Tera Blast (move)

Tera Blast テラバースト Tera Burst

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make 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 IX TM171 in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

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 IX

Tera Blast (Japanese: テラバースト Tera Burst) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is TM171 in Generation IX.

Effect

Tera Blast deals damage. If the user's Attack stat is higher than its Special Attack stat, Tera Blast becomes a physical move when Terastallized; otherwise, it remains a special move. For determining which stat is higher, stat stage-modifiers are taken into account, but other effects (e.g. held items such as a Choice Band, Abilities such as Huge Power, etc.) are not. This is determined when the move is performed (not when it is selected), so for example the move's category may change mid-turn if the opponent goes first and uses a move like Charm.

If the user has Terastallized, Tera Blast's type becomes the same as their Tera Type, is unaffected by moves and abilities that change its type, and has a different animation depending on the move's type. Tera Blast is always considered Normal-type for the purpose of Gale Wings.

If the user has Terastallized into the Stellar type, it deals super-effective damage against Terastallized targets and neutral damage against all other targets. Moreover, its base power is 100 instead of 80 and it lowers the user’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats by one stage.

If the user is not Terastallized, Tera Blast will be affected by abilities such as Galvanize, but if the user Terastallized into a Normal type, Tera Blast will remain Normal.

Description

Non-Stellar type

Games Description SV If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user.

Stellar type

Games Description SV Inflicts damage with the user’s Attack or Sp. Atk stat— whichever is higher. Super effective against Terastallized targets. This lowers the user’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats.

Learnset

By TM

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Compatibility
						IX
						SV TM171
Every Pokémon can learn this move by TM except the ones listed below and only if marked with ✘.
0129		Magikarp		Water 2	Dragon	✘
0132		Ditto		Ditto		Ditto	✘
0235		Smeargle		Field		Field	✘
0789		Cosmog		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✘
0790		Cosmoem		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✘
1024		Terapagos		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	✘
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.

As other types

Tera Blast (Normal-type)	Tera Blast (Fighting-type)	Tera Blast (Flying-type)	Tera Blast (Poison-type)
Tera Blast (Ground-type)	Tera Blast (Rock-type)	Tera Blast (Bug-type)	Tera Blast (Ghost-type)
Tera Blast (Steel-type)	Tera Blast (Fire-type)	Tera Blast (Water-type)	Tera Blast (Grass-type)
Tera Blast (Electric-type)	Tera Blast (Psychic-type)	Tera Blast (Ice-type)	Tera Blast (Dragon-type)
Tera Blast (Dark-type)	Tera Blast (Fairy-type)	Tera Blast (Stellar-type)

In the anime

Charizard (Dark-type)
If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	While Terastallized, Charizard forms a sparkling, dark purple ball of energy with a white core in front of its mouth. It then fires a beam with a white core surrounded by a dark purple vortex of wind-like energy at the opponent.
Friede's Charizard	Fly! Wattrel!!		Debut Dark-type move

Trivia

• Tera Blast is the first Generation IX move in index number order.
• Tera Blast is the only move to have a different description depending on its type.
• Tera Blast hints at Glimmet and Glimmora's implied connection to the Terastal phenomenon, as eight Glimmet Crystals are needed to make the TM.
• Despite being made of Terastal energy, Terapagos is unable to learn Tera Blast.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 太晶爆發 Taaijīng Baaufaat Mandarin 太晶爆發 / 太晶爆发 Tàijīng Bàofā French Téra Explosion German Tera-Ausbruch Italian Terascoppio Korean 테라버스트 Tera Burst Polish Terawybuch Brazilian Portuguese Explosão Tera Spanish Teraexplosión

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