Syrup Bomb inflicts damage and lowers the target's Speed stat by one stage each turn, for the next three turns. It does not affect targets with Bulletproof. If the move's user leaves the field, the effect will end immediately. The game uses a unique animation when the target's Speed stat is lowered.
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.
Only Shiny Dipplin and Hydrapple will have both the initial attack and the subsequent additional effect use the yellow coloration. In other cases, the coloration differs depending on the user, as it appears to account for the current appearance, Shininess, and species of the user when determining what coloration to use:
When used by other Pokémon, by means such as Metronome or Sketch, Syrup Bomb will always have the red coloration, regardless of whether the user is Shiny.
When used by a Pokémon, regardless of whether it itself is Shiny or not, that has Transformed into a Shiny Dipplin or Hydrapple, Syrup Bomb will correctly display the yellow coloration for the initial attack, but the additional effect that lowers Speed at the end of each turn will still use the non-Shiny red coloration.
This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.
