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Choose your gameIn-battle effect
Every Pokémon is given a counter that starts at 3 and decreases by 1 at the end of every turn, including this one. When a Pokémon’s counter reaches zero, that Pokémon faints. A Pokémon that leaves the field will lose its counter; its replacement does not inherit the effect, and other Pokémon’s counters remain. This effect is passed on by Baton Pass. This move cannot be copied by Mirror Move.
Changes across generations
Perish Song 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 6 (X/Y) | — | — | — | 5 |
| Current | Normal | — | — | 5 |
Pokémon that learn Perish Song
30Grouped by National Pokédex number. Learn methods and availability vary by game; open a Pokémon to check its game-specific learnset.
No. 152–251 (8)
No. 252–386 (5)
No. 387–493 (3)
No. 494–649 (1)
No. 722–809 (3)
No. 810–905 (1)
No. 906 onward (2)
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Perish Song”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/moves/perish-song.
Move data from PokéAPI.