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Sleep Powder
ねむりごな Sleep Powder
Sleep Powder VIII
Introduced: Generation I
Battle Data
Type: Type Grass
Category: Type Status
Power: N/A
Accuracy: 75%
PP: 15, max: 24
Priority: 0
Contact: No
Affected by
Magic Coat: Yes
Magic Bounce: Yes
Bright Powder: Yes
Detect/Protect: Yes
Snatch: No
Mirror Move: Yes
King's Rock: No
Contest Data
Contests (RSE)
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 1
Jam: 3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles those that made appeals.
Super Contests (DPPt)
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)
Condition: Clever
Appeal: 1
Jam: 3 ♥♥♥
Badly startles all of the Pokémon to act before the user.

Sleep Powder is a Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description[]

Games Description
GSC May cause the foe to fall asleep.
RSE Scatters a powder that may cause the foe to sleep.
FRLG A sleep-inducing dust is scattered in high volume around a foe.
DPPtHGSS The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust around the foe.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust around the target.
SMUSUMPE The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust on the opponent.

Effect[]

In battle[]

Sleep Powder causes the opponent to fall asleep.

Sleep Powder will have no effect on Pokémon with the abilities Insomnia, Sap Sipper and Vital Spirit. As of Generation VI, Sleep Powder also has no effect on grass-type Pokémon or Pokémon with Overcoat.

In a Double Battle, Sleep Powder can target any Pokémon around the user; in a Triple Battle, Sleep Powder can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon Type Egg groups Level
VII VIII IX
001 Bulbasaur grass/poison 41 15 15 13
002 Ivysaur grass/poison 46 15 15 13
003 Venusaur grass/poison 55 15 15 13
012 Butterfree bug/flying 17 (RB)
15 (Y)
15 15 12
043 Oddish grass/poison 19 18 18 17
044 Gloom grass/poison 19 18 18 17
045 Vileplume grass/poison 1, 19
048 Venonat bug/poison 38 36 36 29
049 Venomoth bug/poison 43 42 42 29
069 Bellsprout grass/poison 18 15 15 13
070 Weepinbell grass/poison 18 15 15 13
071 Victreebel grass/poison 1, 18 1 1 1
102 Exeggcute grass/psychic 48 37 37 23
114 Tangela grass 39 4 4 5
187 Hoppip grass/flying 17 17 16
188 Skiploom grass/flying 17 17 16
189 Jumpluff grass/flying 17 17 16
465 Tangrowth grass 5
548 Petilil grass
666 Vivillon bug/flying
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Pokémon Type Egg Groups Father
III IV V VI VII VIII
315 Roselia grass/poison 001002003
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406 Budew grass/poison 001002003
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455 Carnivine grass 001002003
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Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
* indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

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