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Flail (move)

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Flail
じたばた Wriggling
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  Varies
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Cute
Appeal  1 ♥
Jam  0  
The appeal works better the later it is performed.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earns double the score on the final performance.
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Flail (Japanese: じたばた Wriggling) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II. It can be considered the inverse of Eruption and Water Spout.

Effect

Flail inflicts damage and will inflict greater damage when the user's HP is low. The Base Power of Flail is calculated as follows:

User's Remaining HP Power
71% - 100% 20
36% - 70% 40
21% - 35% 80
11% - 20% 100
5% - 10% 150
1HP - 4% 200


Generation V

Flail's base damage is calculated by the following formula:

P = (48 * CurrentHP) ÷ MaxHP

P Power
P > 32 20
17 ≤ P ≤ 32 40
10 ≤ P ≤ 16 80
5 ≤ P ≤ 9 100
2 ≤ P ≤ 4 150
P ≤ 1 200


Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Flail does 2× damage if the user is under 75% health, 4× damage if the user is under 50% health, and 8× damage if the user is under 25% HP.

Description

Games Description
An attack that increases in power if the user's HP is low. It could turn the tide in battle.
Stronger if the user's HP is low.
RSE Inflicts more damage when the user’s HP is down.
FRLG A desperate attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.
The user flails about aimlessly to attack. It becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
098   Krabby Water Water     49 45 45 '
099   Kingler Water Water     65 63 63 '
118   Goldeen Water Water 24 24 21 21 '
119   Seaking Water Water 24 24 21 21 '
129   Magikarp Water Water 30 30 30 30 '
158   Totodile Water Water       22 22 '
159   Croconaw Water Water       24 24 '
160   Feraligatr Water Water       24 24 '
170   Chinchou Water Electric 13 13 9 9 '
171   Lanturn Water Electric 13 13 9 9 '
185   Sudowoodo Rock Rock 10 9 --, 6 --, 6 --, 5 '
206   Dunsparce Normal Normal     44 53 63 49 ''''
220   Swinub Ice Ground         40 '
222   Corsola Water Rock         52 '
231   Phanpy Ground Ground 17 17 6 6 '
232   Donphan Ground Ground 17 17 --   '
263   Zigzagoon Normal Normal   33 33 37 ''''
287   Slakoth Normal Normal   43 43 49 ''''
289   Slaking Normal Normal   43 43 49 ''''
324   Torkoal Fire Fire   43 52 52 '
327   Spinda Normal Normal   49 50 50 ''''
349   Feebas Water Water   30 30 30 '
370   Luvdisc Water Water   40 46 31 '
413   Wormadam Bug Grass     38 38 '
438   Bonsly Rock Rock     -- 6 5 '
480   Uxie Psychic Psychic     61 61 '
535   Tympole Water Water       34 '
536   Palpitoad Water Ground       37 '
537   Seismitoad Water Ground       39 '
540   Sewaddle Bug Grass       43 '
550   Basculin Water Water       46 '
557   Dwebble Bug Rock       41 '
558   Crustle Bug Rock       50 '
588   Karrablast Bug Bug       49 '
613   Cubchoo Ice Ice       36 '
614   Beartic Ice Ice       36 '
618   Stunfisk Electric Ground       55 '
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.


By breeding

# Pokémon Type Father
II III IV V VI
007   Squirtle Water Water                              
027   Sandshrew Ground Ground                                                  
037   Vulpix Fire Fire                                                  
043   Oddish Grass Poison         
046   Paras Bug Grass           
052   Meowth Normal Normal                                  
074   Geodude Rock Ground          
083   Farfetch'd Normal Flying                                                  
084   Doduo Normal Flying        
095   Onix Rock Ground          
098   Krabby Water Water                 
114   Tangela Grass Grass         
116   Horsea Water Water                                   
127   Pinsir Bug Bug           
133   Eevee Normal Normal                                                  
140   Kabuto Rock Water                     
152   Chikorita Grass Grass              
170   Chinchou Water Electric                            
172   Pichu Electric Electric                                    
204   Pineco Bug Bug           
211   Qwilfish Water Poison                            
214   Heracross Bug Fighting           
223   Remoraid Water Water                                                        
270   Lotad Water Grass                              
328   Trapinch Ground Ground           
335   Zangoose Normal Normal                                                 
339   Barboach Water Ground                   
393   Piplup Water Water                                                                 
417   Pachirisu Electric Electric                                  
427   Buneary Normal Normal                                    
431   Glameow Normal Normal                                    
456   Finneon Water Water                   
504   Patrat Normal Normal                           
564   Tirtouga Water Rock                             
572   Minccino Normal Normal                           
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.


Special move

Generation IV

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0025   Pikachu
 Electric Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest
0417   Pachirisu
 Electric Pokéwalker - Resort
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0041   Zubat Poison Flying New York Pokémon Center
0086   Seel Water New York Pokémon Center
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

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with
0084   Doduo Normal Flying Dream World - Pleasant Forest
0140   Kabuto Rock Water Dream World - Sparkling Sea
0214   Heracross Bug Fighting Dream World - Dream Park
0564   Tirtouga Water Rock Dream World - Sparkling Sea
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 the anime

 
Magikarp
 
Bonsly
 
Sudowoodo
The user flails about aimlessly to attack.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Magikarp hits the opponent repeatedly with its tailfin.
A wild Magikarp The Ties That Bind Debut
  Bonsly flails around, jumping from one foot to the other quickly.
Brock's Bonsly King and Queen for a Day! None
  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


In other generations

     
Generation II Generation III Generation IV

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 手足慌亂 Shǒuzú Huāngluàn
  Finnish Läpsyttely
  French Fléau
  German Dreschflegel
  Greek Μαστίγωμα
  Italian Flagello
  Korean 바둥바둥 Badungbadung
  Brazilian Portuguese Debater
  Romanian Biciul
  Serbian Mlaćenje
  Spanish Azote


Variations of the move Flail
  Flail • Reversal


  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.
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