Signal Beam (move)
| Signal Beam シグナルビーム Signal Beam | ||||||||||||
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Signal Beam (Japanese: シグナルビーム Signal Beam) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Signal Beam deals damage and has a 10% chance of confusing the target.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak, Ariados
Yanma
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Yanma
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Volbeat
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0048
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| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Yanma
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0086
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Seel
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Dewgong
Remoraid, Octillery
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0167
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Spinarak
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Yanma
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0193
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Yanma
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0211
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Qwilfish
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Chinchou, Lanturn
Remoraid, Octillery
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0283
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Surskit
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Venonat, Venomoth
Spinarak, Ariados
Remoraid, Octillery
Yanma
Volbeat
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0363
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Spheal
| colspan="1" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0458
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Mantyke
| colspan="1" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Remoraid, Octillery
Mantine
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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By move tutor
In Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver
In the anime
| The user attacks with a sinister beam of light. It may also confuse the target. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
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A pink, light blue, and yellow ball forms between Volbeat's antennae and it releases a beam of the same color from the ball at the opponent. | ||
| Romeo's Beat | Love at First Flight | Debut | |
| Romeo's Volbeat | Love at First Flight | Debut | |
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A white ball forms in front of the red orb on Ampharos's head. It then fires a rainbow colored beam from the ball at the opponent, or the orb on Ampharos's head glows white and it fires a rainbow colored beam from it at the opponent. | ||
| Ampharos Train crew's Ampharos | Frozen on Their Tracks! | None | |
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Magnezone become engulfed in a rainbow colored beam, it then fires the beam at its opponent. | ||
| A wild Magnezone | Regaining the Home Advantage! | None | |
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Mothim fires a rainbow colored beam from its antennae. | ||
| A Trainer's Mothim | DP163 | None | |
Trivia
- Signal Beam is the only Platinum move tutor move that requires each kind of shard to learn. All others require two or three types of shard.
- Despite being a Template:Type2 move, almost every Template:Type2 Pokémon can learn it.
In other languages
- Spanish: doble rayo
- Italian: Segnoraggio
- German: Ampelleuchte
- Dutch: Signaal straal