Flash Cannon (move)

Flash Cannon ラスターカノン Luster Cannon

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Battles Type  Steel Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

Availability Introduced  Generation IV TM91 in Generation IV

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   +2 if first to appeal

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Flash Cannon (Japanese: ラスターカノン Luster Cannon) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Flash Cannon does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense.

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0009 Blastoise Water -- 0379 Registeel Steel 73 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 80 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 42 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By TM91

#   Pokémon Type 0009 Blastoise Water 0081 Magnemite Electric Steel 0082 Magneton Electric Steel 0095 Onix Rock Ground 0116 Horsea Water 0117 Seadra Water 0120 Staryu Water 0121 Starmie Water Psychic 0151 Mew Psychic 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 0212 Scizor Bug Steel 0224 Octillery Water 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 0230 Kingdra Water Dragon 0303 Mawile Steel 0306 Aggron Steel Rock 0323 Camerupt Fire Ground 0348 Armaldo Rock Bug 0375 Metang Steel Psychic 0376 Metagross Steel Psychic 0378 Regice Ice 0379 Registeel Steel 0385 Jirachi Steel Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0386 Deoxys Psychic 0395 Empoleon Water Steel 0410 Shieldon Rock Steel 0411 Bastiodon Rock Steel 0413 Wormadam Bug Steel 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 0448 Lucario Fighting Steel 0462 Magnezone Electric Steel 0464 Rhyperior Ground Rock 0476 Probopass Rock Steel 0483 Dialga Steel Dragon 0485 Heatran Fire Steel 0493 Arceus Fire 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

File:Bronzongflashcannon1.jpg Bronzong charging File:Bronzongflashcannon2.jpg Bronzong File:Bastiodon Flash Cannon1.png Bastiodon Rhyperior
The user fires a beam of light.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Bronzong flips around and aims its bottom at the opponent. It then gathers energy inside its body and then it fires a silver beam of energy at the opponent.
Lucian's Bronzong	An Elite Meet and Greet!		Debut
Marcus's Bronzong	Arceus and the Jewel of Life		None
	Shieldon charges light in its mouth and releases it as an energy blast.
Newton Graceland's Shieldon	Giratina and the Sky Warrior		None
	Bastiodon charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
Byron's Bastiodon	Dealing With Defensive Types!		None
	Aggron charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
A wild Aggron	Steeling Piece of Mind!		None
	Registeel charges light between its arms and releases it as an energy blast.
Brandon's Registeel	A Pyramiding Rage!		None
	Skarmory charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
J's henchmen's Skarmory	Pillars of Friendship!		None
	Rhyperior charges light inside its mouth and then fires a beam of light.
Trainer's Rhyperior	DP164		None

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Canhão de Luz
• French: Luminocanon
• Spanish: Foco Respl.
• Italian: Cannonflash
• German: Lichtkanone
• Dutch: Flits Kanon