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  {{{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  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

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

In Stadium, Aurora Beam has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's Attack.

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.
RSEColo.XD Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack.
FRLG A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe's Attack stat.
DPPtHGSS The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target's Attack stat.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM
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
Alola Form
  Field Field 28
0086     Water 1 Field 35 16 21 27 27 27 27
0087    
 
Water 1 Field 1, 35 1, 16 1, 21 27 27 27 27
0090     Water 3 Water 3 30 17 17RSE
22FRLG
32 37 37 37
0091    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0134     Field Field 36Y 36 36 36 36BW
21B2W2
20 20
0223     Water 1 Water 2 22 22 14 14 14 14
0224     Water 1 Water 2 22 22 1, 14 1, 14 1, 14 1, 14
0245     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 41C 41 29 29 29 29
0363    
 
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
21ORAS
21
0364    
 
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
21ORAS
21
0365    
 
Water 1 Field 25 25 25 25XY
19ORAS
19
0488     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 29 29 29 29
0615     Mineral Mineral 25 25 13
0698    
 
Monster Monster 20 20
0699    
 
Monster Monster 20 20
0716     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 10 10
0801    
 
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 17
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    
 
Water 3 Water 3
0116     Water 1 Dragon
0120     Water 3 Water 3 GS
0131    
 
Monster Water 1
0138    
 
Water 1 Water 3
0140    
 
Water 1 Water 3
0223     Water 1 Water 2
0225    
 
Water 1 Field
0456     Water 2 Water 2
0751    
 
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

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also halve the target's Attack.


In the anime

In the main series

 
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.
Officer Jenny's Octillery The Pirates of Decolore! None
  Xerneas creates two glowing rings around its horns, and launches a glowing blue and pink beam towards the opponent.
A wild Xerneas Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction None


In Pokémon Origins

 
Dewgong


The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  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

In the Ash & Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


  • In PAXY31, while being controlled by Essentia, Y's Xerxer was commanded to use Aurora Beam, but the move was interrupted by an attack from X's Rute.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 極光束 Gihkgwōng Chūk *
天極光束 Tīngihk Gwōngchūk
Mandarin 極光束 / 极光束 Jíguāng Shù
  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 Aurora Beam
  Polish Promień Jutrzenki (Master Quest)
Promień Aurory (Black & White)
Portuguese   Brazil Raio Aurora (anime, Plasma Blast-present, 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
  Turkish Şafak Işını
  Vietnamese Tia Cực Quang



Variations of the move Psybeam
  Spark
  PsybeamBubble BeamAurora BeamSludge



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