Leaf Storm (move)

Leaf Storm (Japanese: リーフストーム Leaf Storm) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation IV. It is TR71 in Generation VIII.

Leaf Storm
リーフストーム Leaf Storm
Type  Grass
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  130
Accuracy  90%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cute
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  6 ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled.

Effect

Generations IV and V

Leaf Storm deals damage, and lowers the user's Special Attack by two stages.

Generation VI onwards

Leaf Storm's power changed from 140 to 130.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR A storm of sharp leaves is whipped up. The attack's recoil sharply reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
BWB2W2 The user whips up a storm of leaves around the target. The attack's recoil harshly reduces the user's Sp. Atk stat.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSP
The user whips up a storm of leaves around the target. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
071 Victreebel

Grass Grass 47 47 47 32SMUSUM 32BDSP
103 Exeggutor

Grass Grass 47 47 47 47SMUSUM 1
103 Exeggutor
Alolan Form

Grass Grass 47SMUSUM 1
182 Bellossom
Grass Grass 53 53 1, 53XY
1, 64ORAS
1, 69
192 Sunflora
Grass Grass 43 45BW
43B2W2
43 43 43BDSP
251 Celebi

Undiscovered Undiscovered 82 82 82 82 90
252 Treecko
Monster Dragon 39
253 Grovyle
Monster Dragon 59 59 59XY
58ORAS
58 55
254 Sceptile
Monster Dragon 67 67 1, 67XY
1, 63ORAS
1, 63 63
275 Shiftry

Field Grass 49 49 49XY
44ORAS
44
357 Tropius

Monster Grass 61 71 1, 71XY
1, 61ORAS
1, 61 1, 61BDSP
387 Turtwig
Monster Grass 45 45 45 45 45BDSP
388 Grotle
Monster Grass 52 52 52 52 52BDSP
389 Torterra

Monster Grass 57 57 57 57 57BDSP
413 Wormadam
Plant Cloak

Bug Bug 47 47 47 47 47BDSP
492 Shaymin
Sky Forme

Undiscovered Undiscovered 91PtHGSS 91 91 91 91BDSP
495 Snivy
Field Grass 43 43 43
496 Servine
Field Grass 52 52 52
497 Serperior
Field Grass 62 62 62
542 Leavanny

Bug Bug 50 50 50
548 Petilil
Grass Grass 46 46 46 42SwSh
47LA
549 Lilligant
Grass Grass 1
549 Lilligant
Hisuian Form

Grass Grass 47LA
722 Rowlet

Flying Flying 43LA
723 Dartrix

Flying Flying 43LA
724 Decidueye

Flying Flying 1USUM 1
724 Decidueye
Hisuian Form

Flying Flying 43LA
762 Steenee
Grass Grass 45 52
763 Tsareena
Grass Grass 45 52
829 Gossifleur
Grass Grass 36
830 Eldegoss
Grass Grass 46
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By TR

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Machine
I
--
II
--
III
--
IV
--
V
--
VI
--
VII
--
VIII
TR71
001 Bulbasaur

Monster Grass
002 Ivysaur

Monster Grass
003 Venusaur

Monster Grass
102 Exeggcute

Grass Grass
103 Exeggutor

Grass Grass
103 Exeggutor
Alolan Form

Grass Grass
114 Tangela
Grass Grass
151 Mew
Undiscovered Undiscovered
182 Bellossom
Grass Grass
251 Celebi

Undiscovered Undiscovered
252 Treecko
Monster Dragon
253 Grovyle
Monster Dragon
254 Sceptile
Monster Dragon
272 Ludicolo

Water 1 Grass
275 Shiftry

Field Grass
315 Roselia

Fairy Grass
406 Budew

Undiscovered Undiscovered
407 Roserade

Fairy Grass
460 Abomasnow

Monster Grass
465 Tangrowth
Grass Grass
470 Leafeon
Field Field
548 Petilil
Grass Grass
549 Lilligant
Grass Grass
556 Maractus
Grass Grass
640 Virizion

Undiscovered Undiscovered
709 Trevenant

Grass Amorphous
724 Decidueye

Flying Flying
753 Fomantis
Grass Grass
754 Lurantis
Grass Grass
762 Steenee
Grass Grass
763 Tsareena
Grass Grass
812 Rillaboom
Field Grass
829 Gossifleur
Grass Grass
830 Eldegoss
Grass Grass
898 Calyrex

Undiscovered Undiscovered
898 Calyrex
Ice Rider

Undiscovered Undiscovered
898 Calyrex
Shadow Rider

Undiscovered Undiscovered
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
II III IV V VI VII VIII
001 Bulbasaur

Monster Grass BDSP
102 Exeggcute

Grass Grass BDSP
114 Tangela
Grass Grass BDSP
152 Chikorita
Monster Grass BDSP
252 Treecko
Monster Dragon BDSP
315 Roselia

Fairy Grass BDSP
357 Tropius

Monster Grass BDSP
406 Budew

Fairy Grass BDSP
511 Pansage
Field Field
753 Fomantis
Grass Grass
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
479 Rotom
Mow Rotom

Amorphous Amorphous Upon changing into this formPtHGSS
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

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
479 Rotom
Mow Rotom

Amorphous Amorphous Upon changing into this form
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
479 Rotom
Mow Rotom

Amorphous Amorphous Upon changing into this form
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
479 Rotom
Mow Rotom

Amorphous Amorphous Upon changing into this form
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VIII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
479 Rotom
Mow Rotom

Amorphous Amorphous Upon changing into this form
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
114 Tangela
Grass Grass My Pokémon Ranch
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VII

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
315 Roselia

Fairy Grass Island Scan - Ula'ula MeadowSM
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
251 CelebiLv. 50

Undiscovered Undiscovered Cinema Celebi
Winter 2011 Celebi
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

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
254 SceptileLv. 50
Monster Dragon JR Kyushu Train Station Sceptile
511 Pansage
Field Field Japanese Global Link
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
497 SerperiorLv. 50
Field Grass Hidden Ability Present Serperior
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 Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Leaf Storm is a move with 27 base power, 5 PP and 80% accuracy. The attack travels up to 10 tiles away and hits the first Pokémon it encounters, ally or enemy. The user's Special Attack is then reduced by two levels.

Pokémon Conquest

 
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Stars: ★★★★★
Power: 52
Accuracy: 90%
Effect: Lowers the user's Attack.
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 Masters EX

Category Move Gauge MP Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Effect Tag Description
Special 3 136 163 90% An opponent Lowers the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks.

Past Description

  • Prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): Sharply lowers the user's Sp. Atk.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance, but it also reduces the user's Special Attack by 2 levels.
BSL はなれたポケモンに ダメージをあたえるが じぶんの とくこうが 2だんかいさがる
Conq. A storm of sharp leaves is whipped up. The move's recoil lowers the user's Attack.
MDGtI It damages even a faraway Pokémon, but it also sharply lowers your Special Attack. (The stat change returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.)
SMD It damages a Pokémon, even one far away, but it also sharply lowers your Sp. Atk. The stat returns to normal when you go to the next floor or step on a Wonder Tile.


Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Leaf Storm is a Charged Attack that was made available on April 12, 2021.

 Leaf Storm
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 130
Energy cost 100
Duration 2.5 seconds
Damage window 1.1 - 1.25 seconds
Trainer Battles
Power 130
Energy cost 55
Secondary effect 2 Attack
Effect chance 100%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
By Elite Charged TM
By GO Snapshot
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

In the anime

Main series

Leavanny Torterra Sceptile Mow Rotom
The user hurls a flurry of leaves at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Turtwig Turtwig raises its head and calls out, making multiple leaves gather around it and start to glow green. The leaves then spiral around Turtwig in a tornado-like fashion. It then points its head at the opponent, sending the cyclone of leaves at the opponent.
Gardenia's Turtwig The Grass-Type Is Always Greener Debut
Torterra The leaves on the tree on Torterra's back start to glow light green, and it releases a cyclone of wind and glowing light green leaves from the tree towards the opponent.
Paul's Torterra Glory Blaze! None
Ash's Torterra The Fleeing Tower of Sunyshore! None
Sceptile The seeds on Sceptile's back glow yellow and it releases a barrage of light green glowing leaves from all around at the opponent; or, a barrage of green leaves surrounded in a green aura appear around Sceptile's tail. The leaves then stretch out and surrounds the opponent, leaving the opponent encircled in a tornado of leaves, before the encircled opponent gets slammed into the ground.
Ash's Sceptile The Semi-Final Frontier! None
Sawyer's Sceptile A Meeting of Two Journeys! None
Snivy Snivy jumps into the air and multiple glowing green leaves start spinning around Snivy's body. Snivy then fires the leaves at the opponent; or, Snivy waves one of its arms and a barrage of glowing green leaves appear and fires at the opponent.
Ash's Snivy Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! None
Leavanny Leavanny raises its arms and its body becomes outlined in turquoise energy. It is then surrounded by a large number of glowing green leaves, which it fires at the opponent after bringing its arms forward. Sometimes, Leavanny does not glow with energy.
Burgh's Leavanny Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! None
Rotom Mow Rotom forms a glowing green sphere in front of its mouth, then fires countless glowing green leaves from out of the sphere at the opponent.
Professor Oak's Rotom To Catch a Rotom! None
Weston's Rotom Rotom's Wish! None
Grovyle Grovyle jumps into the air and multiple green leaves start spinning around its body. Grovyle then fires the leaves at the opponent.
Sawyer's Grovyle From A to Z! None
Roserade Roserade raises its arms and multiple green leaves start spinning above it body. Roserade then fires the leaves at the opponent.
Elma's Roserade Master Class is in Session! None
Sceptile The stinger on Mega Sceptile's tail spins at a high speed and becomes surrounded in green leaves. It then fires the stinger and the leaves at the opponent.
Sawyer's Sceptile A Riveting Rivalry! None


Pokémon Generations

Sceptile
The opponent is grabbed, engulfed in a whirlwind of leaves and smashed to the ground.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Sceptile Sceptile engulfs itself in a whirlwind of leaves, jumps, grabs the opponent and starts spinning while falling head first on the ground.
Brendan's Sceptile The Vision Debut


In the manga

This section is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: appearance of Alpha's Sceptile using Leaf Storm in Pokémon Omega Ruby Crimson Passion and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Indigo Wisdom

Pokémon Adventures


Be the Best! Pokémon B+W


Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!


Pokémon Try Adventure


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

Sandy Cloak Wormadam using Leaf Storm in Black and White

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 飛葉風暴 Fēiyihp Fūngbouh *
葉暴風 Yihpbouhfūng *
Mandarin 飛葉風暴 / 飞叶风暴 Fēiyè Fēngbào *
葉暴風 Yèbàofēng *
Czech Listová bouře
Dutch Bladstorm
French Tempête Verte*
Tempêteverte*
German Blättersturm
Greek Καταιγίδα Φύλλων
Hindi पत्तों की आंधी Patton Ki Andhi
Patte ka Toofan
Indonesian Badai Daun
Italian Verdebufera
Korean 리프스톰 Leaf Storm
Norwegian Bladstorm
Polish Burza Liści
Portuguese Brazil Tempestade de Folhas
Portugal Ataque Laminar
Romanian Furtuna de Frunze
Spanish Latin America Tormenta de Hojas
Spain Lluevehojas
Vietnamese Bão Lá


Variations of the move Overheat
OverheatDraco MeteorLeaf StormFleur Cannon
Formerly a variation
Psycho Boost


Generation VIII TMs
SwSh
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