Bullet Seed (move)

Bullet Seed タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun

File:Bullet Seed.png

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  25* Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III TM09 in Generation III TM09 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Bullet Seed (Japanese: タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Bullet Seed does damage, hitting 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each attack made has an equal chance to land a critical hit.

Bullet Seed will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

Its effect is the same as Generation III, except that it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Its effect is still the same, however its Base Power increases from 10 to 25. Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0192 Sunflora Grass 25 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM09

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0114 Tangela Grass 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0182 Bellossom Grass 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0191 Sunkern Grass 0192 Sunflora Grass 0224 Octillery Water 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0285 Shroomish Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 0357 Tropius Grass Flying Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 17 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 19 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 20 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 20 0192 Sunflora Grass 21 0223 Remoraid Water 27 0224 Octillery Water 29 0226 Mantine Water Flying -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM09

#   Pokémon Type 0001 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 0002 Ivysaur Grass Poison 0003 Venusaur Grass Poison 0043 Oddish Grass Poison 0044 Gloom Grass Poison 0045 Vileplume Grass Poison 0046 Paras Bug Grass 0047 Parasect Bug Grass 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison 0070 Weepinbell Grass Poison 0071 Victreebel Grass Poison 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0114 Tangela Grass 0151 Mew Psychic 0152 Chikorita Grass 0153 Bayleef Grass 0154 Meganium Grass 0182 Bellossom Grass 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 0191 Sunkern Grass 0192 Sunflora Grass 0223 Remoraid Water 0224 Octillery Water 0226 Mantine Water Flying 0252 Treecko Grass 0253 Grovyle Grass 0254 Sceptile Grass 0270 Lotad Water Grass 0271 Lombre Water Grass 0272 Ludicolo Water Grass 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0285 Shroomish Grass 0286 Breloom Grass Fighting 0315 Roselia Grass Poison 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0331 Cacnea Grass 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 0346 Cradily Rock Grass 0357 Tropius Grass Flying 0387 Turtwig Grass 0388 Grotle Grass 0389 Torterra Grass Ground 0406 Budew Grass 0407 Roserade Grass Poison 0413 Wormadam Bug Grass 0420 Cherubi Grass 0421 Cherrim Grass 0421 Cherrim Grass 0455 Carnivine Grass 0459 Snover Grass Ice 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0465 Tangrowth Grass 0470 Leafeon Grass 0492 Shaymin Grass 0492 Shaymin Grass Flying 0493 Arceus Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 17 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying 19 0188 Skiploom Grass Flying 20 0189 Jumpluff Grass Flying 20 0192 Sunflora Grass 21 0223 Remoraid Water 27 0224 Octillery Water 29 0226 Mantine Water Flying -- 0573 Cinccino Normal -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0069 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bellsprout
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0252 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Treecko
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0273 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seedot
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0285 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shroomish
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0357 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tropius
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0459 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snover
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0511 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pansage
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0556 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Maractus
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0597 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ferroseed
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" |

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0187 Hoppip Grass Flying Dream World Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

File:SSBB Bullet Seed.png

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Bullet Seed is Ivysaur's standard Special move. Unlike the Pokémon games, where it had been relatively weak prior to Generation V, Bullet Seed may inflict up to 30-50% damage.

In the anime

File:Snover Bullet Seed.png Snover File:Pansage Bullet Seed.png Pansage File:Carnivine Bullet Seed.png Carnivine Tangrowth
The user shoots high velocity seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shifty opens its mouth and fires large glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Brendan's Shiftry	Jirachi: Wish Maker		Debut
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		None
	Seedot spins around quickly and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent, or Seedot jumps into the air and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from the top of its head.
Multiple wild Seedot	Jump for Joy!		None
A wild Seedot	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Nuzleaf fires glowing yellow or light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Multiple wild Nuzleaf	Jump for Joy!		None
Multiple wild Nuzleaf	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Grovyle shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Natasha's Grovyle	What You Seed is What You Get		None
Ash's Grovyle	Exploud and Clear		None
Grovyle (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
	Treecko shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Ash's Treecko	What You Seed is What You Get		None
	Cacturne shoots many glowing yellow seeds from the middle hole at its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
	Ludicolo shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Brock's Ludicolo	Once in a Mawile		None
	Swalot shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Anthony’s Swalot	Deceit and Assist		None
	Tropius shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Dominick's Tropius	From Brags to Riches		None
	Sceptile shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Tyson's Sceptile	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ash's Sceptile	Cutting the Ties that Bind!		None
A Coordinator's Sceptile	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Vileplume shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity at the opponent.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
	Aggron releases shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
A mirage Aggron	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
	Budew fires multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Nando's Budew	Dawn of a New Era!		None
	Carnivine fires multiple glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity at the opponent.
James's Carnivine	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
	The branch on Sudowoodo's head glows gold and it fires multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave it to Brocko!		Used via Mimic
	Torterra fires multiple glowing white seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Maury's Torterra	The Rise of Darkrai		None
	Snover sticks out one of its arms and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds from its hand at the opponent.
Candice's Snover	Sliding into Seventh!		None
	Tangrowth points its hands at the opponent and fires multiple glowing yellow seeds from its fingers at the opponent.
A wild Tangrowth	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Breloom opens its mouth and fires multiple light blue glowing seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Breloom	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Sunflora opens its mouth and fires multiple glowing light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Sunflora	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Kricketune opens its mouth and releases multiple glowing light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Two wild Kricketune	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		Kricketune cannot legally learn Bullet Seed
	Pansage releases multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its mouth at the opponent.
Cilan's Pansage	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

File:Leafeon Bullet Seed P7.png Leafeon
The user fires seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Leafeon fires several seeds out of its mouth at the opponent.
Lily's Leafeon	Breaking Into An Enemy's Lair!		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

File:Grovyle Bullet Seed Adventures.png Grovyle
The user waves its arm around and creates a ring of seeds. It then fires the seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Grovyle waves its hand around in a circle in front of it and a ring of seeds appear in front of it. Grovyle then waves its arm down and the seeds fire at the opponent at the same time. As they travel, the seeds leave behind a white trail of energy.
Emerald's Grovyle	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 種子機關槍 Zhǒngzǐ Jīguānqiāng Dutch Kogelzaad French Balle Graine German Kugelsaat Greek Σπόροι Σφαίρες Italian Semitraglia Korean 기관총 Gigwanchong European Portuguese Balas de Semente Recorrente Semente Bala (anime) Serbian Ispaljivanje Semenki Spanish Latin America Balas Semilla (anime) Spain Recurrente

Variations of the move Bullet Seed
Bullet Seed • Icicle Spear

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