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 Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

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

Contests Condition  Beauty Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Subtracts 4 appeal points from any Pokémon who appealed before the user who used the same type of move. Subtracts 1 point from anyone who did not use the same type.

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

Generation I

Aurora Beam does damage and has a 9.8% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by 1 level.

Aurora Beam will not be able to lower the target's attack if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the target has a Substitute.

Generation II and on

Same as before, but with a 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat instead.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0086 Seel Water 35 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 35 0090 Shellder Water 30 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0134 Vaporeon Water 36 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 0086 Seel Water 16 0087 Dewgong Water Ice -- 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 16 0090 Shellder Water 17 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0134 Vaporeon Water 36 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0245 Suicune Water 41 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" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Seel, Dewgong |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0120 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Staryu
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0131 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Lapras
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#3DCEF3" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Seel, Dewgong |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Vaporeon
Remoraid, Octillery

|- | 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0086 Seel Water 21 0087 Dewgong Water Ice -- 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 21 0090 Shellder Water 17 0090 Shellder Water 22 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0134 Vaporeon Water 36 0223 Remoraid Water 22 0224 Octillery Water 22 0245 Suicune Water 41 0363 Spheal Ice Water 25 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 25 0365 Walrein Ice Water 25 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" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Vaporeon
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein

|- | 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 0086 Seel Water 27 0087 Dewgong Water Ice 27 0090 Shellder Water 32 0091 Cloyster Water Ice -- 0134 Vaporeon Water 36 0223 Remoraid Water 14 0224 Octillery Water 14 0245 Suicune Water 29 0363 Spheal Ice Water 25 0364 Sealeo Ice Water 25 0365 Walrein Ice Water 25 0488 Cresselia Psychic 29 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" | 0072 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Tentacool
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Shellder, Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0116 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Horsea
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0140 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Shellder, Cloyster
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0223 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0225 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Delibird
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Seel, Dewgong
Vaporeon
Remoraid, Octillery
Spheal, Sealeo, Walrein

|- | 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

File:Seel aurorabeam.jpg Seel File:Raioaurora.png Suicune
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	A multicolored beam comes out from the horn on Seel's head.
Cerulean Gym's Seel	The Misty Mermaid		Debut
	A multicolored beam comes out from the horn on Dewgong's head.
Prima's Dewgong	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
	A multicolored beam is released from the horn on its head.
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match		None
	A multicolored beam is released from its mouth.
Wild Suicune	Drifloon in the Wind		None

Trivia

• Cresselia and Delibird are the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon that can learn Aurora Beam.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Raio Aurora
• Dutch: Aurorastraal
• French: Onde Boréale
• German: Aurorastrahl
• Spanish: Rayo Aurora
• Italian: Raggiaurora

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