Screech (move)

Screech いやなおと Unpleasant Tone

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

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

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by 1.

Screech on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Screech on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

Screech decreases the target's Defense stat by two stat levels.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	31			29			25			17				17
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	36			33			28			17				17
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	--			--			--			--				--
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal	24			35			35	31	17				17
053		Persian	Normal		Normal	24			38			38	34	17				17
054		Psyduck	Water		Water	no			23			23			31				31
055		Golduck	Water		Water	no			23			23			31				31
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting		45	45			45	41	21				21
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting		45	54			54	53	21				21
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	40			43			43			36				40
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	43			47			47			42				43
081		Magnemite	Electric		Electric	47			39			44			33				38
082		Magneton	Electric		Electric	54			43			53			34				40
088		Grimer	Poison		Poison	48			31			26			33				33
089		Muk	Poison		Poison	53			31			26			33				33
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	--			--			--			6				6
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	--			9			8			19				19
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	--			--, 9			--, 8			19				19
108		Lickitung	Normal		Normal	39			43			45			45				49
125		Electabuzz	Electric		Electric	47			36			36			52				56
158		Totodile	Water		Water	no			43			43			34				36
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	no			45			45			39				42
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	no			47			47			45				50
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no			45		no			no
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	no			53		no			no
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying	no			--			--			--				--
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	no			36			43			25				25
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	no			43			49	50	46				46
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	no			47			47			64				64
206		Dunsparce	Normal		Normal	no			30			31	34	29				28
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	no			44			44			27				31
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	no			--			--			6				6
215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	no			17			15			10				10
239		Elekid	Electric		Electric	no			33			33			43				51
246		Larvitar	Rock	Ground	no			15			15			10				10
247		Pupitar	Rock	Ground	no			--, 15			--, 15			--, 10				--, 10
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	no			--, 15			--, 15			--, 10				--, 10
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	no			no			21			21				21
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass	no			no			23			23				23
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	no			no			23			23				23
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	no			no			20			20				20
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal	no			no			31			31				31
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal	no			no			37			37				37
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal	no			no			37			37				37
318		Carvanha	Water	Dark	no			no			28			18				18
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark	no			no			28			18				18
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			no			41			41				41
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			no			41			41				41
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	no			no			19			19				19
352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	no			no			24			32				32
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost	no			no			8			5				5
354		Banette	Ghost		Ghost	no			no			--, 8			--, 8				--, 5
367		Huntail	Water		Water	no			no			15			10				10
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug	no			no			no			30		34	34
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock	no			no			no			37				42
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock	no			no			no			43				51
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			25				25
434		Stunky	Poison		Dark	no			no			no			7				7
435		Skuntank	Poison		Dark	no			no			no			7				7
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			20				20
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			no			24				24
461		Weavile	Dark	Ice	no			no			no			10				10
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	no			no			no			34				40
463		Lickilicky	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			45				49
466		Electivire	Electric		Electric	no			no			no			52				56
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying	no			no			no			43		46	46
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	no			no			no			27				31
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				8
544		Whirlipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				--, 8
545		Scolipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			no				--, 8
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				7
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				7
599		Klink	Steel		Steel	no			no			no			no				39
600		Klang	Steel		Steel	no			no			no			no				40
601		Klinklang	Steel		Steel	no			no			no			no				40
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				--
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
019		Rattata	Normal		Normal
046		Paras	Bug	Grass
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground
090		Shellder	Water		Water
104		Cubone	Ground		Ground
109		Koffing	Poison		Poison
140		Kabuto	Rock		Water	no			no
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying	no			no
170		Chinchou*	Water	Electric
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying	no			no
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
240		Magby	Fire		Fire
304		Aron	Steel	Rock	no			no
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug	no			no
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel	no			no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no
501		Oshawott	Water		Water	no			no			no
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal	no			no			no
522		Blitzle	Electric		Electric	no			no			no
540		Sewaddle	Bug	Grass	no			no			no
588		Karrablast	Bug		Bug	no			no			no
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon	no			no			no
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 anime

Gliscor	Venipede	Onix	Steelix
An earsplitting screech is emitted from the user.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Golbat	Golbat opens its mouth and releases thin yellow circles from its mouth, causing a loud, piercing noise that makes the opponent to hold its ears in pain.
Koga's Golbat	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		Debut
Dunsparce	Dunsparce chitters over and over again, irritating the opponent.
Multiple Dunsparce	The Dunsparce Deception		None
Larvitar	Larvitar releases a loud, irritating cry.
Ash's Larvitar	Hatch Me if You Can		None
Loudred	Loudred sucks in a gulp of air and shouts loudly, distorting the air.
A wild Loudred	Gone Corphishin'		None
Loudred of Wigglytuff's Guild	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
Whismur	Whismur screams loudly, distorting the air.
Alanna's Whismur	A Poké-BLOCK Party		None
Voltorb	Voltorb's body glows blue and it releases sound waves from its body that distort the air around it.
Wattson's Voltorb	Watt's with Wattson		None
Huntail	Huntail opens its mouth and yells out loudly, distorting the air.
Keith's Huntail	The Evolutionary War		None
Banette	Banette yells out loudly, and a red orb appears in front of its mouth, sending off red shockwaves at the opponent.
Harley's Banette	Rhapsody in Drew		None
Vibrava	Vibrava shakes its wings and they become surrounded in a white aura, sending purple shockwaves from its wings to the opponent.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
Onix	Onix opens its mouth and the inside of it glows white. It then releases a light blue cylinder beam from its mouth at the opponent, blowing the opponent back the louder it roars.
Roark's Onix	A Gruff Act to Follow!		None
Misdreavus	Misdreavus yells out loudly and multiple transparent waves come out of its mouth at the opponent.
A wild Misdreavus	Ghoul Daze!		None
Gliscor	Gliscor opens its mouth and calls out loudly, distorting the air.
Ash's Gliscor	A Breed Stampede!		None
Steelix	Steelix releases a high-pitched screech and releases a beam of invisible shockwaves that distort the air.
Byron's Steelix	Dealing with Defensive Types!		None
Venipede	Venipede waves its antennae repeatedly and shrieks loudly, causing orange shockwaves to come out from its antennae.
Two wild Venipede	A Venipede Stampede!		None

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 Mandarin Chinese 噪音 Zàoyīn Dutch Schreeuw Finnish Kirskunta French Grincement German Kreideschrei Greek Τσίριγμα Indonesian Suara Berisik Italian Stridio Korean 싫은소리 Salh'eun Sori Polish Skrzek Portuguese Brazil Ataque sônico (in The Dunsparce Deception) Portugal Uivo Serbian Krik Spanish Latin America Alarido Spain Chirrido

Variations of the move Screech
Screech • Metal Sound Formerly a variation Cotton Spore

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