

However, this strategy can be easily telegraphed due to it being commonly used on Butterfree, so U-turn provides a safe scouting move when youre unsure if your opponent will switch out. It can really take to many hits, so youd be better off putting the enemy to sleep so you can get a few hit in, while stun spore. The user scatters a big cloud of sleep-inducing dust around the target. Stun Spore, with correct prediction, can allow you to cripple a third of your opponents team in tandem with Sleep Powder via the Double Powder strategy.

It appears to be a poisoning counterpart to Sleep Powder and Stun Spore, as the accuracy, Contest group, appeal, effects, Japanese names, and animation are the same or very similar. If powered up by a Grassium Z into Z-Sleep Powder, the user's Speed stat is raised by one stage. Poison Powder (Japanese: PoisonPowder ), formatted as PoisonPowder prior to Pokmon X and Y, is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation I. Pokémon under the effect of Sweet Veil are also unaffected by Sleep Powder. Grass-type Pokémon, Pokémon with Insomnia, Vital Spirit, Overcoat or Sap Sipper as their Ability, and Pokémon holding the Safety Goggles are now immune to Sleep Powder.
