Petal Dance (move)

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Petal Dance
はなびらのまい Petal Dance
The user attacks by scattering petals for two to three turns. The user then becomes confused.
Battles
Type  Grass
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  90
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe
Self Ally
May affect either foe, but not the ally
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.
Super Contests
Category  Beauty
Appeal  0
Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Petal Dance (Japanese: はなびらのまい Petal Dance) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents

Effect

Generation I — II

Petal Dance inflicts damage for 2 - 3 turns (chosen at random). Once selected, even if it misses, the user will only be able to use Petal Dance, and will not be able to switch out. At the end of this duration, the user will become confused.

If the Petal Dance duration is disrupted, such as by full paralysis or by hurting itself due to confusion, it will immediately end. The user will only become confused if Petal Dance is fully executed, without its duration being disrupted. Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Petal Dance.

In Stadium, after the duration of Petal Dance ends, there will be a notice that the user becomes confused.

In Generation I - III, this move has a power of 70.

Generation III

The move remains the same. However, in double battles its target is a randomly selected enemy.

Generation IV

The power of Petal Dance increases to 90. All other effects are the same.

In the anime

Pokémon

Roselia. Roselia spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Bulbasaur. Petals are released from the opening in Bulbasaur's bulb. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Vileplume. Petals are released from the opening in Vileplume's flower. The petals then spiral towards the opponent and once hit, the opponent is confused.

Roserade. Roserade spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
043 Oddish Grass Poison 33
044 Gloom Grass Poison 38
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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
043 Oddish Grass Poison 39
044 Gloom Grass Poison 44
045 Vileplume Grass Poison --
182 Bellossom Grass --
192 Sunflora Grass 31
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 Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sunflora
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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
043 Oddish Grass Poison 39
044 Gloom Grass Poison 44
045 Vileplume Grass Poison 44
182 Bellossom Grass 44
192 Sunflora Grass 37
315 Roselia Grass Poison 49
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 Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Sunflora
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
003 Venusaur Grass Poison 32
043 Oddish Grass Poison 41
044 Gloom Grass Poison 53
045 Vileplume Grass Poison 53
154 Meganium Grass 32
192 Sunflora Grass 33
315 Roselia Grass Poison 40
421 Cherrim Grass 25
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 Venusaur
Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom
Meganium
Sunflora
Roselia, Roserade
Cherrim
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 other languages

  • French: Danse-fleur
  • German: Blättertanz
  • Spanish: Danza Pétalo
  • Italian: Petalo Danza
  • Dutch: Bloemendans
  • Hindi: Phoolon Ka Naach
Variations on the move Petal Dance
Physical Thrash | Outrage
Special Petal Dance


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