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 bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the opponent is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly. It will fail if the target is already Grass-type.

Description

Games Description XYORAS 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.

In the anime

Phantump
The user creates purple colored vines to come out of the ground, which turn the opponent into a Grass-type.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Phantump's eyes shine and then a ring of the color of their eyes shoots out of their eyes and hit the ground and then the ground grows purple and purple vines come out from where the purple glow is and constrict the opponent, turning the opponent into a Grass-type.
Multiple wild Phantump	Making Friends and Influencing Villains!		Debut

Trivia

• If a Dragon/Ice-type Pokémon (such as Kyurem) is affected by Forest's Curse, it becomes weak to 10 types, the most of any possible type combination outside of Inverse Battles.
• If a Pokemon with a double weakness to Fire, like Genesect, is affected by Forest's Curse, it is the only time in the games where a Pokemon takes 8X the base damage from a Fire type move like Fire Blast.

In other languages

Language Title French Maléfice Sylvain German Waldesfluch Italian Boscomalocchio Korean 숲의저주 Sup-yi Jeoju Brazilian Portuguese Maldição da Floresta Spanish Condena Silvana

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

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