. See Lab Upgrades for the full list.
Your Ultimate (the R key) sits outside these slots, so it never takes up a move slot.
Once every slot is full, there is no room for another attack, so your level-ups lean on upgrades and vitamins. Season 2 added a way out: fusing two max-level moves at Bill’s Machine creates a stronger move and frees one slot. See Move Fusions.
Upgrading moves
Each level-up shows a set of cards. Three types can appear:
- New move: adds an attack to an empty slot.
- Upgrade: raises a move you own by one level. The card lists exactly what changes. For example, Water Gun level 1 → 2 gives +1 piercing and −10% cooldown.
- New vitamin: a stat boost that uses a vitamin slot.
Cards also show a rarity label (Common, Uncommon and so on), and below them you have Refresh, Skip and Banish buttons. Refresh rerolls the offer, Skip passes on it, and Banish removes a card from the rest of the run. Banishing a move you do not want makes the moves you do want more likely.
A simple plan for your first runs
- Take new signature moves early. A second and third attack help more than a small upgrade.
- Once your slots are full, put upgrades into the move doing the most damage. The pause screen (Esc) shows each move’s DPS.
- Banish evolution-line moves that do not fit your items.
- Push two moves to max level if you want to fuse them later.
New to the game? Start with Getting Started, then Play PokeBonk and watch which cards show up.
Quick answers
How many moves can my partner use at once?
Three slots are open at the start. The 4th move upgrade in the Lab opens a fourth slot for 1,275 Stardust.
Why does my partner never get offered a certain move?
Check its level requirement, whether you have a free slot, and, for shared moves, whether the Pokémon that teaches it has joined your League and shares a type with your partner.
What are signature moves?
Each partner's own kit of four attacks. They show up on level-up more often than any other moves, each from its listed level.
Is the level on a move card the level my Pokémon evolves at?
No. It is the run level from which that move can be offered. Evolution happens separately.
