Petal Dance (move)

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}}} 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 either foe, but not the ally

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

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 on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Petal Dance on Eevee's Movedex

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

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.

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 the anime

Vileplume	Roselia	Bulbasaur	Roserade
Pink petals are released by the Pokémon and fly out towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Roselia	Roselia spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		Debut
Unknown Trainer's Roselia	Arriving in Style!		The petals are a different colors
Bulbasaur	Petals are released from the opening in Bulbasaur's bulb. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
May's Bulbasaur	Where's Armaldo?		None
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.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure!		None
Roserade	Roserade spins around and pink petals fly out and spiral towards the opponent. Once hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Forsythia's Roserade	Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan!		None

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
	Thrash
	Petal Dance

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