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Perish Song

General

Perish Song
normal none

Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC

Quick Description

Diamond/Pearl Flavor text
Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.
Eevine summary
User and target both faint after three turns.

Damage normal Inflicts

0× against
ghost
½× against
rock steel
2× against

Stats

Power
n/a
Accuracy
100%
PP
5; maximum is 8
Target
all
Effect chance
n/a
Power × accuracy
n/a
Power percentile
0
Priority
0

Names

Japanese
ほろびのうた
Romaji
Horobinouta

Flags

TMs

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY TM
n/a
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC TM
Not a TM
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE TM
Not a TM
Diamond/Pearl DP TM
Not a TM

Effect Details

User and target are given a Perish Count of 3, which drops by 1 after every turn. Leaving battle removes the Perish Count from a Pokemon. If a Pokemon's Perish Count reaches zero, the Pokemon automatically faints.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Flavor Text

Any Pokémon hearing this song faints in 3 turns.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
beauty
Appeal
2 22
Jam
1 1
Flavor text
Attempts to jam all Pokemon that have appealed this turn for half their appeal points (minimum 1).

Similar Moves

beauty
Sheer Cold
cool
Bullet Seed, Cut, Guillotine, Horn Drill, Thunder Wave
smart
Beat Up, Psywave, Pursuit, Snatch, Stun Spore
tough
Fissure, Super Fang

Combos

Use Perish Song before
none
Use Perish Song after
Mean Look, Sing

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 17 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

11 Pokémon

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire Fire Red/Leaf Green Diamond/Pearl Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
46 46 65 Absol 3'11.2" 103.6 lb dark Ground Pressure
Super Luck
65 130 60 75 60 75 77.5
54 54 62 Altaria 3'7.3" 45.4 lb dragon flying Flying
Dragon
Natural Cure 75 70 90 70 105 80 81.7
90 Arceus 10'6" 705.5 lb normal No Eggs Multitype 120 120 120 120 120 120 120.0
50 50 50 50 91 Celebi 1'11.6" 11 lb psychic grass No Eggs Natural Cure 100 100 100 100 100 100 100.0
51 51 57 57 49 Jynx 4'7.1" 89.5 lb ice psychic Humanshape Oblivious
Forewarn
65 50 35 115 95 95 75.8
38 Kricketune 3'3.4" 56.2 lb bug Bug Swarm 77 85 51 55 51 65 64.0
29 29 25 25 27 Lapras 8'2.4" 485 lb water ice Monster
Water 1
Water Absorb
Shell Armor
130 85 80 85 95 60 89.2
46 46 45 45 41 Misdreavus 2'3.6" 2.2 lb ghost Indeterminate Levitate 60 60 60 85 85 85 72.5
35 35 35 35 -- Politoed 3'7.3" 74.7 lb water Water 1 Damp
Water Absorb
90 75 75 90 100 70 83.3
45 45 49 49 41 Smoochum 1'3.7" 13.2 lb ice psychic No Eggs Oblivious
Forewarn
45 30 15 85 65 65 50.8
48 48 50 Swablu 1'3.7" 2.6 lb normal flying Flying
Dragon
Natural Cure 45 40 60 40 75 50 51.7

Egg

6 Pokémon

Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Cubone 1'3.7" 14.3 lb ground Monster Lightningrod
Rock Head
50 50 95 40 50 35 53.3
Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Gastly 4'3.2" 0.2 lb ghost poison Indeterminate Levitate 30 35 30 100 35 80 51.7
Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Igglybuff 11.8" 2.2 lb normal No Eggs Cute Charm 90 30 15 40 20 15 35.0
Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Marill 1'3.7" 18.7 lb water Water 1
Fairy
Huge Power
Thick Fat
70 20 50 20 50 40 41.7
Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Murkrow 1'7.7" 4.6 lb dark flying Flying Insomnia
Super Luck
60 85 42 85 42 91 67.5
Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire/Fire/Leaf Diamond/Pearl Seel 3'7.3" 198.4 lb water Water 1
Ground
Thick Fat
Hydration
65 45 55 45 70 45 54.2

Perish Song in other Pokédexes