Rototiller (move)

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Rototiller たがやす Plow

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all Pokémon on the field

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Rototiller (Japanese: たがやす Plow) is a non-damaging Ground-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Rototiller raises the Attack and Special Attack stats of all Grass-type Pokémon in the battle by one stage. It does not affect Flying-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Levitate, Pokémon holding an Air Balloon, or Pokémon under the effects of Magnet Rise or Telekinesis, unless the Pokémon is also under the effects of Gravity, Smack Down, Ingrain, or Thousand Arrows, or if the Pokémon is holding an Iron Ball. The move will fail if there are no Grass-type Pokémon present on the battlefield.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SM Tilling the soil, the user makes it easier for plants to grow. This raises the Attack and Sp. Atk stats of Grass-type Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0051		Dugtrio		Field		Field	1	1
051A		Dugtrio Alola Form		Field		Field		1
0264		Linoone		Field		Field	1	1
0400		Bibarel		Water 1	Field	1	1
0428		Lopunny		Field	Human-Like	1	1
0505		Watchog		Field		Field	1	1
0530		Excadrill		Field		Field	1	1
0660		Diggersby		Field		Field	1	1
0749		Mudbray		Field		Field		8
0750		Mudsdale		Field		Field		1, 8
0787		Tapu Bulu		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		38
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
0027		Sandshrew		Field		Field	✔	✔
0046		Paras		Bug	Grass	✔	✔
0095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔
0111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field	✔	✔
0331		Cacnea		Human-Like	Grass	✔	✔
0557		Dwebble		Bug	Mineral	✔	✔
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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Being affected
The user increases Grass-type attacks by tilling the soil.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Diggersby makes the ground soft, making it hard to move around. This move powers up Grass-type attacks.
Aliana's Diggersby	X & Y chapter		Debut

In other languages

Language Title French Fertilisation German Pflüger Italian Aracampo Korean 일구기 Ilgugi Brazilian Portuguese Rototiller Spanish Fertilizante

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