Ground · Physical move · Gen 5
Bulldoze
Bulldoze is a Ground-type physical move introduced in Generation 5. It has 60 base power and 100% accuracy, with 20 PP (32 with PP Max). In double battles it hits all adjacent pokémon, allies included (spread moves deal 0.75× damage when they hit more than one target). 381 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Ground
Category
Physical
Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
20 (max 32)
Priority
0
Effect
100% chance lower adjacent Pkmn Speed by 1. Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage.
- Targets
- All adjacent Pokémon, allies included
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (274 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (108 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (99 Pokémon)
Type matchups as a Ground attack
2× vsFireElectricPoisonRockSteel
½× vsGrassBug
0× vsFlying
Pokémon that learn Bulldoze
381 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grass/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fire/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | 5–7 | |||
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Poison/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Poison/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fire/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Rock/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Psychic | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Rock | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Bug | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fighting/Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fighting/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Poison/Ground | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Poison/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Steel/Ground | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fairy | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fire/Rock | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Electric | 5–8 | ||||
| Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Psychic/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Fire/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Water/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Steel/Rock | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Steel/Rock | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Steel/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Water/Dark | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Fire/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Fire/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Fire | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Rock/Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Psychic | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Bug | 5–8 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Flying | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ice/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice/Water | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Normal/Water | 5–7 | ||||
| Rock | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Rock/Steel | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Bug/Ground | 5–7 | ||||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Fighting/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Ground | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Poison/Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Poison/Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Poison/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Grass/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Grass | 5–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Ice/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Psychic/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock/Steel | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ghost | 5–8 | ||||
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Water/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Fire/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ghost/Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Electric | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Ground | 5–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Bug/Poison | ✓ | 5–8 | |||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Fire | 5–8 | ||||
| Ice | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Water/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock/Flying | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Grass | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Grass/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Electric | ✓ | ✓ | 5–8 | ||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Dragon | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | |
| Normal | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Rock/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 5–9 | ||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |
| Normal | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Normal/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Fire/Normal | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | ||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–7, 9 | |
| Fighting | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Fighting/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Water | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Electric/Normal | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Electric/Normal | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Rock/Dragon | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Rock/Ice | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 6–8 | ||
| Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Steel/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Ghost/Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | ||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6–9 | |
| Ice/Rock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | 6–8 | |||
| Rock/Fairy | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fire/Water | ✓ | 6–9 | |||
| Fire/Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Electric | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 7, 9 | ||
| Fighting/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7, 9 | |
| Rock | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Rock/Flying | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Fire/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Normal/Dragon | ✓ | 7–8 | |||
| Ghost/Grass | 7–8 | ||||
| Dragon | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Dragon/Fighting | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Dragon/Fighting | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Psychic/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Fighting | 7–8 | ||||
| Steel/Flying | 7–8 | ||||
| Dark/Dragon | 7–8 | ||||
| Psychic | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock/Steel | 7–8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water/Rock | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock/Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Grass/Dragon | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | ✓ | 8–9 | ||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Electric/Ice | 8 | ||||
| Water/Dragon | 8 | ||||
| Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ice | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Psychic/Ghost | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Ground/Normal | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Ground/Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Rock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Rock | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ||||
| Fairy/Steel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Poison | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Ice | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | ||
| Fighting/Ghost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |
| Poison/Ground | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Normal | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Fighting | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Electric/Ground | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fighting/Electric | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock/Electric | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Dragon/Ice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 9 | |
| Dark/Ground | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fighting/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fire/Dragon | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Rock/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Steel/Psychic | ✓ | 9 |
Bulldoze FAQ
What does Bulldoze do?
Bulldoze is a Ground-type physical move with 60 power. Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Speed by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Bulldoze?
381 Pokémon and forms can learn Bulldoze in at least one game: 274 in Scarlet & Violet, 108 in Pokémon Champions and 99 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Ekans, Arbok and Sandshrew.
Is Bulldoze in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 108 Pokémon can use Bulldoze in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
What is Bulldoze super effective against?
As a Ground-type attack, Bulldoze is super effective against Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock and Steel, not very effective against Grass and Bug and has no effect on Flying (unless its effect says otherwise).
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.