Does recoil damage or damage to an opponent come first?

Sep. 30, 2020

Basically, if I used like flare blitz, would I do damage to the opponent first or would I get hurt first.

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Recoil damage is dealt after damage to the opponent. If you KO your opponent with a recoil move and KO yourself via recoil, the opponent will be knocked out first.

Source: experience

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Moves that have recoil are damage-dealing moves that cause the user to take damage after being used.

So it does damage before the recoil takes place.

Source:Bulbapediaand a lot of experience

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The only moves where self-damage occurs prior to the opponent’s damage are Mind Blown, Steel Beam, Selfdestruct, Explosion, Misty Explosion, and Final Gambit.

Your opponent is hurt firstSource: experience

You do damage first.Source: Experience.