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Nightmare

General

Nightmare
ghost none

Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC

Quick Description

Diamond/Pearl Flavor text
A sleeping foe is shown a nightmare that inflicts some damage every turn.
Eevine summary
Target loses 1/4 its max HP every turn as long as it continues Sleeping.

Damage ghost Inflicts

0× against
normal
½× against
dark steel
2× against
ghost psychic

Stats

Power
n/a
Accuracy
100%
PP
15; maximum is 24
Target
enemy
Effect chance
n/a
Power × accuracy
n/a
Power percentile
0
Priority
0

Names

Japanese
あくむ
Romaji
Akumu

Flags

TMs

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY TM
n/a
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC TM
TM50 (¥), location: given to you by fat guy next to the plant on mid-Route 31 after giving him mail from gatehouse guard north of Goldenrod
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE TM
Not a TM
Diamond/Pearl/Platinum DPPT TM
Not a TM

Effect Details

The target will lose 1/4 its max HP every turn. Only works on Sleeping Pokemon. Effect ends if the target wakes up.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Flavor Text

Inflicts 14 damage on a sleeping foe every turn.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
smart
Appeal
1 1
Jam
3 333
Flavor text
Attempts to jam all Pokemon that have appealed this turn.

Similar Moves

beauty
BubbleBeam, Hail, Icy Wind, Lovely Kiss, Spore
cool
DragonBreath, False Swipe, Focus Energy, Hyper Voice, Rolling Kick
cute
Sweet Scent
smart
GrassWhistle, Hypnosis, Metal Sound, Psychic, Screech, Sleep Powder
tough
Bite, Earthquake, Glare, Mud Shot, Rock Slide, Smog

Combos

Use Nightmare before
none
Use Nightmare after
Hypnosis

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 52 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

5 Pokémon

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire Fire Red/Leaf Green Diamond/Pearl Platinum Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
38 38 Darkrai 4'11.1" 111.3 lb dark No Eggs Bad Dreams 70 90 90 135 90 125 100.0
41 43 43 Gastly 4'3.2" 0.2 lb ghost poison Indeterminate Levitate 30 35 30 100 35 80 51.7
53 55 55 Gengar 4'11.1" 89.3 lb ghost poison Indeterminate Levitate 60 65 60 130 75 110 83.3
53 55 55 Haunter 5'3" 0.2 lb ghost poison Indeterminate Levitate 45 50 45 115 55 95 67.5
-- -- -- Hypno 5'3" 166.7 lb psychic Humanshape Insomnia
Forewarn 		85 73 70 73 115 67 80.5

Machine

Too many to list!

Nightmare in other Pokédexes