Roar (move)

Roar ほえる Roar

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  -6* Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

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

Availability Introduced  Generation I TM05 in Generation II TM05 in Generation III TM05 in Generation IV TM05 in Generation V TM05 in Generation VI

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

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

Roar (Japanese: ほえる Roar) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It has been TM05 since Generation II.

Effect

Generation I

Roar can be used to automatically end wild Pokémon battles. It has normal priority, unlike in later generations. Even if a wild Pokémon uses the move, the battle will end. However, it has no effect in a Trainer battle.

Generation II

Now, when in battle against a Trainer, Roar will force a switch with a randomly chosen Pokémon from the Trainer's party. If there isn't another Pokémon, Roar will fail. It also has a priority of -1. If two Pokémon use Roar at the same time, the faster one will fail and the slower one will switch it out. Otherwise, it is the same as in Generation I.

Generation III and IV

Roar will fail when used against Pokémon with the Abilities Soundproof and Suction Cups or rooted by Ingrain. In Generation III, Roar has a priority of -5, which was decreased to -6 in Generation IV. If two Pokémon use Roar at the same time, instead of the faster one failing, the faster one will go first and switch the slower one out. Otherwise, it is exactly the same as Generation II.

Generation V

Roar no longer works on same- and higher-level targets in wild Pokémon battles, but can still force higher-leveled opponents to switch in Trainer battles, and can now be reflected with Magic Coat and Magic Bounce.

Generation VI

Roar is now unaffected by accuracy and evasion.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Roar blows away the opponent in front in a straight line, contrary to the direction it is facing. If it hits a wall, it takes 5 damage. If it hits another Pokémon, both Pokémon take 5 damage.

Description

Games Description A terrifying roar that drives wild Pokémon away. It is useful only in the wild. A terrifying roar that drives the target away. The opposing trainer must use a new Pokémon. Scares wild foes to end battle. RSE Makes the foe flee to end the battle.* A savage roar that makes the foe flee to end the battle.* FRLG The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends. Causes the target to flee and switch out of battle.* A savage roar that swaps the target out of battle.* The foe is scared off, to be replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends. The target is scared off and replaced by another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends. The target is scared off and switched. In the wild, a battle against a single Pokémon ends. The target is scared off and a different Pokémon is dragged out. In the wild, this ends a battle against a single Pokémon.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	21			21			9			7				7			'
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire	--																'
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	--			--			--			--				--			'
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	--			--			--			--				--			'
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying										9				9			9
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy				26			26			25				25			25
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy				28			28			27				27			27
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire				7			19			14				14			13
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire				7			19			14				14			13
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric				21			21			15				15			'
244		Entei	Fire		Fire				21			21			15				15			'
245		Suicune	Water		Water				21												'
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark							21			21				21			'
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark							22			22				22			'
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal							35			35				35			'
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal							43			43				43			'
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal							45			45				45			'
304		Aron	Steel	Rock							21			22				22	18	18
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock							21			22				22	18	18
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock							21			22				22	18	18
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric							28			36				36			36
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric							31			42				42			42
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric										21				21			'
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric										23				23			'
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric										23				23			'
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire														39			'
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting														47			'
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting														55			'
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal														26			'
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal														29			'
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal														29			'
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon														20			'
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon														20			'
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon														20			'
696		Tyrunt	Rock	Dragon																	6
697		Tyrantrum	Rock	Dragon																	6
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 TM05		III TM05		IV TM05		V TM05		VI TM05
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
009		Blastoise	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
020		Raticate	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
031		Nidoqueen	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
034		Nidoking	Poison	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
053		Persian	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
058		Growlithe	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
059		Arcanine	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
074		Geodude	Rock	Ground	✔												✔
075		Graveler	Rock	Ground	✔												✔
076		Golem	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
111		Rhyhorn	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
112		Rhydon	Rock	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
115		Kangaskhan	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
131		Lapras	Water	Ice				✔			✔				✔		✔
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
156		Quilava	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
157		Typhlosion	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
159		Croconaw	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
160		Feraligatr	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
208		Steelix	Steel	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
209		Snubbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
210		Granbull	Fairy		Fairy	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
216		Teddiursa	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
217		Ursaring	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
220		Swinub	Ice	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
221		Piloswine	Ice	Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
228		Houndour	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
229		Houndoom	Dark	Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
231		Phanpy	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
232		Donphan	Ground		Ground	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
243		Raikou	Electric		Electric	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
244		Entei	Fire		Fire	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
245		Suicune	Water		Water	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
248		Tyranitar	Rock	Dark	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
249		Lugia	Psychic	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
250		Ho-Oh	Fire	Flying	✔			✔			✔				✔		✔
254		Sceptile	Grass		Grass				✔			✔				✔		✔
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting				✔			✔				✔		✔
260		Swampert	Water	Ground				✔			✔				✔		✔
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark				✔			✔				✔		✔
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark				✔			✔				✔		✔
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
288		Vigoroth	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
289		Slaking	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
293		Whismur	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
294		Loudred	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
295		Exploud	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
304		Aron	Steel	Rock				✔			✔				✔		✔
305		Lairon	Steel	Rock				✔			✔				✔		✔
306		Aggron	Steel	Rock				✔			✔				✔		✔
309		Electrike	Electric		Electric				✔			✔				✔		✔
310		Manectric	Electric		Electric				✔			✔				✔		✔
319		Sharpedo	Water	Dark				✔			✔				✔		✔
320		Wailmer	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
321		Wailord	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
323		Camerupt	Fire	Ground				✔			✔				✔		✔
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
335		Zangoose	Normal		Normal				✔			✔				✔		✔
357		Tropius	Grass	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
365		Walrein	Ice	Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
371		Bagon	Dragon		Dragon				✔			✔				✔		✔
372		Shelgon	Dragon		Dragon				✔			✔				✔		✔
373		Salamence	Dragon	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
380		Latias	Dragon	Psychic				✔			✔				✔		✔
381		Latios	Dragon	Psychic				✔			✔				✔		✔
382		Kyogre	Water		Water				✔			✔				✔		✔
383		Groudon	Ground		Ground				✔			✔				✔		✔
384		Rayquaza	Dragon	Flying				✔			✔				✔		✔
389		Torterra	Grass	Ground							✔				✔		✔
392		Infernape	Fire	Fighting							✔				✔		✔
395		Empoleon	Water	Steel							✔				✔		✔
403		Shinx	Electric		Electric							✔				✔		✔
404		Luxio	Electric		Electric							✔				✔		✔
405		Luxray	Electric		Electric							✔				✔		✔
408		Cranidos	Rock		Rock							✔				✔		✔
409		Rampardos	Rock		Rock							✔				✔		✔
410		Shieldon	Rock	Steel							✔				✔		✔
411		Bastiodon	Rock	Steel							✔				✔		✔
419		Floatzel	Water		Water							✔				✔		✔
432		Purugly	Normal		Normal							✔				✔		✔
434		Stunky	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground							✔				✔		✔
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground							✔				✔		✔
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground							✔				✔		✔
447		Riolu	Fighting		Fighting							✔				✔		✔
448		Lucario	Fighting	Steel							✔				✔		✔
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground							✔				✔		✔
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground							✔				✔		✔
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark							✔				✔		✔
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock							✔				✔		✔
470		Leafeon	Grass		Grass							✔				✔		✔
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice							✔				✔		✔
473		Mamoswine	Ice	Ground							✔				✔		✔
483		Dialga	Steel	Dragon							✔				✔		✔
484		Palkia	Water	Dragon							✔				✔		✔
485		Heatran	Fire	Steel							✔				✔		✔
487		Giratina	Ghost	Dragon							✔				✔		✔
493		Arceus	Normal		Normal							✔				✔		✔
498		Tepig	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
499		Pignite	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
500		Emboar	Fire	Fighting											✔		✔
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
507		Herdier	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
508		Stoutland	Normal		Normal											✔		✔
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark											✔		✔
554		Darumaka	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
555		Darmanitan	Fire		Fire											✔		✔
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting											✔		✔
566		Archen	Rock	Flying											✔		✔
567		Archeops	Rock	Flying											✔		✔
570		Zorua	Dark		Dark											✔		✔
571		Zoroark	Dark		Dark											✔		✔
604		Eelektross	Electric		Electric											✔		✔
610		Axew	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
611		Fraxure	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
612		Haxorus	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
614		Beartic	Ice		Ice											✔		✔
621		Druddigon	Dragon		Dragon											✔		✔
633		Deino	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
634		Zweilous	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
635		Hydreigon	Dark	Dragon											✔		✔
638		Cobalion	Steel	Fighting											✔		✔
639		Terrakion	Rock	Fighting											✔		✔
640		Virizion	Grass	Fighting											✔		✔
647		Keldeo	Water	Fighting											✔		✔
679		Honedge	Steel	Ghost													✔	✔
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

Arcanine Lillipup Herdier Suicune
The user growls at another Pokémon, sending it back to its Poké Ball.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The horn on Suicune's head glows bright blue and it lets out a fierce roar, scaring the opponent and making it go back into its Poké Ball.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		Debut
	Entei growls and black waves come off its body, sending the opponent back to its Poké Ball.
A wild Entei	Entei at your Own Risk		None
	Houndoom barks at the opponent and it goes back into it Poké Ball.
Team Magma Grunts' two Houndoom	A Ruin with a View		None
	Aron roars loudly, letting out a cyclone of sound waves from its mouth, causing rampaging Pokémon to calm down.
Steven Stone's Aron	A Hole Lotta Trouble		None
	Arcanine roars loudly, causing the opponent to be scared and go back into its Poké Ball.
A wild Arcanine	On Cloud Arcanine		None
	Exploud yells loudly and light blue circles come out of its mouth and at the opponent, causing it to become scared and run away. Sometimes, before it uses the attack, a flash of light blue light appears inside of Exploud's mouth.
A wild Exploud	Pikachu's Island Adventure		None
	Lillipup's body becomes outlined in a crimson aura and it yells loudly, releasing invisible shock waves from its mouth that expand outward. The yell has enough force to almost blow the opponent away. The opponent then goes back into its Poké Ball.
Lenora's Lillipup	The Battle According to Lenora!		None
	Herdier's body becomes outlined in red energy and it howls loudly, releasing invisible circles from its mouth that expand outward. The howl has enough force to almost blow away the opponent. The opponent then goes into its Poké Ball.
Lenora's Herdier	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Loudred Mightyena Manectric Stoutland
The user roars loudly. If the opponent has a will to fight, they become unable to move.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Mightyena lets out a loud yell.
Ruby's Nana	I More Than Like You, Luvdisc I		None
	Manectric growls menacingly at the opponent, causing it to become scared and retreat back into its Poké Ball.
Wattson's Manectric	VS Ninjask		None
	Loudred yells loudly at the opponent, forcing it back into its Poké Ball.
The Battle Factory's Loudred	VS Seedot		None
	Stoutland releases a loud roar, frightening the opponent and knocking it back into its Poké Ball.
Lenora's Stoutland	Battle at the Museum		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

Trivia

• Although the sound-based move mechanic was introduced in Generation III, Roar is listed in move index number near other Generation I sound-based moves: Growl, Sing, SonicBoom, and Supersonic.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 吼叫 Hǒujiào Danish Brøl Dutch Brul Finnish Karjaisu French Hurlement German Brüller Greek Βρυχηθμός Indonesian Raungan Menggonggong Italian Boato Korean 울부짖기 Ulbujitki Norwegian Brøl Polish Ryk Portuguese Brazil Rugido Portugal Rugido Serbian Rikanje Spanish Rugido

Variations of the move Roar
Roar • Whirlwind

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