Flail (move)

Flail (Japanese: じたばた Wriggling) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.

Flail
じたばた Wriggling

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Physical
PP	15 (max. 24)
Power	—
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability

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

Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jam	0
The appeal works better the later it is performed.

Super Contests

Condition	Cute
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earns double the score on the final performance.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cute
Appeal	1 ♥
Jamming	0
Works better the later it is used in a turn.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Effect

Generation II

Flail inflicts damage. Its power is higher when the user's HP is lower.

HP%	Power
HP ≥ 68.75%	20
35.42% ≤ HP < 68.75%	40
20.83% ≤ HP < 35.42%	80
10.42% ≤ HP < 20.83%	100
4.17% ≤ HP < 10.42%	150
HP < 4.17%	200

Flail cannot cause a critical hit, and its damage is not varied by a random factor during damage calculation.

Generation III

Flail can now cause a critical hit, and its damage is now varied by a random factor during damage calculation.

Flail can be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining an extra appeal point if the move Endure was used in the prior turn. It is also part of a Contest Spectacular combination and will give an extra three appeal points if the move Endure was used in the prior turn.

Generation IV

In Generation IV only, Flail's power is calculated as follows:

HP%	Power
HP ≥ 67.19%	20
34.38% ≤ HP < 67.19%	40
20.31% ≤ HP < 34.38%	80
9.38% ≤ HP < 20.31%	100
3.13% ≤ HP < 9.38%	150
HP < 3.13%	200

Generation V onwards

Flail's power is once again calculated as it was prior to generation IV.

Description

Games	Description
Stad2	An attack that increases in power if the user's HP is low. It could turn the tide in battle.
GS C	Stronger if the user's HP is low.
RS EColo.XD	Inflicts more damage when the user's HP is down.
FRLG	A desperate attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.
DP Pt HGSSPBR BW B2W2	The user flails about aimlessly to attack. It becomes more powerful the less HP the user has.
XY ORAS SM USUM SwSh	The user flails about aimlessly to attack. The less HP the user has, the greater the move's power.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3		49^FRLG	45	45	45	45	29
099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3		65^FRLG	63	63	63	63	31
118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2	24	24	21	21	21^XY 13^ORAS	13	30
119		Seaking		Water 2		Water 2	24	24	21	21	21^XY 13^ORAS	13	30
129		Magikarp		Water 2	Dragon	30	30	30	30	30	30	25
130		Gyarados		Water 2	Dragon							1
143		Snorlax		Monster		Monster							1
158		Totodile		Monster	Water 1			22^PtHGSS	22	22	22	22^BDSP
159		Croconaw		Monster	Water 1			24^PtHGSS	24	24	24	24^BDSP
160		Feraligatr		Monster	Water 1			24^PtHGSS	24	24	24	24^BDSP
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	13	13	9	9	9^XY 31^ORAS	31	36
171		Lanturn		Water 2		Water 2	13	13	9	9	9^XY 33^ORAS	33	42
185		Sudowoodo		Mineral		Mineral	10	9	1, 6	1, 6^BW 1, 5^B2W2	1, 5	1, 5	1
206		Dunsparce		Field		Field		44^FRLG	53	63^BW 49^B2W2	49	48^SM 51^USUM	1
220		Swinub		Field		Field				40^B2W2	40	40	10
221		Piloswine		Field		Field							1
222		Corsola		Water 1	Water 3				52^B2W2	50	50	30
231		Phanpy		Field		Field	17	17	6	6	6	6	6^BDSP
232		Donphan		Field		Field	17	17	1				1^BDSP
263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field		33	33	37	37^XY 29^ORAS	29	30
264		Linoone		Field		Field							38
270		Lotad		Water 1	Grass							16
271		Lombre		Water 1	Grass							1
272		Ludicolo		Water 1	Grass							1
287		Slakoth		Field		Field		43	43	49	49^XY 33^ORAS	33	33^BDSP
289		Vigoroth		Field		Field							1^BDSP
289		Slaking		Field		Field		43	43	49	49^XY 39^ORAS	39	39^BDSP
324		Torkoal		Field		Field		43	52	52	1, 52^XY 42^ORAS	42
327		Spinda		Field	Human-Like		49	50	50	50	50	50^BDSP
349		Feebas		Water 1	Dragon		30	30	30	30	30	25
350		Milotic		Water 1	Dragon							1
369		Relicanth		Water 1	Water 2						1	40
370		Luvdisc		Water 2		Water 2		40	46	31	31^XY 27^ORAS	26	26^BDSP
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38	38^BDSP
413		Wormadam Sandy Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38	38^BDSP
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak		Bug		Bug			38	38	38	38	38^BDSP
438		Bonsly		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			6	6^BW 5^B2W2	5	5	4
446		Munchlax		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							44
456		Finneon		Water 2		Water 2							26^BDSP
457		Lumineon		Water 2		Water 2							26^BDSP
473		Mamoswine		Field		Field							1
480		Uxie		Undiscovered		Undiscovered			61	61	1, 61	1, 61	70
535		Tympole		Water 1		Water 1				34	34	34	24^SwSh
536		Palpitoad		Water 1		Water 1				37	37	37	24^SwSh
537		Seismitoad		Water 1		Water 1				39	39	39	24^SwSh
540		Sewaddle		Bug		Bug				43	43	43
550		Basculin		Water 2		Water 2				46	1, 46	34	8^SwSh
557		Dwebble		Bug	Mineral				41	41	41	16^SwSh
558		Crustle		Bug	Mineral				50	50	50	16^SwSh
588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug				49	49	49	24^SwSh
589		Escavalier		Bug		Bug							1^SwSh
613		Cubchoo		Field		Field				36	36	36	24^SwSh
614		Beartic		Field		Field				36	36	36	24^SwSh
618		Stunfisk		Water 1	Amorphous				55	1, 55	1, 55	50^SwSh
618		Stunfisk Galarian Form		Water 1	Amorphous							50^SwSh
659		Bunnelby		Field		Field					29	29	15^SwSh
660		Diggersby		Field		Field					31	32	15^SwSh
661		Fletchling		Flying		Flying					16	16	15^SwSh
662		Fletchinder		Flying		Flying					16	16	15^SwSh
663		Talonflame		Flying		Flying					16	16	15^SwSh
682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy					38	38	21^SwSh
683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy					38	38	21^SwSh
692		Clauncher		Water 1	Water 3					16	16	10^SwSh
693		Clawitzer		Water 1	Water 3					16	16	1^SwSh
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral					35	35	15^SwSh
704		Goomy		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20^SwSh
705		Sliggoo		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20^SwSh
706		Goodra		Dragon		Dragon					28	28	20^SwSh
719		Diancie		Undiscovered		Undiscovered					35	31	21^SwSh
759		Stufful		Field		Field						19	28^SwSh
760		Bewear		Field		Field						19	30^SwSh
761		Bounsweet		Grass		Grass						29	24^SwSh
762		Steenee		Grass		Grass							1^SwSh
763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass							1^SwSh
775		Komala		Field		Field						26
776		Turtonator		Monster	Dragon						17	16^SwSh
848		Toxel		Undiscovered		Undiscovered							1^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Amped Form		Human-Like		Human-Like							1^SwSh
849		Toxtricity Low Key Form		Human-Like		Human-Like							1^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
007		Squirtle		Monster	Water 1	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
027		Sandshrew		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
027		Sandshrew Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔
037		Vulpix		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
046		Paras		Bug	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
052		Meowth		Field		Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
052		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field						✔	✔^SwSh
052		Meowth Galarian Form		Field		Field							✔^SwSh
074		Geodude		Mineral		Mineral			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
074		Geodude Alolan Form		Mineral		Mineral						✔
083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field							✔^SwSh
084		Doduo		Flying		Flying	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
095		Onix		Mineral		Mineral	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
114		Tangela		Grass		Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
116		Horsea		Water 1	Dragon	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
127		Pinsir		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
133		Eevee		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
140		Kabuto		Water 1	Water 3	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
152		Chikorita		Monster	Grass	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
170		Chinchou		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
172		Pichu		Field	Fairy			✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
204		Pineco		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
211		Qwilfish		Water 2		Water 2	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
223		Remoraid		Water 1	Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
270		Lotad		Water 1	Grass		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
290		Nincada		Bug		Bug							✔
324		Torkoal		Field		Field							✔
328		Trapinch		Bug	Dragon			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
335		Zangoose		Field		Field		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
339		Barboach		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
393		Piplup		Water 1	Field			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
417		Pachirisu		Field	Fairy			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
427		Buneary		Field	Human-Like			✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔
431		Glameow		Field		Field			✔^HGSS	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
456		Finneon		Water 2		Water 2			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔^BDSP
504		Patrat		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔
564		Tirtouga		Water 1	Water 3				✔	✔	✔
572		Minccino		Field		Field				✔	✔	✔	✔^SwSh
632		Durant		Bug		Bug							✔^SwSh
777		Togedemaru		Field	Fairy						✔	✔^SwSh
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation IV

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
025	Pikachu	Field	Fairy	Pokéwalker - Yellow Forest
417	Pachirisu	Field	Fairy	Pokéwalker - Resort
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation V

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
084	Doduo	Flying		Flying	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
140	Kabuto	Water 1	Water 3	Dream World - Sparkling Sea
214	Heracross	Bug		Bug	Dream World - Dream Park
564	Tirtouga	Water 1	Water 3	Dream World - Sparkling Sea
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation II

#		Egg Groups		Obtained with
041	Zubat	Flying		Flying	New York Pokémon Center
086	Seel	Water 1	Field	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.

Generation IV

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
133		Eevee		Field		Field	2010 World Championships Eevee Video Game Championships 2010 Eevee
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Flail is a move with 2 base power, 100% accuracy, and 17 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, with the final damage being multiplied by 2 when at 75-51% HP, 4 when at 50-26% and 8 when at 25% or lower.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the damage is now multiplied by 1.5 at 50-26% HP and by 2 at 25% or lower.

Description

This article has information requiring translation. If you are able to translate Japanese and would like to help, please add the English translation to the section or sections in Japanese.

Games	Description
MDRB	Inflicts damage on the target. The lower the user's HP, the greater the damage.
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. The lower the user's HP, the greater the damage it inflicts.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるじぶんのＨＰがのこりすくないほどあたえるダメージがおおきい
MDGtI SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. The lower your HP is, the greater the damage it causes.
Monopoly: Pokémon Exclusive Kanto Edition	Flail avoids the rent charge!

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

Magikarp	Bonsly	Sudowoodo
The user flails about aimlessly to attack.
User	First Used In		Notes
Magikarp	Magikarp hits the opponent repeatedly with its tailfin.
A wild Magikarp	The Ties That Bind		Debut
A wild Magikarp	Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!		None
A wild Magikarp	Big Sky, Small Fry!		None
Bonsly	Bonsly flails around, jumping from one foot to the other quickly.
Brock's Bonsly	King and Queen for a Day!		None
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails around its arms and legs, then throws the opponent, or Sudowoodo runs up to the opponent and flails around its arms and legs, hitting the opponent repeatedly.
Brock's Sudowoodo	Leave It To Brocko!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Sudowoodo

The user flails its body around to attack.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Sudowoodo	Sudowoodo flails its arms and legs around the opponent, hitting it.
Gold's Sudobo	Lugia and Ho-Oh on the Loose (Part 2)	Debut

In Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming, a Pinsir that Emerald was renting from the Battle Factory was revealed to know Flail by Emerald's Pokédex.

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	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

This move was Magikarp's attack (as じたばた / Wriggling in Japanese and as Flail in English) in the Base Set set of the TCG prior to being introduced in Generation II of the games.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	抓狂 Jáaukwòhng * 手足慌亂 Sáujūk Fōnglyuhn *
Chinese	Mandarin	抓狂 Zhuākuáng * 手足慌亂 / 手足慌乱 Shǒuzú Huāngluàn *
Dutch		Huppel
Finnish		Läpsyttely
French		Gigotage* Fléau*
German		Dreschflegel
Greek		Μαστίγωμα Mastígoma
Italian		Flagello
Korean		바둥바둥 Badungbadung
Polish		Bicz* Latający Ogon*
Brazilian Portuguese		Mangual (Flashfire-present, manga) Ataque de Cauda (Diamond & Pearl-Boundaries Crossed) Espancar
Romanian		Biciul
Serbian		Mlaćenje
Spanish		Azote
Swedish		Slagattack
Vietnamese		Vùng Vẫy

Variations of the move Flail

Flail • Reversal

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