Flail (move)

Flail じたばた Wriggling

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appeal works better the later it is performed.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Flail on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Flail on Eevee's Movedex

Flail (Japanese: じたばた Wriggling) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It can be considered the inverse of Eruption and Water Spout.

Effect

Flail inflicts damage and will inflict greater damage when the user's HP is low. The Base Power of Flail is calculated as follows:

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Flail does 2x damage if the user is under 75% health, 4× damage if the user is under 50% health, and 8× damage if the user is under 25% HP.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
098		Krabby	Water		Water	no				49	45				45
099		Kingler	Water		Water	no				65	63				63
118		Goldeen	Water		Water	24			24			21				21
119		Seaking	Water		Water	24			24			21				21
129		Magikarp	Water		Water	30			30			30				30
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			no					22	22
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	no			no					24	24
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			no					24	24
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric	13			13			9				9
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric	13			13			9				9
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	10			9			--, 6				--, 6
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	no				44	53				63
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground	17			17			6				6
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground	17			17			--
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal	no			33			33				37
287		Slakoth	Normal		Normal	no			43			43				49
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	no			43			43				49
324		Torkoal	Fire		Fire	no			43			52				52
327		Spinda	Normal		Normal	no			49			50				50
349		Feebas	Water		Water	no			30			30				30
370		Luvdisc	Water		Water	no			40			46				31
413		Wormadam	Bug	Grass	no			no			38				38
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	no			no			--				6
480		Uxie	Psychic		Psychic	no			no			61				61
535		Tympole	Water		Water	no			no			no				34
536		Palpitoad	Water		Water	no			no			no				37
537		Seismitoad	Water		Ground	no			no			no				39
540		Sewaddle	Bug	Grass	no			no			no				43
550		Basculin	Water		Water	no			no			no				46
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	no			no			no				41
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock	no			no			no				50
588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	no			no			no				49
613		Cubchoo	Ice		Ice	no			no			no				36
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice	no			no			no				36
618		Stunfisk	Electric	Ground	no			no			no				55
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
007		Squirtle*	Water		Water
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire
043		Oddish*	Grass	Poison
046		Paras*	Bug	Grass
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	no			no
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	no			no
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
084		Doduo*	Normal	Flying
095		Onix	Rock	Ground
098		Krabby*	Water		Water
114		Tangela*	Grass		Grass
116		Horsea	Water		Water
127		Pinsir*	Bug		Bug
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal
140		Kabuto*	Rock	Water
152		Chikorita*	Grass		Grass
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric
172		Pichu	Electric		Electric	no			no
204		Pineco*	Bug		Bug
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison
214		Heracross*	Bug	Fighting
223		Remoraid	Water		Water	no			no
270		Lotad	Water	Grass	no
328		Trapinch*	Ground		Ground	no			no
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal	no
339		Barboach	Water	Ground	no			no
393		Piplup	Water		Water	no			no
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric	no			no
427		Buneary	Normal		Normal	no			no
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	no			no
456		Finneon	Water		Water	no			no
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal	no			no			no
564		Tirtouga	Water	Rock	no			no			no
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 025 Pikachu Electric Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest 417 Pachirisu Electric Pokéwalker - Resort 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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 041 Zubat Poison Flying New York Pokémon Center 086 Seel Water New York Pokémon Center 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 V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained in 084 Doduo Normal Flying Dream World - Pleasant Forest 140 Kabuto Rock Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea 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 the anime

Magikarp	Bonsly	Sudowoodo
The user flails about aimlessly to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Magikarp	Magikarp hits the opponent repeatedly with its tailfin.
A wild Magikarp	The Ties That Bind		Debut
Bonsly	Bonsly flails around, jumping from one foot to the other quickly.
Brock's Bonsly	King and Queen for a Day!		None
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails around its arms and legs, then throws the opponent, or Sudowoodo runs up to the opponent and flails around its arms and legs, hitting the opponent repeatedly.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave It To Brocko!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Sudowoodo
The user flails its body around to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails its arms and legs around the opponent, hitting it.
Gold's Sudobo	Lugia & Ho-Oh (Part 2)		Debut
Feebas	Feebas jumps into the air next to the opponent and starts flailing its flippers, hitting the opponent with them.
Ruby's Mimi	The Final Showdown VII		None

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)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 手足慌亂 Shǒuzú Huāngluàn French Fléau German Dreschflegel Greek Σπαρτάρισμα Italian Flagello Korean 바둥바둥 Badungbadung Serbian Mlaćenje Spanish Azote

Variations of the move Flail
Flail • Reversal

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