Growl (move)

Growl
なきごえ Cry

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Growl (Japanese: なきごえ Cry) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Growl decreases the opponent's Attack by 1 level.

Growl will do nothing if the opponent's attack has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, and will fail if the opponent has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist. The effect of Growl is ignored by critical hits.

In the anime

Pokémon

Mareep. Mareep opens its mouth and lets out a loud, piercing bleat that distorts the air.

Used by Mary's Mareep in Mild'n Wooley

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0001	Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	--
0002	Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	--
0003	Venusaur	Grass	Poison	--
0004	Charmander	Fire		--
0005	Charmeleon	Fire
0006	Charizard	Fire	Flying	--
0021	Spearow	Normal	Flying	--
0022	Fearow	Normal	Flying	--
0025	Pikachu	Electric
0026	Raichu	Electric
0029	Nidoran	Poison
0030	Nidorina	Poison
0035	Clefairy	Normal
0050	Diglett	Ground
0051	Dugtrio	Ground
0052	Meowth	Normal
0053	Persian	Normal
0077	Ponyta	Fire
0078	Rapidash	Fire
0079	Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	35
0080	Slowbro	Water	Psychic	27
0084	Doduo	Normal	Flying	20
0085	Dodrio	Normal	Flying	--
0086	Seel	Water		30
0087	Dewgong	Water	Ice
0104	Cubone	Ground
0105	Marowak	Ground
0113	Chansey	Normal
0131	Lapras	Water	Ice	--
0133	Eevee	Normal
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.