Forest's Curse (move)

Forest's Curse もりののろい Forest's Curse

Battles Type  Grass Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch 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  Clever Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that successfully showed their appeal.

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

Forest's Curse (Japanese: もりののろい Forest's Curse) is a non-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation VI. It is the signature move of Phantump and Trevenant.

Effect

Forest's Curse adds the Grass type to the target, in addition to the Pokémon's original type(s). If it is used against a dual-type Pokémon, that Pokémon will have three types at once. If the target already has an additional type added to it by Trick-or-Treat, that type is replaced with the Grass type.

Forest's Curse will fail if the target Pokémon is already Grass-type.

Description

Games Description The user puts a forest curse on the target. Afflicted targets are now Grass type as well.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
708		Phantump	Ghost	Grass	35
709		Trevenant	Ghost	Grass	35
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.

Trivia

• If a target has a 4x weakness to a move type that is also super-effective against Grass types, an affected Pokémon will have an 8x weakness to that move type after being affected by Forest's Curse. This is the only instance of an 8x weakness being possible in the core series.

In other languages

Language Title French Maléfice Sylvain German Waldesfluch Italian Boscomalocchio Korean 숲의저주 Sup-yi Jeoju Spanish Condena Silvana

Variations of the move Forest's Curse
Forest's Curse • Trick-or-Treat

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