diff --git a/src/phases.ts b/src/phases.ts
index 44ec262d3e6..62d944e68e7 100644
--- a/src/phases.ts
+++ b/src/phases.ts
@@ -2646,8 +2646,14 @@ export class MoveEffectPhase extends PokemonPhase {
 
   constructor(scene: BattleScene, battlerIndex: BattlerIndex, targets: BattlerIndex[], move: PokemonMove) {
     super(scene, battlerIndex);
-
     this.move = move;
+    // In double battles, if the right Pokemon selects a spread move and the left Pokemon dies
+    // with no party members available to switch in, then the right Pokemon takes the index
+    // of the left Pokemon and gets hit unless this is checked.
+    if (targets.includes(battlerIndex) && this.move.getMove().moveTarget === MoveTarget.ALL_NEAR_OTHERS) {
+      const i = targets.indexOf(battlerIndex);
+      targets.splice(i,i+1);
+    }
     this.targets = targets;
   }