Essentials

Perish Song

normal None

Generation 2

Summary

User and target both faint after three turns.

Damage Dealt

  • bug 1
  • dark 1
  • dragon 1
  • electric 1
  • fighting 1
  • fire 1
  • flying 1
  • ghost 0
  • grass 1
  • ground 1
  • ice 1
  • normal 1
  • poison 1
  • psychic 1
  • rock ½
  • steel ½
  • water 1
  • ??? 1

Stats

Power
n/a
Accuracy
100%
PP
5, up to 8 with PP Up
Target
Entire field
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Flags

  • Makes contact
  • Blocked by Detect and Protect
  • Reflectable with Magic Coat
  • Snatchable
  • Rolls accuracy
  • Flinches with King's Rock

Names

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

Machines

Generation 2
Not a TM
Generation 3
Not a TM
Generation 4
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 Text

Generation 3
Any Pokemon hearing this song faints in 3 turns.
Generation 4
Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.

Categories

  • Faints
  • Faints
  • Multiple turns/hits

Contests

Generation 3 Contest

Type
beauty
Appeal
♡♡
Jam
♥
Flavor text
Badly startles all Pokemon that made good appeals.
Use after
Use before
None

Generation 4 Super Contest

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

Pokémon

Generation 2 Generation 3 DiamondPearl Platinum
Heart GoldSoul Silver 		Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
51 57 49 49 Jynx ice psychic Oblivious
Forewarn 		always female Humanshape 65 50 35 115 95 95 455
29 25 27 27 Lapras ice water Water Absorb
Shell Armor 		½ male, ½ female Monster
Water 1 		130 85 80 85 95 60 535
— — — — Politoed water Damp
Water Absorb 		½ male, ½ female Water 1 90 75 75 90 100 70 500
35 35 Politoed water Damp
Water Absorb 		½ male, ½ female Water 1 90 75 75 90 100 70 500
46 45 41 41 Misdreavus ghost Levitate ½ male, ½ female Indeterminate 60 60 60 85 85 85 435
45 49 41 41 Smoochum psychic ice Oblivious
Forewarn 		always female No Eggs 45 30 15 85 65 65 305
50 50 91 91 Celebi grass psychic Natural Cure genderless No Eggs 100 100 100 100 100 100 600
48 50 50 Swablu normal flying Natural Cure ½ male, ½ female Flying
Dragon 		45 40 60 40 75 50 310
54 62 62 Altaria flying dragon Natural Cure ½ male, ½ female Flying
Dragon 		75 70 90 70 105 80 490
46 65 65 Absol dark Pressure
Super Luck 		½ male, ½ female Ground 65 130 60 75 60 75 465
38 50 Kricketune bug Swarm ½ male, ½ female Bug 77 85 51 55 51 65 384
90 90 Arceus normal Multitype genderless No Eggs 120 120 120 120 120 120 720
Generation 2 Generation 3 DiamondPearl Platinum
Heart GoldSoul Silver 		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.
Seel water Thick Fat
Hydration 		½ male, ½ female Water 1
Ground 		65 45 55 45 70 45 325
Gastly poison ghost Levitate ½ male, ½ female Indeterminate 30 35 30 100 35 80 310
Cubone ground Lightningrod
Rock Head 		½ male, ½ female Monster 50 50 95 40 50 35 320
Igglybuff normal Cute Charm ¼ male, ¾ female No Eggs 90 30 15 40 20 15 210
Marill water Huge Power
Thick Fat 		½ male, ½ female Water 1
Fairy 		70 20 50 20 50 40 250
Murkrow dark flying Insomnia
Super Luck 		½ male, ½ female Flying 60 85 42 85 42 91 405

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