Confuse Ray (move)

Confuse Ray あやしいひかり Bewitching Light

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Battles Type  Ghost Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Lowers the Voltage of all Judges by one each.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Confuse Ray (Japanese: あやしいひかり Bewitching Light) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Confuse Ray causes the target to become confused. Confuse Ray will fail if the target has a Substitute, is already confused, or has the ability Own Tempo.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
037		Vulpix	Fire		Fire	28			19			22			17				17			'
038		Ninetales	Fire		Fire				--			--			--				--			'
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	21			19			26			21				21			'
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying	21			19			28			21				21			'
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--			28			28	21	19				19			'
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--			31			31	21	19				19			'
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--			31			31	21	19				19			'
121		Starmie	Water	Psychic				37			33			28				28			'
126		Magmar	Fire		Fire	39			49			49			25				26			'
131		Lapras	Water	Ice	31			22			19			7				7			'
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying				19			28			21				21			'
170		Chinchou	Water	Electric				29			29			17				17			'
171		Lanturn	Water	Electric				33			32			17				17			'
177		Natu	Psychic	Flying				40			40			23				23			'
178		Xatu	Psychic	Flying				50			50			23				23			'
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark				30			30			29				29			'
200		Misdreavus	Ghost		Ghost				12			17			14				14			'
226		Mantine	Water	Flying				49			50			37				37			'
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal				49			43	41	23				23			'
240		Magby	Fire		Fire				43			43			25				25			'
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost							31			31				31			'
302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost							37			46				46			'
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug							5			9				9			'
325		Spoink	Psychic		Psychic							25			18				18			'
326		Grumpig	Psychic		Psychic							25			18				18			'
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass							29			22				11			'
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass							29			22				22			'
355		Duskull	Ghost		Ghost							23			17				17			'
356		Dusclops	Ghost		Ghost							23			17				17			'
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying										7				7			'
436		Bronzor	Steel	Psychic										14				14			'
437		Bronzong	Steel	Psychic										14				14			'
442		Spiritomb	Ghost	Dark										--				--			'
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying										37				37			'
467		Magmortar	Fire		Fire										25				26			'
477		Dusknoir	Ghost		Ghost										17				17			'
478		Froslass	Ice	Ghost										19				19			'
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost										--				--			'
486		Regigigas	Normal		Normal										--				--			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														20			'
607		Litwick	Ghost	Fire														10			'
608		Lampent	Ghost	Fire														10			'
609		Chandelure	Ghost	Fire														--			'
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice														45			'
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
054		Psyduck	Water		Water
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
122		Mr. Mime	Psychic		Psychic
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water
198		Murkrow	Dark	Flying
222		Corsola	Water	Rock
280		Ralts	Psychic		Psychic
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug
349		Feebas	Water		Water
353		Shuppet	Ghost		Ghost
366		Clamperl	Water		Water
439		Mime Jr.	Psychic		Psychic
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
577		Solosis	Psychic		Psychic
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost
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 event

Generation II

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0072 Tentacool Water Poison New York Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0198 Murkrow Dark Flying Dream World - Windswept Sky 0222 Corsola Water Rock Dream World - Sparkling Sea Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Gengar Mismagius Bronzor Solosis
The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Haunter charges an orange ball in its hands, then shoots it at the opponent. The opponent's eyes turn red and it gets confused, or Haunter fires a purple circle from its eyes towards the opponent.
Captain's Haunter	A Shipful of Shivers		Debut
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Gengar's eyes glow blue, purple, or red. Then the opponent becomes confused.
Drake's Gengar	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Morty's Gengar	From Ghost to Ghost		None
	Natu's eyes glow a rainbow hue and the opponent becomes confused.
Mackenzie's Naughty	Doin' What Comes Natu-rally		None
	The orbs at the end of Chinchou's antennae glow purple and release a light purple ray that confuses the opponent.
Trinity's Chinchou	The Perfect Match!		None
	Spoink's pearl glows purple, then it fires a purple beam from the pearl at the opponent, confusing it.
A wild Spoink	Pearls Are a Spoink's Best Friend		None
	Mantine charges a purple ball in between its antennae. Then, Mantine releases a huge purple flash, which makes any Pokémon who see it become confused.
A Mantine captured by Jack Walker's Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	Dusclops's eye glows red and emits a bright purple light from it, making the opponent confused.
Brandon's Dusclops	Gathering the Gang of Four!		None
	The large orb on Misdreavus's neck glows purple and it shoots four sillouettes of itself at the opponent from the necklace.
Zoey's Misdreavus	Mounting a Coordinator Assault!		None
	Mismagius's eyes glow purple. If the opponent sees the attack, it begins to see illusions.
A wild Mismagius	Malice in Wonderland!		None
	Bronzor's eyes glow purple and it releases dark purple beams from its body at the opponent. When the opponent is affected, its eyes glow red.
Saturn's Bronzor	Journey to the Unown!		None
	Regigigas's body becomes surrounded in a maroon aura and the braille pattern on its face glows the same color. The opponent's eyes then glow red and Regigigas can control them.
A wild Regigigas	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Murkrow looks deeply into the opponent's eyes and causes it to see illusions.
Mitchell's Murkrow	Try for the Family Stone!		None
	Watchog holds its arms out and five golden orbs of light appear and circle around its body. When it raises its arms in the air, the five orbs fire at the opponent and stop above it. The orbs then circle around the opponent and float downward to the middle of its body. They then float back up above the opponent's head and grow larger until they explode in a flash of white light, confusing the opponent.
Lenora's Watchog	Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!		None
	Solosis's body glows gold faintly and six golden orbs of energy appear around its body and spin around it clockwise. Solosis's body then flashes white and it fires the six orbs of energy at the oppoenent. When the orbs reach the opponent, they surround it and latch onto its body, completely enveloping it. The orbs then glow gold brightly and explode, confusing the opponent.
Doyle's Solosis	Where Did You Go, Audino?		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gengar Golbat
The user hits the foe with a blast, causing them to become confused.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Gengar points both of its hands at the opponent and they become surrounded in an aura that hurts them.
Agatha's Gengar	Growing out of Gengar		Debut
	Golbat's body starts to shine brightly, and anyone who looks at the light becomes confused.
Koga's Golbat	Gimme Shellder		None
	Umbreon squints its eyes at the opponent, causing the opponent to become confused.
Greta's Umbreon	VS. Shedinja		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 奇異光線 Qíyì Guāngxiàn Dutch Verwarstraal French Onde Folie German Konfustrahl Greek Ακτίνα Σύγχυσης Indonesian Cahaya Menyilaukan Cahaya Membingungkan Italian Stordiraggio Korean 이상한빛 Isanghan Bit Serbian Zbunjujući Zrak Spanish Rayo Confuso

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