Aurora Beam (move)

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Aurora Beam
オーロラビーム Aurora Beam
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
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  1
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.
Condition  Beauty
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.
Condition  Beautiful
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Aurora Beam (Japanese: オーロラビーム Aurora Beam) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Aurora Beam does damage and has an 85/256 (~33.2%) chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by one stage.

Generation II onwards

Aurora Beam now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by one stage.

Aurora Beam can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, with the user gaining extra two appeal points if the move Hail was used in the prior turn.

Description

Games Description
Stad An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
Stad2 An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
GSC An attack that may lower Attack.
RSEColoXD Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack.
FRLG A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe's Attack stat.
DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target's Attack stat.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
SwShBDSPLA
The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
037A Vulpix
Vulpix
Alolan Form
Field Field 28SMUSUM
17PE
24SwSh
038A Ninetales
Ninetales
Alolan Form

Field Field 1SwSh
0086 Seel Water 1 Field 35 16 21 27 27 27 27SMUSUM
26PE
27BDSP
0087 Dewgong
Water 1 Field 1, 35 1, 16 1, 21 27 27 27 27SMUSUM
26PE
27BDSP
0090 Shellder Water 3 Water 3 30 17 17RSE
22FRLG
32 37 37 37SMUSUM
27PE
24
0091 Cloyster
Water 3 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1SMUSUM 1
0134 Vaporeon Field Field 36Y 36 36 36 36BW
21B2W2
20 20SMUSUM
17PE
30
0223 Remoraid Water 1 Water 2 22 22 14 14 14 14 16
0224 Octillery Water 1 Water 2 22 22 1, 14 1, 14 1, 14 1, 14 16
0245 Suicune No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 41C 41 29 29 29 29
0363 Spheal
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
21ORAS
21 28
0364 Sealeo
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
21ORAS
21 28
0365 Walrein
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
19ORAS
19 28
0488 Cresselia No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 29 29 29 29 12
0615 Cryogonal Mineral Mineral 25 25 13 28SwSh
0698 Amaura
Monster Monster 20 20 24SwSh
0699 Aurorus
Monster Monster 20 20 24SwSh
0716 Xerneas No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 10 10 10SwSh
0801 Magearna
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 17 36SwSh
0873 Frosmoth
Bug Bug 24SwSh
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
0072 Tentacool
Water 3 Water 3
0116 Horsea Water 1 Dragon
0120 Staryu Water 3 Water 3 GS
0131 Lapras
Monster Water 1
0138 Omanyte
Water 1 Water 3
0140 Kabuto
Water 1 Water 3
0223 Remoraid Water 1 Water 2 BDSP
0225 Delibird
Water 1 Field
0456 Finneon Water 2 Water 2 BDSP
0751 Dewpider
Water 1 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.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Aurora Beam has 10 base power, 17PP and 65% accuracy. The attack travels up to 10 tiles away and hits the first Pokémon it encounters, ally or enemy, possibly cutting its Attack stat to ½ of the original value. This reduction is separate from the stat stages, and is only shared with Charm and Memento.

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, the move's accuracy has been decreased to 61.75%.


Pokémon GO

In Pokémon GO, Aurora Beam is a Charged Attack that has been available since February 16, 2017.

 Aurora Beam
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids
Power 80
Energy cost 50
Duration 3.55 seconds
Damage window 3.35 - 3.55 seconds
Trainer Battles
Power 80
Energy cost 60
Secondary effect ?
Effect chance ?%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility
SeelDewgongCloysterSeadraRemoraidOctillerySphealSealeoCresseliaCryogonalAmaura
By Elite Charged TM
By GO Snapshot
Smeargle
Smeargle
As Shadow Pokémon
As Purified Pokémon
Formerly eligible
None

Description

Games Description
MDRB
MDTDS
Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also halve the target's Attack.
BSL はなれたポケモンに ダメージをあたえる しかも いっていのかくりつで こうげきを はんぶんにさげる
MDGtI It damages even a faraway Pokémon. It could also sharply lower the Pokémon's Attack.
SMD It damages a Pokémon, even one far away. It could also sharply lower the Pokémon's Attack.
MDRTDX It damages a Pokémon, even one far away. It could also sharply lower the target's Attack.


In the anime

Main series


Remoraid

Cryogonal

Xerneas

Suicune
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Seel Seel releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Cerulean Gym's Seel The Misty Mermaid Debut
Dewgong Dewgong releases a white or multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Dewgong The Mandarin Island Miss Match None
Pryce's Dewgong Nice Pryce, Baby! None
Cloyster Cloyster releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster The Mandarin Island Miss Match None
Vaporeon Vaporeon releases a multicolored beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Vaporeon creates a glowing bluish green orb and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Sumomo's Vaporeon Trouble's Brewing None
Virgil's Vaporeon Curtain Up, Unova League! None
Suicune Suicune releases a shining metallic silver beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Suicune opens its mouth and a multicolored orb appears in front of its mouth. Suicune then fires a powerful multicolored beam from the ball at the opponent.
Suicune (recurring) For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! None
A wild Suicune Drifloon in the Wind! None
Sealeo A white orb appears in front of Sealeo's mouth. It then fires the white orb as a beam at the opponent, or Sealeo fires a multicolored beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo The Spheal of Approval None
Juan's Sealeo The Great Eight Fate! None
Remoraid Remoraid releases a multicolored ray from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Remoraid May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! None
Cryogonal Cryogonal creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Brycen's Cryogonal Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! None
Octillery Octillery creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Octillery The Pirates of Decolore! None
Xerneas Xerneas creates two glowing rings around its horns, and launches a glowing blue and pink beam towards the opponent.
Xerneas (M17) Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction None
Spheal Spheal fires a multicolored beam of energy from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Spheal In With the New and Back with the Old! None


Pokémon Origins


Dewgong


The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Dewgong Dewgong forms a multicolored orb of energy in front of its mouth. It then fires a multicolored beam from the orb at the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong File 4: Charizard Debut


In the manga

Ash & Pikachu


Pokémon Adventures


Pokémon Pocket Monsters


In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • Pokémon Stadium Official Player's Guide from Nintendo Power wrongly claims that this move also has a chance to freeze the opponent.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 極光束 Gihkgwōngchūk *
天極光束 Tīn Gihkgwōngchūk *
Mandarin 極光束 / 极光束 Jíguāngshù
Czech Polární paprsek (Black & White series, manga)
Polární záře (original series, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Danish Polarlys
Dutch Aurorastraal
Finnish Illansäde (original series)
Aurorasäde (Advanced Generation)
French Onde Boréale
German Aurorastrahl
Greek Ακτίνα Χαραυγής
Indonesian Sinar Aurora
Italian Raggiaurora
Korean 오로라빔 Ororabim
Polish Promień Aurory*
Promień Jutrzenki*
Wibrujący Ton*
Portuguese Brazil Raio Aurora (games, anime, Plasma Blast-present, manga, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Raio da Aurora (Dragons Exalted, The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Portugal Raio de Aurora (Indigo League; Orange Islands)
Ataque de Alvorada (Johto Journeys)
Feixe Aurora (Advanced Series)
Serbian Aurora zrak
Spanish Rayo Aurora
Swedish Norrskensstråle
Thai ออโรร่าบีม
Turkish Şafak Işını
Vietnamese Tia Cực Quang



Variations of the move Psybeam
Spark
PsybeamBubble BeamAurora BeamSludge



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