Boomburst (move)

Boomburst ばくおんぱ Sound Wave Explosion

Battles Type  Normal Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  140 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock Is a sound-based move

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally All Others: Affects all Pokémon adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Startles all other Pokémon. User cannot act in the next turn.

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

Boomburst (Japanese: ばくおんぱ Sound Wave Explosion) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Boomburst does damage to all adjacent Pokémon, including allies. Pokémon with the Ability Soundproof are not affected by this move.

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh The user attacks everything around it with the destructive power of a terrible, explosive sound.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0295		Exploud		Monster	Field	1, 85XY 1, 58ORAS	1, 58
0329		Vibrava		Bug		Bug	47ORAS	47	62
0330		Flygon		Bug		Bug			68
0715		Noivern		Flying		Flying	1, 75	1, 75	62
0784		Kommo-o		Dragon		Dragon			76
0812		Rillaboom		Field	Grass			62
0849		Toxtricity		Human-Like		Human-Like			48
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
0276		Taillow		Flying		Flying	✔	✔
0441		Chatot		Flying		Flying	✔	✔
0731		Pikipek		Flying		Flying		✔
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 games

Description

Games Description SMD It damages all targets in the room, including your teammates, but not you.* It damages all Pokémon in the same room except for you.*

In the anime

In the main series

Alexa's Noivern Ash's Noivern The Ultra Guardians' Noivern
The user attacks with powerful sound waves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Noivern's body becomes surrounded in a thin light-blue aura, the inside of its ears glow light blue and then blue static appears on both sides of its ears. Noivern then sends a swirly supersonic wave of light blue aura towards the opponent, which becomes straight as it is about to hit the opponent. Or Noivern's ears glow white and it then fires a blast of powerful white sound waves from them at the opponent or the inside of Noivern's ears glow white and a ball of white light appears in front of its ears and a blast of powerful sound waves comes out from the white ball and heads towards the opponent.
Alexa's Noivern	Celebrating the Hero's Comet!		Debut
Ash's Noivern	An Electrifying Rage!		None
The Ultra Guardians' Noivern	Full Moon and Many Arms!		None

In Pokémon Generations

Noivern
The user attacks with powerful sound waves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Noivern's ears glow white and it then fires a blast of powerful white sound waves from them at the opponent.
A wild Noivern	The Adventure		Debut

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Noivern
The user attacks with powerful sound waves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Noivern releases a beam of powerful sound waves from its ears.
Aster's Noivern	Omega Alpha Adventure 19		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Boomburst has the highest base power of all moves with no negative effects on the user.
• Boomburst was the first Generation VI move seen in the anime. It was used by Alexa's Noivern in Celebrating the Hero's Comet!, prior to the release of Pokémon X and Y.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 爆音波 Baauyāmbō Mandarin 爆音波 Bàoyīnbō Dutch Knalbarst French Bang Sonique German Überschallknall Italian Ondaboato Korean 폭음파 Pok'eumpa Polish Bum Wybuch Portuguese Brazil Rajada Explosiva (SM088-present, TCG) Ricochete (BW137-XY134)* Portugal Rajada Estrondo Spanish Estruendo

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