Astonish (move)

Astonish
おどろかす Astonish
Type  Ghost
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  30
Accuracy  100%
Priority  0
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Astonish (Japanese: おどろかす Astonish) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Astonish inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch if the user attacks before the target.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0041   Zubat
Poison Flying 11
0041   Zubat
Poison Flying 6
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
11
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
6
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
11
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
6
0190   Aipom
Normal 13
0198   Murkrow
Dark Flying 9
0200   Misdreavus
Ghost 11
0203   Girafarig
Normal Psychic 7
0234   Stantler
Normal 13
0234   Stantler
Normal 11
0270   Lotad
Water Grass --
0271   Lombre
Water Grass --
0272   Ludicolo
Water Grass --
0293   Whismur
Normal 11
0294   Loudred
Normal --
11
0295   Exploud
Normal --
11
0302   Sableye
Dark Ghost 13
0303   Mawile
Steel --
0320   Wailmer
Water 23
0321   Wailord
Water 23
0333   Swablu
Normal Flying 8
0334   Altaria
Dragon Flying --
8
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass --
0352   Kecleon
Normal --
0355   Duskull
Ghost 16
0356   Dusclops
Ghost 16
0358   Chimecho
Psychic 9
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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | 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" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Aipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus
Duskull, Dusclops
Chimecho

|- | 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.
|} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0041   Zubat
Poison Flying 9
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
9
0050   Diglett
Ground 7
0051   Dugtrio
Ground 7
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
9
0190   Aipom
Normal 8
0198   Murkrow
Dark Flying --
0200   Misdreavus
Ghost 10
0203   Girafarig
Normal Psychic --
0234   Stantler
Normal 7
0270   Lotad
Water Grass --
0271   Lombre
Water Grass --
0272   Ludicolo
Water Grass --
0293   Whismur
Normal 11
0294   Loudred
Normal --
11
0295   Exploud
Normal --
11
0302   Sableye
Dark Ghost 11
0303   Mawile
Steel --
0320   Wailmer
Water 17
0321   Wailord
Water 17
0333   Swablu
Normal Flying 5
0334   Altaria
Dragon Flying --
5
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass --
0352   Kecleon
Normal --
0355   Duskull
Ghost 14
0356   Dusclops
Ghost 14
0358   Chimecho
Psychic 9
0424   Ambipom
Normal --
8
0425   Drifloon
Ghost Flying 6
0426   Drifblim
Ghost Flying --
6
0429   Mismagius
Ghost --
0430   Honchkrow
Dark Flying --
0433   Chingling
Psychic 9
0453   Croagunk
Poison Fighting --
0454   Toxicroak
Poison Fighting --
0477   Dusknoir
Ghost 14
0478   Froslass
Ice Ghost --
10
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | 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" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria
Spearow, Fearow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon

|- | 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.
|} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0041   Zubat
Poison Flying 9
0042   Golbat
Poison Flying --
9
0050   Diglett
Ground 7
0051   Dugtrio
Ground 7
0169   Crobat
Poison Flying --
9
0190   Aipom
Normal 8
0198   Murkrow
Dark Flying --
0200   Misdreavus
Ghost 10
0203   Girafarig
Normal Psychic --
0234   Stantler
Normal 7
0270   Lotad
Water Grass --
0271   Lombre
Water Grass --
0272   Ludicolo
Water Grass --
0293   Whismur
Normal 11
0294   Loudred
Normal --
11
0295   Exploud
Normal --
11
0302   Sableye
Dark Ghost 11
0303   Mawile
Steel --
0320   Wailmer
Water 17
0321   Wailord
Water 17
0333   Swablu
Normal Flying 5
0334   Altaria
Dragon Flying --
5
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass --
0352   Kecleon
Normal --
0355   Duskull
Ghost 14
0356   Dusclops
Ghost 14
0358   Chimecho
Psychic 9
0424   Ambipom
Normal --
8
0425   Drifloon
Ghost Flying 6
0426   Drifblim
Ghost Flying --
6
0429   Mismagius
Ghost --
0430   Honchkrow
Dark Flying --
0433   Chingling
Psychic 9
0453   Croagunk
Poison Fighting --
0454   Toxicroak
Poison Fighting --
0477   Dusknoir
Ghost 14
0478   Froslass
Ice Ghost --
10
0479   Rotom
Electric Ghost --
0479   Rotom
Electric Fire --
0479   Rotom
Electric Water --
0479   Rotom
Electric Ice --
0479   Rotom
Electric Flying --
0479   Rotom
Electric Electric --
0562 Desumasu Desumasu
Ghost --
0563 Desukaan Desukaan
Ghost --
0582 Vanipeti Vanipeti
Ice 7
0583 Baniricchi Baniricchi
Ice --
7
0584 Baibanira Baibanira
Ice --
7
0590 Tamagetake Tamagetake
Grass Poison 8
0591 Morobareru Morobareru
Grass Poison --
8
0607 Hitomoshi Hitomoshi
Ghost Fire --
0608 Ranpuraa Ranpuraa
Ghost Fire --
0622 Gobitto Gobitto
Ground Ghost --
0623 Goruugu Goruugu
Ground Ghost --
0641 Tornelos Tornelos
Flying --
0642 Voltolos Voltolos
Electric Flying --
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 breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0021 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Spearow
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0050 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0092 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Gastly
| colspan="1" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Desumasu, Desukaan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0206 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Dunsparce
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | 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" | Wailmer, Wailord |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0261 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Poochyena
| colspan="2" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0353 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Shuppet
| colspan="2" style="background:#704170; text-align: center;" | Ghost | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Desumasu, Desukaan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Zubat, Golbat, Crobat
Murkrow, Honchkrow
Swablu, Altaria
Spearow, Fearow |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0434 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Stunky
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#624D4E" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dark | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0511 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Pansage
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0513 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Pansear
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0515 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |   | style="background: #FFF" | Panpour
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Stantler
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0577 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Yuniran | style="background: #FFF" | Yuniran
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Desumasu, Desukaan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0587 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Emonga | style="background: #FFF" | Emonga
| colspan="1" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Diglett, Dugtrio
Aipom, Ambipom
Girafarig
Dunsparce
Stantler
Poochyena, Mightyena
Whismur, Loudred, Exploud
Mawile
Wailmer, Wailord
Kecleon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0605 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Riguree | style="background: #FFF" | Riguree
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Sableye
Croagunk, Toxicroak |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0618 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Maggyo | style="background: #FFF" | Maggyo
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Misdreavus, Mismagius
Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
Desumasu, Desukaan |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0633 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | Monozu | style="background: #FFF" | Monozu
| colspan="1" style="background:#624D4E; text-align: center;" | Dark || style="background:#5060E1" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Dragon | style="background: #FFF" | Swablu, Altaria

|- | 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.
|} |}

In the anime

The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Chimecho releases waves of red energy from its mouth that makes horrible noise, or Chimecho frightens the opponent by making a frightening face.
James's Chimecho Lessons in Lilycove Debut
  Misdreavus makes a scary face then shouts loudly, making transparent shock waves come out of its body and at the opponent.
A wild Misdreavus Ghoul Daze! None


In other languages

  • French: Étonnement
  • German: Erstauner
  • Greek: Κατάπληξη
  • Italian: Sgomento
  • Korean: 놀래키기 Nollaekigi
  • Spanish: Impresionar
  • Serbian: Zastrašivanje


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