Normal · Status move · Gen 2
Perish Song
Perish Song is a Normal-type status move introduced in Generation 2. It never misses and has 5 PP (8 with PP Max). 36 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Normal
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5 (max 8)
Priority
0
Effect
All active Pokemon will faint in 3 turns. Each active Pokemon receives a perish count of 4 if it doesn't already have a perish count. At the end of each turn including the turn used, the perish count of all active Pokemon lowers by 1 and Pokemon faint if the number reaches 0. The perish count is removed from Pokemon that switch out. If a Pokemon uses Baton Pass while it has a perish count, the replacement will gain the perish count and continue to count down.
- Targets
- The whole field
- Properties
- Sound move
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (27 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Usable (7 Pokémon)
- Legends: Z-A
- Usable (12 Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Perish Song
36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Water | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Ghost/Poison | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Ground | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Fire/Ghost | ✓ | 3–8 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Water/Ice | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ghost | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ice/Psychic | 3–8 | ||||
| Psychic/Grass | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Fairy | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | ||
| Dragon/Flying | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3–9 | |
| Psychic | 7 | ||||
| Dark | ✓ | ✓ | 3–8 | ||
| Bug | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Ghost | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Dark/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | ||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Water/Fairy | ✓ | ✓ | 7–9 | ||
| Ghost | 8 | ||||
| Fairy/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Ghost/Fairy | ✓ | 9 |
Perish Song FAQ
What does Perish Song do?
Perish Song is a Normal-type status move. Each active Pokemon receives a perish count of 4 if it doesn't already have a perish count. At the end of each turn including the turn used, the perish count of all active Pokemon lowers by 1 and Pokemon faint if the number reaches 0. The perish count is removed from Pokemon that switch out. If a Pokemon uses Baton Pass while it has a perish count, the replacement will gain the perish count and continue to count down.
Which Pokémon can learn Perish Song?
36 Pokémon and forms can learn Perish Song in at least one game: 27 in Scarlet & Violet, 7 in Pokémon Champions and 12 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Seel, Dewgong, Gastly and Haunter.
Is Perish Song in Pokémon Champions?
Yes — 7 Pokémon can use Perish Song in Pokémon Champions, with the same numbers as in Scarlet & Violet.
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.