Hex (move)

Hex たたりめ Evil Eye

File:Hex.png

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  50 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 but the user (long-range)

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

Hex (Japanese: たたりめ Evil Eye) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Hex inflicts damage and will have double the power when the target is affected by a major status ailment.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 43 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison 47 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 43 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 55 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 55 0200 Misdreavus Ghost 55 0353 Shuppet Ghost 31 0354 Banette Ghost 31 0355 Duskull Ghost 38 0356 Dusclops Ghost 42 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 22 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 22 0477 Dusknoir Ghost 42 0479 Rotom Electric Ghost 50 0479 Rotom Electric Fire 50 0479 Rotom Electric Water 50 0479 Rotom Electric Ice 50 0479 Rotom Electric Flying 50 0479 Rotom Electric Grass 50 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 50 0487 Giratina Ghost Dragon 50 0562 Yamask Ghost 17 0563 Cofagrigus Ghost 17 0592 Frillish Water Ghost 43 0593 Jellicent Water Ghost 45 0607 Litwick Ghost Fire 28 0608 Lampent Ghost Fire 28 0609 Chandelure Ghost Fire -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0351 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Castform
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar
Misdreavus
Shuppet, Banette
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Drifloon, Drifblim
Rotom
Yamask, Cofagrigus
Frillish, Jellicent
Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0359 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Absol
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Smeargle |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Yamask, Cofagrigus

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Frillish Hex.png Frillish
The user creates an intimidating purple eye which glares at the opponent. The move's power increases if the opponent is affected by a status affliction.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Frillish's eyes start to glow purple and light red and it holds its tentacles up in the air. Multiple beams of black energy outlined in dark purple emerges from the tips of both of Frillish's tentacles and float into the air above it. The black energy then meets into the air above it. Once it does, Frillish lowers its tentacles and the trailing black energy disappears from its tentacles. The black energy then combines and forms into a round black ball of energy with multiple branches of black energy coming off it. In the middle, an eye with a red iris and an indigo sclera. The eye then releases multiple light blue, magenta and dark blue rings of energy at the opponent. If the opponent is confused, the attack does double damage.
Trip's Frillish	A Rival Battle for Club Champ!		Debut

Trivia

• Tentacool and Tentacruel are the only non Ghost-type Pokémon that learn this move by level up.
• Hex is the only move introduced in Generation V that is learned by a member of the creation trio upon level-up; Giratina learns it at level 50.
• This move's description says that it does "massive damage" on a target with a status problem.

In other languages

• Chinese: 厄運臨頭 Èyùn Líntóu
• French: Chatiment
• German: Bürde
• Italian: Sciagura
• Spanish: Infortunio

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.