Bullet Seed (move)

Bullet Seed タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun

Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  25 Accuracy  100% 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 III TM09 in Generation III TM09 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Bullet Seed (Japanese: タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun) is a damage-dealing Grass-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation III. It was TM09 from Generation III to Generation IV.

Effect

Generation III

Bullet Seed inflicts damage, hitting 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. This gives the attack an average power of 30. Each hit made has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Bullet Seed will end immediately if it breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV

Bullet Seed may now continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Due to the introduction of the Ability Skill Link, a Pokémon with said Ability will always hit five times when using Bullet Seed, if it does not miss. However, no Pokémon could naturally obtain Skill Link and Bullet Seed until Generation V.

Generation V

Bullet Seed's base power increased from 10 to 25, also increasing the average power from 30 to 75. There is now a 33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a 16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a 16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. The average number of hits remains 3.

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

Description

Games Description RSE Shoots 2 to 5 seeds in a row to strike the foe. FRLG The user shoots seeds at the foe. Two to five seeds are shot at once. Shoots 2 to 5 seeds in a row to strike the target. The user forcefully shoots seeds at the foe. Two to five seeds are shot in rapid succession. The user forcefully shoots seeds at the target. Two to five seeds are shot in rapid succession. The user forcefully shoots seeds at the target two to five times in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic				17				17			17
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying				19				19			19
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying				20				20			20
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying				20				20			20
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	25			21				21	25	25
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting											--
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				27				27	38	38
224		Octillery	Water		Water				29				29	46	46
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				--				--			--
573		Cinccino	Normal		Normal								--			--
710		Pumpkaboo	Ghost	Grass											26
711		Gourgeist	Ghost	Grass											26
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
069		Bellsprout	Grass		Grass
252		Treecko*	Grass		Grass
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying
459		Snover	Grass	Ice
511		Pansage	Grass		Grass
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I TM09		II TM09		III TM09		IV TM09		V --		VI --
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
043		Oddish	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
044		Gloom	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
045		Vileplume	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass	✔			✔						✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass	✔			✔						✔
069		Bellsprout	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
070		Weepinbell	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
071		Victreebel	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
102		Exeggcute	Grass	Psychic	✔			✔						✔
103		Exeggutor	Grass	Psychic	✔			✔						✔
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔						✔
152		Chikorita	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
153		Bayleef	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
154		Meganium	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
182		Bellossom	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying	✔			✔						✔
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying	✔			✔						✔
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying	✔			✔						✔
191		Sunkern	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
192		Sunflora	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				✔						✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water	✔			✔						✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				✔						✔
252		Treecko	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
253		Grovyle	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
270		Lotad	Water	Grass	✔			✔						✔
271		Lombre	Water	Grass	✔			✔						✔
272		Ludicolo	Water	Grass	✔			✔						✔
273		Seedot	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
274		Nuzleaf	Grass	Dark	✔			✔						✔
275		Shiftry	Grass	Dark	✔			✔						✔
285		Shroomish	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
286		Breloom	Grass	Fighting	✔			✔						✔
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	✔			✔						✔
316		Gulpin	Poison		Poison	✔			✔						✔
317		Swalot	Poison		Poison	✔			✔						✔
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	✔			✔						✔
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	✔			✔						✔
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	✔			✔						✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	✔			✔						✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying	✔			✔						✔
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
388		Grotle	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground				✔						✔
406		Budew	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
407		Roserade	Grass	Poison				✔						✔
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak	Bug	Grass				✔						✔
420		Cherubi	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
421		Cherrim	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
455		Carnivine	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
459		Snover	Grass	Ice				✔						✔
460		Abomasnow	Grass	Ice				✔						✔
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
470		Leafeon	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
492		Shaymin	Grass		Grass				✔						✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal				✔						✔
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 event

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0187 HoppipLv.10 Grass Flying Dream World - Pleasant Forest 0273 Seedot Grass Dream World - Dream Park 0285 Shroomish Grass Dream World - Dream Park 0420 Cherubi Grass Dream World - Dream Park 0511 Pansage Grass Mystery Egg Secret Egg Pokémon Center Best Wishes Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Bullet Seed is Ivysaur's standard Special move. Unlike the Pokémon games, where it had been relatively weak prior to Generation V, Bullet Seed may inflict up to 30-50% damage.

In the anime

Cacturne Mantine Ludicolo Tangrowth
The user shoots high velocity seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Shifty opens its mouth and fires large glowing yellow seeds or multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Brendan's Shiftry	Jirachi: Wish Maker		Debut
A wild Shiftry	Jump for Joy!		None
A wild Shiftry	Mystery on a Deserted Island!		None
	Seedot spins around quickly and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent, or Seedot jumps into the air and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from the top of its head.
Multiple wild Seedot	Jump for Joy!		None
A wild Seedot	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Nuzleaf fires glowing yellow or light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Multiple wild Nuzleaf	Jump for Joy!		None
Multiple wild Nuzleaf	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Grovyle shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Natasha's Grovyle	What You Seed is What You Get		None
Ash's Grovyle	Exploud and Clear		None
A mirage Grovyle merged with a mirage Mewtwo	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		None
Grovyle (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness		None
	Treecko shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Ash's Treecko	What You Seed is What You Get		None
	Cacturne shoots many glowing yellow seeds from the middle hole at its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Harley's Cacturne	A Cacturne for the Worse		None
	Ludicolo shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Brock's Ludicolo	Once in a Mawile		None
	Swalot shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Anthony's Swalot	Deceit and Assist		None
	Tropius shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Dominick's Tropius	From Brags to Riches		None
	Sceptile shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
Tyson's Sceptile	Shocks and Bonds		None
Ash's Sceptile	Cutting the Ties that Bind!		None
A Coordinator's Sceptile	Last Call - First Round!		None
	Vileplume shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity at the opponent.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
	Aggron shoots many glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at the opponent at a high velocity.
A mirage Aggron	The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon		Aggron cannot legally learn Bullet Seed*
	Budew fires multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Nando's Budew	Dawn of a New Era!		None
	Carnivine fires multiple glowing yellow seeds from its mouth at a high velocity at the opponent.
James's Carnivine	Gettin' Twiggy With It!		None
	The branch on Sudowoodo's head glows gold and it fires multiple glowing yellow seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave it to Brocko!		Used via Mimic
	Torterra fires multiple glowing white seeds at the opponent from its mouth.
Maury's Torterra	The Rise of Darkrai		None
	Snover sticks out one of its arms and releases multiple glowing yellow seeds from its hand at the opponent.
Candice's Snover	Sliding into Seventh!		None
	Tangrowth points its hands at the opponent and fires multiple glowing yellow seeds from its fingers at the opponent.
A wild Tangrowth	Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!		None
	Breloom opens its mouth and fires multiple light blue glowing seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Breloom	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
A wild Breloom	Genesect and the Legend Awakened		None
	Sunflora opens its mouth and fires multiple glowing light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Multiple wild Sunflora	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		None
	Kricketune opens its mouth and releases multiple glowing light blue seeds from its mouth at the opponent.
Two wild Kricketune	Zoroark: Master of Illusions		Kricketune cannot legally learn Bullet Seed
	Pansage releases multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its mouth at the opponent.
Cilan's Pansage	Triple Leaders, Team Threats!		None
	Mantine releases multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its mouth at the opponent.
Marlon's Mantine	The Road to Humilau!		None
	Roserade fires multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its flowers at the opponent.
Cher's Roserade	Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!		None
	Abomasnow releases multiple gold seeds surrounded in a light green aura from its mouth at the opponent.
Drago's Abomasnow	Survival of the Striaton Gym!		None

In the manga

In the Phantom Thief Pokémon 7 manga

Leafeon
The user fires seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Leafeon fires several seeds out of its mouth at the opponent.
Lily's Leafeon	Breaking Into An Enemy's Lair!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Grovyle
The user shoots a wave of seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Grovyle waves its hand around in a circle in front of it and a ring of seeds appear in front of it. Grovyle then waves its arm down and the seeds fire at the opponent at the same time.
Emerald's Grovyle	VS Rayquaza I		Debut

In other generations

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	Generation IX	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

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Variations of the move Bullet Seed
Bullet Seed • Icicle Spear

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