Punishment (move)

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

Punishment
おしおき Punishment

Battles

Type	Dark
Category	Physical
PP	5 (max. 8)
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 IV
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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:

Effect

Generations 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

Punishment cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games	Description
DP Pt HGSSPBR	This attack's power increases the more the foe has powered up with stat changes.
BW B2W2	This attack's power increases the more the target has powered up with stat changes.
XY ORAS SM USUM PE	The more the target has powered up with stat changes, the greater the move's power.
SwSh	This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
056		Mankey		Field		Field	45	45	45	29^SMUSUM
057		Primeape		Field		Field	53	53	53	30^SMUSUM
215		Sneasel		Field		Field		44^B2W2	44	44
249		Lugia		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	71^DPPt 50^HGSS	50	50	50
250		Ho-Oh		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	71^DPPt 50^HGSS	50	50	50
289		Slaking		Field		Field	55	61	1, 61^XY 1, 53^ORAS	1, 53
302		Sableye		Human-Like		Human-Like	36	36	36^XY 24^ORAS	24
392		Infernape		Field	Human-Like	33	29	29	29
461		Weavile		Field		Field		44^B2W2	44	44
493		Arceus		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	1	1	1	1
570		Zorua		Field		Field		45	45	45
571		Zoroark		Field		Field		49	49	49
629		Vullaby		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
630		Mandibuzz		Flying		Flying		28	28	28
645		Landorus		Undiscovered		Undiscovered		13	13	7
763		Tsareena		Grass		Grass				1^USUM
772		Type: Null		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				65
773		Silvally		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				65
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
052		Meowth		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
052		Meowth Alolan Form		Field		Field				✔
174		Igglybuff		Fairy		Fairy		✔	✔	✔
198		Murkrow		Flying		Flying				✔^USUM
215		Sneasel		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
228		Houndour		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
241		Miltank		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔	✔
336		Seviper		Field	Dragon		✔	✔	✔
359		Absol		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
434		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.

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
571		Zoroark^Lv. 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.

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Punishment is a move with 1 base power, 88% accuracy, and 8 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front. This move's power increases by the number of stat boosts the target has, up to 10 boosts, ignoring any Defense boosts the target has when calculating the damage.

Description

Games	Description
MDTD S	Inflicts damage on the target. Its power is boosted if any of the target's Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense stats are elevated.
BSL	てきポケモンにダメージをあたえるあいてのこうげきぼうぎょとくこうとくぼうがあがっているといりょくがあがる
MDGtI	It damages an enemy. The more the enemy has powered up with stat changes, the more powerful the move will be.
SMD MDRTDX	It damages an enemy. The more the enemy has powered up with stat changes, the more powerful the move becomes.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method

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

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Sableye

The user blows the enemy away with a wave of energy. If the opponent has increased their stats prior to usage then this move is made stronger.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
Sableye	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	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

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

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	懲罰 Chìhngfaht
Chinese	Mandarin	懲罰 / 惩罚 Chéngfá
Dutch		Afstraffing
French		Punition
German		Strafattacke
Greek		Τιμωρία
Italian		Punizione
Korean		혼내기 Honnaegi
Norwegian		Straff
Polish		Kara
Portuguese		Punição Castigo
Spanish		Castigo
Vietnamese		Trừng Phạt

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