Rototiller (move)

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Rototiller たがやす Plow

Battles Type  Ground Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not 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 All: Affects all Pokémon on the field

Availability Introduced  Generation VI Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too.

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

Rototiller (Japanese: たがやす Plow) is a non-damaging Ground-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Rototiller raises the Attack and Special Attack stats of all Grass-type Pokémon in the battle by one stage. The move will fail if there are no Grass-type Pokémon present on the battlefield.

Description

Games Description Tilling the soil, the user makes it easier for plants to grow. This raises the Attack and Sp. Atk stats of Grass-type Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	--
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal	--
400		Bibarel	Normal	Water	--
428		Lopunny	Normal		Normal	--
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal	--
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	--
660		Diggersby	Normal	Ground	--
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
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground
046		Paras*	Bug	Grass
095		Onix*	Rock	Ground
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass
557		Dwebble*	Bug	Rock
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 languages

Language Title French Fertilisation German Pflüger Italian Aracampo Korean 일구기 Ilgugi Spanish Fertilizante

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