Snarl

バークアウト Bark Out

Generation:	V

Battle Data

Type:
Category
Power:	55
Accuracy:	95
PP:	15, max: ?
Affects:	Selected target
Secondary Effect:	Lowers Special Attack
Priority:	0
Contact:	No

Affected by

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

Contest Data

Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)

Type:
Appeal:	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam:	0

Snarl is a Dark-type move introduced in Generation V that will lower the target's Special Attack stat by one level.

Description[]

Games	Description
BW B2W2	The user yells as if it is ranting about something, making the target's Sp. Atk stat decrease.
XY ORAS SM USUM	The user yells as if it's ranting about something, which lowers the Sp. Atk stat of opposing Pokémon.
SwSh BDSP LA SV	The user yells as if it's ranting about something, which lowers the Sp. Atk stat of opposing Pokémon.

Effect[]

Snarl deals damage and lowers the target's Special Attack by one stage. Snarl hits all opponents in Double Battles and all adjacent opponents in Triple Battles.

Learnset[]

By levelling up[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Level
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Umbreon	dark	Field				1, Evo.SwSh BDSP Evo.LA	Evo.
	Murkrow	dark/flying	Flying				6LA
	Mightyena	dark	Field		18ORAS	1, Evo.	1, Evo.BDSP
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field				9
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field				9
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying				6LA
	Zorua	normal/ghost	Field				6LA
	Zoroark	normal/ghost	Field				6LA
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered		18	18	10
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered			18USUM	1
	Nickit	dark	Field				12
	Thievul	dark	Field				12
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field				9
	Fuecoco	fire	Field					21
	Crocalor	fire	Field					24
	Skeledirge	fire/ghost	Field					24
	Maschiff	dark	Field					7
	Mabosstiff	dark	Field					7
	Iron Jugulis	dark/flying	Undiscovered					29
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[]

Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	Machine
Pokémon		Type	Egg groups	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
	Rattata	dark/normal	Field			TM95
	Raticate	dark/normal	Field			TM95
	Meowth	normal	Field					TM030
	Meowth	dark	Field					TM030
	Persian	normal	Field					TM030
	Persian	dark	Field			TM95	TM85SwSh	TM030
	Growlithe	fire	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Arcanine	fire	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Arcanine	fire/rock	Field					TM030
	Grimer	poison/dark	Amorphous			TM95		TM030
	Muk	poison/dark	Amorphous			TM95		TM030
	Moltres	dark/flying	Undiscovered				TM85SwSh	TM030
	Mew	psychic	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Umbreon	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Murkrow	dark/flying	Flying	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP	TM030
	Slowking	poison/psychic	Monster/Water 1					TM030
	Snubbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP
	Granbull	fairy	Field/Fairy	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP
	Sneasel	dark/ice	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Houndour	dark/fire	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP	TM030
	Houndoom	dark/fire	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP	TM030
	Raikou	electric	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Entei	fire	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Suicune	water	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Larvitar	rock/ground	Monster	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Pupitar	rock/ground	Monster	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Tyranitar	rock/dark	Monster	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Poochyena	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP
	Mightyena	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP
	Zigzagoon	dark/normal	Field				TM85SwSh
	Linoone	dark/normal	Field				TM85SwSh
	Nuzleaf	grass/dark	Field/Grass	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Shiftry	grass/dark	Field/Grass	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Sableye	dark/ghost	Human-Like	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Electrike	electric	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Manectric	electric	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Carvanha	water/dark	Water 2	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Sharpedo	water/dark	Water 2	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Spoink	psychic	Field					TM030
	Grumpig	psychic	Field					TM030
	Seviper	poison	Field/Dragon					TM030
	Crawdaunt	water/dark	Water 1/Water 3	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Absol	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Shinx	electric	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Luxio	electric	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Luxray	electric	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Floatzel	water	Water 1/Field					TM030
	Honchkrow	dark/flying	Flying	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP	TM030
	Stunky	poison/dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Skuntank	poison/dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Spiritomb	ghost/dark	Amorphous	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Drapion	poison/dark	Bug/Water 3	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP
	Weavile	dark/ice	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85SwSh TM78BDSP	TM030
	Darkrai	dark	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP
	Arceus	normal	Undiscovered	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM78BDSP	TM030
	Samurott	water/dark	Field					TM030
	Lillipup	normal	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Herdier	normal	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Stoutland	normal	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Purrloin	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Liepard	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Sandile	ground/dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Krokorok	ground/dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Krookodile	ground/dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Scraggy	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Scrafty	dark/fighting	Field/Dragon	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Zorua	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Zorua	normal/ghost	Field					TM030
	Zoroark	dark	Field	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Zoroark	normal/ghost	Field					TM030
	Axew	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TM030
	Fraxure	dragon	Monster/Dragon					TM030
	Haxorus	dragon	Monster/Dragon				TM85	TM030
	Cubchoo	ice	Field					TM030
	Beartic	ice	Field					TM030
	Druddigon	dragon	Dragon/Monster	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Pawniard	dark/steel	Human-Like	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Bisharp	dark/steel	Human-Like	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85	TM030
	Braviary	psychic/flying	Flying					TM030
	Vullaby	dark/flying	Flying	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Mandibuzz	dark/flying	Flying	TM95	TM95	TM95	TM85
	Deino	dark/dragon	Dragon					TM030
	Zwelious	dark/dragon	Dragon					TM030
	Hydreigon	dark/dragon	Dragon				TM85	TM030
	Thundurus	electric/flying	Undiscovered					TM030
	Litleo	fire/normal	Field		TM95	TM95		TM030
	Pyroar	fire/normal	Field		TM95	TM95		TM030
	Pangoro	fighting/dark	Field/Human-Like		TM95	TM95	TM85
	Furfrou	normal	Field		TM95	TM95
	Yveltal	dark/flying	Undiscovered		TM95	TM95	TM85
	Incineroar	fire/dark	Field			TM95	TM85
	Rockruff	rock	Field			TM95	TM85	TM030
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TM95	TM85	TM030
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TM95	TM85	TM030
	Lycanroc	rock	Field			TM95USUM	TM85	TM030
	Golisopod	bug/water	Bug/Water 3			TM95	TM85
	Silvally	normal	Undiscovered			TM95	TM85
	Drampa	normal/dragon	Monster/Dragon			TM95	TM85
	Tapu Bulu	grass/fairy	Undiscovered			TM95	TM85
	Solgaleo	psychic/steel	Undiscovered			TM95	TM85
	Guzzlord	dark/dragon	Undiscovered			TM95	TM85
	Naganadel	poison/dragon	Undiscovered			TM95USUM	TM85
	Zeraora	electric	Undiscovered			TM95USUM	TM85
	Rillaboom	grass	Field/Grass				TM85	TM030
	Cinderace	fire	Field/Human-Like				TM85	TM030
	Nickit	dark	Field				TM85
	Thievul	dark	Field				TM85
	Yamper	electric	Field				TM85
	Boltund	electric	Field				TM85
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like				TM85	TM030
	Toxtricity	electric/poison	Human-Like				TM85	TM030
	Obstagoon	dark/normal	Field				TM85
	Morpeko	electric/dark	Field/Fairy				TM85
	Copperajah	steel	Field/Mineral				TM85	TM030
	Duraludon	steel/dragon	Mineral/Dragon				TM85
	Zacian	fairy	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Zamazenta	fighting	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Urshifu	fighting/dark	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Zarude	dark/grass	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Glastrier	ice	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Spectrier	ghost	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Calyrex	psychic/grass	Undiscovered					TM030
	Calyrex	psychic/ice	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Calyrex	psychic/ghost	Undiscovered				TM85	TM030
	Fuecoco	fire	Field					TM030
	Crocalor	fire	Field					TM030
	Skeledirge	fire/ghost	Field					TM030
	Fidough	fairy	Field/Mineral					TM030
	Dachsbun	fairy	Field/Mineral					TM030
	Maschiff	dark	Field					TM030
	Mabosstiff	dark	Field					TM030
	Bombirdier	flying/dark	Flying					TM030
	Greavard	ghost	Field					TM030
	Houndstone	ghost	Field					TM030
	Kingambit	dark/steel	Human-Like					TM030
	Iron Jugulis	dark/flying	Undiscovered					TM030
	Iron Thorns	rock/electric	Undiscovered					TM030
	Wo-Chien	dark/grass	Undiscovered					TM030
	Chien-Pao	dark/ice	Undiscovered					TM030
	Ting-Lu	dark/ground	Undiscovered					TM030
	Chi-Yu	dark/fire	Undiscovered					TM030
	Roaring Moon	dragon/dark	Undiscovered					TM030
	Koraidon	fighting/dragon	Undiscovered					TM030
	Miraidon	electric/dragon	Undiscovered					TM030
	Walking Wake	water/dragon	Undiscovered					TM030
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 event[]

Generation V[]

Generation VIII[]

Trivia[]

Cacturne is the only Dark-type Pokémon unable to learn Snarl.
Until the release of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the TM containing Snarl was only obtainable through the use of hacking tools.

Gallery[]

Main games

Main series

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A	Assurance

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C	Ceaseless Edge Comeuppance Crunch

D	Dark Pulse Dark Void Darkest Lariat

E	Embargo

F	Fake Tears Feint Attack Fiery Wrath Flatter Fling Foul Play

H	Hone Claws Hyperspace Fury

J	Jaw Lock

K	Karate Chop

L	Lash Out

M	Memento

N	Nasty Plot Night Daze Night Slash

O	Obstruct

P	Parting Shot Payback Power Trip Punishment Pursuit

Q	Quash

R	Ruination

S	Snarl Snatch Sucker Punch Switcheroo

T	Taunt Thief Throat Chop Topsy-Turvy Torment

W	Wicked Blow Wicked Torque

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A	Acid Spray Acrobatics After You Ally Switch Autotomize

B	Bestow Blue Flare Bolt Strike Bulldoze

C	Chip Away Circle Throw Clear Smog Coil Cotton Guard

D	Dragon Tail Drill Run Dual Chop

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G	Gear Grind Glaciate Grass Pledge Guard Split

H	Head Charge Heal Pulse Heart Stamp Heat Crash Heavy Slam Hex Hone Claws Horn Leech Hurricane

I	Ice Burn Icicle Crash Incinerate Inferno

L	Leaf Tornado Low Sweep

M	Magic Room

N	Night Daze

P	Power Split Psyshock Psystrike

Q	Quash Quick Guard Quiver Dance

R	Rage Powder Razor Shell Reflect Type Relic Song Retaliate Round

S	Sacred Sword Scald Searing Shot Secret Sword Shell Smash Shift Gear Simple Beam Sky Drop Sludge Wave Smack Down Snarl Soak Steamroller Stored Power Storm Throw Struggle Bug Synchronoise

T	Tail Slap Techno Blast Telekinesis

V	V-create Venoshock Volt Switch

W	Water Pledge Wide Guard Wild Charge Wonder Room Work Up

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