Simple Beam (move)

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Simple Beam シンプルビーム Simple Beam

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Simple Beam (Japanese: シンプルビーム Simple Beam) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Simple Beam changes the target's Ability to Simple. If a Pokémon affected by Simple Beam is switched out, it regains its original Ability.

Simple Beam fails if the target's Ability is Simple, Truant, Multitype, Stance Change, Schooling, Comatose, Shields Down, Disguise, RKS System, or Battle Bond.

With Simple as its Ability, if the Pokémon's stat stages would be increased or decreased, the amount they would change by is doubled.

If powered up by a Normalium-Z into Z-Simple Beam, the user's Special Attack stat rises one stage.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS SM The user's mysterious psychic wave changes the target's Ability to Simple.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy	45	45	45
0605		Elgyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	29	29	29
0606		Beheeyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	29	29	29
0649		Genesect		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	62	62	62
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
0054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field		✔	✔
0083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field		✔	✔
0177		Natu		Flying		Flying		✔	✔
0263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0300		Skitty		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔
0325		Spoink		Field		Field		✔	✔
0686		Inkay		Water 1	Water 2		✔	✔
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 languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 單純光束 Dāansèuhn Gwōngchūk Mandarin 單純光束 / 单纯光束 Dānchún Guāngshù French Rayon Simple German Wankelstrahl Italian Ondisinvolta Korean 심플빔 Simple Beam Brazilian Portuguese Raio Simplificador Spanish Onda Simple

Variations of the move Worry Seed
Worry Seed • Entrainment • Simple Beam

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