Bitter Malice
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| Introduced: | Generation VIII |
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Battle Data
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| Power: | 60 |
| Accuracy: | 100 |
| PP: | 15, max: 24 |
| Priority: | 0 |
| Contact: | Yes |
Affected by
| Magic Coat: | No |
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| Magic Bounce: | No |
| Bright Powder: | No |
| Detect/Protect: | Yes |
| Snatch: | No |
| Mirror Move: | Yes |
| King's Rock: | Yes |
Bitter Malice is a Ghost-type move introduced in Generation VIII. It is the signature move of Hisuian Zorua and Hisuian Zoroark.
Description[]
| Games | Description |
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| LA | The user attacks its target with spine-chilling resentment. This may also leave the target with frostbite. This move's power is doubled if the target has a status condition. |
| SV | The user attacks the target with spine-chilling resentment. This also lowers the target's Attack stat. |
Effects[]
The attack will give the target a case of frostbite.
Learnset[]
By leveling up[]
| Pokémon | Type | Egg groups | Level | ||
| VIII | IX | ||||
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Zorua | normal/ghost | Field | 18LA | 40 |
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Zoroark | normal/ghost | Field | 18LA | 46 |
| Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. | |||||
Trivia[]
- This is the second Ghost-type move to have an enhancement from an opponent's status condition, the first being Hex.
Generation I · Generation II · Generation III · Generation IV · Generation V · Generation VI · Generation VII · Generation VIII · Generation IX A B - Bitter Malice
C D G H I L M N O P R S T See also Moves Bug-type · Dark-type · Dragon-type · Electric-type · Fairy-type · Fighting-type · Fire-type · Flying-type · Ghost-type · Grass-type · Ground-type · Ice-type · Normal-type · Poison-type · Psychic-type · Rock-type · Steel-type · Water-type A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T V W See also Generation VIII