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Seed Flare (Japanese: シードフレア Seed Flare) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is the signature move of Shaymin.

Effect

Seed Flare inflicts damage and has a 40% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense stat by two stages.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0492		Shaymin Land Forme		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	100	100	100	100
492S		Shaymin Sky Forme		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	100PtHGSS	100	100	100
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.

By event

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0492		ShayminLv. 50 Land Forme		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Cinema Shaymin Toys "R" Us Shaymin Movie 11 Shaymin Character Fair Shaymin
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.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0492		ShayminLv. 50 Land Forme		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Pokémon Center Event
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.

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0492		ShayminLv. 15 Land Forme		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered	Pokémon Scrap Shaymin
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 the anime

Absorbing pollutants Land Forme Shaymin Sky Forme Shaymin
The user absorbs pollutants, then releases a shockwave that expels water and light.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shaymin absorbs any pollutants around it into its body from the seeds on its back, causing the flowers on its head to turn purple or black, depending on how much is absorbed. Then, Shaymin's body glows light green, the flower on its head glows pink, and it explodes, creating a huge light green explosion all around it. In the Reverse World, it causes a portal to the real world to form.
Shaymin (M11)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		Debut
A wild Shaymin	Keeping in Top Forme!		None
	Shaymin absorbs any pollutants around it using the red flower petal on its neck. The color of the petal changes to purple or black depending on how much pollutant is absorbed. Then, Shaymin's body glows light green, the flower petal glows pink, and it explodes, creating a huge light green explosion all around its body. In the Reverse World, it causes a portal to the real world to form.
Shaymin (M11)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Shaymin
The user absorbs light and releases it in the form of an explosion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Shaymin absorbs light, than releases it in the form of an explosion.
Shaymin (M11)	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Shaymin
The user shoots seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Shaymin fires a beam from the flower on its head at the opponent.
Marley's Shaymin	The Final Dimensional Duel X		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Seed Flare, Night Daze, and Smog are the only moves with a 40% chance of a secondary effect happening.
  • Coincidentally, both Seed Flare and Night Daze are signature moves and debuted in anime movies.
• Seed Flare, along with Acid Spray, are the only damaging moves that have the secondary effect of lowering a certain stat by two stages.
  • Interestingly, the affected stat in both cases is Special Defense.
• In Giratina and the Sky Warrior, Nurse Joy describes Seed Flare as a process in which Shaymin purifies polluted air it inhales in its body and then expels it in the form of light and water.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 種子閃光 Zhǒngzǐ Shǎnguāng Dutch Zaadscheiding French Fulmigraine German Schocksamen Greek Φωτοβολούντες Σπόροι Indonesian Seed Flare Italian Infuriaseme Korean 시드플레어 Seed Flare Polish Nasienna Raca Brazilian Portuguese Semente Ofuscante Romanian Seed Flare Spanish Latin America Semilla Bengala Spain Fogonazo

Variations of the move Fire Blast
Fire Blast Formerly a variation Seed Flare

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