Doom Desire (move)

Doom Desire
はめつのねがい Doom Desire
Doom Desire V.png
Type  Steel
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  140*
Accuracy  100*%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Cool
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Doom Desire (Japanese: はめつのねがい Doom Desire) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Jirachi. It is a more powerful version of Future Sight.

Effect

Generation III

On the turn Doom Desire is selected, this attack will do nothing other than state that the user has chosen Doom Desire as its destiny. Two turns later, Doom Desire will do damage against the target, using the Attack stat of the user and Defense stat of the target at the time of use (not at the time the attack actually hits; if the target is switched out, the attack will hit its replacement). Although Doom Desire is a Steel-type attack, it will not take type into account, ignoring weaknesses, immunities and resistances. Therefore, it does not get STAB. Furthermore, Doom Desire cannot cause a critical hit.

Doom Desire can hit through Wonder Guard, Protect, and Detect. It can knock out a target that used Endure, but a target using Focus Band may be able to survive.

Doom Desire cannot be used on a target multiple times; it must complete before it may be used on a target again. Future Sight and Doom Desire cannot be stacked.

When Doom Desire misses, the miss will not occur until the third turn, and it will say "it failed".

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, but its damage is calculated by the user's Special Attack stat and the target's Special Defense instead. Its damage is not increased by Life Orb and it cannot cause a Pokémon wearing a Focus Sash that has full HP to faint.

Generation V

Doom Desire's power changed from 120 to 140, and its accuracy changed from 85% to 100%.

Doom Desire now does Steel-type damage that will take the user's and target's types into account and can therefore receive STAB and no longer hit through Wonder Guard. Doom Desire no longer uses the Special Defense stat of the targeted Pokémon, but instead the Special Defense of the hit Pokémon.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Doom Desire inflicts the Set Damage status condition on the target.

Description

Games Description
RSE Summons strong sunlight to attack 2 turns later.
FRLG A move that attacks the foe with a blast of light two turns after use.
Summons strong sunlight to attack 2 turns later.
Two turns after this move is used, the user blasts the foe with a concentrated bundle of light.
Two turns after this move is used, the user blasts the target with a concentrated bundle of light.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
385 Jirachi Jirachi* Steel Psychic 50 70 70 '
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 the anime

Jirachi Doom Desire 1.png
Charging Doom Desire
Jirachi Doom Desire 5.png
Burst of bright light
Jirachi Doom Desire 2.png
Raises its opponent
Jirachi Doom Desire 4.png
Explosion
The user blasts the foe with a concentrated bundle of light.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Jirachi Jirachi's body starts to glow silver to charge the attack. Then, it starts to glow a very bright light and it flies up and raises the opponent into the air and it leaves behind a streak of white light, like a comet. It then lets off pulses of a multitude of colors and soars farther into the sky. Once it is high enough, it lets off an explosion. Finally, a meteor shower is released from the explosion.
Jirachi (M06) Jirachi: Wish Maker Debut


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 破滅願望 Pòmiè Yuànwàng
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Verdoemings Verlangen
France Flag.png French Carnareket
Germany Flag.png German Kismetwunsch
Greece Flag.png Greek Εκτυφλωτική Καταδίκη
Italy Flag.png Italian Obbliderio
South Korea Flag.png Korean 파멸의소원 Pamyeol-yi Soweon
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Desejo Cruel
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Desejo Mortal
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Želja za Uništenje
Spain Flag.png Spanish Deseo Oculto


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