Perish Song — Pokémon Move

User and target both faint after three turns.

Type: normal; class: status; power: —; accuracy: —; PP: 5; priority: 0.

Effect notes

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.

In-game descriptions by version

gold silver	Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
crystal	Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
ruby sapphire	Any POKéMON hearing this song faints in 3 turns.
emerald	Any POKéMON hearing this song faints in 3 turns.
firered leafgreen	Any battler that hears this faints in three turns unless it switches.
diamond pearl	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.
platinum	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns unless it switches out of battle.
heartgold soulsilver	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
black white	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
black 2 white 2	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
x y	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
omega ruby alpha sapphire	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
sun moon	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
ultra sun ultra moon	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
lets go pikachu lets go eevee	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
sword shield	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
legends arceus	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.
scarlet violet	Any Pokémon that hears this song faints in three turns, unless it switches out of battle.

Pokémon that learn this move in scarlet-violet

seel — egg
dewgong — egg
gastly — egg
gengar — level-up, level 1
lapras — level-up, level 60
igglybuff — egg
politoed — egg
murkrow — egg
misdreavus — level-up, level 46
azurill — egg
swablu — level-up, level 44
altaria — level-up, level 50
kricketune — level-up, level 50
arceus — level-up, level 90
meloetta aria — level-up, level 85
popplio — egg
brionne — egg
primarina — egg
scream tail — level-up, level 84
flutter mane — level-up, level 91
meloetta pirouette — level-up, level 85