Bullet Seed (move) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia

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Bullet Seed (Japanese: タネマシンガン Seed Machine Gun) is a damage-dealing Grass-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation III.

It is:

Effect

Bullet Seed inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use.

Bullet Seed may continue attacking after breaking a substitute. Bide will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Pokémon with Skill Link will always hit five times when using Bullet Seed unless it misses. Pokémon with Bulletproof are immune to Bullet Seed. Sturdy will activate with each hit if the defending Pokémon has a maximum HP of 1. If the target has Weak Armor or Stamina, each strike will activate it.

If the user is holding a King's Rock or Razor Fang, each consecutive hit has an equal chance to cause the opponent to flinch.

Generation III

Bullet Seed's base power is 10 per strike. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Each strike made has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Bullet Seed is a special move. Mirror Coat will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Bullet Seed can be used as the second move of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining 2 bonus appeal points if Growth was used in the previous turn.

Generation IV

Bullet Seed is now a physical move. Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Generation V onwards

Bullet Seed's base power was increased from 10 to 25. There is now a 35% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 35% chance it will hit 3 times, a 15% chance it will hit 4 times, and a 15% chance it will hit 5 times. The average total base power is now 77.5.

If a Focus Sash activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent.

Bullet Seed can also be used as part of a Contest Spectacular combination, with the user gaining an extra three appeal points if the move Rototiller was used in the prior turn.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

By breeding

Special move

Generation V

Generation IX

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0286				Fairy	Grass	Wild Tera Pokémon - West Province (Area Three)SV
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 V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0511				Field		Mystery Egg Secret Egg Pokémon Center Best Wishes
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

Bullet Seed inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. Each hit has a separate accuracy check, though the move will continue even when a hit fails. Prior to Gates to Infinity, if a targeted Pokémon faints in middle of the attack, the remaining projectiles will be able to hit a new target. The move's critical-hit rate is reduced (2% in the Rescue Team, Explorers and Adventure Squad series).

Super Smash Bros. series

Bullet Seed is Ivysaur's Neutral Special move. Using it causes seeds to shoot up from Ivysaur's bulb, dealing repeated damage to those caught in the flare.

Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Bullet Seed is a Fast Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.

Updates

• February 21, 2017
  • Energy boost: 12 → 14
  • Duration: 1.55 → 1.1 seconds

• April 2, 2020
  • Energy boost: 11 → 13

Pokémon Masters EX

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Bullet Seed is Greedent's first move. It is obtained by reaching level 7 and upgrading Tackle into it instead of Belch. The user spits Berry seeds in the designated direction, dealing damage to enemies in the area of effect and decrease their movement speed for a short time. The more Oran Berries the user has stashed, the more damage this move deals. At level 13, this move's damage is increased.

Description

In the anime

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Movie adaptations

Torterra
The user shoots a barrage of seeds from its mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Torterra opens its mouth and shoots a barrage of seeds at the opponent.
Maury's Torterra	The Rise of Darkrai		Debut

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

Pokémon Adventures

Grovyle Mega Heracross
The user shoots a wave of seeds at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Grovyle waves its hand around in a circle in front of it and a ring of seeds appear in front of it. Grovyle then waves its arm down and the seeds fire at the opponent at the same time.
Wally's Grovyle	Rayquaza Redemption I		Debut
	Mega Heracross fires multiple seeds from its arms at the opponent.
Gurkinn's Heracross	Glittering Diancie		None

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

In other languages

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