Punishment (move)

Punishment おしおき Punishment

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Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  Varies Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0    ???

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Punishment on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Punishment on Eevee's Movedex

Punishment (Japanese: おしおき Punishment) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Punishment deals variable damage depending on the stats of the foe. Its damage is calculated by the following formula: , with a maximum base power of 200.

For example, if the target has used Bulk Up twice and Swords Dance once, there is a four-stage increase for the Attack stat and a two-stage increase in the Defense stat, making a total of six, which causes Punishment to have a base power of 180.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting	45				45
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting	53				53
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	71	50		50
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	71	50		50
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal	55				61
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	36				36
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting	33				29
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	--				--
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	no				45
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	no				49
629		Vullaby	Dark	Flying	no				28
630		Mandibuzz	Dark	Flying	no				28
645		Landorus	Ground	Flying	no				13
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal
174		Igglybuff*	Normal		Normal	no
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire
241		Miltank	Normal		Normal
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	no
359		Absol	Dark		Dark
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Sableye
The user blows the enemy away with a wave of energy. If the opponent has increased their stats prior to usage then this move is made stronger.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Sableye	Sableye points one of its fingers straight up in the air and a beam of energy shoots out from its front and its back and hits the opponent. The attack does much more damage if Sableye was hit with an attack before using it.
Jupiter's Sableye	VS. Tangrowth		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

In other languages

Language Title French Punition German Strafattacke Greek Τιμωρία Italian Punizione Korean 혼내기 Honnaegi Norwegian Straff Spanish Castigo

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