Avalanche (move)

Avalanche ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche

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Battles Type  Ice Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  -4 Makes 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 but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM72 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Points doubles if last to appeal.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Avalanche (Japanese: ゆきなだれ Snow Avalanche) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Avalanche deals damage and is a decreased priority move, causing the user to attack after other Pokémon that are using ordinary priority moves. If the user takes damage in the same turn, Avalanche's power is doubled to 120.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 33 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 31 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 TM72

#   Pokémon Type 0009 Blastoise Water 0031 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 0034 Nidoking Poison Ground 0080 Slowbro Water Psychic 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 0112 Rhydon Ground Rock 0115 Kangaskhan Normal 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0124 Jynx Ice Psychic 0130 Gyarados Water Flying 0131 Lapras Water Ice 0144 Articuno Ice Flying 0150 Mewtwo Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0160 Feraligatr Water 0199 Slowking Water Psychic 0215 Sneasel Dark Ice 0217 Ursaring Normal 0221 Piloswine Ice Ground 0225 Delibird Ice Flying 0238 Smoochum Ice Psychic 0242 Blissey Normal 0245 Suicune Water 0248 Tyranitar Rock Dark 0249 Lugia Psychic Flying 0260 Swampert Water Ground 0295 Exploud Normal 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0319 Sharpedo Water Dark 0320 Wailmer Water 0321 Wailord Water 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark 0350 Milotic Water 0351 Castform Normal 0361 Snorunt Ice 0362 Glalie Ice 0365 Walrein Ice Water 0378 Regice Ice 0382 Kyogre Water 0384 Rayquaza Dragon Flying 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0409 Rampardos Rock 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0459 Snover Grass Ice 0460 Abomasnow Grass Ice 0461 Weavile Dark Ice 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0471 Glaceon Ice 0473 Mamoswine Ice Ground 0478 Froslass Ice Ghost 0484 Palkia Water Dragon 0486 Regigigas Normal 0493 Arceus Normal Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• In the Spanish version of the games, Avalanche was translated as Alud, which is not incorrect. However, Alud refers more closely to a Rock Slide than to a Snow one. This was done likely due to the move Rock Slide being translated as Avalancha.

In other languages

• Spanish: Alud
• French: Avalanche
• Italian: Slavina
• German: Lawine

Variations of the move Revenge
Revenge • Avalanche