Tail Whip (move): Difference between revisions

Tail Whip(Japanese: しっぽをふる Tail Wag) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Tail Whip decreases the target's Defense stat by one stage. Tail Whip will do nothing if the target's Defense stat has reached a stage of minus six or a value of one, and will fail if the target has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist.

In the anime

• Psyduck tailwhip.jpg

  Psyduck using Tail Whip.

Pokémon

Psyduck. Psyduck wags its tail back and forth at the foe.

• Used by Misty's Psyduck from The Ninja Poké-Showdown to ???.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water -- 0008 Wartortle Water -- 0009 Blastoise Water -- 0019 Rattata Normal -- 0020 Raticate Normal -- 0025 Pikachu Electric 6 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 21 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 23 0030 Nidorina Poison 23 0030 Nidorina Poison 27 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0037 Vulpix Fire -- 0038 Ninetales Fire -- 0054 Psyduck Water 28 0055 Golduck Water 28 0077 Ponyta Fire 30 0078 Rapidash Fire --, 30 0104 Cubone Ground -- 0105 Marowak Ground -- 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock 35 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0113 Chansey Normal -- 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 31 0118 Goldeen Water -- 0119 Seaking Water -- 0128 Tauros Normal 28 0133 Eevee Normal 31 0134 Vaporeon Water 37 0135 Jolteon Electric 37 0136 Flareon Fire 37 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 4 0008 Wartortle Water --, 4 0009 Blastoise Water --, 4 0019 Rattata Normal -- 0020 Raticate Normal -- 0025 Pikachu Electric 6 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 23 0030 Nidorina Poison 27 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0037 Vulpix Fire -- 0054 Psyduck Water 5 0055 Golduck Water --, 5 0077 Ponyta Fire 8 0078 Rapidash Fire --, 8 0104 Cubone Ground 5 0105 Marowak Ground --, 5 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0113 Chansey Normal 9 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 19 0118 Goldeen Water -- 0119 Seaking Water -- 0128 Tauros Normal 4 0133 Eevee Normal -- 0134 Vaporeon Water -- 0135 Jolteon Electric -- 0136 Flareon Fire -- 0172 Pichu Electric 6 0183 Marill Water 6 0184 Azumarill Water --, 6 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 5 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying --, 5 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying --, 5 0190 Aipom Normal -- 0194 Wooper Water Ground -- 0195 Quagsire Water Ground -- 0196 Espeon Psychic -- 0197 Umbreon Dark -- 0209 Snubbull Normal 4 0210 Granbull Normal 4 0242 Blissey Normal 7 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 4 0008 Wartortle Water --, 4 0009 Blastoise Water --, 4 0019 Rattata Normal -- 0020 Raticate Normal -- 0025 Pikachu Electric 6 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 8 0030 Nidorina Poison 8 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0037 Vulpix Fire 5 0054 Psyduck Water 5 0055 Golduck Water --, 5 0077 Ponyta Fire 9 0078 Rapidash Fire --, 9 0104 Cubone Ground 5 0105 Marowak Ground --, 5 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0113 Chansey Normal 5 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 13 0118 Goldeen Water -- 0119 Seaking Water -- 0128 Tauros Normal 4 0128 Tauros Normal -- 0133 Eevee Normal -- 0134 Vaporeon Water -- 0135 Jolteon Electric -- 0136 Flareon Fire -- 0172 Pichu Electric 6 0183 Marill Water 6 0184 Azumarill Water --, 6 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 5 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying --, 5 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying --, 5 0190 Aipom Normal -- 0194 Wooper Water Ground -- 0195 Quagsire Water Ground -- 0196 Espeon Psychic -- 0197 Umbreon Dark -- 0209 Snubbull Normal 4 0210 Granbull Normal 4 0242 Blissey Normal 4 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 5 0264 Linoone Normal --, 5 0298 Azurill Normal 6 0300 Skitty Normal 3 0352 Kecleon 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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0007 Squirtle Water 4 0008 Wartortle Water --, 4 0009 Blastoise Water --, 4 0019 Rattata Normal -- 0020 Raticate Normal -- 0025 Pikachu Electric 5 0026 Raichu Electric -- 0029 Nidoran♀ Poison 7 0030 Nidorina Poison 7 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground -- 0037 Vulpix Fire 4 0054 Psyduck Water 5 0055 Golduck Water --, 5 0077 Ponyta Fire 10 0078 Rapidash Fire --, 10 0104 Cubone Ground 3 0105 Marowak Ground --, 3 0111 Rhyhorn Ground Rock -- 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock -- 0113 Chansey Normal 5 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 10 0118 Goldeen Water -- 0119 Seaking Water -- 0128 Tauros Normal 3 0133 Eevee Normal -- 0134 Vaporeon Water -- 0135 Jolteon Electric -- 0136 Flareon Fire -- 0172 Pichu Electric 5 0183 Marill Water 7 0184 Azumarill Water --, 7 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 7 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying --, 7 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying --, 7 0190 Aipom Normal -- 0194 Wooper Water Ground -- 0195 Quagsire Water Ground -- 0196 Espeon Psychic -- 0197 Umbreon Dark -- 0209 Snubbull Normal -- 0210 Granbull Normal -- 0242 Blissey Normal 5 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 5 0264 Linoone Normal --, 5 0298 Azurill Normal 7 0300 Skitty Normal 3 0352 Kecleon Normal -- 0424 Ambipom Normal -- 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock -- 0470 Leafeon Grass -- 0471 Glaceon Ice -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata, Raticate
Pikachu, Raichu
Vulpix, Ninetales
Psyduck, Golduck
Ponyta, Rapidash
Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Rhyperior
Tauros
Eevee
Aipom, Ambipom
Wooper, Quagsire
Snubbull, Granbull
Zigzagoon, Linoone
Skitty, Delcatty, Kecleon

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In other languages

• Spanish: Látigo
• Italian: Colpo-Coda
• French: Mimi-queue
• German: Rutenschlag.

Variations of the move Leer
Leer • Tail Whip

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