Forest's Curse (move): Difference between revisions

Forest's Curse もりののろい Forest's Curse

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Forest's Curse (Japanese: もりののろい Forest's Curse) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Phantump and Trevenant.

Effect

Forest's Curse adds Grass type modifiers to the target, in addition to its original elemental type(s); if the target already has a secondary type, Grass is added as a third type.

Forest's Curse will fail if the target already posesses a Grass typing.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass	35
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass	35
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other languages

Language Title French Maléfice Sylvain German Waldesfluch Italian Boscomalocchio Spanish Condena Silvana

Variations of the move Forest's Curse
Forest's Curse • Trick-or-Treat

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.

Triva

• If a dual type Pokémon suffers the effect of Forest's Curse, followed by being attacked by a type that its two types as well as a weakness of the Grass-type, that Pokémon will receive x6 damage. An example of this is a Scizor who is a Bug/Steel-type also receives the Grass-type. A Fire-type move, such as Flamethrower, will do triple damage. As Bug, Steel, and Grass are all weak to Fire.