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General
Abilities
- Poison Point
- Enemy Pokémon have a 30% chance of becoming Poisoned every time they touch this Pokémon.
- Rivalry
- This Pokémon's Attack rises when fighting an enemy of the same gender.
Dex Numbers
- Generation
RBY
Kanto- 29
Johto- 95
Hoenn- n/a
Sinnoh- n/a
Names
- Japanese
- ニドラン♀
- Romaji
- Nidoran F
Flavor
- Height
- 1'3.7" or 0.4 m
- Weight
- 15.4 lb or 7 kg
- Species
- Poison Pin
- Color
- blue
- Cry
- mp3 here
Habitat
- Pawprint

Misc
- R/B/Y code
- 15 or 0x0f
Breeding
- Gender
Always female (code: 254 or 0xfe)- Breeding groups
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1: Monster
5: Ground - Steps to hatch
- 5,120
- Compatible with
- 88 families; 194 total Pokémon
In the Wild
- Base EXP
- 59 or 0x3b
- Capture rate
- 235 or 0xeb
- Base happiness
- 70 or 0x46
- Growth rate
- poly
- Effort points
- 1 HP
- Wild held items
- n/a
Evolution Chain
Comparison of this evolution chain
| Basic | Stage 1 | Stage 2 |
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Stats
| Stat | Base | Max Stat | %ile | |
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| L50 | L100 | |||
| HP | 162 | 314 | 30.2 | |
| Attack | 99 | 193 | 18.9 | |
| Defense | 104 | 203 | 31.6 | |
| Special Attack | 92 | 179 | 13.8 | |
| Special Defense | 92 | 179 | 10.3 | |
| Speed | 93 | 181 | 22.1 | |
| Average | - | - | 11.4 | |
Flavor
All versions' flavor text and sprites
While it does not prefer to fight, even one drop of the poison it secretes from barbs can be fatal.
Locations
Sorry, Pearl players! Only Diamond for the moment.
| Area | Section | Level | Method |
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| Route 201 | 3 | 10%
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Move List
Nidoran F's Attack is higher, so it will inflict more damage with physical (
) moves.
Nidoran F gets the STAB from
moves.
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Move | Type | Dmg | PP | Power | Acc.* | Pri. | Description | |
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| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Growl | ![]() |
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40 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Attack. | ||
| -- | -- | -- | Tackle | ![]() |
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35 | 35 | 95% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | -- | -- | Scratch | ![]() |
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35 | 40 | 100% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||
| 8 | 7 | Tail Whip | ![]() |
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30 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Defense. | |||||
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | Double Kick | ![]() |
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30 | 30 | 100% | Hits twice in one turn. | |||
| 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | Poison Sting | ![]() |
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35 | 15 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Poison the target. | ||
| 19 | Fury Swipes | ![]() |
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15 | 18 | 80% | Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | ||||||
| 20 | 21 | Bite | ![]() |
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25 | 60 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. | |||||
| 21 | 23 | 23 | Tail Whip | ![]() |
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30 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Defense. | ||||
| 23 | 25 | Helping Hand | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | 5 | Goes first. User's ally's next move inflicts 50% more damage. | ||||
| 29 | 30 | 30 | Bite | ![]() |
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25 | 60 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. | ||||
| 31 | Toxic Spikes | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 0% | Scatters poisoned Spikes, poisoning opposing Pokemon that switch in. | ||||||
| 33 | Flatter | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Raises the target's Special Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | ||||||
| 36 | 38 | 38 | 30 | Fury Swipes | ![]() |
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15 | 18 | 80% | Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | |||
| 37 | Crunch | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense. | ||||||
| 38 | Flatter | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Raises the target's Special Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | ||||||
| 43 | Captivate | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender. | ||||||
| 43 | Double Kick | ![]() |
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30 | 30 | 100% | Hits twice in one turn. | ||||||
| 45 | Poison Fang | ![]() |
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15 | 50 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to badly Poison the target. | ||||||
| 47 | Crunch | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to lower the target's Defense. | ||||||
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Beat Up | ![]() |
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10 | 10 | 100% | Hits once for every conscious Pokemon the user's trainer has. | |||
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Charm | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Attack by two levels. | |||
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Counter | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | -5 | Goes last. Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last hit it took, if the move was Normal or Fighting. | ||
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Disable | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 80% | Disables the target's last used move for 1-8 turns. | |||
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Focus Energy | ![]() |
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30 | -- | 100% | Increases the critical hit counter by 1 until the user leaves battle. | |||
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Pursuit | ![]() |
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20 | 40 | 100% | If the target leaves battle this turn, user will hit the target with double power and then hit its replacement normally. | |||||
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Supersonic | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 55% | Confuses the target. | |||
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Take Down | ![]() |
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20 | 90 | 85% | User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | |||
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Body Slam | ![]() |
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15 | 85 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||||||
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Double-Edge | ![]() |
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15 | 120 | 100% | User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | ||||||
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Counter | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | -5 | Goes last. Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last hit it took, if the move was Normal or Fighting. | |||||
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Thunderbolt | ![]() |
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15 | 95 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||||||
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Mimic | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Copies the target's last used move. | ||||||
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Defense Curl | ![]() |
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40 | -- | 100% | Raises user's Defense. Doubles Rollout's power if it's the next move used. | ||||||
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Substitute | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks. | ||||||
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Snore | ![]() |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | ||||||
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Snore | ![]() |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | ||||||
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Mud-Slap | ![]() |
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10 | 20 | 100% | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy. | ||||||
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Mud-Slap | ![]() |
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10 | 20 | 100% | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy. | ||||||
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Endure | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn. | |||||
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Swagger | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 90% | Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | ||||||
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Sleep Talk | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | ||||||
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![]() | Miscellaneous moves | ||||||||
| pokecenter | Lovely Kiss | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 75% | Puts the target to Sleep. | ||||||
| pokecenter | Sweet Kiss | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 75% | Confuses the target. | ||||||
| pokecenter | Moonlight | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 100% | Heals the user by half its max HP at the right time of day, or 1/4 otherwise. | ||||||
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40 | 40 | Aerial Ace | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | ||||
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45 | 45 | 45 | Attract | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Target falls in love if it has the opposite gender, and has a 50% chance to refuse attacking the user. | |||
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34 | 34 | Bide | ![]() |
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10 | varies | 100% | 1 | Goes first. User waits for 2-3 turns, then inflicts typeless damage equal to twice the HP it lost while waiting. | |||
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14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | Blizzard | ![]() |
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5 | 120 | 70% | Has a 10% chance to Freeze the target. Chance to hit becomes 100% during Hail. | |
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08 | 08 | Body Slam | ![]() |
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15 | 85 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||||
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78 | Captivate | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Lowers the target's Special Attack by two levels if it is the opposite gender. | |||||
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03 | Curse | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | |||||
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H1 | H1 | Cut | ![]() |
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30 | 50 | 95% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||||
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40 | Defense Curl | ![]() |
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40 | -- | 100% | Raises user's Defense. Doubles Rollout's power if it's the next move used. | |||||
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43 | Detect | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 100% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | ||||
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28 | 28 | Dig | ![]() |
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10 | 80 | 100% | User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. | ||||
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32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | Double Team | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 100% | Raises the user's Evasion. | |
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10 | 10 | Double-Edge | ![]() |
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15 | 120 | 100% | User receives 1/3 the damage inflicted in recoil. | ||||
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20 | 58 | Endure | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents the user's HP from lowering below 1 this turn. | |||
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42 | 42 | Facade | ![]() |
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20 | 70 | 100% | Power doubles if user is Burned, Paralyzed, or Poisoned. | ||||
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21 | 21 | 21 | Frustration | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | Power increases as Happiness decreases, up to a maximum of 102. | |||
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02 | Headbutt | ![]() |
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15 | 70 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. | |||||
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10 | 10 | 10 | Hidden Power | ![]() |
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15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend upon user's IVs. Power can range from 30 to 70. | |||
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13 | 13 | Ice Beam | ![]() |
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10 | 95 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Freeze the target. | ||||
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23 | 23 | 23 | Iron Tail | ![]() |
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15 | 100 | 75% | Has a 30% chance to lower the target's Defense. | |||
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31 | 31 | Mimic | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Copies the target's last used move. | ||||
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31 | Mud-Slap | ![]() |
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10 | 20 | 100% | Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy. | |||||
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83 | Natural Gift | ![]() |
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15 | varies | 100% | Power and type depend on the held berry. | |||||
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84 | Poison Jab | ![]() |
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20 | 80 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Poison the target. | |||||
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17 | 17 | 17 | Protect | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 0% | 3 | Goes first. Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn. | ||
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20 | 20 | Rage | ![]() |
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20 | 20 | 100% | User can only use this move until it wins or faints, but becomes stronger each time it is hit. | ||||
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18 | 18 | 18 | Rain Dance | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to rain for five turns. | |||
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33 | 33 | Reflect | ![]() |
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20 | -- | 100% | Reduces damage from physical attacks by 50%. | ||||
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44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | Rest | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | User Sleeps, completely healing itself. | |
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27 | 27 | 27 | Return | ![]() |
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20 | varies | 100% | Power increases with Happiness, up to a maximum of 102. | |||
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H6 | H6 | Rock Smash | ![]() |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Has a 50% chance to lower the target's Defense. | ||||
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43 | 43 | Secret Power | ![]() |
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20 | 70 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to inflict a status effect which depends upon the terrain. | ||||
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65 | Shadow Claw | ![]() |
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15 | 70 | 100% | Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | |||||
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34 | 34 | Shock Wave | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Never misses. | ||||
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40 | 40 | Skull Bash | ![]() |
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15 | 100 | 100% | Raises the user's Defense. User charges for one turn before attacking. | ||||
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35 | 82 | Sleep Talk | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Randomly uses one of the user's other three moves. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | ||||
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36 | 36 | Sludge Bomb | ![]() |
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10 | 90 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to Poison the target. | ||||
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13 | Snore | ![]() |
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15 | 40 | 100% | Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch. Only works if the user is Sleeping. | |||||
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H4 | H4 | Strength | ![]() |
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15 | 80 | 100% | Inflicts regular damage. | ||||
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50 | 50 | 90 | Substitute | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 100% | Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks. | |||
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11 | 11 | 11 | Sunny Day | ![]() |
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5 | -- | 0% | Changes the weather to sunny for five turns. | |||
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34 | 87 | Swagger | ![]() |
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15 | -- | 90% | Raises the target's Attack by two levels and Confuses the target. | ||||
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09 | 09 | Take Down | ![]() |
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20 | 90 | 85% | User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil. | ||||
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46 | 46 | 46 | Thief | ![]() |
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10 | 40 | 100% | Takes the target's item. | |||
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25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | Thunder | ![]() |
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10 | 120 | 70% | Has a 30% chance to Paralyze the target. | |
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24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | Thunderbolt | ![]() |
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15 | 95 | 100% | Has a 10% chance to Paralyze the target. | ||
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06 | 06 | 06 | 06 | 06 | Toxic | ![]() |
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10 | -- | 85% | Badly Poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | |
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03 | 03 | Water Pulse | ![]() |
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20 | 60 | 100% | Has a 20% chance to Confuse the target. | ||||
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