Tail Whip (move)

Tail Whip しっぽをふる Tail Wag

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  30 (max. 48) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   The appeal works great if performed last.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  0   Works great if the user goes last this turn.

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

Tail Whip (Japanese: しっぽをふる Tail Wag) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Tail Whip decreases the Defense stat of all adjacent opponents by one stage.

Tail Whip can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if the move Charm was used in the prior turn.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Tail Whip, the user's Attack stat rises one stage.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 A move that lower the target's Defense. Useful against tough, armored Pokémon. GSC Lowers the foe's Defense. RSEColo.XD Wags the tail to lower the foe's Defense. FRLG The user wags its tail cutely, making the foe lower its Defense stat. DPPtHGSSPBR The user wags its tail cutely, making the foe less wary. The target's Defense stat is lowered. BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE The user wags its tail cutely, making opposing Pokémon less wary and lowering their Defense stat. SwShBDSPLA The user wags its tail cutely, making opposing Pokémon less wary and lowering their Defense stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
007		Squirtle		Monster	Water 1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4SMUSUM 5PE	1
008		Wartortle		Monster	Water 1	1	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE	1
009		Blastoise		Monster	Water 1	1	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE	1
019		Rattata		Field		Field	1	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 3PE	1BDSP
019		Rattata Alolan Form		Field		Field							1SMUSUM 3PE
020		Raticate		Field		Field	1	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 1, 3PE	1BDSP
020		Raticate Alolan Form		Field		Field							1SMUSUM 1, 3PE
025		Pikachu		Field	Fairy	6Y	6	6	5	5	1	1SMUSUM 3PE	1
026		Raichu		Field	Fairy		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
026		Raichu Alolan Form		Field	Fairy							1	1SwSh
029		Nidoran♀		Monster	Field	21RGB 23Y	23	8	7	7	7	7SMUSUM 3PE	10
030		Nidorina		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	23RGB 27Y	27	8	7	7	7	7SMUSUM 1, 3PE	1
031		Nidoqueen		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
037		Vulpix		Field		Field	1	1	5	4	4	4	4SMUSUM 3PE	1
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field							4SMUSUM 3PE	1SwSh
038		Ninetales		Field		Field	1						1PE	1
038		Ninetales Alolan Form		Field		Field							1PE	1SwSh
054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field	28	5	5	5	5BW 4B2W2	4	4SMUSUM 5PE	1
055		Golduck		Water 1	Field	1, 28	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5BW 1, 4B2W2	1, 4	1, 4SMUSUM 1, 5PE	1
077		Ponyta		Field		Field	30	8	9	10DP 6PtHGSS	4	4	4SMUSUM 1PE	5
077		Ponyta Galarian Form		Field		Field								5SwSh
078		Rapidash		Field		Field	1, 30	1, 8	1, 9	1, 10DP 1, 6PtHGSS	1, 4	1, 4	1, 4SMUSUM 1PE	1
078		Rapidash Galarian Form		Field		Field								1SwSh
104		Cubone		Monster		Monster	13Y	5	5	3	3	3	3SMUSUM 2PE	4
105		Marowak		Monster		Monster	1, 13Y	1, 5	1, 5	1, 3	1, 3	1, 3	1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE	1
105		Marowak Alolan Form		Monster		Monster							1, 3SMUSUM 1, 2PE	1SwSh
111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field	35	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
112		Rhydon		Monster	Field	1, 35	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
113		Chansey		Fairy		Fairy	1Y	9	5	5	5	5	5SMUSUM 8PE	4
115		Kangaskhan		Monster		Monster	31	19	13	10	10	10	10SMUSUM 11PE	1
118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
119		Seaking		Water 2		Water 2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
128		Tauros		Field		Field	28	4	4RSE 1FRLG	3	3	3	3SMUSUM 6PE	1
133		Eevee		Field		Field	31RGB 1Y	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 3PE	1
134		Vaporeon		Field		Field	37RGB 1Y	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 1, 3PE	1
135		Jolteon		Field		Field	37RGB 1Y	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 1, 3PE	1
136		Flareon		Field		Field	37RGB 1Y	1	1	1	1	1	1SMUSUM 1, 3PE	1
172		Pichu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		6	6	5	5	5	5	1
183		Marill		Water 1	Fairy		6	6	7	7BW 2B2W2	2	2	1
184		Azumarill		Water 1	Fairy		1, 6	1, 6	1, 7	1, 7BW 1, 2B2W2	1, 2	1, 2	1
187		Hoppip		Fairy	Grass		5	5	7	7	6	6	6BDSP
188		Skiploom		Fairy	Grass		1, 5	1, 5	1, 7	1, 7	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6BDSP
189		Jumpluff		Fairy	Grass		1, 5	1, 5	1, 7	1, 7	1, 6	1, 6	1, 6BDSP
190		Aipom		Field		Field		1	1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
194		Wooper		Water 1	Field		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
195		Quagsire		Water 1	Field		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
196		Espeon		Field		Field		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
197		Umbreon		Field		Field		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
209		Snubbull		Field	Fairy		4	4	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
210		Granbull		Field	Fairy		4	4	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
242		Blissey		Fairy		Fairy		7	4	5	5	5	5	4
263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field			5	5	5	5	5	6
264		Linoone		Field		Field			1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1
298		Azurill		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			6	7	7BW 2B2W2	2	2	1
300		Skitty		Field	Fairy			3	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
301		Delcatty		Field	Fairy								1BDSP
352		Kecleon		Field		Field			1	1	1	1	1	1BDSP
418		Buizel		Water 1	Field								7BDSP
419		Floatzel		Water 1	Field								7BDSP
424		Ambipom		Field		Field				1	1	1	1	1BDSP
464		Rhyperior		Monster	Field				1	1	1	1	1
470		Leafeon		Field		Field				1	1	1	1	1
471		Glaceon		Field		Field				1	1	1	1	1
498		Tepig		Field		Field					3	3	3
499		Pignite		Field		Field					1, 3	1, 3	1, 3
500		Emboar		Field		Field					1, 3	1, 3	1, 3
501		Oshawott		Field		Field					5	5	5
502		Dewott		Field		Field					1, 5	1, 5	1, 5
503		Samurott		Field		Field					1, 5	1, 5	1, 5
522		Blitzle		Field		Field					4	4	4
523		Zebstrika		Field		Field					1, 4	1, 4	1, 4
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2						1	1	1SwSh
587		Emolga		Field		Field					7	7	7	1SwSh
653		Fennekin		Field		Field						1	1
654		Braixen		Field		Field						1	1
655		Delphox		Field		Field						1	1
672		Skiddo		Field		Field						9	9
673		Gogoat		Field		Field						9	1, 9
676		Furfrou		Field		Field						15	15
690		Skrelp		Water 1	Dragon						9	9	15SwSh
691		Dragalge		Water 1	Dragon						9	9	15SwSh
694		Helioptile		Monster	Dragon						1	1	1SwSh
695		Heliolisk		Monster	Dragon								1SwSh
696		Tyrunt		Monster	Dragon						1	1	1SwSh
697		Tyrantrum		Monster	Dragon						1	1	1SwSh
700		Sylveon		Field		Field						1	1	1SwSh
702		Dedenne		Field	Fairy						1	1	1SwSh
808		Meltan		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							9PE	8SwSh
809		Melmetal		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							1, 9PE	1SwSh
819		Skwovet		Field		Field								1SwSh
820		Greedent		Field		Field								1SwSh
827		Nickit		Field		Field								1SwSh
828		Thievul		Field		Field								1SwSh
835		Yamper		Field		Field								1SwSh
836		Boltund		Field		Field								1SwSh
877		Morpeko		Field	Fairy								1SwSh
896		Glastrier		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								1SwSh
897		Spectrier		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								1SwSh
898		Calyrex Ice Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								1SwSh
898		Calyrex Shadow Rider		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered								1SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
052		Meowth		Field		Field			✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy				✔	✔	✔	✔BDSP
431		Glameow		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔BDSP
572		Minccino		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team, Blue Rescue Team, Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Tail Whip is a move with 22PP and 100% accuracy. The user targets enemy in front of them and lowers their Defense by one stage. This move is affected by Magic Coat and Taunt.

Description

Games Description MDRB Lowers the target's Defense by one level. MDTDS Reduces the target's Defense by 1 level. BSL てきポケモンの ぼうぎょを １だんかいさげる MDGtI SMD MDRTDX It lowers the enemy's Defense.

In the anime

Alolan Raticate	Psyduck	Marill
The user wags its tail cutely.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Psyduck	Psyduck wags its tail back and forth at the opponent.
Misty's Psyduck	The Ninja Poké-Showdown		Debut
Marill	Marill jumps into the air above the opponent and hits its face lightly with the orb on the end of its tail once or repeatedly.
Marill (Pikachu shorts)	Pikachu's Exploration Club		None
Raticate	Alolan Raticate hits the opponent with its tail.
Totem Raticate	A Team-on-Team Tussle!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Vulpix	Golduck	Rhyhorn	Blitzle
The user wags its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Rhyhorn	Rhyhorn whips its backside around and hits the opponent with its small tail.
Giovanni's Rhyhorn	Long Live the Nidoqueen!?		Debut
Golduck	Golducks wags its tail back and forth and repeatedly hits the opponent with it.
Blue's Golduck	Lapras Lazily		None
Vulpix	Vulpix turns around and waves its six tails back and forth in the air.
Courtney's Vulpix	It All Ends Now III		None
Blitzle	Blitzle turns its back to the opponent and waves its tail back and forth.
Andy's Blitzle	Black's First Trainer Battle		None

• In Wartortle Wars, Green's Blasty was revealed to know Tail Whip as a Wartortle by Red's Pokédex.
• Joey's Rattata was revealed to know Tail Whip on the official web site, but he was never shown using the move.
• A conman's Wooper were revealed to know Tail Whip on the official web site, but they was never shown using the move.

Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!

	Wooper
The user wags its tail.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Wooper	Wooper wags its tail.
Kakuzō's Wooper	ABM06		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 搖尾巴 Yìuh Méihbā * 揮舞尾巴 Fāimóuh Méihbā * Mandarin 搖尾巴 / 摇尾巴 Yáo Wěiba Czech Šlehnutí ocasem Danish Halepisk Dutch Staart Zweep (EP032) Kwispel Finnish Pyrstölyönti French Mimi-Queue German Rutenschlag Greek Λίκνισμα Ουράς Líkvisma Ourás Italian Colpocoda Korean 꼬리흔들기 Kkoriheundeulgi Norwegian Halepisk Polish Atak Kuperkiem (EP032-EP066) Machanie Kuperkiem (EP032) Brazilian Portuguese Chicote de Cauda (anime, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Cauda Chicote (TCG, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook) Serbian Bičevanje repom Spanish Latin America Golpe de Cola Spain Látigo Swedish Svanspiska Turkish Kuyruk Sallama Vietnamese Vẫy Đuôi

Variations of the move Leer
Leer • Tail Whip

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