Persian - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Persian can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Persian artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Persian learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Persian Alolan Persian

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Fake Out	Normal	40	100
1	Feint	Normal	30	100
1	Growl	Normal	—	100
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
1	Switcheroo	Dark	—	100
12	Pay Day	Normal	40	100
16	Bite	Dark	60	100
20	Taunt	Dark	—	100
24	Assurance	Dark	60	100
31	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
36	Screech	Normal	—	85
42	Slash	Normal	70	100
48	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
54	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Fake Out	Normal	40	100
1	Feint	Normal	30	100
1	Growl	Normal	—	100
1	Quash	Dark	—	100
1	Scratch	Normal	40	100
1	Switcheroo	Dark	—	100
12	Pay Day	Normal	40	100
16	Bite	Dark	60	100
20	Taunt	Dark	—	100
24	Assurance	Dark	60	100
31	Fury Swipes	Normal	18	80
36	Screech	Normal	—	85
42	Night Slash	Dark	70	100
48	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
54	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90

Moves learnt on evolution

Persian learns the following moves when it evolves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (regardless of level).

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Power Gem	Rock		80	100

Egg moves

Persian learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Persian Alolan Persian

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Covet	Normal	60	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Hypnosis	Psychic	—	60
Last Resort	Normal	140	100
Spite	Ghost	—	100
Tail Whip	Normal	—	100

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Covet	Normal	60	100
Flail	Normal	—	100
Flatter	Dark	—	100
Hypnosis	Psychic	—	60
Parting Shot	Dark	—	100
Spite	Ghost	—	100

Moves learnt by TM

Persian is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

Persian Alolan Persian

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
02	Charm	Fairy	—	100
03	Fake Tears	Dark	—	100
04	Agility	Psychic	—	—
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
22	Chilling Water	Water	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
30	Snarl	Dark	55	95
31	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
57	False Swipe	Normal	40	100
60	U-turn	Bug	70	100
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
71	Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
101	Power Gem	Rock	80	100
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
117	Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
127	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90
128	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
01	Take Down	Normal	90	85
02	Charm	Fairy	—	100
03	Fake Tears	Dark	—	100
04	Agility	Psychic	—	—
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
20	Trailblaze	Grass	50	100
22	Chilling Water	Water	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
27	Aerial Ace	Flying	60	∞
30	Snarl	Dark	55	95
31	Metal Claw	Steel	50	95
32	Swift	Normal	60	∞
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
55	Dig	Ground	80	100
60	U-turn	Bug	70	100
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
71	Seed Bomb	Grass	80	100
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
101	Power Gem	Rock	80	100
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
117	Hyper Voice	Normal	90	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
127	Play Rough	Fairy	90	90
128	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
130	Helping Hand	Normal	—	—
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100

Persian egg move parents

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Persian Alolan Persian

Persian's egg groups: Field

The egg moves for Persian are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Persian with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Persian with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Covet

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Mankey Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Slakoth Slaking Leafeon Glaceon Espurr Meowstic (Male) Sylveon Ursaluna Lechonk Oinkologne (Male) Fidough Dachsbun
Breeding	Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Growlithe Hisuian Growlithe Arcanine Hisuian Arcanine Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Hisuian Typhlosion Aipom Poochyena Pachirisu Dedenne Perrserker
Evolution	Greedent
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Covet

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Dunsparce Swinub Piloswine Phanpy Slakoth Slaking Mamoswine Cubchoo Beartic Komala Cetoddle Cetitan Dudunsparce (Two-Segment Form)
Breeding	Pikachu Raichu Alolan Raichu Sandshrew Alolan Sandshrew Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Torkoal Pachirisu Leafeon Glaceon Minccino Sylveon Perrserker
Reminder	Zangoose
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Flail

Hypnosis

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Stantler Wyrdeer
Breeding	Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Meowth Alolan Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Psyduck Golduck Fennekin Braixen Delphox
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Hypnosis

Last Resort

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Aipom Espeon Umbreon Snubbull Granbull Phanpy Pachirisu Ambipom Leafeon Glaceon Minccino Sylveon Fidough Dachsbun
Breeding	Meowth Persian Sentret Dunsparce Torchic Yungoos Gumshoos Rockruff Lycanroc (Midday Form) Lycanroc (Midnight Form) Oranguru Skwovet Greedent Silicobra Sandaconda Dudunsparce (Two-Segment Form) Dudunsparce (Three-Segment Form)
Reminder	Cinccino
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Last Resort

Spite

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Hisuian Zorua Hisuian Zoroark
TM	Ekans Arbok Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Ninetales Alolan Ninetales Aipom Snubbull Granbull Poochyena Mightyena Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Ambipom Scrafty Morpeko (Full Belly Mode)
Breeding	Ekans Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Mankey Primeape Sneasel Houndour Houndoom Stantler Weavile Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Perrserker Wyrdeer Annihilape
Reminder	Ninetales Alolan Ninetales
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spite

Tail Whip

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Pikachu Raichu Alolan Raichu Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Ninetales Alolan Ninetales Psyduck Golduck Rhyhorn Rhydon Tauros Tauros (Combat Breed) Tauros (Blaze Breed) Tauros (Aqua Breed) Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Aipom Wooper Paldean Wooper Quagsire Espeon Umbreon Snubbull Granbull Ambipom Rhyperior Leafeon Glaceon Tepig Pignite Emboar Oshawott Dewott Samurott Hisuian Samurott Blitzle Zebstrika Fennekin Braixen Delphox Skiddo Gogoat Sylveon Dedenne Skwovet Greedent Morpeko (Full Belly Mode) Sprigatito Floragato Meowscarada Lechonk Oinkologne (Male) Fidough Dachsbun Greavard Houndstone Clodsire
Breeding	Meowth Persian Pachirisu Minccino
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Tail Whip

Alolan Persian's egg groups: Field

The egg moves for Alolan Persian are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Alolan Persian with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Alolan Persian with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Covet

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Mankey Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Teddiursa Ursaring Slakoth Slaking Leafeon Glaceon Espurr Meowstic (Male) Sylveon Ursaluna Lechonk Oinkologne (Male) Fidough Dachsbun
Breeding	Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Growlithe Hisuian Growlithe Arcanine Hisuian Arcanine Cyndaquil Quilava Typhlosion Hisuian Typhlosion Aipom Poochyena Pachirisu Dedenne Perrserker
Evolution	Greedent
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Covet

Flail

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Dunsparce Swinub Piloswine Phanpy Slakoth Slaking Mamoswine Cubchoo Beartic Komala Cetoddle Cetitan Dudunsparce (Two-Segment Form)
Breeding	Pikachu Raichu Alolan Raichu Sandshrew Alolan Sandshrew Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Eevee Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Espeon Umbreon Torkoal Pachirisu Leafeon Glaceon Minccino Sylveon Perrserker
Reminder	Zangoose
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Flail

Flatter

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Morpeko (Full Belly Mode) Shroodle Grafaiai
Breeding	Alolan Meowth Alolan Persian Mareep Flaaffy Ampharos Pachirisu
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Flatter

Hypnosis

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Stantler Wyrdeer
Breeding	Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Meowth Alolan Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Psyduck Golduck Fennekin Braixen Delphox
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Hypnosis

Parting Shot

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Breeding	Alolan Meowth Alolan Persian Litten Morpeko (Full Belly Mode) Shroodle Grafaiai
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Parting Shot

Spite

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Hisuian Zorua Hisuian Zoroark
TM	Ekans Arbok Vulpix Alolan Vulpix Ninetales Alolan Ninetales Aipom Snubbull Granbull Poochyena Mightyena Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry Ambipom Scrafty Morpeko (Full Belly Mode)
Breeding	Ekans Meowth Alolan Meowth Galarian Meowth Persian Alolan Persian Mankey Primeape Sneasel Houndour Houndoom Stantler Weavile Sandile Krokorok Krookodile Perrserker Wyrdeer Annihilape
Reminder	Ninetales Alolan Ninetales
Sketch	Smeargle
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spite