Night Daze (move)

Night Daze ナイトバースト Night Burst

Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Night Daze (Japanese: ナイトバースト Night Burst) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation V. Prior to Generation VII, it was the signature move of Unovan Zorua and Zoroark.

Effect

Night Daze deals damage and has a 40% chance of lowering the target's accuracy by one stage.

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, due to a glitch, when Night Daze plays its animation and damages its target, and the target does not faint, the HP bar does not visibly change until the end of the turn or something else changes its HP.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Night Daze cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 The user lets loose a pitch-black shock wave at its target. It may also lower the target's accuracy. XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShLA The user lets loose a pitch-black shock wave at its target. This may also lower the target's accuracy. BDSP This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered. SV The user looses a pitch-black shock wave at the target to inflict damage. This may also lower the target's accuracy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
								SMUSUM	SwSh	SV
0570		Zorua		Field		Field	57	57	57	40	40
0571		Zoroark		Field		Field	64	1, 64	1, 64	46	46
0792		Lunala		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			37	42	42
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Night Daze inflicts damage and may lower the enemy's accuracy by one stage.

Game Base Power Max Power Base PP Max PP Base Accuracy Max Accuracy Range Target Cuts corners MDGtI 17 99 15 50 90% 98% 1 tile around user Enemy Yes SMD 17 50 15 30 90% 98% 1 tile around user Enemy Yes With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: MD Gates to Infinity = Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Pokémon Conquest

	>

Stars: ★★★★ Power: 42 Accuracy: 95%

Effect: Has a 40% chance of lowering each target's accuracy.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Night Daze

★★★★
Attack power	74.75748
Charge time	1.04 seconds
Range type	Circular (self)
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Pokémon Masters EX

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Night Daze	Special	4	—	166	199	95%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (40%) of lowering the target's accuracy by one stat rank.	N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark Brycen-Man & Zoroark

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Zoroark's Unite Move, Nightfall Daze, is similar to Night Daze.

Description

Games Description Conq. The user lets loose a pitch-black shock wave at its target. It may also lower the target's accuracy. It damages nearby enemies. It could also lower their accuracy. MDGtI It damages nearby enemies. It could also lower their accuracy. SMD It damages enemies. It could lower their accuracy.* It damages nearby enemies. It could also lower their accuracy.*

In animation

Gladion's Zoroark (disguised as Lycanroc) Zoroark (M13) Zorua Gladion's Zoroark
The user slams the ground with its hands, creating a force field of energy that expands to damage the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Zoroark's eyes glow light blue and its body becomes surrounded by a crimson aura. It then raises its arms above its head. When it does, the aura around its forearms gets thicker. It then slams its arms down into the ground. A pink and crimson glowing force field of energy appears from the aura around Zoroark's arms and grows larger, spreading all around it. The thicker the aura is around Zoroark's arms, the more powerful the attack becomes.
Zoroark (M13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		Debut
Gladion's Zoroark	Enter the Champion!		None
	Zorua's eyes glow light blue and it raises its front two paws into the air. Its body then becomes surrounded in a crimson aura. Zorua then brings its paws down to the ground and a pink and crimson force field of energy appears around Zorua's body and expands outwards throughout the whole battlefield.
Luke's Zorua	Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!		None
	While disguised as Midnight Form Lycanroc, Zoroark's eyes glow red and it raises its front two paws into the air. Its body then becomes surrounded in a crimson aura. Zoroark then brings its paws down to the ground and a pink and crimson force field of energy appears around Zoroark's body and expands outwards throughout the whole battlefield.
Gladion's Zoroark	Final Rivals!		While disguised as Lycanroc

In other generations

Core series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	BW	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 暗黑爆破 Amhāk Baaupo * 黑夜爆裂 Hāakyeh Baauliht * Mandarin 暗黑爆破 Ànhēi Bàopò * 黑夜爆裂 Hēiyè Bàoliè * French Explonuit German Nachtflut Italian Urtoscuro Korean 나이트버스트 Naiteubeoseuteu Polish Błysk Nocy Portuguese Brazil Ofuscamento Noturno (SM138–present, TCG) Confusão Noturna (BW038) Portugal Ofuscamento Noturno Spanish Latin America Aturdimiento Nocturno Spain Pulso Noche

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.