Technical Machines

Technical Machines (TMs for short) are items Trainers can use to permanently teach a Pokémon a new random Fast Attack or Charged Attack.

There are two types of Technical Machines corresponding two types of attacks in the game:

Fast TMs for Fast Attacks
and Charged TMs for Charged Attacks.

They can be obtained as a reward from winning a Raid Battle, completing research tasks or completing a Trainer Battle.

GO Battle League introduced Elite Fast TM and Elite Charged TM. They can select a specific attack to teach Pokémon, including legacy moves, which is not possible from Standard TMs.^[1]

See List of legacy moves for a list of moves available from Elite TMs.

Types

Fast TM

	Details TM that can be used to teach a Pokémon a new, random Fast Attack.
	In-game description This Technical Machine item is used to teach your Pokémon a new Fast Attack. Your Pokémon will acquire a new Fast Attack and forget their old Fast Attack.

Charged TM

	Details TM that can be used to teach a Pokémon a new, random Charged Attack.
	In-game description This item works like the Fast TM but it teaches the Charged Attack instead of a Fast Attack. Remember, to use a charged attack you need to select the element button underneath the bar.

Elite Fast TM

	Details TM that can be used to teach a Pokémon a new, handpicked Fast Attack, including legacy and event moves.
	In-game description This Technical Machine lets you choose a Fast Attack to teach to a Pokémon.

Elite Charged TM

	Details TM that can be used to teach a Pokémon a new, handpicked Charged Attack, including legacy and event moves.
	In-game description This Technical Machine lets you choose a Charged Attack to teach to a Pokémon.

Trivia

TM cannot be used on Pokémon with a single move (e.g. Unown, etc.).^[1]
TM will not teach a Pokémon the same attack that is being forgotten.
If the Pokémon has two Charged Attacks, Trainer have to select which move to be re-rolled.
Learning a legacy move will not grant the ability to use Standard TMs to learn the same move again if it is forgotten.
Legacy moves appear to be placed on top of the move selection screen, followed by a bunch of standard moves.