Max Starfall (move)

Max Starfall ダイフェアリー Dai Fairy

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Varies PP  — (max. —) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally 1 Other: May affect any adjacent opponent, but not allies

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

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

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VIII Generation IX

Max Starfall (Japanese: ダイフェアリー Dai Fairy) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type Max Move introduced in Generation VIII.

Effect

Max Starfall inflicts damage and causes the battlefield to become Misty Terrain for 5 turns (8 if a Terrain Extender is held). Its power and whether it is a special or physical move depends on the move it is based on.

Base move Pwr. Cat. Dazzling Gleam 130 Special Disarming Voice 90 Special Draining Kiss 100 Special Fairy Wind 90 Special Fleur Cannon 140 Special Light of Ruin 140 Special Misty Explosion 130 Special Moonblast 130 Special Nature's Madness 100 Special Play Rough 130 Physical Spirit Break 130 Physical Strange Steam 130 Special

Generation VIII

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Max Starfall cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description SwShLA SV This is a Fairy-type attack Dynamax Pokémon use. The user turns the ground into Misty Terrain for five turns. BDSP This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.

Learnset

Generation VIII

Any Dynamax Pokémon can use Max Starfall if it knows a damaging Fairy-type move.

In the anime

Gigantamax Grimmsnarl Gigantamax Gengar
The Dynamaxed user causes multiple stars to fall on the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gigantamax Grimmsnarl makes multiple yellow stars fall down from the sky and onto the opponent.
Marnie's Grimmsnarl	Battling Turned Up to Eleven!		Debut Base move is Spirit Break
	Gigantamax Gengar makes multiple yellow stars fall down from the sky and onto the opponent. When the attack hits, a multicolored star-shaped burst of energy is released.
Ash's Gengar	Aim For The Eight!		Base move is Dazzling Gleam

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 極巨妖精 Gihkgeuih Yīujīng Mandarin 極巨妖精 / 极巨妖精 Jíjù Yāojing Czech Maximální hvězdopád Dutch Max Sterrenregen French Enchantomax German Dyna-Zauber Italian Dynafata Korean 다이페어리 Daipe-eori Polish Maxi Gwiezdny Pył Portuguese Brazil Queda Estelar Max Portugal Chuva Estelar Max Spanish Maxiestela

Max Moves
Max Strike • Max Knuckle • Max Airstream • Max Ooze • Max Quake Max Rockfall • Max Flutterby • Max Phantasm • Max Steelspike Max Flare • Max Geyser • Max Overgrowth • Max Lightning • Max Mindstorm Max Hailstorm • Max Wyrmwind • Max Darkness • Max Starfall • Max Guard Exclusive to Pokémon GO: Max Spirit
G-Max Moves
G-Max Vine Lash • G-Max Wildfire • G-Max Cannonade • G-Max Befuddle G-Max Volt Crash • G-Max Gold Rush • G-Max Chi Strike • G-Max Terror G-Max Foam Burst • G-Max Resonance • G-Max Cuddle • G-Max Replenish G-Max Malodor • G-Max Meltdown • G-Max Drum Solo • G-Max Fireball G-Max Hydrosnipe • G-Max Wind Rage • G-Max Gravitas • G-Max Stonesurge G-Max Volcalith • G-Max Tartness • G-Max Sweetness • G-Max Sandblast G-Max Stun Shock • G-Max Centiferno • G-Max Smite • G-Max Snooze • G-Max Finale G-Max Steelsurge • G-Max Depletion • G-Max One Blow • G-Max Rapid Flow

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.