Bullet Seed (move)

Bullet Seed タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun

The user forcefully shoots seeds at the foe. Two to five seeds are shot in rapid succession.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  10 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM09 in Generation III TM09 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Bullet Seed on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Bullet Seed on Eevee's Movedex

Bullet Seed (Japanese: タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Bullet Seed does damage, hitting 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Bullet Seed will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

Its effect is the same as Generation III, except that it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 192 Sunflora Grass 25 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 TM09

#   Pokémon Type 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 043 Oddish Grass Poison 044 Gloom Grass Poison 045 Vileplume Grass Poison 046 Paras Bug Grass 047 Parasect Bug Grass 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 071 Victreebel Grass Poison 102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 114 Tangela Grass 151 Mew Psychic 152 Chikorita Grass 153 Bayleef Grass 154 Meganium Grass 182 Bellossom Grass 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 191 Sunkern Grass 192 Sunflora Grass 224 Octillery Water 252 Treecko Grass 253 Grovyle Grass 254 Sceptile Grass 270 Lotad Water Grass 271 Lombre Water Grass 272 Ludicolo Water Grass 273 Seedot Grass 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 275 Shiftry Grass Dark 285 Shroomish Grass 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 315 Roselia Grass Poison 316 Gulpin Poison 317 Swalot Poison 331 Cacnea Grass 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 345 Lileep Rock Grass 346 Cradily Rock Grass 357 Tropius Grass Flying 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 102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 17 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 19 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 20 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 20 192 Sunflora Grass 21 223 Remoraid Water 27 224 Octillery Water 29 226 Mantine Water Flying -- 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 TM09

#   Pokémon Type 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 003 Venusaur Grass Poison 043 Oddish Grass Poison 044 Gloom Grass Poison 045 Vileplume Grass Poison 046 Paras Bug Grass 047 Parasect Bug Grass 069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 071 Victreebel Grass Poison 102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 114 Tangela Grass 151 Mew Psychic 152 Chikorita Grass 153 Bayleef Grass 154 Meganium Grass 182 Bellossom Grass 187 Hoppip Grass Flying 188 Skiploom Grass Flying 189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 191 Sunkern Grass 192 Sunflora Grass 223 Remoraid Water 224 Octillery Water 226 Mantine Water Flying 252 Treecko Grass 253 Grovyle Grass 254 Sceptile Grass 270 Lotad Water Grass 271 Lombre Water Grass 272 Ludicolo Water Grass 273 Seedot Grass 274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 275 Shiftry Grass Dark 285 Shroomish Grass 286 Breloom Grass Fighting 315 Roselia Grass Poison 316 Gulpin Poison 317 Swalot Poison 331 Cacnea Grass 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 345 Lileep Rock Grass 346 Cradily Rock Grass 357 Tropius Grass Flying 387 Turtwig Grass 388 Grotle Grass 389 Torterra Grass Ground 406 Budew Grass 407 Roserade Grass Poison 413 Wormadam Plant Cloak Bug Grass 420 Cherubi Grass 421 Cherrim Grass 455 Carnivine Grass 459 Snover Grass Ice 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 465 Tangrowth Grass 470 Leafeon Grass 492 Shaymin Land Forme Grass 492 Shaymin Sky Forme Grass Flying 493 Arceus Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Bullet Seed is Ivysaur's standard Special move. Unlike the Pokémon games, where it is relatively weak, Bullet Seed may inflict up to 30-50% damage.

In the anime

Vileplume	Treecko	Budew	Tangrowth
The user shoots high velocity seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Shiftry	Shifty opens its mouth and fires large glowing yellow seeds at the opponent at a high velocity.
Brendan's Shiftry	Jirachi: Wish Maker		Debut
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		None
Seedot	Seedot spins around quickly and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent.
Multiple wild Seedot	Jump for Joy!		None
Wild Seedot	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
Nuzleaf	Nuzleaf shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Multiple wild Nuzleaf	Jump for Joy!		None
Grovyle	Grovyle shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Natasha's Grovyle	What You Seed is What You Get		None
Ash's Grovyle	Exploud and Clear		None
Grovyle	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky		None
Treecko	Treecko shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Ash's Treecko	What You Seed is What You Get		None
Sceptile	Sceptile shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Ash's Sceptile	Cutting the Ties that Bind		None
Cacturne	Cacturne shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
Ludicolo	Ludicolo shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Brock's Ludicolo	Once in a Mawile		None
Swalot	Swalot shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Anthony’s Swalot	Deceit and Assist!		None
Vileplume	Vileplume shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
Carnivine	Carnivine shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
James's Carnivine	Dawn of a New Era!		None
Budew	Budew shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Nando's Budew	Dawn of a New Era!		None
Snover	Snover shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its hand at a high velocity.
Candice's Snover	Sliding into Seventh!		None
Tangrowth	Tangrowth releases many glowing yellow seeds from its hands at a high velocity.
Wild Tangrowth	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None

In other languages

• Italian: Semitraglia
• Spanish: Recurrente
• German: Kugelsaat
• French: Balle Graine
• Latin American Spanish (anime): Balas Semilla
• Korean: 기관총 kigwanchong
• Dutch: Kogelzaad
• European Portuguese: Balas de Semente

Variations on the move Bullet Seed
	Bullet Seed | Icicle Spear

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