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.

8× weakness

Certain Pokémon gain an 8× weakness to a type when affected by Forest's Curse. This occurs when a dual-type Pokémon has a 4× weakness to a type to which the Grass-type is weak (4× doubled by Grass weakness = 8×). This is currently the only way for a Pokémon to have an 8× weakness.

Following is a list of Pokémon affected this way by Forest's Curse and the types to which they would have an 8× weakness:

# Name Type 1 Type 2 8× Weak to 149 Dragonite Dragon Flying Ice 205 Forretress Bug Steel Fire 207 Gligar Ground Flying Ice 212 Scizor Bug Steel Fire 212 Mega Scizor Bug Steel Fire 214 Heracross Bug Fighting Flying 214 Mega Heracross Bug Fighting Flying 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon Ice 330 Flygon Ground Dragon Ice 334 Altaria Dragon Flying Ice 373 Salamence Dragon Flying Ice 373 Mega Salamence Dragon Flying Ice 384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying Ice 413 Wormadam Bug Steel Fire 443 Gible Dragon Ground Ice 444 Gabite Dragon Ground Ice 445 Garchomp Dragon Ground Ice 445 Mega Garchomp Dragon Ground Ice 472 Gliscor Ground Flying Ice 589 Escavalier Bug Steel Fire 632 Durant Bug Steel Fire 645 Landorus Ground Flying Ice 649 Genesect Bug Steel Fire 686 Inkay Dark Psychic Bug 687 Malamar Dark Psychic Bug 714 Noibat Flying Dragon Ice 715 Noivern Flying Dragon Ice 718 Zygarde Dragon Ground Ice

Due to its Delta Stream ability, Mega Rayquaza gains a 4x weakness to Ice-type moves upon being affected by this move.

While no Bug/Ice-type or Ice/Steel-type Pokémon are known to exist, they would have an 8x weakness to Fire-type moves when affected by this move.

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

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.