Tail Whip (move)
Tail Whip しっぽをふる Tail Wag | ||||||||||||
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Tail Whip (Japanese: しっぽをふる Tail Wag) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Tail Whip decreases the Defense stat of all adjacent opponents by one stage.
Tail Whip can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Charm was used in the previous turn.
If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Tail Whip, the user's Attack stat rises one stage.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0007 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 5PE |
1 | ||||
0008 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
1 | ||||
0009 | Monster | Water 1 | 1 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
1 | ||||
0019 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
1BDSP | |||||
019A | Rattata
Alolan Form |
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Field | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
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0020 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1BDSP | |||||
020A | Raticate
Alolan Form |
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Field | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
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0025 | Field | Fairy | 6Y | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||
0026 | Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | ||||
026A | Raichu
Alolan Form |
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Field | Fairy | 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||
0029 | Monster | Field | 21RGB 23Y |
23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7SMUSUM 3PE |
10 | ||||
0030 | No Eggs Discovered | 23RGB 27Y |
27 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1 | |||||
0031 | |
No Eggs Discovered | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
0037 | Field | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | |||||
037A | Vulpix
Alolan Form |
Field | 4SMUSUM 3PE |
1SwSh | ||||||||||
0038 | Field | 1 | 1PE | 1SwShBDSP | ||||||||||
038A | Ninetales
Alolan Form |
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Field | 1PE | 1SwSh | |||||||||
0054 | Water 1 | Field | 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5BW 4B2W2 |
4 | 4SMUSUM 5PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||
0055 | Water 1 | Field | 1, 28 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5BW 1, 4B2W2 |
1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||
0077 | Field | 30 | 8 | 9 | 10DP 6PtHGSS |
4 | 4 | 4SMUSUM 1PE |
5SwShBDSP | |||||
077G | Ponyta
Galarian Form |
Field | 5SwSh | |||||||||||
0078 | Field | 1, 30 | 1, 8 | 1, 9 | 1, 10DP 1, 6PtHGSS |
1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4SMUSUM 1PE |
1SwShBDSP | |||||
078G | Rapidash
Galarian Form |
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Field | 1SwSh | ||||||||||
0104 | Monster | 13Y | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3SMUSUM 2PE |
4 | |||||
0105 | Monster | 1, 13Y | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE |
1 | |||||
105A | Marowak
Alolan Form |
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Monster | 1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE |
1SwSh | |||||||||
0111 | |
Monster | Field | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | |||
0112 | |
Monster | Field | 1, 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | |||
0113 | Fairy | 1Y | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5SMUSUM 8PE |
4SwShBDSP | 4 | ||||
0115 | Monster | 31 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10SMUSUM 11PE |
1 | |||||
0118 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0119 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0128 | Field | 28 | 4 | 4RSE 1FRLG |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3SMUSUM 6PE |
1 | 1 | ||||
128PC | Field | 1 | ||||||||||||
128PB | |
Field | 1 | |||||||||||
128PA | |
Field | 1 | |||||||||||
0133 | Field | 31RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | ||||
0134 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | ||||
0135 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | ||||
0136 | Field | 37RGB 1Y |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SMUSUM 1, 3PE |
1SwShBDSP | 1 | ||||
0172 | No Eggs Discovered | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||||
0183 | |
Water 1 | Fairy | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7BW 2B2W2 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
0184 | |
Water 1 | Fairy | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 7 | 1, 7BW 1, 2B2W2 |
1, 2 | 1, 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
0187 | |
Fairy | Grass | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6BDSP | 4 | |||
0188 | |
Fairy | Grass | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 7 | 1, 7 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6BDSP | 1 | |||
0189 | |
Fairy | Grass | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 7 | 1, 7 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6BDSP | 1 | |||
0190 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | ||||||
0194 | |
Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
194P | Wooper
Paldean Form |
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Water 1 | Field | 1 | |||||||||
0195 | |
Water 1 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0196 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||||
0197 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | |||||
0210 | Field | Fairy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | |||||
0242 | Fairy | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4SwShBDSP | 4 | |||||
0263 | Field | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
0264 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1 | |||||||
0298 | |
No Eggs Discovered | 6 | 7 | 7BW 2B2W2 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0300 | Field | Fairy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | ||||||
0301 | Field | Fairy | 1BDSP | |||||||||||
0352 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | |||||||
0418 | Water 1 | Field | 7BDSP | |||||||||||
0419 | Water 1 | Field | 7BDSP | |||||||||||
0424 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | ||||||||
0464 | |
Monster | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | ||||||
0470 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||||||
0471 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwShBDSP | 1 | |||||||
0498 | Field | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
0499 | |
Field | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | |||||||||
0500 | |
Field | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | 1, 3 | |||||||||
0501 | Field | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
0502 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1 | |||||||||
0503 | Field | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1 | |||||||||
503H | Samurott
Hisuian Form |
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Field | 1 | ||||||||||
0522 | Field | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
0523 | Field | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | 1, 4 | ||||||||||
0550 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
550W | Basculin
White-Striped Form |
Water 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
0587 | |
Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1SwSh | ||||||||
0653 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0654 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0655 | |
Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0672 | Field | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
0673 | Field | 9 | 1, 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
0676 | Field | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||
0690 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | 15SwSh | 15 | |||||||
0691 | |
Water 1 | Dragon | 9 | 9 | 15SwSh | 15 | |||||||
0694 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | ||||||||
0695 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1SwSh | ||||||||||
0696 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | ||||||||
0697 | |
Monster | Dragon | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | ||||||||
0700 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
0702 | |
Field | Fairy | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||
0808 | No Eggs Discovered | 9PE | 8SwSh | |||||||||||
0809 | No Eggs Discovered | 1, 9PE | 1SwSh | |||||||||||
0819 | Field | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||||
0820 | Field | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||||
0827 | Field | 1SwSh | ||||||||||||
0828 | Field | 1SwSh | ||||||||||||
0835 | Field | 1SwSh | ||||||||||||
0836 | Field | 1SwSh | ||||||||||||
0877 | |
Field | Fairy | 1SwSh | ||||||||||
0896 | No Eggs Discovered | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||||
0897 | No Eggs Discovered | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||||
898I | Calyrex
Ice Rider |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
898S | Calyrex
Shadow Rider |
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No Eggs Discovered | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
0902 | |
Water 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
0000 | Sprigatito | Field | Grass | 1 | ||||||||||
0000 | Floragato | Field | Grass | 1 | ||||||||||
0000 | Meowscarada | |
Field | Grass | 1 | |||||||||
0000 | Lechonk | Field | 1 | |||||||||||
0000 | Oinkologne | Oinkologne
Male |
Field | 1 | ||||||||||
OinkologneF | Oinkologne | Oinkologne
Female |
Field | 1 | ||||||||||
0000 | Fidough | Field | Mineral | 6 | ||||||||||
0000 | Dachsbun | Field | Mineral | 6 | ||||||||||
0000 | Greavard | Field | 6 | |||||||||||
0000 | Houndstone | Field | 6 | |||||||||||
0000 | Clodsire | |
Water 1 | Field | 1 | |||||||||
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 | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0052 | Field | ✔HGSS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
0417 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ✔ | ||||||
0431 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||||
0572 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | ||||||||
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 other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Tail Whip is a move with 22PP and 100% accuracy. The user targets enemy in front of them and lowers their Defense by one stage. This move is affected by Magic Coat and Taunt.
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Description
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In the anime
The user wags its tail cutely. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Psyduck wags its tail back and forth at the opponent. | |||
Misty's Psyduck | The Ninja Poké-Showdown | Debut | |
Marill jumps into the air above the opponent and hits its face lightly with the orb on the end of its tail once or repeatedly. | |||
Marill (Pikachu shorts) | Pikachu's Exploration Club | None | |
Alolan Raticate hits the opponent with its tail. | |||
Totem Raticate | A Team-on-Team Tussle! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user wags its tail. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Rhyhorn whips its backside around and hits the opponent with its small tail. | |||
Giovanni's Rhyhorn | Long Live the Nidoqueen!? | Debut | |
Golducks wags its tail back and forth and repeatedly hits the opponent with it. | |||
Blue's Golduck | Lapras Lazily | None | |
Vulpix turns around and waves its six tails back and forth in the air. | |||
Courtney's Vulpix | It All Ends Now III | None | |
Blitzle turns its back to the opponent and waves its tail back and forth. | |||
Andy's Blitzle | Black's First Trainer Battle | None |
- In Wartortle Wars, Green's Blasty was revealed to know Tail Whip as a Wartortle by Red's Pokédex.
- Joey's Rattata was revealed to know Tail Whip on the official web site, but he was never shown using the move.
- A conman's Wooper were revealed to know Tail Whip on the official web site, but they was never shown using the move.
Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!
The user wags its tail. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Wooper wags its tail. | |||
Kakuzō's Wooper | ABM06 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
In other languages
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Variations of the move Leer | ||
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