SolarBeam
ソーラービーム SolarBeam

Battles

Type	Grass
Category	Special
PP	10 (max. 16)
Power	120
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
Unknown

Availability

Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam	0
???

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	1 ♥
Earn +3 if no other Pokémon has chosen the same Judge.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:
- Generation IX

SolarBeam is a very highly-damaging Grass-type move introduced in Generation I.

In the anime

Pokémon

Bulbasaur: Bulbasaur gathers light in its bulb, then fires it.

Used by Ash's Bulbasaur in Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden and later episodes.

Meganium: Meganium's neck flower glows white, then it fires the SolarBeam.

Used by Vincent's Meganium in The Legend of Thunder!.

Solrock: As many of its attacks, SolarBeam is created in its top rock, which turns white as it gathers solar energy. It fires the beam from a ball of light in front of the rock.

Used by a wild Solrock in Take the Lombre Home!.

Effect

Generation I

SolarBeam does nothing on the turn it is selected, other than say that the user took in sunlight. On the following turn, SolarBeam will do damage, PP will be deducted from it, and it will count as the last move used. Once SolarBeam is selected, the user won't be able to switch out until it is disrupted or fully executed.

If SolarBeam is not fully executed, PP will not be deducted from it, and it will not count as the last move used. If the opponent uses Mirror Move during the turn that the user takes in sunlight, Mirror Move will copy the move that the user executed immediately before using SolarBeam (or fail if it can't).

Sleep, freeze, partial trapping, and flinching will pause but not disrupt the duration of SolarBeam.

In Stadium, Mirror Move will copy SolarBeam on either of the turns it takes to execute.

Generation II

SolarBeam will not need a turn to charge if used during the effects of the move Sunny Day and will only do half its normal damage if used during the effect of the move Rain Dance or Sandstorm.

Generation II and III

SolarBeam will be executed in one turn when Sunny Day is in effect, and will be executed in three turns if Rain Dance is in effect.

Generation IV

The held item Power Herb can allow its holder to charge and fire a SolarBeam in one turn. The Power Herb is consumed in the process.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

Bulbasaur at Lv.48
Ivysaur at Lv.54
Venusaur at Lv.65
Oddish at Lv.46
Gloom at Lv.52
Exeggcute at Lv.42

By TM22

Generation II

By leveling up

Bulbasaur at Lv.46
Ivysaur at Lv.56
Venusaur at Lv.65
Exeggcute at Lv.43
Chikorita at Lv.50
Bayleef at Lv.55
Meganium at Lv.61
Bellossom at Lv.55
Sunflora at Lv.46

By TM22

Generation III

By leveling up

Bulbasaur at Lv.46
Ivysaur at Lv.56
Venusaur at Lv.65
Exeggcute at Lv.43
Chikorita at Lv.50
Bayleef at Lv.55
Meganium at Lv.61
Bellossom at Lv.55
Sunflora at Lv.42
Solrock at Lv.43
Tropius at Lv.41
Groudon at Lv.65

By TM22

Generation IV

By leveling up

Ivysaur at Lv.44
Venusaur at Lv.53
Vileplume at Lv.65
Exeggcute at Lv.43
Moltres at Lv.71
Chikorita at Lv.45
Bayleef at Lv.54
Meganium at Lv.66
Sunflora at Lv.41
Solrock at Lv.53
Tropius at Lv.51
Groudon at Lv.65
Cherubi at Lv.37
Cherrim at Lv.43

By TM22

In other languages

French: lance-soleil, German: solarstrahl, Italian: solarraggio, Spanish: rayo solar, Dutch: zonnestraal, Portuguese: Raio Solar.

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Generation I TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation I HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05

Generation II TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation II HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07

Generation III TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50
Generation III HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08^RSE

Generation IV TMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92
Generation IV HMs
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08

Solar Beam (move)

Contents

In the anime

Pokémon

Effect

Generation I

Generation II

Generation II and III

Generation IV

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

By TM22

Generation II

By leveling up

By TM22

Generation III

By leveling up

By TM22

Generation IV

By leveling up

By TM22

In other languages