Perish Song

Essentials

Perish Song

status

Generation 2

Summary

User and target both faint after three turns.

Damage Dealt

Stats

Power: — (no damage)
Accuracy: — (cannot miss)
PP: 5, up to 8 with PP Up
Target: Entire field
Effect chance: n/a
Priority: 0 (normal)

Flags

Makes contact
Has a charging turn
Must recharge
Blocked by Detect and Protect
Reflectable
Snatchable
Copied by Mirror Move
Punch-based
Sound-based

Pokémon with Soundproof are immune to this move.
Unusable during Gravity
Defrosts when used
Targets opposite side in triples

In triple battles, this move can be used on either side to target the farthest away opposing Pokémon.
Heals
Ignores Substitute

This move ignores the target's Substitute.

Machines

: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM
: Not a TM

Effect

Every Pokémon is given a counter that starts at 3 and decreases by 1 at the end of every turn, including this one. When a Pokémon's counter reaches zero, that Pokémon faints. A Pokémon that leaves the field will lose its counter; its replacement does not inherit the effect, and other Pokémon's counters remain.

This effect is passed on by Baton Pass.

This move cannot be copied by Mirror Move.

Flavor

Flavor Text

: Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.

: Any POKéMON hearing this song faints in 3 turns.
: Any battler that hears this faints in three turns unless it switches.

: Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.
: Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.

: Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.

Foreign Names

Czech: Píseň zániku
Spanish: Canto Mortal
French: Requiem
Italian: Ultimocanto
German: Abgesang
Japanese: ほろびのうた (horobinouta)

Contests

Contest

Type

Appeal

♡♡

Jam

♥

Flavor text

Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Use after

Use before

None

Super Contest

Type
Appeal: ♡♡
Flavor text: Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.
Use after: None
Use before: None

Similar moves

No other moves have the same effect as Perish Song.

Pokémon

						Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
—	—	—	—	—	—	Politoed		Water Absorb Damp Drizzle		Water 1	90	75	75	90	100	70	500
45	49	41	41	45	45	Smoochum		Oblivious Forewarn Hydration		Undiscovered	45	30	15	85	65	65	305
51	57	49	49	55	55	Jynx		Oblivious Forewarn Dry Skin		Human-Like	65	50	35	115	95	95	455
29	25	27	27	27	27	Lapras		Water Absorb Shell Armor Hydration		Monster Water 1	130	85	80	85	95	60	535
46	45	41	41	46	46	Misdreavus		Levitate		Amorphous	60	60	60	85	85	85	435
50	50	91	91	91	91	Celebi		Natural Cure		Undiscovered	100	100	100	100	100	100	600
	48	50	50	55	48	Swablu		Natural Cure Cloud Nine		Flying Dragon	45	40	60	40	75	50	310
	54	62	62	70	57	Altaria		Natural Cure Cloud Nine		Flying Dragon	75	70	90	70	105	80	490
	46	65	65	65	65	Absol		Pressure Super Luck Justified		Field	65	130	60	75	60	75	465
		38	50	50	50	Kricketune		Swarm Technician		Bug	77	85	51	55	51	65	384
		90	90	90	90	Arceus		Multitype		Undiscovered	120	120	120	120	120	120	720
				85	85	Aria Meloetta		Serene Grace		Undiscovered	100	77	77	128	128	90	600
				85	85	Pirouette Meloetta		Serene Grace		Undiscovered	100	128	90	77	77	128	600
						Pokémon	Type	Ability	Gender	Egg Group	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
						Igglybuff		Cute Charm Friend Guard		Undiscovered	90	30	15	40	20	15	210
						Seel		Thick Fat Hydration Ice Body		Water 1 Field	65	45	55	45	70	45	325
						Gastly		Levitate		Amorphous	30	35	30	100	35	80	310
						Cubone		Rock Head Lightningrod Battle Armor		Monster	50	50	95	40	50	35	320
						Marill		Thick Fat Huge Power Sap Sipper		Water 1 Fairy	70	20	50	20	50	40	250
						Murkrow		Insomnia Super Luck Prankster		Flying	60	85	42	85	42	91	405
						Absol		Pressure Super Luck Justified		Field	65	130	60	75	60	75	465