diff --git a/src/data/battler-tags.ts b/src/data/battler-tags.ts
index 0e272272f71..be725dd6fbd 100644
--- a/src/data/battler-tags.ts
+++ b/src/data/battler-tags.ts
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ export class SubstituteTag extends SerializableBattlerTag {
   constructor(sourceMove: MoveId, sourceId: number) {
     super(
       BattlerTagType.SUBSTITUTE,
-      [BattlerTagLapseType.PRE_MOVE, BattlerTagLapseType.AFTER_MOVE, BattlerTagLapseType.HIT],
+      [BattlerTagLapseType.MOVE, BattlerTagLapseType.AFTER_MOVE, BattlerTagLapseType.HIT],
       0,
       sourceMove,
       sourceId,
diff --git a/test/battler-tags/substitute.test.ts b/test/battler-tags/substitute.test.ts
index 7ae60ad1408..fa8cb442d7e 100644
--- a/test/battler-tags/substitute.test.ts
+++ b/test/battler-tags/substitute.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ describe("BattlerTag - SubstituteTag", () => {
       vi.spyOn(messages, "getPokemonNameWithAffix").mockReturnValue("");
     });
 
-    it("PRE_MOVE lapse triggers pre-move animation", async () => {
+    it("MOVE lapse triggers pre-move animation", async () => {
       const subject = new SubstituteTag(MoveId.SUBSTITUTE, mockPokemon.id);
 
       vi.spyOn(mockPokemon.scene as BattleScene, "triggerPokemonBattleAnim").mockImplementation(
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe("BattlerTag - SubstituteTag", () => {
 
       vi.spyOn((mockPokemon.scene as BattleScene).phaseManager, "queueMessage").mockReturnValue();
 
-      expect(subject.lapse(mockPokemon, BattlerTagLapseType.PRE_MOVE)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(subject.lapse(mockPokemon, BattlerTagLapseType.MOVE)).toBeTruthy();
 
       expect(subject.sourceInFocus).toBeTruthy();
       expect((mockPokemon.scene as BattleScene).triggerPokemonBattleAnim).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);