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Nightmare

Ghoststatus

Target loses 1/4 its max HP every turn as long as it’s asleep.

Pokémon that learn it
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Power—
Accuracy100%
PP15
Priority0

In-battle effect

Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Gives the target a nightmare, damaging it for 1/4 its max HP every turn. If the target wakes up or leaves the field, this effect ends.

TM & HM

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Nightmare is taught by TM50 — the number varies by game.

GameMachine
CrystalTM50
Gold & SilverTM50

Pokémon that learn Nightmare

74

Grouped by National Pokédex number. Learn methods and availability vary by game; open a Pokémon to check its game-specific learnset.

Butterfree#0012Clefairy#0035Clefable#0036Jigglypuff#0039Wigglytuff#0040Meowth#0052Persian#0053Abra#0063
No. 001–151 (27)
No. 152–251 (24)
No. 252–386 (18)
No. 387–493 (2)
No. 494–649 (2)
No. 722–809 (1)

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“Nightmare”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/moves/nightmare.

Move data from PokéAPI.