Simple Beam (move)

Simple Beam シンプルビーム Simple Beam

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Simple Beam (Japanese: シンプルビーム Simple Beam) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Simple Beam temporarily changes the target's ability to Simple. It does not work on Pokémon with the Truant or Multitype ability.

With this effect, the opponent's stat modifiers, both positive and negative, double in effectiveness.

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0531 Audino Normal 45 0605 Elgyem Psychic 29 0606 Beheeyem Psychic 29 0649 Genesect Bug Steel 62 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" | 0263 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Zigzagoon
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty, Delcatty |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0300 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skitty
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Audino

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move. |} |}

In other languages

• French: Rayon Simple
• German: Wankelstrahl
• Greek: Ακτίνα Κανονικοποίησης
• Italian: Ondisinvolta
• Spanish: Onda Simple

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