Aurora Beam (move)

Aurora Beam オーロラビーム Aurora Beam

File:Aurora Beam.png

Battles Type  Ice Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  65 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

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

Aurora Beam (Japanese: オーロラビーム Aurora Beam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Aurora Beam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by one stage.

Description

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Games Description Stad An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Attack power. Stad2 An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Attack power. GSC An attack that may lower Attack. RSE Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack. FRLG A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe’s Attack stat. DPPtHGSS The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target’s Attack stat. BW The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
086		Seel	Water		Water	35			16			21			27				27			'''
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	35			--, 16			--, 21			27				27			''''
090		Shellder	Water		Water	30			17			17	22	32				32			'''
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	--			--			--			--				--			''''
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water		36	36			36			36				36			'
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				22			22			14				14			'
224		Octillery	Water		Water				22			22			14				14			'
245		Suicune	Water		Water					41	41			29				29			'
363		Spheal	Ice	Water							25			25				25			''''
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water							25			25				25			''''
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							25			25				25			''''
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic										29				29			'
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice														25			''''
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
116		Horsea	Water		Water
120		Staryu	Water		Water
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying
456		Finneon	Water		Water
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.

In the anime

Remoraid Vaporeon Cloyster File:Sinnoh Suicune Aurora Beam.png Suicune
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Seel releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Cerulean Gym's Seel	The Misty Mermaid		Debut
	Dewgong releases a white or multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Dewgong	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
Pryce's Dewgong	Nice Pryce, Baby!		None
	Cloyster releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
	Vaporeon releases a multicolored beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Suicune releases a shining metallic silver beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Suicune opens its mouth and a multicolored orb appears in front of its mouth. Suicune then fires a powerful multicolored beam from the ball at the opponent.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
A wild Suicune	Drifloon in the Wind!		None
	A white orb appears in front of Sealeo's mouth. It then fires the white orb as a beam at the opponent, or Sealeo fires a multicolored blast from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo	The Spheal of Approval		None
Juan's Sealeo	The Great Eight Fate!		None
	Remoraid releases a multicolored ray from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Remoraid	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Dewgong Aurora Beam Adventures.png Dewgong Cloyster
The user releases a freezing beam from their mouth at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dewgong releases a freezing beam of wind and sparkles from its mouth. The beam swirls around the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	Do Wrong, Dewgong!		Debut
	Cloyster fires a beam from its body at the opponent, freezing it.
Lorelei's Cloyster	Cloystered		None
	Suicune's body shines brightly, and it fires a powerful beam from its body at the opponent, or Suicune's horn starts to glow and it fires a beam from the hole at the opponent.
Crys's Suicune	Hurray for Heracross		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

																																			File:Aurora Beam Stadium.png
Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Almost all Pokémon that learn Aurora Beam are Template:Type2, despite the fact that it is an Template:Type2 move. Apart from Smeargle, the only non-Water-type Pokémon that are capable of learning the move by any means are Delibird, Cresselia and Cryogonal.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 極光線 Jíguāngxiàn Dutch Aurorastraal French Onde Boréale German Aurorastrahl Greek Ακτίνα Χαραυγής Indonesian Sinar Aurora Italian Raggiaurora Korean 오로라빔 Aurora Beam Polish Promień Aurory Portuguese Raio de Aurora (League Indigo; Orange Islands) Ataque de Alvorada (Johto Journeys) Feixe Aurora (Advanced Series) Brazilian Portuguese Raio de Aurora Serbian Aurora Zrak Spanish Rayo Aurora

Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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