Aurora Beam
オーロラビーム Aurora Beam
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Type  Ice
Category  Special
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  65
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • 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
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
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  Beauty
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

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

Effect

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

Description

Games Description
An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
An attack that may lower Attack.
RSE Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack.
FRLG A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe’s Attack stat.
The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target’s Attack stat.
The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
086   Seel Water Water 35 16 21 27 27 '''
087   Dewgong Water Ice 35 --, 16 --, 21 27 27 ''''
090   Shellder Water Water 30 17 17 22 32 32 '''
091   Cloyster Water Ice -- -- -- -- -- ''''
134   Vaporeon Water Water   36 36 36 36 36 21 '
223   Remoraid Water Water   22 22 14 14 '
224   Octillery Water Water   22 22 14 --, 14 '
245   Suicune Water Water     41 41 29 29 '
363   Spheal Ice Water     25 25 25 ''''
364   Sealeo Ice Water     25 25 25 ''''
365   Walrein Ice Water     25 25 25 ''''
488   Cresselia Psychic Psychic       29 29 '
615   Cryogonal Ice Ice         25 ''''
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 Type Father
II III IV V VI
072   Tentacool Water Poison            
116   Horsea Water Water                             
120   Staryu Water Water         
131   Lapras Water Ice           
138   Omanyte Rock Water                                     
140   Kabuto Rock Water                                     
223   Remoraid Water Water                             
225   Delibird Ice Flying                                 
456   Finneon Water Water         
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 the anime

 
Remoraid
 
Cryogonal
 
Cloyster
 
Suicune
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Seel releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Cerulean Gym's Seel The Misty Mermaid Debut
  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 releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster The Mandarin Island Miss Match None
  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 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.
A wild Suicune For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! None
A wild Suicune Drifloon in the Wind! None
  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 blast from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo The Spheal of Approval None
Juan's Sealeo The Great Eight Fate! None
  Remoraid releases a multicolored ray from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Remoraid May, We Harley Drew'd Ya! None
  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 creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
A wild Octillery BW129 None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 極光線 Jíguāngxiàn
  Dutch Aurorastraal
  Finnish Illansäde (original series)
Aurorasäde (Advanced Generation)
  French Onde Boréale
  German Aurorastrahl
  Greek Ακτίνα Χαραυγής
  Indonesian Sinar Aurora
  Italian Raggiaurora
  Korean 오로라빔 Aurora Beam
  Polish Promień Aurory
Portuguese   Brazil Raio Aurora
  Portugal Raio de Aurora (Indigo League; Orange Islands)
Ataque de Alvorada (Johto Journeys)
Feixe Aurora (Advanced Series)
  Serbian Aurora Zrak
  Spanish Rayo Aurora



Variations of the move Psybeam
  Spark
  PsybeamBubble BeamAurora BeamSludge


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