Petal Dance (move)

Petal Dance はなびらのまい Petal Dance

Battles Type  Grass Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  120 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally 1 Random: Affects a random opponent

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jams the others, and misses one turn of appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

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

Petal Dance (Japanese: はなびらのまい Petal Dance) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation II, it was the signature move of Oddish's evolutionary line.

Effect

Generation I

Petal Dance inflicts damage for 3-4 turns, has a base power of 70, and 20 PP. PP is deducted only on the turn Petal Dance is first called. Once called, even if the move misses, the user will only be able to use Petal Dance, and will not be able to switch out. After Petal Dance is finished, the user becomes confused, due to fatigue.

If the Petal Dance duration is disrupted (such as by full paralysis or hurting itself due to confusion), it will immediately end. The user will only become confused if Petal Dance is fully executed, without its duration being disrupted. Sleep, freeze, binding, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of Petal Dance.

If a change in accuracy or evasion affects Petal Dance's accuracy, the decrease in accuracy will be reapplied on each automatic turn. Its accuracy will return to normal when it is selected again. If Petal Dance misses due to the 99.6% accuracy bug of 100%-accuracy moves when there are no other accuracy or evasion modifiers in effect, or in case said modifiers cancel each other, its accuracy will be unaffected. If Petal Dance misses during the turn it is selected, its secondary effects will not activate.

In Stadium, after the duration of Petal Dance ends, there will be a notice that the user becomes confused.

Generations II and III

The duration of Petal Dance is decreased to 2-3 turns.

In battles with multiple opponents, the user selects itself as the target, but hits an adjacent opponent that is selected at random upon each use of the move.

Petal Dance can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 4 bonus appeal points if Growth was used in the previous turn.

Generation IV

The power of Petal Dance is increased to 90. All other effects are the same.

Generation V onwards

The power of Petal Dance is further increased to 120, and its PP is reduced to 10. It is disrupted if it is not successful due to missing, sleeping, paralysis, freeze, flinching or is blocked by a protection move. If a disruption occurs on what would have been the final, confusion-inducing turn of Petal Dance, the user will still become confused.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII		VIII			IX
												SMUSUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	LA	SV
0003		Venusaur		Monster	Grass	−	−	−	32	32	32	1, Evo.	1, Evo.	1	1		1
0043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	33	39	39	41	41	41XY 51ORAS	51	−	40	40		40
0044		Gloom		Grass		Grass	38	44	44	53	53	53XY 59ORAS	59	−	50	50		50
0045		Vileplume		Grass		Grass	1	1	44	53	53	53XY 59ORAS	59	54	1	1		1
0154		Meganium		Monster	Grass		−	−	32	32	32	1, Evo.			1, Evo.		Evo.
0182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass		1	44	−	−	−	59		1	1		1
0192		Sunflora		Grass		Grass		31	37	33	33BW 28B2W2	28	28			28		28
0315		Roselia		Fairy	Grass			49	40	40BW 37B2W2	37XY 50ORAS	50		60	60	52
0406		Budew		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				−	−	−	−		−	−	52
0407		Roserade		Fairy	Grass				−	−	−	−		1	1	52
0420		Cherubi		Fairy	Grass				−	−	−	−		−	−	47
0421		Cherrim		Fairy	Grass				25	25	25	1, Evo.		62	62	47
0549		Lilligant		Grass		Grass					46	46	46		1, Evo.			Evo.
0549		Lilligant Hisuian Form		Grass		Grass											53	−
0556		Maractus		Grass		Grass					38	38	38		56
0669		Flabébé All forms		Fairy		Fairy						45	45					45
0670		Floette All forms		Fairy		Fairy						51	51					51
0670		Floette Eternal Flower		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						51	51
0671		Florges All forms		Fairy		Fairy						1	1					1
0764		Comfey		Grass		Grass							40		45			45
0930		Arboliva		Grass		Grass												58
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		Types	Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII		IX
											SMUSUM	SwSh	BDSP	SV
0001		Bulbasaur		Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
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 II

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 New York Pokémon Center
0152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #1 and #2 New York Pokémon Center
0172		Pichu		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 New York Pokémon Center
0173		Cleffa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 New York Pokémon Center
0174		Igglybuff		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 New York Pokémon Center
0238		Smoochum		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	Pokémon Center Mystery Egg #2 New York Pokémon Center
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.

Generation III

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0052		Meowth		Field		Field	Egg Pokémon Present
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 games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Petal Dance deals damage, hitting the target 2-3 times (2-5 times prior to Gates to Infinity) per use. The user becomes confused after the move ends.

Pokémon Conquest

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Stars: ★★★★ Power: 41 Accuracy: 100%

Effect: Attacks each target two to three times. The user's Range drops to an unimprovable 0 for the next turn. If the move misses any target, the multi-strike move will cease.

Users:

Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Petal Dance

★★★★★
Attack power	143.2167
Charge time	3.24 seconds
Range type	Circular (self)
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	Confuses the user

Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Petal Dance is Venusaur's second move. It is obtained by reaching level 7 as Ivysaur and upgrading Razor Leaf into it instead of Solar Beam. The user scatters petals around themself for 5s, increasing movement speed and damaging enemies over time in the radius. This movement speed increase slowly decays during the duration of this move. This move reduces the cooldown of Sludge Bomb or Giga Drain by 30% of the current remaining cooldown, per tick of damage that hit an enemy player (hitting multiples enemies reduces the cooldown more). At level 13, its radius increases.

Description

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Roserade Maractus Bulbasaur Lilligant
The user attacks the target by scattering pink petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Roselia spins around quickly and pink petals fly out of it and spiral towards the opponent; or, Roselia holds out its hands, and pink petals come out of the roses.
Drew's Roselia	Now That's Flower Power!		Debut
	Bulbasaur releases multiple pink petals in a twister-like fashion at the opponent from the opening in its bulb; or, Bulbasaur's bulb glows a bright yellow and it releases multiple bright glowing pink petals in a twister like fashion at the opponent from the opening in its bulb.
May's Bulbasaur	Where's Armaldo?		None
Shauna's Bulbasaur	Day Three Blockbusters!		None
	Skitty lifts up its paw and a white orb appears around it. It then shoots a spiral of pink petals from the orb at the opponent.
May's Skitty	Pacifidlog Jam		Used via Assist
	Vileplume stretches the opening on its flower at the opponent and releases pink petals in a spiraling fashion at the opponent. When it is hit, the opponent becomes confused.
Nicolette's Vileplume	May's Egg-Cellent Adventure		None
A Coordinator's Vileplume	Weekend Warrior		None
	Bellossom releases a spiral of pink petals at the opponent from the flowers on its head.
A Coordinator's Bellossom	Weekend Warrior		None
	Roserade spins around quickly and releases pink petals from all around its body at the opponent.
Forsythia's Roserade	Oh Do You Know the Poffin Plan!		None
	Maractus jumps high into the air and starts spinning around quickly. It then releases multiple glowing pink petals from the flowers on the end of its ears down below it. The petals then come together, form into a horizontal tornado, and fire at the opponent.
Toby's Marra	A Maractus Musical!		None
Toby's Racca	A Maractus Musical!		None
	Mega Venusaur releases multiple shining pink petals at the opponent.
A Trainer's Venusaur	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction		None
	Lilligant spins around and multiple pink petals surround her body. The petals are then fired at the opponent in the form of a spiral.
Lusamine's Lilligant	Rescuing the Unwilling!		None

• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness and its sequel, Sunflora was mentioned to know Petal Dance, but it never got a chance to use the move on-screen.

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Vileplume
The user attacks the target by scattering glowing green petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Vileplume jumps into the air and fires a barrage of glowing green petals at the opponent.
Erika's Vileplume	Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer		None

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Roselia
The user attacks with spinning petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Roselia spins around and shoots petal-shaped leaves.
Drew's Roselia	The Enchanting Pokémon Soul!		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

Maractus Vileplume Bellossom
The user attacks by scattering petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vileplume releases a swirl of spiraling petals from the hole on its flower at the opponent. Sometimes it spins around to use the attack.
Erika's Vileplume	Blame it on Eevee		Debut
	Bellossom spins its body around and multiple petals come out of its body and float into the air. The petals then bloom into flowers and the flowers slice the opponent.
Erika's Bellossom	Bringing up Bellossom		None
	Maractus spins around and shoots petal-shaped leaves at the opponent.
A Team Plasma Grunt's Maractus	Sandstorm		None

Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master!

Cherrim
The user attacks by scattering petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cherrim releases a cloud of petals from its body at the opponent.
Ryū's Cherrim	ABMS1		Debut

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

Vileplume
The user attacks by scattering petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vileplume releases multiple petals from its body at the opponent.
A wild Vileplume	GDZ34		Debut
	Bellossom releases multiple petals from its body at the opponent.
Mikuri's Bellossom	GDZ39		None

Pokémon Zensho

Vileplume
The user attacks with swarms of petals.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Vileplume attacks with swarms of petals.
Erika's Vileplume	Celadon City		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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

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

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

Side series games

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

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

Spin-off series games

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

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 花瓣舞 Fāfáan Móuh * 花之舞 Fā-jī Móuh * Mandarin 花瓣舞 Huābàn Wǔ * 花之舞 Huā-zhī Wǔ * Czech Listový tanec Danish Kronbladsdans Dutch Bloemendans Finnish Terälehtitanssi French Danse FleursVIII+ Danse-FleurI–VII German Blättertanz Greek Χορός Πετάλων Hebrew ריקוד עלי כותרת Rikkud A'alei Koteret Hindi फूलों का नाच Phoolon Ka Naach पंखुड़ियों का नाच Pankhoodiyon kaa naach Indonesian Tarian Kelopak Bunga Italian Petalodanza Korean 꽃잎댄스 Kkonnipdaenseu Polish Taniec Płatków Brazilian Portuguese Dança das Pétalas (games, anime, TCG, manga) Dança de Pétalas (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Dança de Pétala (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Romanian Dansul Petalei Serbian Ples Latica Spanish Latin America Danza de Pétalos (Season 6, Season 15-present) Baile de Petalos (Season 7-10) Spain Danza Pétalo Thai ระบำกลีบดอกไม้ Petal Randi Turkish Taç Yaprak Vietnamese Vũ Điệu Cánh Hoa

Variations of the move Thrash
Thrash • Outrage • Raging Fury Petal Dance

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