Explosion (move)

Explosion だいばくはつ Giant Explosion

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  5 (max. 8) Power  250 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally All: Affects all Pokémon on the field

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM47 in Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Move Tutor in Pokémon Emerald TM64 in Generation IV TM64 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   Makes a great appeal, but allows no more to the end.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Earn +15 if all the Pokémon choose the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beauty Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Explosion (Japanese だいばくはつ Giant Explosion) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I. It is currently the most powerful move in terms of its base power, being a more powerful move than the similar Selfdestruct.

Effect

Generation I

Explosion has a power of 170 in Generation I.

Explosion does damage, and causes the user to faint. Though its power is 170, the target's Defense will be halved when damage from this attack is calculated, giving it an effective power of 340. The game will bump 0 up to 1 to avoid infinite damage, so Explosion will then effectively have a power of 170 if used against a target with a Defense value of 1.

If Explosion breaks a target's Substitute, the user will not faint, though its image will be replaced by a blank image. Additionally, if the user of Explosion had a Substitute at the time of such a situation, uses Substitute later, or switches out, its regular image will once again become visible.

If the user of Explosion attacks first and faints itself, the target will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.

In Stadium, if Explosion breaks a target's Substitute, the user will faint.

Generations II to IV

Explosion's base power was changed to the current 250. The Defense-halving step still applies, giving it an effective power of 500.

Generation V

Explosion no longer halves the target's Defense.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 36 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 43 0076 Golem Rock Ground 43 0100 Voltorb Electric 43 0101 Electrode Electric 50 0109 Koffing Poison 48 0110 Weezing Poison 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM47

#   Pokémon Type 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0109 Koffing Poison 0110 Weezing Poison 0151 Mew Psychic Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 41 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 48 0076 Golem Rock Ground 48 0100 Voltorb Electric 39 0101 Electrode Electric 44 0109 Koffing Poison 41 0110 Weezing Poison 44 0204 Pineco Bug 36 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 39 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 41 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 53 0076 Golem Rock Ground 53 0100 Voltorb Electric 46 0101 Electrode Electric 54 0109 Koffing Poison 41 0110 Weezing Poison 44 0204 Pineco Bug 36 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 39 0273 Seedot Grass 43 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 49 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 49 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 45 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 55 0377 Regirock Rock -- 0378 Regice Ice -- 0379 Registeel Steel -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

By move tutor

In Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald

#   Pokémon Type 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0109 Koffing Poison 0110 Weezing Poison 0151 Mew Psychic 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0299 Nosepass Rock 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 0362 Glalie Ice 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 32 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 38 0076 Golem Rock Ground 38 0100 Voltorb Electric 43 0101 Electrode Electric 51 0109 Koffing Poison 37 0110 Weezing Poison 40 0204 Pineco Bug 31 0204 Pineco Bug 34 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 33 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 38 0273 Seedot Grass 43 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 56 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 56 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 71 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 86 0377 Regirock Rock -- 0378 Regice Ice -- 0379 Registeel Steel -- 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 43 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 51 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 44 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 52 0482 Azelf Psychic 76 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM64

#   Pokémon Type 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0109 Koffing Poison 0110 Weezing Poison 0151 Mew Psychic 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0299 Nosepass Rock 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 0362 Glalie Ice 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 0438 Bonsly Rock 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 0482 Azelf Psychic 0485 Heatran Fire Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0088 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Grimer
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0095 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Onix
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0299 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Nosepass
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Geodude, Graveler, Golem

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 43 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 53 0076 Golem Rock Ground 53 0100 Voltorb Electric 47 0101 Electrode Electric 57 0109 Koffing Poison 42 0110 Weezing Poison 46 0204 Pineco Bug 34 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 42 0273 Seedot Grass 43 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 56 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 56 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 60 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 72 0377 Regirock Rock -- 0378 Regice Ice -- 0379 Registeel Steel -- 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 46 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 56 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 49 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 61 0482 Azelf Psychic 76 0524 Dangoro Dangoro Rock 40 0525 Gantoru Gantoru Rock 55 0526 Gigaiath Gigaiath Rock 55 0568 Yabukuron Yabukuron Poison 47 0569 Dasutodasu Dasutodasu Poison 59 0597 Tesshiido Tesshiido Grass Steel 55 0598 Nattorei Nattorei Grass Steel 67 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM64

#   Pokémon Type 0074 Geodude Rock Ground 0075 Graveler Rock Ground 0076 Golem Rock Ground 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 0088 Grimer Poison 0089 Muk Poison 0090 Shellder Water 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0100 Voltorb Electric 0101 Electrode Electric 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic 0109 Koffing Poison 0110 Weezing Poison 0151 Mew Psychic 0185 Sudowoodo Rock 0204 Pineco Bug 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison 0219 Magcargo Fire Rock 0222 Corsola Water Rock 0273 Seedot Grass 0274 Nuzleaf Grass Dark 0275 Shiftry Grass Dark 0299 Nosepass Rock 0316 Gulpin Poison 0317 Swalot Poison 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0324 Torkoal Fire 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 0338 Solrock Rock Psychic 0343 Baltoy Ground Psychic 0344 Claydol Ground Psychic 0362 Glalie Ice 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0377 Regirock Rock 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 0434 Stunky Poison Dark 0435 Skuntank Poison Dark 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 0438 Bonsly Rock 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 0463 Lickilicky Normal 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 0482 Azelf Psychic 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0524 Dangoro Dangoro Rock 0525 Gantoru Gantoru Rock 0526 Gigaiath Gigaiath Rock 0568 Yabukuron Yabukuron Poison 0569 Dasutodasu Dasutodasu Poison 0577 Yuniran Yuniran Psychic 0578 Daburan Daburan Psychic 0579 Rankurusu Rankurusu Psychic 0582 Vanipeti Vanipeti Ice 0583 Baniricchi Baniricchi Ice 0584 Baibanira Baibanira Ice 0597 Tesshido Tesshido Grass Steel 0598 Nattorei Nattorei Grass Steel 0615 Furiijio Furiijio Ice 0645 Landlos Landlos Ground Flying 0649 Genesect Bug Steel Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

The user glows brightly and then suddenly explodes, or causes everything around it to explode.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Electrode's body glows red, yellow, or white, becomes surrounded in yellow sparks and explodes violently.
Unknown Trainer's Electrode	The Flame Pokémon-athon!		Debut
A wild Electrode	Pikachu's Vacation		None
Danny's Electrode	Navel Maneuvers		None
Multiple wild Electrode	The Underground Round-Up		None
Multiple Electrode guarding the Electric Company	Current Events		None
A wild Electrode	Pearls are a Spoink's Best Friend		None
	Weezing's body glows white, then explodes violently.
Pokémon League entrance exam instructor's Weezing	The Ultimate Test		None
	Togepi causes everything around it to explode.
Misty's Togepi	Pikachu Re-Volts		Used via Metronome
	Forretress's body glows white, then explodes violently.
Brock's Forretress	You Never Can Taillow!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

The user explodes violently.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	All the rocks on Golem's body explodes violently.
Giovanni's Golem	Golly, Golem!		Debut

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explosion does not cause the user to faint, but instead cuts its HP in half, and affects all Pokémon, items, and walls within 2 tiles of the user, reducing HP by half on teammates, by 80 on hostile Pokémon, and destroying all walls and items.

Trivia

• Lickilicky and Smeargle are the only Pokémon that can learn this attack and receive STAB on it. This does not consider being selected by Metronome or Assist.
  • Neither Lickilicky nor its pre-evolved form are capable of learning Selfdestruct.
• This attack can achieve up to 412.5 Base Power if powered up with Lickilicky's STAB and a Silk Scarf.

In other languages

• Dutch: Explosie
• French: Explosion
• German: Explosion
• Greek: Έκρηξη
• Italian: Esplosione
• Spanish: Explosión