Pollen Puff (move)

Pollen Puff かふんだんご Pollen Ball

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  90 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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

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

Pollen Puff (Japanese: かふんだんご Pollen Ball) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Ribombee.

Effect

Pollen Puff's effect varies depending on the target. If it targets an opponent, it deals damage. If it targets an ally, it restores up to 50% of the target's maximum HP. Opponents and allies with Bulletproof are immune to Pollen Puff.

Pokémon affected by Heal Block cannot target allies with Pollen Puff (but they can target an opponent); if only the ally is affected by Heal Block but the user is not, Pollen Puff can target it, but will fail to heal it.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0743		Ribombee		Bug	Fairy	1, Evo.
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

Ribombee (healing) Ribombee (hurting)
The Pokémon heals or hurts the target with a ball of pollen.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Ribombee makes a sweet, yellow ball of pollen and gives it to an ally to eat, or Ribombee makes a poisonous, purple ball of pollen and throws it down an opponent's mouth.
A wild Ribombee	Tasting the Bitter with the Sweet!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 花粉團 Fāfántyùhn Mandarin 花粉團 / 花粉团 Huāfěntuán French Boule Pollen German Pollenknödel Italian Sferapolline Korean 꽃가루경단 Kkotgaru Gyeongdan Spanish Bola de Polen

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