Power Whip (move)

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Power Whip
パワーウィップ Power Whip
Type  Grass
Category  Physical
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  120
Accuracy  85%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Power Whip (Japanese: パワーウィップ Power Whip) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Power Whip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS The user violently whirls its vines or tentacles to harshly lash the foe.
BW The user violently whirls its vines or tentacles to harshly lash the target.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
108 Lickitung Lickitung Normal Normal 49 53 '
114 Tangela Tangela Grass Grass 54 54 53 ''''
455 Carnivine Carnivine Grass Grass 47 51 ''''
463 Lickilicky Lickilicky Normal Normal 49 53 '
465 Tangrowth Tangrowth Grass Grass 54 54 53 ''''
598 Ferrothorn Ferrothorn Grass Steel   40 ''''
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
001 Bulbasaur Bulbasaur Grass Poison   LickitungLickilickyTangelaTangrowthCarnivine LickitungLickilickyTangelaTangrowthCarnivineFerrothorn
069 Bellsprout Bellsprout Grass Poison no TangelaTangrowthCarnivineFerrothorn
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 the anime

Conway Lickilicky Power Whip.png
Lickilicky
Tangrowth Power Whip.png
Tangrowth
The user uses a whip-like part of its body which glows purple and grows longer, it is then used to attack the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Tangrowth Both of Tangrowth's arms glow purple and it hits the opponent with them.
A wild Tangrowth Promoting Healthy Tangrowth! Debut
Lickilicky Lickilicky's tongue glows purple and it extends its tongue, slamming it into the opponent.
Conway's Lickilicky Working on a Right Move! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Carnivine is the only Pokémon with no evolutionary relatives that can learn this move.
  • Lickitung and Lickilicky are the only Pokémon that can learn this move who don't get STAB from it.
  • Ferrothorn is the only Generation V Pokémon to learn this move.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 能量鞭打 Néngliàng Biāndǎ
France Flag.png French Mégafouet
Germany Flag.png German Blattgeißel
Greece Flag.png Greek Βούρδουλας
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Power Whip
Italy Flag.png Italian Vigorcolpo
South Korea Flag.png Korean 파워휩 Power Whip
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Chicote do Poder
Spain Flag.png Spanish Latigazo


Variations of the move Megahorn
PhysicalIC HOME.png MegahornPower WhipPrecipice Blades
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