Perish Song (move)

Perish Song ほろびのうた Perish Song

File:Perish Song Lucas.jpg

Battles 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 King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Perish Song is a non-damaging Normal move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

After 3 turns, all Pokémon that are on the field when Perish Song was used will faint unless they switch out. If a Pokémon switches out with Baton Pass, Perish Song will still be in effect on the Pokémon switched in, even if it has the ability Soundproof.

In the anime

• LittleMiss.jpg

  Little Miss using Perish Song.

Pokémon

Misdreavus. Misdreavus sings a deadly song that hurts the opponent and herself.

• Used by Marina's Misdreavus from ??? to ???.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 45 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 51 0131 Lapras Water Ice 29 0186 Politoed Water -- 35 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 46 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 50 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" | 0039 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Jigglypuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus |- | 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" | Lapras |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed

|- | 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 0238 Smoochum Ice 49 0124 Jynx Poison 57 0131 Lapras Water Ice 25 0186 Politoed Water -- 35 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 45 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 50 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 48 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 54 0359 Absol Dark 46 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" | 0039 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Jigglypuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus |- | 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" | Lapras |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed |- | 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" | Swablu, Altaria

|- | 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 0238 Smoochum Ice 41 0124 Jynx Poison 49 0131 Lapras Water Ice 27 0186 Politoed Water -- 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 41 0251 Celebi Grass Psychic 91 0333 Swablu Normal Flying 50 0334 Altaria Dragon Flying 62 0359 Absol Dark 65 0402 Kricketune Bug 38 0493 Arceus Normal 90 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" | 0039 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Jigglypuff
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Marill, Azumarill |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius |- | 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" | Lapras |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0183 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Marill
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
Politoed |- | 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" | Swablu, Altaria

|- | 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 other languages

• French: requiem.
• German: Abgesang.
• Italian: ultimocanto.
• Spanish: canto mortal.