Punishment (move)

Punishment おしおき Punishment

Battles Type  Dark Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  — 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  0   ???

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon gets the lowest score.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jamming  1 ♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of.

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

Punishment (Japanese: おしおき Punishment) is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV to VII

Punishment deals damage. It normally has a base power of 60, but gains 20 power for every increased stat stage the target has, up to a maximum of 200 base power in total (i.e. capping at 7 positive stat stages). Stats decreased below normal do not affect this move's power.

For example, if the target has used Shell Smash once (which increases Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by two stages each; but decreases Defense and Special Defense by one stage each), it has a total of 6 increased stat stages, which causes Punishment to have a base power of 180. (The fact that Defense and Special Defense are lowered below normal has no effect on the base power.)

Generation VIII onwards

Punishment cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IV	V	VI	VII
									SMUSUM
0056		Mankey		Field		Field	45	45	45	29
0057		Primeape		Field		Field	53	53	53	30
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	−	44B2W2	44	44
0249		Lugia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	71DPPt 50HGSS	50	50	50
0250		Ho-Oh		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	71DPPt 50HGSS	50	50	50
0289		Slaking		Field		Field	55	61	1, 61XY 1, 53ORAS	1, 53
0302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like	36	36	36XY 24ORAS	24
0392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like	33	29	29	29
0461		Weavile		Field		Field	−	44B2W2	44	44
0493		Arceus All available forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	1	1	1	1
0570		Zorua		Field		Field		45	45	45
0571		Zoroark		Field		Field		49	49	49
0629		Vullaby		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
0630		Mandibuzz		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
0645		Landorus All available forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		13	13	7
0763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass				1USUM
0772		Type: Null		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				65
0773		Silvally All forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				65
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
						IV	V	VI	VII
									SMUSUM
0052		Meowth		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0052		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field				✔
0174		Igglybuff		Fairy		Fairy	−	✔	✔	✔
0198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying	−	−	−	✔USUM
0215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0241		Miltank		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0303		Mawile		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔
0336		Seviper		Field	Dragon	−	✔	✔	✔
0359		Absol		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
0434		Stunky		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
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 VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0571		ZoroarkLv. 45		Field		Field	Pokémon EXPO Gym Zoroark
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

Punishment inflicts damage. Its power increases by the number of stat boosts the target has (up to 10 boosts in the Explorers series), ignoring any Defense boosts the target has when calculating the damage.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Punishment

★★★
Attack power	15.16471
Charge time	0.52 seconds
Range type	Arc (melee)
Number of hits	2
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	None

Description

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Vullaby
One of the user's appendages glows purple and it slaps the opponent with it.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	One of Vullaby's wings glows purple and she slaps the opponent with it.
Nursery's Vullaby	Unrest at the Nursery!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

[show] Sableye
The user blows the target away with a wave of energy. The more the target has powered up with stat changes, the greater the move's power.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sableye points one of its fingers straight up in the air and a beam of energy shoots out from its front and its back and hits the opponent. The attack does much more damage if Sableye was hit with an attack before using it.
Jupiter's Sableye	Tackling Tangrowth		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

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

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

Trivia

• In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Murkrow is programmed to be able to learn Punishment through breeding, but no other Pokémon in the Flying Group can pass down Punishment as an Egg Move in those games. Vullaby and Mandibuzz are the only Flying Egg Group Pokémon that can learn Punishment, but they cannot pass down the move due to being female-only species.

In other languages

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