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
465		Tangrowth	Grass
470		Leafeon	Grass
492		Shaymin Land Forme	Grass
493		Arceus	Psychic
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	Seedot
The user shoots high velocity seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Treecko	Treecko shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Ash's Treecko	What You Seed is What You Get		Debut
Grovyle	Grovyle shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Ash's Grovyle	Exploud and Clear!		None
Grovyle	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky		None
Sceptile	Sceptile shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity.
Ash's Sceptile	Odd Pokémon Out		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	DP127		None
Seedot	It releases many glowing yellow seeds from its head at a high velocity.
Wild Seedot	DP134		None
Tangrowth	It releases many glowing yellow seeds from its hands at a high velocity.
Wild Tangrowth	DP134		None

In other languages

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

Variations on the move Bullet Seed
	Bullet Seed | Icicle Spear

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