Editing Substitute

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'''Substitute''' ({{ja|みがわり|Migawari}}, ''{{s|wikipedia|Scapegoat}}'') is {{SSB4|Greninja}}'s [[down special]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''.

Functioning as a [[counterattack]], Greninja strikes a pose and, when attacked, disappears in a puff of smoke with a wooden log or a Substitute doll taking its place; it then reappears with a strong flying kick. The log or doll can be hit and flung around by damage, but otherwise has no use and eventually disappears.

This move is functionally similar to Lucario's [[Double Team]] as a counterattack; however, a direction can be held after a successful counter to perform the countering attack in that direction. The counterattack can be directed in eight directions, including diagonally. If aimed downwards, the counterattack will [[meteor smash]], although Greninja will likely [[self-destruct]] if this is done offstage.

While the counterattack itself is flexible, the counter itself is rather limited due to its average counter frames, rather slow startup, and high ending lag. Additionally, Greninja is not [[intangible]] during the kick, hence the attack can get interrupted by quick attacks such as a jab infinite, or even backfire with Greninja hurling straight into an enemy's powerful move.

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;Substitute Doll

:''If it looks like a Pokémon and it gets attacked like a Pokémon, it's probably a- Oh, no, it could also be a Substitute Doll. This cute plush figure appears out of nowhere when a Pokémon uses the move Substitute. Is that a smile on its face or a grimace of determination? Only the doll knows, and it's not telling.''

{{Trophy games|console1=GB|game1=Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue (09/1998)|console2=3DS|game2=Pokémon X and Pokémon Y (10/2013)}}

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[[File:SubstituteGen6.png|thumb|Substitute being used in Generation VI.]]

{{s|Bulbapedia|Substitute}} is a Normal-type status move in the {{Uv|Pokémon}} games introduced in Generation I. When used, the Pokémon loses 25% of its maximum HP from its current HP and leaves the screen, replaced by a substitute doll. The substitute has its own HP which is equal to the HP the user lost to create the substitute, but derives its type and stats from the currently active Pokémon - the move {{s|Bulbapedia|Baton Pass}} allows for switching Pokémon without losing the substitute. When the Pokémon is attacked by any move that isn't sound-based, the substitute takes damage instead - a substitute loses all of its HP, it fades away. When the Substitute user wants to use another move, the Substitute and Pokémon will temporarily switch places to allow said Pokémon to use the move. If the Pokémon does not have enough HP to make the substitute, the move will fail.

While the move is widely available to almost all Pokémon via TM or Move Tutor, Greninja is one of the few Pokémon able to learn this move by leveling up as well. It's usage in ''Smash'' is a possibly popular folklore ninja reference to the usage of substitution/body-replacement techniques often referenced that fictional ninja use the escape from danger. The log occasionally left behind is a notable trademark of this.

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Greninja Down Special Smash 3DS.jpg|Substitute being charged.  

Greninja Down Special Activation Smash 3DS.jpg|Substitute being used in the 3DS version of ''Smash 4''; either version can occasionally leave behind a log instead.

Substitute_Attack_SSB4.jpeg|The Substitute counter attack in {{forwiiu}}.

[[Image:Sakurai used Substitute.jpg|thumb]]

*Like [[Double Team]] and [[Rest]], Substitute is a non-offensive Normal-type move in the Pokémon games.

*In the European Portuguese version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', the description for Exploding Attack is erroneously the same as Substitute Ambush's. This is not the case in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''.