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Perish Song (move)

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Perish Song
ほろびのうた Perish Song
Perish Song VIII.png
Type  Normal
Category  Status
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
  • Is a sound-based move
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
All: Affects all Pokémon on the field
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  1 ♥
Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Makes the audience quickly grow bored when an appeal move has little effect.

Perish Song (Japanese: ほろびのうた Perish Song) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

All Pokémon on the field when Perish Song is used gain a perish count, except Pokémon with the Ability Soundproof and Pokémon that already have a perish count. Starting at 4 on the turn Perish Song is used, the perish count decreases by 1 at the end of each turn (including the turn Perish Song was used). When a Pokémon's perish count reaches 0, it faints.

Since Perish Song causes a Pokémon to faint without inflicting damage, it is unaffected by effects such as Focus Sash, Magic Guard and Sturdy.

If a Pokémon in switched out, its perish count is removed. However, if a Pokémon switches out with Baton Pass, its perish count will be transferred to the Pokémon switched in (even if it has the Ability Soundproof).

In Rotation Battles, if the Pokémon is rotated out, the perish count remains but does not decrease until that Pokémon is rotated back in.

Perish Song can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if either the move Mean Look or Sing was used in the prior turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining extra three appeal points if any of the moves Block, Mean Look or Spider Web was used in the prior turn.

Generation II

If the perish count of multiple Pokémon on the field reaches 0 at the end of a turn, they will faint simultaneously (but messages and animations show up one after another).

Generation III to VII

Pokémon with Soundproof are immune to Perish Song, including the user.

If the perish count of multiple Pokémon on the field reaches 0 at the end of a turn, they will now faint in the same order they would move in.

If powered up with a Normalium Z into Z-Perish Song, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Generation VIII

Pokémon with Soundproof are no longer immune to their own moves; consequently, if a Pokémon uses Perish Song, it will now gain a perish count even if it has Soundproof.

Description

Games Description
Stad2 A malevolent melody that causes both the user and the opponent to faint in three turns.
GSC Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
RSEColoXD Any Pokémon hearing this song faints in 3 turns.
FRLG Any battler that hears this faints in three turns unless it switches.
DPPtPBR Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.
HGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwSh 		Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0094    
  		Amorphous Amorphous 1
0124    
  		Human-Like Human-Like 51 57 49 55 1, 55 1, 55
0131    
  		Monster Water 1 29 25 27 27 27 27 60
0186     Water 1 Water 1 1, 35 1, 35 1 1 1 1
0200     Amorphous Amorphous 46 45 41 46 46 46
0238    
  		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 45 49 41 45 45 45
0251    
  		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 50 50 91 91 91 91 100
0333    
  		Flying Dragon 48 50 55BW
48B2W2 		48XY
42ORAS 		42
0334    
  		Flying Dragon 54 62 70BW
57B2W2 		57XY
46ORAS 		46
0359     Field Field 46 65 65 1, 65XY
1, 57ORAS 		1, 57
0402     Bug Bug 38DP
50PtHGSS 		50 50 50
0493     style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 90 90 90 90
0648    
  		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered 85 85 85
0864     Water 1 Water 3 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
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0086     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0092    
  		Amorphous Amorphous ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0104     Monster Monster ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0174    
  		Fairy Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0183    
  		Water 1 Fairy ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0198    
  		Flying Flying ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
0358     Amorphous Amorphous ✔USUM
0359     Field Field ✔ ✔ ✔
0728     Water 1 Field ✔ ✔
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 V

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0104     Monster Monster Dream World - Icy Cave
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.


Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0730    
  		Water 1 Field Hidden Ability Pokémon Bank Primarina
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

Perish Song targets all enemies on the floor. It has very low accuracy.

Any Pokémon in the player's team affected by Perish Song will faint in 3 turns. However, it can be prevented by entering the stairs to the next floor or by sending home an affected partner before the third turn. It can also be prevented via any move, Ability, or item that heals all status effects (as opposed to a particular status effect), such as Heal Bell, Shed Skin, or a Heal Seed.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts the Perish Song status on all foes on the floor. The affected foes faint after several turns.
MDTDS Afflicts all enemies on the floor with a Perish Song status condition. All Pokémon with the Perish Song status faint after several turns.
BSL フロアの てきポケモンを ほろびのうたじょうたいにかえる ほろびのうたじょうたいになった ポケモンは しばらくすると たおれてしまう
MDGtI It causes the Perish Song status condition to enemies on the floor. With the Perish Song status, the enemies will faint 3 turns later.
SMD Enemies affected by this attack faint in 3 turns.*
It causes the Perish Song status condition to enemies on the floor. In the Perish Song status condition, the enemies will faint 3 turns later.*


In the anime

 
Misdreavus
 
Altaria
 
Absol
Any Pokémon that hears this song faints.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Misdreavus sings loudly and black waves of energy come out of its mouth, hurting Misdreavus and making crimson static appear over the opponent, hurting them as well.
Marina's Little Miss The Legend of Thunder! Debut
  Altaria flies into the air and sings. As it does, a trail of gold light with multicolored sparkles in it comes out from behind its body.
Nando's Altaria Last Call - First Round! None
  Absol releases crimson soundwaves from its mouth at the opponent.
Magnus's Absol The Bonds of Evolution! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

 
Politoed


Any Pokémon that hears this song faints.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Politoed sings a quiet song into its opponent's ear. After a while, both the opponent and Politoed faint.
Gold's Polibo The Last Battle VI Debut


In other generations

Core series games

     
Generation II Generation III Generation IV
   
  		 
 
Generation V Generation VI Generation VII

Side series games

       
Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution

Spin-off series games

 
MD: Red and Blue

Trivia

 
Perish Song animation when displaying the counter in Battle Revolution.
 
Perish Song dropping to zero in Battle Revolution.
  • Perish Song displays animation when displaying the counter, as well as when it drops to zero in Pokémon Battle Revolution.
  • The move could be a reference to the tritone, a musical interval also known as Diabolus in musica (Devil in music), since it was believed that when it was used, the devil got into the notes; this explains why the move has the effect of making everyone faint after three turns, its name, and the fact its animations features musical notes changing their color to black.


In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 滅亡之歌 Mihtmòhng-jī Gō
Mandarin 滅亡之歌 / 灭亡之歌 Mièwáng-zhī Gē
  Dutch Verdwijnlied
  French Requiem
  German Abgesang
  Greek Κύκνειο Άσμα
  Hindi मारने का गाना Maarne Ka Gaana
  Italian Ultimocanto
  Korean 멸망의노래 Myeolmang-yi Norae
  Polish Requiem
  Brazilian Portuguese Canção do Perecer
  Serbian Pesma stradanja
Spanish   Latin America Canción de Terror (TLoT)
Canto Mortal
  Spain Canto Mortal
  Vietnamese Bài Ca Hủy Diệt


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