Belch (move)

Belch ゲップ Belch

Battles Type  Poison Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  120 Accuracy  90% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Belch (Japanese: ゲップ Belch) is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Belch deals damage and requires the user to eat its held Berry to use the move. The move will fail if the user has no Berry.

Description

Games Description The user lets out a damaging belch on the target. The user must eat a Berry to use this move.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
023		Ekans	Poison		Poison	38
024		Arbok	Poison		Poison	48
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	40
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	46
336		Seviper	Poison		Poison	46
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	46
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	56
453		Croagunk	Poison	Fighting	47
454		Toxicroak	Poison	Fighting	58
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	42
569		Garbodor	Poison		Poison	49
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		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
001		Bulbasaur*	Grass	Poison
079		Slowpoke*	Water	Psychic
086		Seel	Water		Water
143		Snorlax*	Normal		Normal
270		Lotad*	Water	Grass
631		Heatmor	Fire		Fire
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 languages

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