Megahorn (move)

Megahorn メガホーン Megahorn

Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  120 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

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

Availability Introduced  Generation II TM60 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

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

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs last in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience.

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

Megahorn (Japanese: メガホーン Megahorn) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation II. It is TM60 in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! and TR28 in Generation VIII. Prior to Generation III, it was the signature move of Heracross.

Effect

Megahorn deals damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description Stad2 A Bug-type attack that uses a stiff horn or horns. It is rarely learned. GSC A powerful charge attack. RSEColo A brutal ramming attack using out-thrust horns. FRLG A brutal ramming attack delivered with a tough and impressive horn. XD A brutal ramming attack using outthrust horns. DPPtPBR Utilizing its tough and impressive horn, the user rams into the foe with no letup. HGSS Using its tough and impressive horn, the user rams into the foe with no letup. BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh Using its tough and impressive horn, the user rams into the target with no letup.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0034		Nidoking		Monster	Field		43FRLG	58	58	1, 58	1, 58SMUSUM 55PE
0078		Rapidash		Field		Field			1	1	1	1
0111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field		57	57	67	67XY 49ORAS	49SMUSUM 36PE
0112		Rhydon		Monster	Field		66	57	77	1, 77XY 55ORAS	55SMUSUM 36PE
0118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2		57FRLG	51	57	57XY 45ORAS	45SMUSUM 40PE
0119		Seaking		Water 2		Water 2		69FRLG	63	72	1, 72XY 1, 54ORAS	1, 54SMUSUM 50PE
0214		Heracross		Bug		Bug	54	53	55	55BW 46B2W2	46XY 37ORAS	37
0464		Rhyperior		Monster	Field			57	77	1, 77XY 55ORAS	55
0503		Samurott		Field		Field				1	1	1
0545		Scolipede		Bug		Bug				1	1, 65	1, 65
0586		Sawsbuck		Field		Field				1	1	1
0626		Bouffalant		Field		Field				41	41	41
0716		Xerneas		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered					44	44
0787		Tapu Bulu		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered						53
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		Types	Egg Groups		Machine
						I --	II --	III --	IV --	V --	VI --	VII TM60	VIII --	IX --
0034		Nidoking		Monster	Field						✔PE
0078		Rapidash		Field		Field						✔PE
0086		Seel		Water 1	Field						✔PE
0087		Dewgong		Water 1	Field						✔PE
0111		Rhyhorn		Monster	Field						✔PE
0112		Rhydon		Monster	Field						✔PE
0118		Goldeen		Water 2		Water 2						✔PE
0119		Seaking		Water 2		Water 2						✔PE
0131		Lapras		Monster	Water 1						✔PE
0151		Mew		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered						✔PE
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 breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0167		Spinarak		Bug		Bug			✔	✔
0214		Heracross		Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔
0234		Stantler		Field		Field	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0359		Absol		Field		Field	✔HGSS	✔	✔	✔
0588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug		✔	✔	✔
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.

Special move

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0359		Absol		Field		Field	Dream World - Rugged Mountain
0588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug	Dream World - Pleasant Forest
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 event

Generation V

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0588		Karrablast		Bug		Bug	Summer 2011 Karrablast
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 other games

Pokémon GO

Megahorn
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 90 Energy cost 100 Duration 2.2 seconds Damage window 1.7 - 1.9 seconds
Trainer Battles Power 90 Energy cost 55 Secondary effect ? Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility * By Elite Charged TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

Updates

Gyms & Raids

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 55 → 80
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 80 → 90
  • Duration: 3.2 → 2.2 seconds
  • Damage window: 2.4 - 2.7 → 1.7 - 1.9 seconds

Description

Games Description MDRB MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる MDGtI SMD It damages an enemy.

In the anime

Absol Rhyperior Heracross Sawsbuck
The user charges towards its opponent and then smashes it with its horn.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Heracross's horn glows bright white or faint red and it rams the opponent with its horn.
Ash's Heracross	The Ties That Bind		Debut
Forrest Franklin's Heracross	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Conway's Heracross	Smells Like Team Spirit!		None
Barry's Heracross	Steeling Peace of Mind!		None
Kato's Heracross	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Rhydon charges and stabs the opponent with its horn, or Rhydon's horn glows white and extends and then it stabs the opponent with it.
A Scientist's Rhydon	Tag! We're It...!		None
A Team Rocket Grunt's Rhydon	Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!		None
	Rhyperior's horn glows white and extends. It then stabs the opponent with it.
Palmer's Rhyperior	Challenging a Towering Figure!		None
Forrest's Rhyperior	DPS02		None
	Sawsbuck lowers its head and a radiating silver energy erupts from the ends of its horns and covers them completely. Sawsbuck then charges at the opponent with its head down.
Burgundy's Sawsbuck	A Connoisseur's Revenge!		None
	Samurott's horn glows white, as it hits the opponent with it.
Cameron's Samurott	Cameron's Secret Weapon!		None
	Absol's horn glows green and grows in size. It then hits the opponent with it.
Astrid's Absol	Mega Evolution Special I		None
	Mega Absol's horn glows green and grows in size. It then hits the opponent with it.
Astrid's Absol	Mega Evolution Special I		None
	Mega Heracross's horn glows light green and grows in size. It then rams the opponent with it.
Levi and Cherie's Heracross	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel		None

In the manga

In the Be the Best! Pokémon B+W manga

Bouffalant
The user runs to the foe and attacks with its horns.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Bouffalant runs to the foe and attacks with its horns.
Dol's Bouffalant	Challenge the Battle Subway!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Rhydon Greta's Heracross Bugsy's Heracross Bouffalant
The user scoops the opponent up with its horn and tosses it up in the air.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Heracross scoops the opponent up on its horn and tosses it into the air.
Bugsy's Heracross	Silly Scyther		Debut
Greta's Heracross	Sneaky Like Shedinja		None
	Rhydon's horn spins like a drill and it fires a beam of energy from its horn at the opponent.
Blue's Rhydon	Storming the Forretress		None
	Bouffalant rams the opponent with its horn.
Alder's Bouffalant	The Lesson Ends Here		None

In other generations

Core series games

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	DPPt	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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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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	BW	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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Side series games

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• In Pokémon Stadium 2, Bugsy erroneously refers to this move as "Megaphone" when his Heracross (present only in Round 2) uses it.
• At 120, it has the highest base power of all Bug-type moves, discounting Fury Cutter's variable power, which can reach 160.
  • This also means that Megahorn is the only Bug-type move with a base power over 100 under normal conditions.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 超級角擊 Baakmaahn-dēun Gokgīk * 百萬噸角擊 Baakmaahn-dēun Gokgīk * 超級角撞 Chīukāp Gokjohng * 兆幅音頻 Siuhfūk Jāmpàhn * Mandarin 超級角擊 Chīukāp Jiǎojí / Chīukāp Jiǎojī * 兆幅音頻 Zhào​fú​ Yīn​pín​ * 百万吨角击 Bǎiwàndùn Jiǎojī * Czech Megaroh Danish Megahorn Dutch Megahoorn Finnish Sarvihyökkäys (OS) Sarvipusku (AG) French Mégacorne German Vielender Greek Μεγακέρας Mégakéras Hindi बड़ा सींग Bada Seeng Indonesian Megahorn Italian Megacorno Korean 메가폰 Megapon Polish Megaróg Portuguese Megachifre Romanian Megacornul Serbian Megarog Spanish Megacuerno Swedish Megahorn Vietnamese Siêu Sừng

Variations of the move Megahorn
Megahorn • Power Whip • Precipice Blades

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