Night Daze (move)

Night Daze ナイトバースト Night Burst

Battles Type  Dark Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  85 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation V 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 V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Night Daze (Japanese: ナイトバースト Night Burst) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation V. It is the signature move of Zorua and Zoroark.

Effect

Night Daze deals damage and has a 40% chance of lowering the foe's accuracy by one stage.

Description

Games Description Conq The user lets loose a pitch-black shock wave at its target. It may also lower the target's accuracy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark	57			''''
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark	64			''''
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 games

Pokémon Conquest

Night Daze is the only move of Zoroark.

In the anime

Zoroark Zorua
The user creates a shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Zoroark's eyes glow light blue and its body becomes surrounded by a crimson aura. It then raises its arms above its head. When it does, the aura around its forearms gets thicker. It then slams its arms down into the ground. A pink and crimson glowing forcefield of energy appears from the aura around Zoroark's arms and grows larger, spreading all around it. The thicker the aura is around Zoroark's arms, the more powerful the attack becomes.
Zoroark (M13)	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		Debut
	Zorua's eyes glow light blue and it raises its front two paws into the air. Its body then becomes surrounded in a crimson aura. Zorua then brings its paws down to the ground and a pink and crimson forcefield of energy appears around Zorua's body and expands outwards throughout the whole battlefield.
Luke's Zorua	Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!		None

Trivia

• Night Daze, Seed Flare, and Smog are the only moves with a 40% chance of a secondary effect happening.
  • Coincidentally, both Night Daze and Seed Flare are signature moves and debuted in anime movies.
• Night Daze is the strongest special Dark-type move.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 黑夜爆裂 Hēiyè Bàoliè French Explonuit German Nachtflut Italian Urtoscuro Korean 나이트버스트 Night Burst Polish Błysk Nocy Brazilian Portuguese Confusão Noturna Spanish Latin America Aturdimiento Nocturno Spain Pulso Noche

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