diff --git a/src/phases/move-phase.ts b/src/phases/move-phase.ts
index 35be5513d9e..cf99742b17d 100644
--- a/src/phases/move-phase.ts
+++ b/src/phases/move-phase.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,38 @@ import * as Utils from "#app/utils";
 import i18next from "i18next";
 
 export class MovePhase extends BattlePhase {
-  public pokemon: Pokemon;
-  public move: PokemonMove;
-  public targets: BattlerIndex[];
+  protected _pokemon: Pokemon;
+  protected _move: PokemonMove;
+  protected _targets: BattlerIndex[];
   protected followUp: boolean;
   protected ignorePp: boolean;
   protected failed: boolean = false;
   protected cancelled: boolean = false;
 
+  public get pokemon(): Pokemon {
+    return this._pokemon;
+  }
+
+  protected set pokemon(pokemon: Pokemon) {
+    this._pokemon = pokemon;
+  }
+
+  public get move(): PokemonMove {
+    return this._move;
+  }
+
+  protected set move(move: PokemonMove) {
+    this._move = move;
+  }
+
+  public get targets(): BattlerIndex[] {
+    return this._targets;
+  }
+
+  protected set targets(targets: BattlerIndex[]) {
+    this._targets = targets;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param followUp Indicates that the move being uses is a "follow-up" - for example, a move being used by Metronome or Dancer.
    *                 Follow-ups bypass a few failure conditions, including flinches, sleep/paralysis/freeze and volatile status checks, etc.