Frustration (move)

Frustration やつあたり Angry Outburst

A full-power attack that grows more powerful the less the user likes its Trainer.

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes 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 II TM21 in Generation II TM21 in Generation III TM21 in Generation IV

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0 An appeal that excites the audience in any Contest.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Frustration on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Frustration on Eevee's Movedex

Frustration (Japanese: やつあたり Angry Outburst) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Frustration inflicts damage and has no secondary effect. The base power of Frustration is dependant on the user's Happiness. The lower the user's Happiness is, the greater the base power of Frustration. The base power can be calculated using the following formula:

Power = (255 - Happiness) / 2.5

The power of Frustration varies between 0 (maximum Happiness) and 102 (minimum Happiness).

Learnset

Generation II

By TM21

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation II can learn Frustration.

Generation III

By TM21

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation III can learn Frustration.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 427 Buneary Normal 13 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 TM21

All Pokémon that can learn TMs in Generation IV can learn Frustration.

In the anime

	Banette
A full-power attack that grows more powerful the less the user likes its Trainer.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Banette	Banette has a temper tantrum, hitting the opponent with its arms, smacking it with its head, and stomping or kicking it with its legs.
Harley's Banette	Going for Choke!		Debut

Trivia

• Buneary is the only Pokémon that can learn Frustration by leveling up.
  • Appropriately, this move's variation, Return can only be learned through leveling up by Buneary's evolution, seeing as Buneary evolves via happiness.

In other languages

• Spanish: Frustración
• Italian: Frustrazione
• German: Frustration

Variations on the move Frustration
	Frustration | Return

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