Barrage
たまなげ Ball Throw
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  20 (max. 32)
Power  15
Accuracy  85%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  0  
Works well if it's the same type as the one before.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Barrage (Japanese: たまなげ Ball Throw) is a damage-dealing Normal-type multi-hit move introduced in Generation I. It is the signature move of Exeggcute and Exeggutor.

Effect

Generation I

Barrage inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. This gives the attack an average power of 45, given that it does not miss. Although only the first hit can critical hit, each successive hit will deal the same amount of damage.

Barrage will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation II and III

Same as in Generation I, except that if the first hit is critical, it doesn't mean that following ones will continue doing the same amount of damage. Any hit has the same chance of being critical.

Generation IV

The effects of Barrage are similar to the previous generations; however, it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.

Description

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Games Description
StadStad2 Several spheres are thrown consecutively at the target to inflict damage.
GSC Throws orbs to hit 2-5 times.
RSEColo Hurls round objects at the foe 2 to 5 times.
FRLG Round objects are hurled at the foe to strike two to five times.
DPPtHGSS Round objects are hurled at the foe to strike two to five times in a row.
BW Round objects are hurled at the target to strike two to five times in a row.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
102   Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- -- -- -- -- '
103   Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- -- -- -- -- '
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 manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Barrage is one of four moves originating from Generation I that has not been used in the anime (the others being Kinesis, Leech Life and Struggle).

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 丟球 Diūqiú
  Dutch Versperring
  French Pilonnage
  German Stakkato
  Greek Καταιγισμός
  Italian Att. Pioggia
  Korean 알던지기 Al Deonjigi
  Polish Zapora
  Serbian Baražna Paljba
  Spanish Presa



Variations of the move Fury Attack
  Fury AttackBarrage


  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.