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Growl なきごえ
The user growls in an endearing way, making the foe less wary. The target's Attack stat is lowered.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
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 move
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Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
???
Super Contests
Category	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Growl on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Growl on Eevee's Movedex

Growl (Japanese: なきごえ Cry) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 1.1 Generation I 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.2.2 By breeding 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 3 In other languages

Effect

Generation I

Growl decreases the opponent's attack by 1 level.

Growl will do nothing if the opponent's attack has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, and will fail if the opponent has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist. The effect of Growl is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• Spanish: Gruñido.
• Italian: Ruggito.
• French: Rugissement.
• German: Heuler.
• Portuguese: Rugido

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