Bullet Seed
Grass
Effect Summary
Hits 2-5 times per use.
Detailed Effect
Bullet Seed deals damage and hits 2-5 times per turn used.
The probability of each interval is shown in the table below, with the total power after each hit.
Each strike of Bullet Seed is treated like a separate attack:
The probability of each interval is shown in the table below, with the total power after each hit.
| Hits | Chance | Power |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 35% | 50 |
| 3 | 35% | 75 |
| 4 | 15% | 100 |
| 5 | 15% | 125 |
- Each strike can get a critical hit independently.
- Abilities that activate on contact (Static, Weak Armor, Iron Barbs etc.) activate for each strike.
- If the Sturdy ability, Focus Sash
, or Focus Band
activates before the final hit, the subsequent hit will still deal damage and therefore cause the target to faint.
- If the first hit breaks a Substitute, the second hit will deal damage to the target Pokémon.
- The move Counter only counters the final hit, but Bide counters the complete damage.
- If the user is holding a King's Rock
each individual hit has an equal chance to make the target flinch
- In Gen 3, Bullet Seed ends immediately if any hit breaks a Substitute.
- In Gen 3-4, if a Focus Sash
The probability of strike amounts is also different with an average amount of 3 hits per use, see the table below for detailed information:Hits Chance Power 2 37.5% 20 3 37.5% 30 4 12.5% 40 5 12.5% 50
Description
E
RS
Shoots 2 to 5 seeds in a row to strike the foe.
FRLG
The user shoots seeds at the foe. Two to five seeds are shot at once.
DP
HGSS
PL
The user forcefully shoots seeds at the foe. Two to five seeds are shot in rapid succession.
B2W2
BW
The user forcefully shoots seeds at the target. Two to five seeds are shot in rapid succession.
ORAS
XY
LGPLGE
SM
USUM
SWSH
The user forcefully shoots seeds at the target two to five times in a row.
Additional Information
Move Target
Normal
Affects a selected adjacent target.
Cannot selectCan selectWill select
Effect Type
Damage
Deals damage.
Interactions3
Blocked by Detect and Protect
Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
Ballistics-based
This move is blocked by Bulletproof.
Other Languages
Level Up
Egg Breeding
Machine
Contest Information
Contest
Cool
Red
Spicy FlavorContest Effect
Attempts to jam all Pokémon that have appealed this turn for half their appeal points (minimum 1).
Badly startles all Pokémon that made good appeals.
Appeal❤️❤️
Jam🖤
Super Contest
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Appeal❤️❤️