Punishment (move)

Punishment おしおき Punishment

[[File:|300px|center]]

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) 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 IV Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of.

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

Punishment (Japanese: おしおき Punishment) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV to VII

Punishment deals damage. It normally has a base power of 60, but gains 20 power for every increased stat stage the target has, up to a maximum of 200 base power in total (i.e. capping at 7 positive stat stages). Stats decreased below normal do not affect this move's power.

For example, if the target has used Shell Smash once (which increases Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages each; but decreases Defense and Special Defense by one stage each), it has a total of 6 increased stat stages, which causes Punishment to have a base power of 180. (The fact that Defense and Special Defense are lowered below normal has no effect on the base power.)

Generation VIII onwards

Punishment cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSSPBR This attack's power increases the more the foe has powered up with stat changes. BWB2W2 This attack's power increases the more the target has powered up with stat changes. XYORAS SMUSUMPE The more the target has powered up with stat changes, the greater the move's power. SwShBDSPLA SV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
056		Mankey		Field		Field	45	45	45	29SMUSUM
057		Primeape		Field		Field	53	53	53	30SMUSUM
215		Sneasel		Field		Field		44B2W2	44	44
249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	71DPPt 50HGSS	50	50	50
250		Ho-Oh		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	71DPPt 50HGSS	50	50	50
289		Slaking		Field		Field	55	61	1, 61XY 1, 53ORAS	1, 53
302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like	36	36	36XY 24ORAS	24
392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like	33	29	29	29
461		Weavile		Field		Field		44B2W2	44	44
493		Arceus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	1	1	1	1
570		Zorua		Field		Field		45	45	45
571		Zoroark		Field		Field		49	49	49
629		Vullaby		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
630		Mandibuzz		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
645		Landorus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		13	13	7
763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass				1USUM
772		Type: Null		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				65
773		Silvally		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				65
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	IX
052		Meowth		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
052		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field				✔
174		Igglybuff		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔
198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying				✔USUM
215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
241		Miltank		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔
336		Seviper		Field	Dragon		✔	✔	✔
359		Absol		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
434		Stunky		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
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 VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
571		ZoroarkLv. 45		Field		Field	Pokémon EXPO Gym Zoroark
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 Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, Punishment is a move with 1 base power, 88% accuracy, and 8 PP. The user attacks the enemy in the front. This move's power increases by the number of stat boosts the target has, up to 10 boosts, ignoring any Defense boosts the target has when calculating the damage.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Punishment

★★★
Attack power	15.16471
Charge time	0.52 seconds
Range type	Arc (melee)
Number of hits	2
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Description

Games Description MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. Its power is boosted if any of the target's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense stats are elevated. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる あいての こうげき ぼうぎょ とくこう とくぼうが あがっていると いりょくが あがる MDGtI It damages an enemy. The more the enemy has powered up with stat changes, the more powerful the move will be. SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy. The more the enemy has powered up with stat changes, the more powerful the move becomes.

In the anime

	Vullaby
One of the user's appendages glows purple and it slaps the opponent with it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Vullaby	One of Vullaby's wings glows purple and she slaps the opponent with it.
Layla's Vullaby	Unrest at the Nursery!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Sableye
The user blows the enemy away with a wave of energy. If the opponent has increased their stats prior to usage then this move is made stronger.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sableye	Sableye points one of its fingers straight up in the air and a beam of energy shoots out from its front and its back and hits the opponent. The attack does much more damage if Sableye was hit with an attack before using it.
Jupiter's Sableye	Tackling Tangrowth		Debut

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	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

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	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

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

Trivia

• In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Murkrow is programmed to be able to learn Punishment through breeding, but no other Pokémon in the Flying Group can pass down Punishment as an Egg Move in those games. Vullaby and Mandibuzz are the only Flying Egg Group Pokémon that can learn Punishment, but they cannot pass down the move due to being female-only species.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 懲罰 Chìhngfaht Mandarin 懲罰 / 惩罚 Chéngfá Dutch Afstraffing French Punition German Strafattacke Greek Τιμωρία Italian Punizione Korean 혼내기 Honnaegi Norwegian Straff Polish Kara Brazilian Portuguese Punição Spanish Castigo Vietnamese Trừng Phạt

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.