Never-Ending Nightmare (move): Difference between revisions

Never-Ending Nightmare 無限暗夜への誘い Invitation to the Endless Night

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Varies PP  — (max. —) Power  Varies Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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 VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Never-Ending Nightmare (Japanese: 無限暗夜への誘い Invitation to the Endless Night) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type Z-Move introduced in Generation VII.

Effect

Generation VII

Never-Ending Nightmare inflicts damage. Its power and whether it is a special or physical move depends on the move it is based on.

Generation VIII

Never-Ending Nightmare cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Learnset

Any Pokémon can use Never-Ending Nightmare if it knows a damaging Ghost-type move, holds a Ghostium Z, and if its Trainer wears a Z-Ring^SM or Z-Power Ring^USUM.

In the anime

Gladion Preparing Zoroark Zoroark
The user gathers Z-Power and deep-seated grudges to trap the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Zoroark strikes a series of synchronized poses with its Trainer to build Z-Power. It then engulfs the surrounding area with an illusionary dark scenery and creates a large shadow around its feet. Multiple shadowy hands then reach out from the shadow and attack the opponent. When the hands reach the opponent, they explode.
Gladion's Zoroark	Enter the Champion!		Debut Base move is Shadow Claw

Appearance

Pose

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 無盡暗夜之誘惑 Mòuhjeuhn Amyeh-jī Yáuhwaahk Mandarin 無盡暗夜之誘惑 / 无尽暗夜之诱惑 Wújìn Ànyè-zhī Yòuhuò French Appel des Ombres Éternelles German Ewige Nacht Italian Abbraccio Spettrale Korean 무한암야로의유인 Muhan Amyaro-ui Yu-in Polish Nieskończony Koszmar Brazilian Portuguese Pesadelo Eterno Spanish Presa Espectral

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