Nightmare (move)
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| Nightmare あくむ | |
|---|---|
| A sleeping foe is shown a nightmare that inflicts some damage every turn. | |
| Battles | |
| Type | Ghost |
| Category | Status |
| PP | 15 (max. 24) |
| Power | — |
| Accuracy | 100% |
| Introduced | Generation II |
| Availability | |
| |
| ??? | |
| Contests | |
| Category | Smart |
| Appeal | 1 ♥
|
| Jam | 3 ♥♥♥
|
| ??? | |
| Super Contests | |
| Category | Smart |
| Appeal | 2 ♥♥
|
| Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn. | |
Nightmare is a non-damaging Ghost-type move introduced in Generation II.
Contents |
Effect
Nightmare will reduce a sleeping Pokémon's health by a 1/4 of its maximum HP each turn. The nightmare will end if the Pokémon is woken up. This move will fail if the target is not asleep and its effects will not continue if a target is put back to sleep.
Learnset
Generation II
By TM50
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | 41FRLG |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | 53FRLG |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | 53FRLG |
| 097 | | Hypno | Psychic | --FRLG | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By Move Tutor
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | 43 |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | 55 |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | 55 |
| 097 | | Hypno | Psychic | -- | |
| 491 | | Darkrai | Dark | 38 | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. | |||||
In other languages
- French: Cauchemar
- German: Nachtmahr
- Italian: Incubo
- Spanish: Pesadilla
| Generation II TMs |
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| Generation II HMs |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |


