Screech (move)

Screech
いやなおと Unpleasant Tone
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  40 (max. 64)
Power  —
Accuracy  85%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that have made appeals.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by 1.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Screech (Japanese: いやなおと Unpleasant Tone) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Screech decreases the target's Defense stat by two stat levels.

Screech will do nothing if the target's Defense stat has reached a stat level of -6 or a value of 1, and will fail if the target has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist. The effect of Screech is ignored by critical hits.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0023   Ekans
Poison 31
0024   Arbok
Poison 36
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
0052   Meowth
Normal 24
0053   Persian
Normal 24
0056   Mankey
Fighting 45
0057   Primeape
Fighting 45
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 40
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison 43
0081   Magnemite
Electric 47
0082   Magneton
Electric 54
0088   Grimer
Poison 48
0089   Muk
Poison 53
0095   Onix
Rock Ground --
0100   Voltorb
Electric --
0101   Electrode
Electric --
0108   Lickitung
Normal 39
0125   Electabuzz
Electric 47
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 II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0023   Ekans
Poison 29
0024   Arbok
Poison 33
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
0052   Meowth
Normal 35
0053   Persian
Normal 38
0054   Psyduck
Water 23
0055   Golduck
Water 23
0056   Mankey
Fighting 45
0057   Primeape
Fighting 54
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 43
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison 47
0081   Magnemite
Electric Steel 39
0082   Magneton
Electric Steel 43
0088   Grimer
Poison 31
0089   Muk
Poison 31
0095   Onix
Rock Ground --
0100   Voltorb
Electric 9
0101   Electrode
Electric --
9
0108   Lickitung
Normal 43
0125   Electabuzz
Electric 36
0158   Totodile
Water 43
0159   Croconaw
Water 45
0160   Feraligatr
Water 47
0167   Spinarak
Bug Poison 45
0168   Ariados
Bug Poison 53
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
0190   Aipom
Normal 36
0193   Yanma
Bug Flying 43
0197   Umbreon
Dark 47
0206   Dunsparce
Normal 30
0207   Gligar
Ground Flying 44
0208   Steelix
Steel Ground --
0215   Sneasel
Dark Ice 17
0239   Elekid
Electric 33
0246   Larvitar
Rock Ground 15
0247   Pupitar
Rock Ground --
15
0248   Tyranitar
Rock Dark --
15
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" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
Gligar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
Gligar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
Totodile, Croconaw
Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0109 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Lickitung
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Electabuzz

|- | 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.
|} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0023   Ekans
Poison 25
0024   Arbok
Poison 28
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
0052   Meowth
Normal 31
0052   Meowth
Normal 35
0053   Persian
Normal 34
0053   Persian
Normal 38
0054   Psyduck
Water 23
0055   Golduck
Water 23
0056   Mankey
Fighting 41
0056   Mankey
Fighting 45
0057   Primeape
Fighting 53
0057   Primeape
Fighting 54
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 43
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison 47
0081   Magnemite
Electric Steel 44
0082   Magneton
Electric Steel 53
0088   Grimer
Poison 26
0089   Muk
Poison 26
0095   Onix
Rock Ground --
0100   Voltorb
Electric 8
0101   Electrode
Electric --
8
0108   Lickitung
Normal 45
0125   Electabuzz
Electric 36
0158   Totodile
Water 43
0159   Croconaw
Water 45
0160   Feraligatr
Water 47
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
0190   Aipom
Normal 43
0193   Yanma
Bug Flying 49
0193   Yanma
Bug Flying 50
0197   Umbreon
Dark 47
0206   Dunsparce
Normal 31
0206   Dunsparce
Normal 34
0207   Gligar
Ground Flying 44
0208   Steelix
Steel Ground --
0215   Sneasel
Dark Ice 15
0239   Elekid
Electric 33
0246   Larvitar
Rock Ground 15
0247   Pupitar
Rock Ground --
15
0248   Tyranitar
Rock Dark --
15
0252   Treecko
Grass 21
0253   Grovyle
Grass 23
0254   Sceptile
Grass 23
0291   Ninjask
Bug Flying 20
0293   Whismur
Normal 31
0294   Loudred
Normal 37
0295   Exploud
Normal 37
0318   Carvanha
Water Dark 28
0319   Sharpedo
Water Dark 28
0329   Vibrava
Ground Dragon 41
0330   Flygon
Ground Dragon 41
0336   Seviper
Poison 19
0352   Kecleon
Normal 24
0353   Shuppet
Ghost 8
0354   Banette
Ghost --
8
0367   Huntail
Water 15
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" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
Gligar
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
Gligar
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred,Exploud |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0109 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Shuppet, Banette |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Carvanha, Sharpedo |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Lickitung
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Shuppet, Banette |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Carvanha, Sharpedo
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Electabuzz

|- | 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.
|} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0023   Ekans
Poison 17
0024   Arbok
Poison 17
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
0052   Meowth
Normal 17
0053   Persian
Normal 17
0054   Psyduck
Water 31
0055   Golduck
Water 31
0056   Mankey
Fighting 21
0057   Primeape
Fighting 21
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 36
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison 42
0081   Magnemite
Electric Steel 33
0082   Magneton
Electric Steel 34
0088   Grimer
Poison 33
0089   Muk
Poison 33
0095   Onix
Rock Ground 6
0100   Voltorb
Electric 19
0101   Electrode
Electric 19
0108   Lickitung
Normal 45
0125   Electabuzz
Electric 52
0158   Totodile
Water 34
0159   Croconaw
Water 39
0160   Feraligatr
Water 45
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
0190   Aipom
Normal 25
0193   Yanma
Bug Flying 46
0197   Umbreon
Dark 64
0206   Dunsparce
Normal 29
0207   Gligar
Ground Flying 27
0208   Steelix
Steel Ground 6
0215   Sneasel
Dark Ice 10
0239   Elekid
Electric 43
0246   Larvitar
Rock Ground 10
0247   Pupitar
Rock Ground --
10
0248   Tyranitar
Rock Dark --
10
0252   Treecko
Grass 21
0253   Grovyle
Grass 23
0254   Sceptile
Grass 23
0291   Ninjask
Bug Flying 20
0293   Whismur
Normal 31
0294   Loudred
Normal 37
0295   Exploud
Normal 37
0318   Carvanha
Water Dark 18
0319   Sharpedo
Water Dark 18
0329   Vibrava
Ground Dragon 41
0330   Flygon
Ground Dragon 41
0336   Seviper
Poison 19
0352   Kecleon
Normal 32
0353   Shuppet
Ghost 5
0354   Banette
Ghost --
8
0367   Huntail
Water 10
0402   Kricketune
Bug 30
0402   Kricketune
Bug 34
0408   Cranidos
Rock 37
0409   Rampardos
Rock 43
0424   Ambipom
Normal 25
0434   Stunky
Poison 7
0435   Skuntank
Poison 7
0446   Munchlax
Normal 20
0447   Riolu
Fighting 24
0461   Weavile
Dark Ice 10
0462   Magnezone
Electric Steel 34
0463   Lickilicky
Normal 45
0466   Electivire
Normal 52
0469   Yanmega
Bug Flying 43
0469   Yanmega
Bug Flying 46
0472   Gliscor
Ground Flying 27
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" | 0019 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Rattata
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0046 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Paras
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#3FA129" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0090 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0104 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Cubone
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung, Lickilicky
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred,Exploud
Cranidos, Rampardos |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0109 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Shuppet, Banette |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0165 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Ledyba
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0170 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Carvanha, Sharpedo |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Ekans, Arbok
Meowth, Persian
Psyduck, Golduck
Mankey, Primeape
Lickitung
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Aipom
Umbreon
Dunsparce
Sneasel
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Seviper
Kecleon
Cranidos, Rampardos
Stunky, Skuntank |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0198 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Murkrow
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Golbat, Crobat |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0200 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer, Muk
Shuppet, Banette |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0222 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Corsola
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Tentacool, Tentacruel
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck, Golduck
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Carvanha, Sharpedo
Huntail |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0240 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Magby
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Electabuzz, Electivire |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0304 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Aron
| colspan="1" style="background:#60A1B8; text-align: center;" | Steel || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung, Lickilicky
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred,Exploud
Cranidos, Rampardos |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0410 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shieldon
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Lickitung, Lickilicky
Totodile, Croconaw, Feraligatr
Larvitar, Pupitar, Tyranitar
Treecko, Grovyle, Sceptile
Whismur, Loudred,Exploud
Cranidos, Rampardos |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool, Tentacruel
Yanma, Yanmega
Gligar, Gliscor
Ninjask
Vibrava, Flygon

|- | 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.
|} |}

In the anime

An earsplitting screech is emitted from the user.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Golbat opens its mouth and releases thin yellow circles from its mouth.
Koga's Golbat The Ninja Poké-Showdown Debut
  Dunsparce chitters over and over again, irritating the opponent.
Multiple Dunsparce The Dunsparce Deception None
  Larvitar releases a loud, irritating cry.
Ash's Larvitar Hatch Me if You Can None
  Loudred sucks in a gulp of air then screams loudly, distorting the air.
A wild Loudred Gone Corphishin' None
  Whismur screams loudly, distorting the air.
Alanna's Whismur A Poké-BLOCK Party None
  Voltorb glows blue and it releases sound waves from its body that distort the air around it.
Wattson's Voltorb Watt's with Wattson None
  Huntail opens its mouth and yells out loudly, distorting the air.
Keith's Huntail The Evolutionary War None
  Banette yells out loudly, and a red orb appears in front of its mouth, sending off red shockwaves at the opponent.
Harley's Banette Rhapsody in Drew None
  Vibrava shakes its wings and they become surrounded in a white aura, sending purple shockwaves from its wings to the opponent.
Brianna's Vibrava Spontaneous Combusken! None
  Onix opens its mouth and the inside of it glows white. It then releases a light blue cylinder beam from its mouth at the opponent, blowing the opponent back the louder it roars.
Roark's Onix A Gruff Act to Follow! None
  Gliscor opens its mouth and calls out loudly, distorting the air.
Ash's Gliscor A Breed Stampede! None
  Steelix releases a high-piteched screech and releases a beam of invisible shockwaves that distorts the air.
Byron's Steelix Dealing with Defensive Types! None
  Magnezone releases a shriek that distorts the air.
A wild Magnzeone DP158 None


In other languages

  • Dutch: Schreeuw
  • Spanish: Chirrido
  • Latin-American Spanish: Alarido
  • French: Grincement
  • German: Kreideschrei. This comes from the words Kreide meaning "chalk" and schreien meaning "to cry".
  • Portuguese: Uivo. In The Dunsparce Deception it is translated to Brazilian Portuguese as Ataque sônico
  • Italian: Stridio


Variations of the move Screech
  ScreechMetal Sound
Formerly a variation
  Cotton Spore


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