Play Rough

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Play Rough

じゃれつく Frolic

Introduced:	Generation VI

Battle Data

Type:
Category:
Power:	90
Accuracy:	90%
PP:	10, max: 16
Priority:	0
Contact:	Yes

Affected by

Magic Coat:	No
Magic Bounce:	No
Bright Powder:	Yes
Detect/Protect:	Yes
Snatch:	No
Mirror Move:	Yes
King's Rock:	Yes

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Condition:	Cute
Appeal:	3 ♥♥♥
Jam:	0
Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

Play Rough (じゃれつく, Frolic?) is a Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it is available as TM44.

Effect[]

Play Rough deals damage and has a 10% chance to lower the target's Attack by 1 stage.

In a Double Battle, Play Rough can target any Pokémon around the user; in a Triple Battle, Play Rough can only target a Pokémon that's adjacent to the user.

Description[]

Games	Description
XY ORAS SM USUM PE SwSh BDSP	The user plays rough with the target and attacks it. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.
LA	The user plays rough with the target and attacks it. This may also lower the target's offensive stats.
SV	The user attacks by playing rough with the target. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.

Learnset[]

By leveling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy			40
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy	1	1^SMUSUM	1	1
	Meowth	normal	Field		35^PE	44	44
	Meowth	dark	Field		35^PE	44	44
	Persian	normal	Field	1	1^SMUSUM 47^PE	54	54
	Persian	dark	Field		1^SMUSUM 47^PE	54	54
	Growlithe	fire	Field		35^PE	48	48
	Arcanine	fire	Field			1	1
	Marill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy	45^XY 23^ORAS	23	21	21
	Azumarill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy	50^XY 25^ORAS	25	25	25
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	37	37	37^BDSP	37
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	43	43	43^BDSP	43
	Teddiursa	normal	Field			25^LA	29
	Ursaring	normal	Field			25^LA	29
	Miltank	normal	Field			45
	Poochyena	dark	Field		46	46^BDSP	46
	Mightyena	dark	Field		56	56^BDSP	56
	Linoone	normal	Field	1	1
	Slakoth	normal	Field	38^ORAS	38	38^BDSP	38
	Vigoroth	normal	Field			1^BDSP
	Slaking	normal	Field			1^BDSP
	Skitty	normal	Field/Fairy	49^XY 46^ORAS	46	46^BDSP
	Delcatty	normal	Field/Fairy			1^BDSP
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy	1, 60^XY 1, 49^ORAS	1, 49	48
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like	43^ORAS	43	43^BDSP	43
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like	43^ORAS	43	43^BDSP	43
	Buneary	normal	Field/Human-Like			31^LA
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like			31^LA
	Glameow	normal	Field	50	50	50^BDSP 31^LA
	Purugly	normal	Field	50	50	50^BDSP 31^LA
	Chatot	normal/flying	Flying			43^LA
	Shaymin	grass	Undiscovered				46
	Shaymin	grass/flying	Undiscovered				46
	Lillipup	normal	Field	45	45	20
	Herdier	normal	Field	52	52	24
	Stoutland	normal	Field	63	63	24
	Purrloin	dark	Field	49	49	40
	Liepard	dark	Field	58	58	52
	Swirlix	fairy	Fairy	49	49	33
	Slurpuff	fairy	Fairy	49	49	33
	Sylveon	fairy	Field			25^LA
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy	42	42	45	45
	Klefki	steel/fairy	Mineral	43	43	40	40
	Comfey	fairy	Grass		49	39	39
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous		46	54	54
	Yamper	electric	Field			45
	Boltund	electric	Field			55
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			40	40
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			46	46
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			48	48
	Cufant	steel	Field/Mineral			45	45
	Copperajah	steel	Field/Mineral			51	51
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field			25^LA	29
	Sprigatito	grass	Field/Grass				36
	Floragato	grass	Field/Grass				42
	Meowscarada	grass/dark	Field/Grass				47
	Tandemaus	normal	Field/Fairy				26
	Maushold	normal	Field/Fairy				29
	Fidough	fairy	Field/Mineral				18
	Dachsbun	fairy	Field/Mineral				18
	Tinkatink	fairy/steel	Fairy				35
	Tinkatuff	fairy/steel	Fairy				35
	Tinkaton	fairy/steel	Fairy				35
	Greavard	ghost	Field				32
	Houndstone	ghost	Field				36
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered				42
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By TM/TR[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Pikachu	electric	Field/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Raichu	electric	Field/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Raichu	electric/psychic	Field/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Clefairy	fairy	Fairy		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Clefable	fairy	Fairy		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Vulpix	ice	Field				TM127
	Ninetales	ice/fairy	Field				TM127
	Jigglypuff	normal/fairy	Fairy		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Wigglytuff	normal/fairy	Fairy		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Meowth	normal	Field		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Meowth	dark	Field		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Meowth	steel	Field			TR90	TM127
	Persian	normal	Field		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Persian	dark	Field		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Growlithe	fire	Field		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Arcanine	fire	Field		TM44{^PE	TR90	TM127
	Ponyta	fire	Field			TR90
	Ponyta	psychic	Field			TR90^SwSh
	Rapidash	fire	Field			TR90
	Rapidash	psychic/fairy	Field			TR90^SwSh
	Dewgong	water/ice	Water 1/Field				TM127
	Weezing	poison/fairy	Amorphous			TR90^SwSh	TM127
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered		TM44^PE	TR90	TM127
	Cyndaquil	fire	Field				TM127
	Quilava	fire	Field				TM127
	Typhlosion	fire	Field				TM127
	Typhlosion	fire/ghost	Field				TM127
	Sentret	normal	Field				TM127
	Furret	normal	Field				TM127
	Pichu	electric	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Cleffa	fairy	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Igglybuff	normal/fairy	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Togepi	fairy	Undiscovered			TR90
	Togetic	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy			TR90
	Bellossom	grass	Grass			TR90	TM127
	Marill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Azumarill	water/fairy	Water 1/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy				TM127
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy				TM127
	Teddiursa	normal	Field				TM127
	Ursaring	normal	Field				TM127
	Phanpy	ground	Field				TM127
	Donphan	ground	Field				TM127
	Miltank	normal	Field			TR90
	Poochyena	dark	Field				TM127
	Mightyena	dark	Field				TM127
	Linoone	normal	Field			TR90
	Slakoth	normal	Field				TM127
	Vigoroth	normal	Field				TM127
	Slaking	normal	Field				TM127
	Mawile	steel/fairy	Field/Fairy			TR90
	Plusle	electric	Fairy				TM127
	Minun	electric	Fairy				TM127
	Volbeat	bug	Bug/Human-Like				TM127
	Illumise	bug	Bug/Human-Like				TM127
	Swablu	normal/flying	Flying/Dragon			TR90	TM127
	Altaria	dragon/flying	Flying/Dragon			TR90	TM127
	Absol	dark	Field			TR90
	Jirachi	steel/psychic	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Shinx	electric	Field			TR90	TM127
	Luxio	electric	Field			TR90	TM127
	Luxray	electric	Field			TR90	TM127
	Pachirisu	electric	Field/Fairy				TM127
	Cherrim	grass	Fairy/Grass			TR90
	Buneary	normal	Field/Human-Like			TR90
	Lopunny	normal	Field/Human-Like			TR90
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field			TR90	TM127
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field			TR90	TM127
	Togekiss	fairy/flying	Flying/Fairy			TR90
	Uxie	psychic	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Mesprit	psychic	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Azelf	psychic	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Shaymin	grass	Undiscovered				TM127
	Shaymin	grass/flying	Undiscovered				TM127
	Lillipup	normal	Field			TR90
	Herdier	normal	Field			TR90
	Stoutland	normal	Field			TR90
	Purrloin	dark	Field			TR90
	Liepard	dark	Field			TR90
	Whimsicott	grass/fairy	Grass/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Minccino	normal	Field			TR90	TM127
	Cinccino	normal	Field			TR90	TM127
	Deerling	normal/grass	Field				TM127
	Sawsbuck	normal/grass	Field				TM127
	Alomomola	water	Water 1/Water 2				TM127
	Cubchoo	ice	Field			TR90	TM127
	Beartic	ice	Field			TR90	TM127
	Meloetta	normal/psychic	Undiscovered				TM127
	Skiddo	grass	Field				TM127
	Gogoat	grass	Field				TM127
	Espurr	psychic	Field			TR90	TM127
	Meowstic	psychic	Field			TR90	TM127
	Meowstic	psychic	Field			TR90	TM127
	Swirlix	fairy	Fairy			TR90
	Slurpuff	fairy	Fairy			TR90
	Skrelp	poison/water	Water 1/Dragon			TR90	TM127
	Draglage	poison/dragon	Water 1/Dragon			TR90	TM127
	Tyrunt	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon			TR90
	Tyrantrum	rock/dragon	Monster/Dragon			TR90
	Sylveon	fairy	Field			TR90
	Dedenne	electric/fairy	Field/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Klefki	steel/fairy	Mineral			TR90	TM127
	Xerneas	fairy	Undiscovered			TR90
	Diancie	rock/fairy	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Popplio	water	Water 1/Field			TR90	TM127
	Brionne	water	Water 1/Field			TR90	TM127
	Primarina	water/fairy	Water 1/Field			TR90	TM127
	Cutiefly	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Ribombee	bug/fairy	Bug/Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Rockruff	rock	Field			TR90	TM127
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TR90	TM127
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TR90	TM127
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TR90	TM127
	Bounsweet	grass	Grass			TR90	TM127
	Steenee	grass	Grass			TR90	TM127
	Tsareena	grass	Grass			TR90	TM127
	Comfey	fairy	Grass			TR90	TM127
	Mimikyu	ghost/fairy	Amorphous			TR90	TM127
	Drampa	normal/dragon	Monster/Dragon			TR90
	Tapu Lele	psychic/fairy	Undiscovered			TR90
	Tapu Fini	water/fairy	Undiscovered			TR90
	Magearna	steel/fairy	Undiscovered				TM127
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered			TR90
	Nickit	dark	Field			TR90
	Thievul	dark	Field			TR90
	Yamper	electric	Field			TR90
	Boltund	electric	Field			TR90
	Hatenna	psychic	Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Hattrem	psychic	Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Hatterene	psychic/fairy	Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Impidimp	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			TR90	TM127
	Morgrem	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			TR90	TM127
	Grimmsnarl	dark/fairy	Fairy/Human-Like			TR90	TM127
	Perrserker	steel	Field			TR90	TM127
	Alcremie	fairy	Fairy/Amorphous			TR90	TM127
	Frosmoth	ice/bug	Bug			TR90	TM127
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Indeedee	psychic/normal	Fairy			TR90	TM127
	Cufant	steel	Field/Mineral			TR90	TM127
	Copperajah	steel	Field/Mineral			TR90	TM127
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered			TR90	TM127
	Ursaluna	ground/normal	Field				TM127
	Enamorus	fairy/flying	Undiscovered				TM127
	Sprigatito	grass	Field/Grass				TM127
	Floragato	grass	Field/Grass				TM127
	Meowscarada	grass/dark	Field/Grass				TM127
	Lechonk	normal	Field				TM127
	Oinkologne	normal	Field				TM127
	Oinkologne	normal	Field				TM127
	Pawmi	electric	Field				TM127
	Pawmo	electric/fighting	Field				TM127
	Pawmot	electric/fighting	Field				TM127
	Tandemaus	normal	Field/Fairy				TM127
	Maushold	normal	Field/Fairy				TM127
	Fidough	fairy	Field/Mineral				TM127
	Dachsbun	fairy	Field/Mineral				TM127
	Maschiff	dark	Field				TM127
	Mabosstiff	dark	Field				TM127
	Tinkatink	fairy/steel	Fairy				TM127
	Tinkatuff	fairy/steel	Fairy				TM127
	Tinkaton	fairy/steel	Fairy				TM127
	Greavard	ghost	Field				TM127
	Houndstone	ghost	Field				TM127
	Cetoddle	ice	Field				TM127
	Cetitan	ice	Field				TM127
	Great Tusk	ground/fighting	Undiscovered				TM127
	Scream Tail	fairy/psychic	Undiscovered				TM127
	Iron Bundle	ice/water	Undiscovered				TM127
	Iron Hands	fighting/electric	Undiscovered				TM127
	Fezandipiti	poison/fairy	Undiscovered				TM127
	Ogerpon	grass	Undiscovered				TM127
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding[]

Pokémon	Type	Egg Groups	Father
			VI	VII	VIII
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery[]

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A	Alluring Voice Aromatic Mist

B	Baby-Doll Eyes

C	Charm Crafty Shield

D	Dazzling Gleam Decorate Disarming Voice Draining Kiss

F	Fairy Lock Fairy Wind Fleur Cannon Floral Healing Flower Shield

G	Geomancy

L	Light of Ruin

M	Magical Torque Misty Explosion Misty Terrain Moonblast Moonlight

N	Nature's Madness

P	Play Rough

S	Sparkly Swirl Spirit Break Springtide Storm Strange Steam Sweet Kiss

See also	Bug-type Dark-type Dragon-type Electric-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

Moves

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A	Aromatic Mist

B	Baby-Doll Eyes Belch Boomburst

C	Celebrate Confide Crafty Shield

D	Dazzling Gleam Diamond Storm Disarming Voice Dragon Ascent Draining Kiss

E	Eerie Impulse Electric Terrain Electrify

F	Fairy Lock Fairy Wind Fell Stinger Flower Shield Flying Press Forest's Curse Freeze-Dry

G	Geomancy Grassy Terrain

H	Happy Hour Hold Back Hold Hands Hyperspace Fury Hyperspace Hole

I	Infestation Ion Deluge

K	King's Shield

L	Land's Wrath Light of Ruin

M	Magnetic Flux Mat Block Misty Terrain Moonblast Mystical Fire

N	Noble Roar Nuzzle

O	Oblivion Wing Origin Pulse

P	Parabolic Charge Parting Shot Petal Blizzard Phantom Force Play Nice Play Rough Powder Power-Up Punch Precipice Blades

R	Rototiller

S	Spiky Shield Steam Eruption Sticky Web

T	Thousand Arrows Thousand Waves Topsy-Turvy Trick-or-Treat

V	Venom Drench

W	Water Shuriken

See also	Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Generation VI