GrassWhistle (move)

GrassWhistle くさぶえ Grass Flute

The user plays a pleasant melody that lulls the foe into a deep sleep.

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  55% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect either foe, but not the ally

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

GrassWhistle on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex GrassWhistle on Eevee's Movedex

GrassWhistle (Japanese: くさぶえ Grass Flute) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

GrassWhistle puts the target to sleep. It will not affect a target that already has a major status ailment, a Substitute, or Insomnia, Vital Spirit, or Soundproof as their ability.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 315 Roselia Grass Poison 29 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 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison Roselia 152 Chikorita Grass Roselia 191 Sunkern Grass Roselia 331 Cacnea Grass Roselia 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 191 Sunkern Grass 13 192 Sunflora Grass 13 315 Roselia Grass Poison 22 459 Snover Grass Ice 13 460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 13 470 Leafeon Grass 57 492 Shaymin Land Forme Grass 82DP 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 001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison Sunkern, Sunflora Roselia Snover, Abomasnow 152 Chikorita Grass Sunkern, Sunflora Roselia Snover, Abomasnow 191 Sunkern Grass Sunkern, Sunflora Roselia Snover, Abomasnow 252 Treecko Grass Snover, Abomasnow 331 Cacnea Grass Sunkern, Sunflora Roselia Snover, Abomasnow 420 Cherubi Grass Sunkern, Sunflora Roselia Snover, Abomasnow 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 the anime

Nuzleaf	Sunflora	Snover
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Nuzleaf	Nuzleaf takes a leaf and blows on it, making anyone who hears it confused and drowsy.
A wild Nuzleaf	Turning Over a Nuzleaf		Debut Nuzleaf cannot legally learn GrassWhistle.
Sunflora	Sunflora puts its leaf into its mouth and blows into it. It then moves its leaf back and forth and its whole body starts to glow white.
Nando's Sunflora	Dawn's Early Night!		None
Snover	Snover picks up a blade of grass, puts it up to its mouth and starts blowing on it. The blade of grass starts to glow green, and when the opponent hears the music, it falls asleep.
A wild Snover	The Lonely Snover!		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Silbato
• Italian: Meloderba
• German: Grasflöte
• French: Siffl'herbe

Variations on the move Sing
	Sing | GrassWhistle

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