Curse

Ghoststatus

Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.

Pokémon that learn it

Bulbasaur

Ivysaur

Venusaur

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GenerationGame

Power—

Accuracy—

PP10

Priority0

In-battle effect

If the user is a Ghost: user pays half its max HP to place a curse on the target, damaging it for 1/4 its max HP every turn. Otherwise: Lowers the user’s Speed by one stage, and raises its Attack and Defense by one stage each. The curse effect is passed on by Baton Pass. This move cannot be copied by Mirror Move.

TM & HM

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Curse is taught by TM03, TM91, TM224 — the number varies by game.

Game	Machine
Crystal	TM03
Gold & Silver	TM03
Legends: Z-A	TM91
Scarlet & Violet	TM224
The Indigo Disk	TM224

Changes across generations

Curse had different stats in earlier games. A dash means that value was unchanged from what it is today, and an arrow marks what happened when that era ended — ▲ raised or ▼ lowered.

Games	Type	Power	Accuracy	PP
Before Gen 5 (B/W)	Unknown	—	—	10
Current	Ghost	—	—	10

Curse

In-battle effect

TM & HM

Changes across generations

Pokémon that learn Curse

Other Ghost moves

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