Flash Cannon (move)

Flash Cannon ラスターカノン Luster Cannon

Battles Type  Steel Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 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 Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM91 in Generation IV TM91 in Generation V

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +2 if first to appeal

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Flash Cannon (Japanese: ラスターカノン Luster Cannon) is a damage-dealing Steel-type move introduced in Generation IV. It has been TM91 since Generation IV.

Effect

Flash Cannon does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.

Description

Games Description The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. It may also lower the foe’s Sp. Def stat.* The user gathers all its light energy and releases it in one shot. It may also lower the foe's Sp. Def stat.* The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	--				--			'
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel						35	'
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel						39	'
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	73				73			'
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel						39	'
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	80	42		50			'
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel					52			'
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel					61			'
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 TM

#	Pokémon		Type		Machine
					I --		II --		III --		IV TM91		V TM91		VI --
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔				✔		✔
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	✔				✔		✔
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	✔				✔		✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	✔				✔		✔
116		Horsea	Water		Water	✔				✔		✔
117		Seadra	Water		Water	✔				✔		✔
120		Staryu	Water		Water	✔				✔		✔
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔				✔		✔
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel	✔				✔		✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔				✔		✔
212		Scizor	Bug	Steel	✔				✔		✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water	✔				✔		✔
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	✔				✔		✔
230		Kingdra	Water	Dragon	✔				✔		✔
303		Mawile	Steel		Steel	✔				✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock	✔				✔		✔
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground	✔				✔		✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug	✔				✔		✔
375		Metang	Steel	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
376		Metagross	Steel	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
378		Regice	Ice		Ice	✔				✔		✔
379		Registeel	Steel		Steel	✔				✔		✔
385		Jirachi	Steel	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
386		Deoxys	Psychic		Psychic	✔				✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel	✔				✔		✔
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel	✔				✔		✔
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel	✔				✔		✔
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug	Steel	✔				✔		✔
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic	✔				✔		✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel	✔				✔		✔
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel	✔				✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	✔				✔		✔
476		Probopass	Rock	Steel	✔				✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon	✔				✔		✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel	✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal	✔				✔		✔
524		Roggenrola	Rock		Rock					✔		✔
525		Boldore	Rock		Rock					✔		✔
526		Gigalith	Rock		Rock					✔		✔
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying					✔		✔
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic					✔		✔
578		Duosion	Psychic		Psychic					✔		✔
579		Reuniclus	Psychic		Psychic					✔		✔
582		Vanillite	Ice		Ice					✔		✔
583		Vanillish	Ice		Ice					✔		✔
584		Vanilluxe	Ice		Ice					✔		✔
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel					✔		✔
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel					✔		✔
599		Klink	Steel		Steel					✔		✔
600		Klang	Steel		Steel					✔		✔
601		Klinklang	Steel		Steel					✔		✔
603		Eelektrik	Electric		Electric					✔		✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric					✔		✔
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice					✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon					✔		✔
623		Golurk	Ground	Ghost					✔		✔
632		Durant	Bug	Steel					✔		✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon					✔		✔
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting					✔		✔
642		Thundurus	Electric	Flying					✔		✔
644		Zekrom	Dragon	Electric					✔		✔
646		Kyurem	Dragon	Ice					✔		✔
649		Genesect	Bug	Steel					✔		✔
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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Flash Cannon is the only move of Registeel.

In the anime

Empoleon Aggron Roggenrola Rhyperior
The user fires a beam of light.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bronzong flips around and aims its bottom at the opponent. It then gathers silver energy inside its body and then it fires a silver beam of energy at the opponent.
Lucian's Bronzong	An Elite Meet and Greet!		Debut
Marcus's Bronzong	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Shieldon opens its mouth and forms a silver ball in front of its mouth. It then fires the ball as a silver beam at the opponent.
Newton Graceland's Shieldon	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	The inside of Bastiodon's mouth glows white and it fires a silver beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Byron's Bastiodon	Ancient Family Matters!		None
	Aggron opens its mouth and a silver ball appears in front of Aggron's mouth. Aggron then fires a silver beam from the ball at the opponent.
A wild Aggron	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
Paul's Aggron	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None
	Registeel puts its arms together and creates a silver ball of energy. A silver energy beam is fired from the ball at the opponent.
Brandon's Registeel	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
	Skarmory opens its beak and a silver ball appears in front of it. It then fires a silver beam from the ball at the opponent.
J's henchmen's Skarmory	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Rhyperior fires a silver beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Rhyperior	Piplup, Up and Away!		None
	Empoleon holds out its wings and a silver ball of energy forms in between them. The ball then turned into a silver beam and Empoleon fires it at the opponent, or Empoleon fires a silver beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Kenny's Empoleon	Last Call — First Round!		None
	Roggenrola's body becomes outlined in white energy and the energy starts to gather inside Roggenrola's ear. It then fires a white and pale blue beam from its ear at the opponent.
Ash's Roggenrola	Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!		None
Multiple wild Roggenrola	Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!		None
	One of Golurk's hands disappears into its arm and and white energy starts to gather inside Golurk's arm. It then fires a white and pale blue beam from its arm at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Golurk	Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!		None
Ridley's Golurk	Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!		None
	Duosion's entire body glows gold with silver sparkles around it. The silver sparkles grow larger and a gold outline appears around them as well. A golden orb of energy then forms in front of Duosion's body. The silver sparkles then sink into the orb, as well as the gold glow, and Duosion fires a white and light blue beam of energy from the orb at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Duosion	Beheeyem, Duosion, and the Dream Thief!		None
	Boldore's body becomes outlined in white energy and the energy starts to gather inside Boldore's ear. A white orb of energy with light blue energy inside of it then forms in front of Boldore's ear, and it fires a white beam of energy with light blue energy inside it at the opponent.
Ash's Boldore	Evolution Exchange Excitement!		None
	Cobalion opens its mouth and a ball of silver energy appears in front of it. It then fires a silver beam from the ball at the opponent.
Cobalion (M15)	Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice		None
	Ferrothorn's body becomes outlined in white energy. A white orb of energy with light blue energy then forms in front of Ferrothorn, and it fires a white beam of energy with light blue energy inside it at the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Ferrothorn	Iris and the Rogue Dragonite!		None
	Druddigon's body becomes outlined in white energy. A white orb of energy with light blue energy then forms inside of Druddigon's mouth, and it fires a white beam of energy with light blue energy from it at the opponent.
Drayden's Druddigon	Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Far away shot Close up shot
The user fires a powerful laser at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Lucario puts both or one of its paws forward and fires a powerful beam of energy from its paws at the opponent.
Riley's Lucario	Grumpy Gliscor		Debut

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 光澤電炮 Guāng​zé​ Diàn​pào​* 電炮光澤 Diàn​pào​ Guāng​zé​* Dutch Flits Kanon French Luminocanon German Lichtkanone Greek Φωτοβόλο Hindi प्रकाश तोप Prakash top Indonesian Flash Cannon Italian Cannonflash Korean 러스터캐논 Luster Cannon Norwegian Blitzkanon Portuguese Brazil Canhão de Luz Portugal Canhão de Luz Romanian Foc de Tun Tunul Fulgerător Spanish Latin America Cañón Destello Spain Foco Respl.

Variations of the move Crunch
Crunch Shadow Ball • Flash Cannon Formerly a variation Energy Ball

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