Belly Drum (move)

Belly Drum はらだいこ Belly Drum

The user maximizes its Attack stat in exchange for HP equal to half its max HP.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 Ups the user's condition. Helps prevent nervousness.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  0 Earn double the score in the next turn.

Belly Drum on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Belly Drum on Eevee's Movedex

Belly Drum (Japanese: はらだいこ Belly Drum) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Belly Drum deducts one half of the user's maximum HP from its current HP and, in return, it maximizes the user's Attack stat by raising it twelve stages (up to +6). Belly Drum fails if the user's current HP is less than half its maximum.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
060		Poliwag	Water		37
061		Poliwhirl	Water		43
143		Snorlax	Normal		22
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
004		Charmander	Fire		Snorlax
035		Clefairy*	Normal		Marill, Azumarill
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	Snorlax Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
104		Cubone	Ground		Snorlax Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Lickitung
108		Lickitung	Normal		Snorlax
183		Marill	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
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.

Generation III

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
060		Poliwag	Water		37
061		Poliwhirl	Water		43
143		Snorlax	Normal		15RSE
143		Snorlax	Normal		13FRLG
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		41
264		Linoone	Normal		53
296		Makuhita	Fighting		37
297		Hariyama	Fighting		40
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
004		Charmander	Fire		Snorlax
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	Snorlax Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
104		Cubone	Ground		Snorlax Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Lickitung
108		Lickitung	Normal		Snorlax
173		Cleffa	Normal		Marill, Azumarill
183		Marill	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Zigzagoon, Linoone
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.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
060		Poliwag	Water		31
061		Poliwhirl	Water		37
143		Snorlax	Normal		17
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		41
264		Linoone	Normal		53
296		Makuhita	Fighting		25
297		Hariyama	Fighting		27
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

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
004		Charmander	Fire		Snorlax
079		Slowpoke	Water	Psychic	Snorlax Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
104		Cubone	Ground		Snorlax Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard Slowpoke, Slowbro, Slowking Lickitung
108		Lickitung	Normal		Snorlax
173		Cleffa	Normal		Marill, Azumarill
183		Marill	Water		Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Zigzagoon, Linoone
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: Tambor
• German : Buchtrommel
• Italian : Panciamburo

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.