Sonic Boom (move)

SonicBoom ソニックブーム Sonic Boom

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  20 (max. 32) Power  – Accuracy  90% 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 I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool 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

SonicBoom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

SonicBoom deals 20 damage, regardless of the user's type, the opponent's type, and any other effects. Template:Type2s are able to be hit by this move despite their usual immunity to Normal-type moves.

Generation II and on

Template:Type2 Pokémon are immune to SonicBoom.

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, this move does 55 damage instead of 20 damage.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0081 Magnemite Electric 21 0082 Magneton Electric -- 21 0100 Voltorb Electric 17 0101 Electrode Electric -- 17 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 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 16 0082 Magneton Electric Steel -- 16 0100 Voltorb Electric 17 0101 Electrode Electric -- 17 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 19 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" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Scyther, Scizor
Yanma

|- | 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 event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0021 Spearow Normal Flying New York City Pokémon Center 0123 Scyther Bug Flying New York City Pokémon Center 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 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 16 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 16 0100 Voltorb Electric 15 0101 Electrode Electric -- 15 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 17 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 19 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" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma

|- | 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 14 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 14 0100 Voltorb Electric 8 0101 Electrode Electric -- 8 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 14 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 0418 Buizel Water -- 0419 Floatzel Water -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 14 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 14 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" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Vibrava, Flygon

|- | 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 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 14 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 14 0100 Voltorb Electric 8 0101 Electrode Electric -- 8 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 14 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 0418 Buizel Water -- 0419 Floatzel Water -- 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 14 0469 Yanmega Bug Flying 14 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" | 0167 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Yanma, Yanmega
Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0517 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Munna
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Buizel, Floatzel

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

Magnezone File:Buizel SonicBoom.png Buizel File:Yanmega SonicBoom.png Yanmega File:Crobat SonicBoom.png Crobat
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shockwaves heads towards the opponent, or Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shockwave from its wings at the opponent.
Zachary Evans's Yanma	Wings 'N' Things		Debut
Forrester Franklin's Yanma	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief that Keeps on Thieving!		None
Tyler's Yanma	The Thief the Keeps on Thieving!		None
	Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur, and a cyclone of wind and white circles come out of them and hit the opponent.
Brock's Crobat	Lapras of Luxury		Crobat cannot legally learn SonicBoom.
	Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
Ash's Buizel	Buizel Your Way Out of This!		None
	Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing a large white shockwave at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!		None
	All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Magnezone	Regaining the Home Advantage!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Magnemite Magneton SonicBoom.png Magnemite and Magneton File:Adventures Voltorb Electrode SonicBoom.png Voltorb and Electrode
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Magneton's body becomes surrounded by an orb of energy. When the opponent comes into contact with Magneton, they bounce off the orb.
A wild Magneton	Electro Magneton		Debut
	Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by orbs of energy.
Two wild Magnemite	Electro Magneton		Debut
	Electrode's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Electrode	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
	Voltorb's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Voltorb	Ekans the Ecstasy		None
	Buizel waves it's tail and a blast of wind slashes the opponent.
Uji's Buizel	VS. Staravia and Skuntank II		None

Trivia

• Despite being a Normal-type move, Smeargle (through Sketch) is the only Normal-type Pokémon that can learn this move.
• Although the sound-based moves are introduced in Generation III, SonicBoom is listed in move index number near with another Generation I sound-based moves; Growl, Sing, Roar, and Supersonic.
• Prior to Generation V, Spinarak was the only Pokémon able to learn SonicBoom through breeding.
• For unknown reasons, the move's animation was changed between the Japanese and international versions of Generation II. Whereas the Japanese version depicted SonicBoom as a boomerang being thrown towards the target, the international versions instead depict the move as a tornado approaching and hitting the foe.

In other generations

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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

In other languages

• Chinese: 音爆 Yīn​bào​
• Dutch: Supersonische Knal
• French: Sonicboom
• German: Ultraschall
• Greek: Ηχοέκρηξη
• Italian: Sonicboom
• Korean: 소닉붐 Sonic Boom
• Polish: Bomba Dźwięku
• Portugese: Detonação Sônica
• Spanish: Bomba Sónica
• Serbian: Sonična Bomba

Set-damage moves
Sonic Boom • Dragon Rage

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