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Screech いやなおと
An earsplitting screech is emitted to sharply reduce the foe's Defense stat.
Battles
Type	Normal
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	85%
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	Smart
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
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Super Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.
Screech on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Screech on Eevee's Movedex

Screech (Japanese: いやなおと Unpleasant Tone) is a mostly accurate non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Contents 1 Effect 2 In the anime 2.1 Pokémon 3 Learnset 3.1 Generation I 3.1.1 By leveling up 3.2 Generation II 3.2.1 By leveling up 3.2.2 By breeding 3.3 Generation III 3.3.1 By leveling up 3.3.2 By breeding 3.4 Generation IV 3.4.1 By leveling up 3.4.2 By breeding 4 In other languages

Effect

Screech decreases the opponent's Defense by two levels.

Screech will do nothing if the opponent's Defense 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 Screech is ignored by critical hits.

In the anime

Koga's Golbat using Screech.

Ash's Charmander being hit by Golbat's Screech.

Pokémon

Golbat. Golbat opens its mouth and a glass-shattering shriek is released.

• Used by Koga's Golbat in The Ninja Poké-Showdown!.

Onix. Onix opens its mouth and roars loudly.

• Used by Roark's Onix in A Gruff Act to Follow.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

• Spanish: Chirrido
• French: Grincement
• German: Kreideschrei
• Portuguese: Uivo

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