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Flail じたばた Wriggling

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   The appeal works better the later it is performed.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Works better the later it is used in a turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Flail (Japanese: じたばた Wriggling) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

Flail inflicts damage. Its power is higher when the user's HP is lower.

Flail cannot cause a critical hit, and its damage is not varied by a random factor during damage calculation.

Generation III onward

Flail can now cause a critical hit, and its damage is now varied by a random factor during damage calculation.

Flail can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Endure was used in the prior turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination and will give an extra three appeal points if the move Endure was used in the prior turn.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3		49FRLG	45	45	45	45	29
099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3		65FRLG	63	63	63	63	31
118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2	24	24	21	21	21XY 13ORAS	13	30
119		Seaking		Water 2		Water 2	24	24	21	21	21XY 13ORAS	13	30
129		Magikarp		Water 2	Dragon	30	30	30	30	30	30	25
130		Gyarados		Water 2	Dragon							1
143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster							1
158		Totodile		Monster	Water 1			22PtHGSS	22	22	22
159		Croconaw		Monster	Water 1			24PtHGSS	24	24	24
160		Feraligatr		Monster	Water 1			24PtHGSS	24	24	24
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	13	13	9	9	9XY 31ORAS	31	36
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	13	13	9	9	9XY 33ORAS	33	42
185		Sudowoodo		Mineral		Mineral	10	9	1, 6	1, 6BW 1, 5B2W2	1, 5	1, 5	1
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field		44FRLG	53	63BW 49B2W2	49	48SM 51USUM	1
220		Swinub		Field		Field				40B2W2	40	40	10
221		Piloswine		Field		Field							1
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3				52B2W2	50	50	30
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	17	17	6	6	6	6
232		Donphan		Field		Field	17	17	1
263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field		33	33	37	37XY 29ORAS	29	30
264		Linoone		Field		Field							38
270		Lotad		Water 1	Grass							16
271		Lombre		Water 1	Grass							1
272		Ludicolo		Water 1	Grass							1
287		Slakoth		Field		Field		43	43	49	49XY 33ORAS	33
289		Slaking		Field		Field		43	43	49	49XY 39ORAS	39
324		Torkoal		Field		Field		43	52	52	1, 52XY 42ORAS	42
327		Spinda		Field	Human-Like		49	50	50	50	50
349		Feebas		Water 1	Dragon		30	30	30	30	30	25
350		Milotic		Water 1	Dragon							1
369		Relicanth		Water 1	Water 2						1	40
370		Luvdisc		Water 2		Water 2		40	46	31	31XY 27ORAS	26
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38
413		Wormadam Sandy Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38
438		Bonsly		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			6	6BW 5B2W2	5	5	4
446		Munchlax		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							44
473		Mamoswine		Field		Field							1
480		Uxie		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			61	61	1, 61	1, 61	70
535		Tympole		Water 1		Water 1				34	34	34	24
536		Palpitoad		Water 1		Water 1				37	37	37	24
537		Seismitoad		Water 1		Water 1				39	39	39	24
540		Sewaddle		Bug		Bug				43	43	43
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2				46	1, 46	34	8
557		Dwebble		Bug	Mineral				41	41	41	16
558		Crustle		Bug	Mineral				50	50	50	16
588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug				49	49	49	24
589		Escavalier		Bug		Bug							1
613		Cubchoo		Field		Field				36	36	36	24
614		Beartic		Field		Field				36	36	36	24
618		Stunfisk		Water 1	Amorphous				55	1, 55	1, 55	50
618		Stunfisk Galarian Form		Water 1	Amorphous							50
659		Bunnelby		Field		Field					29	29	15
660		Diggersby		Field		Field					31	32	15
661		Fletchling		Flying		Flying					16	16	15
662		Fletchinder		Flying		Flying					16	16	15
663		Talonflame		Flying		Flying					16	16	15
682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy					38	38	21
683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy					38	38	21
692		Clauncher		Water 1	Water 3					16	16	10
693		Clawitzer		Water 1	Water 3					16	16	1
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral					35	35	15
704		Goomy		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20
705		Sliggoo		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20
706		Goodra		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20
719		Diancie		Undiscovered		Undiscovered					35	31	21
759		Stufful		Field		Field						19	28
760		Bewear		Field		Field						19	30
761		Bounsweet		Grass		Grass						29	24
762		Steenee		Grass		Grass							1
763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass							1
775		Komala		Field		Field						26
776		Turtonator		Monster	Dragon						17	16
848		Toxel		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1
849		Toxtricity Amped		Human-Like		Human-Like							1
849		Toxtricity Low Key		Human-Like		Human-Like							1
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		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
007		Squirtle		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
027		Sandshrew		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔
037		Vulpix		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
046		Paras		Bug	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
052		Meowth		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
052		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔
052		Meowth Galarian Form		Field		Field							✔
074		Geodude		Mineral		Mineral			✔	✔	✔	✔
074		Geodude Alolan Form		Mineral		Mineral						✔
083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field							✔
084		Doduo		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
116		Horsea		Water 1	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
127		Pinsir		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
133		Eevee		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
172		Pichu		Field	Fairy			✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
204		Pineco		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
211		Qwilfish		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
223		Remoraid		Water 1	Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
270		Lotad		Water 1	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
290		Nincada		Bug		Bug							✔
324		Torkoal		Field		Field							✔
328		Trapinch		Bug	Dragon			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
335		Zangoose		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
339		Barboach		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
393		Piplup		Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy			✔	✔	✔	✔
427		Buneary		Field	Human-Like			✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
431		Glameow		Field		Field			✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
456		Finneon		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔
504		Patrat		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3				✔	✔	✔
572		Minccino		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔
632		Durant		Bug		Bug							✔
777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy						✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy	Pokéwalker - Resort
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
084		Doduo		Flying		Flying	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3	Dream World - Sparkling Sea
214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Dream Park
564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3	Dream World - Sparkling Sea
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
041		Zubat		Flying		Flying	New York Pokémon Center
086		Seel		Water 1	Field	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
133		Eevee		Field		Field	2010 World Championships Eevee Video Game Championships 2010 Eevee
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Flail is a move with 2 base power, 100% accuracy, and 17 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, with the final damage being multiplied by 2 when at 75-51% HP, 4 when at 50-26% and 8 when at 25% or lower.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the damage is now multiplied by 1.5 at 50-26% HP and by 2 at 25% or lower.

Description

This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Japanese and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Japanese.

In the anime

Magikarp	Bonsly	Sudowoodo
The user flails about aimlessly to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Magikarp	Magikarp hits the opponent repeatedly with its tailfin.
A wild Magikarp	The Ties That Bind		Debut
A wild Magikarp	Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!		None
A wild Magikarp	Big Sky, Small Fry!		None
Bonsly	Bonsly flails around, jumping from one foot to the other quickly.
Brock's Bonsly	King and Queen for a Day!		None
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails around its arms and legs, then throws the opponent, or Sudowoodo runs up to the opponent and flails around its arms and legs, hitting the opponent repeatedly.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave It To Brocko!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Sudowoodo
The user flails its body around to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails its arms and legs around the opponent, hitting it.
Gold's Sudobo	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 2)		Debut

• In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, a Pinsir that Emerald was renting from the Battle Factory was revealed to know Flail by Emerald's Pokédex.

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	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	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

Side 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	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	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

Trivia

• This move was Magikarp's attack (as じたばた / Wriggling in Japanese and as Flail in English) in the Base Set set of the TCG prior to being introduced in Generation II of the games.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 抓狂 Jáaukwòhng * 手足慌亂 Sáujūk Fōnglyuhn * Mandarin 抓狂 Zhuākuáng * 手足慌亂 / 手足慌乱 Shǒuzú Huāngluàn * Dutch Huppel Finnish Läpsyttely French Gigotage* Fléau* German Dreschflegel Greek Μαστίγωμα Mastígoma Italian Flagello Korean 바둥바둥 Badungbadung Polish Bicz* Latający Ogon* Brazilian Portuguese Mangual (Flashfire-present, manga) Ataque de Cauda (Diamond & Pearl-Boundaries Crossed) Espancar Romanian Biciul Serbian Mlaćenje Spanish Azote Swedish Slagattack Vietnamese Vùng Vẫy

Variations of the move Flail
Flail • Reversal

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