Curse

A move with a frighteningly different effect when used by a Ghost. Curse is a ???-type move that affects the target's status. It can be taught to pokemon via TM53.

Damage
Curse does not do direct damage.

Non-Ghosts:
Curse has a 100% chance of raising the user's attack power and health while lowering the user's speed.

Ghosts:
The user immediately loses half of its HP in order to put a curse on the opponent. The opponent loses 1/4 of its HP at the end of every turn. The effects of Curse are stackable; if a ghost-type uses Curse a second time, the opponent now loses half its HP per turn. If both the user and the opponent survive long enough, Curse can be stacked up to four times- after this point, it's impossible for the opponent to survive.

Pokemon that Learn Curse via Level-Up

 * Gastly
 * Haunter
 * Gengar
 * Slowpoke
 * Slowbro
 * Slowking

Pokemon that Learn Curse via TM
All pokemon capable of learning TM moves can learn Curse.