Seed Bomb (move)

Seed Bomb タネばくだん Seed Bomb

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV Move Tutor in Pokémon Platinum Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Move Tutor in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Move Tutor in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

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

Seed Bomb (Japanese: タネばくだん Seed Bomb) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Seed Bomb inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Generation VI

Seed Bomb does no damage to targets with Bulletproof.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS The user slams a barrage of hard-shelled seeds down on the foe from above. BWB2W2 The user slams a barrage of hard-shelled seeds down on the target from above. XYORAS The user slams a barrage of hard-shelled seeds on the target from above.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	37				37			37
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	1				1			1
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	45				45	43	43
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	41				41			41 36
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	41				41			41 44
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass					22			22
512		Simisage	Grass		Grass					1			1
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass								32
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass								35
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting								35
672		Skiddo	Grass		Grass								30
673		Gogoat	Grass		Grass								30
710		Pumpkaboo	Ghost	Grass								48
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass								48
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
187		Hoppip	Grass		Grass	no
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	no
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass
406		Budew	Grass	Poison	no
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass	no
459		Snover	Grass	Ice
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	no
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel	no
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 Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS	BW	B2W2	XY	ORAS
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
052		Meowth	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
056		Mankey	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
057		Primeape	Fighting		Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic								✔	✔		✔		✔
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic								✔	✔		✔		✔
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
143		Snorlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic								✔	✔		✔		✔
152		Chikorita	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
153		Bayleef	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water								✔	✔		✔		✔
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
251		Celebi	Psychic	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
270		Lotad	Water	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
279		Pelipper	Water	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting								✔	✔		✔		✔
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark								✔	✔		✔		✔
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying											✔		✔
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground								✔	✔		✔		✔
406		Budew	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison								✔	✔		✔		✔
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak	Bug	Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
417		Pachirisu	Electric		Electric								✔	✔		✔		✔
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
446		Munchlax	Normal		Normal								✔	✔		✔		✔
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
459		Snover	Grass	Ice								✔	✔		✔		✔
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice								✔	✔		✔		✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
470		Leafeon	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
492		Shaymin Land Forme	Grass		Grass								✔	✔		✔		✔
492		Shaymin Sky Forme	Grass	Flying								✔	✔		✔		✔
495		Snivy	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
496		Servine	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
497		Serperior	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark											✔		✔
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark											✔		✔
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
512		Simisage	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
540		Sewaddle	Bug	Grass											✔		✔
541		Swadloon	Bug	Grass											✔		✔
542		Leavanny	Bug	Grass											✔		✔
546		Cottonee	Grass	Fairy											✔		✔
547		Whimsicott	Grass	Fairy											✔		✔
548		Petilil	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
549		Lilligant	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass											✔		✔
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison											✔		✔
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison											✔		✔
572		Minccino	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass											✔		✔
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass											✔		✔
590		Foongus	Grass	Poison											✔		✔
591		Amoonguss	Grass	Poison											✔		✔
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel											✔		✔
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel											✔		✔
640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting											✔		✔
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass													✔
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass													✔
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting													✔
669		Flabébé	Fairy		Fairy													✔
670		Floette	Fairy		Fairy													✔
671		Florges	Fairy		Fairy													✔
672		Skiddo	Grass		Grass													✔
673		Gogoat	Grass		Grass													✔
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass													✔
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass													✔
710		Pumpkaboo	Ghost	Grass													✔
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass													✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Special move

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0069 Bellsprout Grass Poison Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0114 Tangela Grass Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0231 Phanpy Ground Dream World - Rugged Mountain 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

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Seed Bomb had a power of 30.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target.

In the anime

Torterra Simisage Gourgeist File:Ichigaya Chesnaught Seed Bomb.png Chesnaught
The user fires a bundle of large explosive seeds from its gaping mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Torterra opens its mouth and a white orb is seen inside of it. It then fires multiple glowing white seeds from its mouth that explode on impact.
Maury's Torterra	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut
	A green light forms in Simisage's hands, becoming a seed. It then throws the seed at the opponent, exploding on impact or Simisage opens its mouth and fires multiple glowing green seeds from its mouth that explode on impact.
Angus's Simisage	The Clubsplosion Begins!		None
	Gourgeist opens its mouth and fires multiple glowing green seeds from its mouth that explode on impact.
Count Pumpka's steward's Gourgeist	A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?		None
Jessie's Gourgeist	Over the Mountain of Snow!		None
	The center of Mega Venusaur's flower starts to glow white. It then fires multiple glowing green seeds from its flower that explode on impact.
Unknown Trainer's Venusaur	Mega Evolution Special IV		None
	Chesnaught opens its mouth and fires multiple glowing green seeds from its mouth that explode on impact.
Chapman's Chesnaught	A Watershed Moment!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Snover Pumpkaboo
The user throws a seed at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Snover raises one of its hands into the air and fires a large hard seed from the middle of its hand into the air. The seed then falls onto the opponent from above and slams into it.
Candice's Snover	To and Fro with Froslass		Debut
	Pumpkaboo fires a blast of energy into the air. When the blast lands, it explodes, sending the opponent flying.
Aliana's Pumpkaboo	X & Y chapter		None

In other generations

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 種子炸彈 Júngjí Jadáan * 種子爆彈 Júngjí Baaudáan Mandarin 種子炸彈 / 种子炸弹 Zhǒngzǐ Zhàdàn * 種子爆彈 / 种子爆弹 Zhǒngzǐ Bàodàn Dutch Zaad Bom French Canon Graine German Samenbomben Greek Σποροβόμβες Italian Semebomba Korean 씨폭탄 Ssi Poktan Norwegian Frøbombe Polish Bomba Nasienna Brazilian Portuguese Bomba de Sementes Spanish Bomba Germen

Variations of the move Drill Peck
Drill Peck • Strength • Dragon Claw • Seed Bomb • X-Scissor Power Gem

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