Astonish (move)

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Astonish
おどろかす Astonish
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Type  Ghost
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  30
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
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  Cute
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

Astonish (Japanese: おどろかす Astonish) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type 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. In Generation III only, Astonish will deal double the damage if its target had previously used Minimize.

Description

Games Description
RSE An attack that may shock the foe into flinching.
FRLG An attack using a startling shout. It also may make the foe flinch.
Colo.XD An attack that may shock the target into flinching.
DPPtHGSSPBR The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch.
BWB2W2 The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch.
XYORAS
SM
The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. This may also make the target flinch.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0041    
 
Flying Flying 11RSE
6FRLG
9 9BW
8B2W2
8XY
7ORAS
7
0042    
 
Flying Flying 1, 11RSE
1, 6FRLG
1, 9 1, 9BW
1, 8B2W2
1, 8XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7
0050     Field Field 7 7 7 7
050A  
Diglett
Alola Form
 
 
Field Field 7
0051     Field Field 7 7 7 7
051A  
Dugtrio
Alola Form
 
 
Field Field 7
0169    
 
Flying Flying 1, 11RSE
1, 6FRLG
1, 9 1, 9BW
1, 8B2W2
1, 8XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7
0190     Field Field 13 8 8 8 8
0198    
 
Flying Flying 9 1 1 1 1
0200     Amorphous Amorphous 11 10 10 10 10
0203    
 
Field Field 7 1 1 1 1
0234     Field Field 13RSE
11FRLG
7 7 7 7
0270    
 
Water 1 Grass 1 1 1 1 1
0271    
 
Water 1 Grass 1 1 1 1 1
0272    
 
Water 1 Grass 1 1 1 1 1
0293     Monster Field 11 11 11 11XY
8ORAS
8
0294     Monster Field 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11XY
1, 9ORAS
1, 9
0295     Monster Field 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11 1, 11XY
1, 9ORAS
1, 9
0302    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 13 11 11 11XY
9ORAS
9
0303    
 
Field Fairy 1 1 1 1 1
0320     Field Water 2 23 17 17 17XY
16ORAS
16
0321     Field Water 2 23 17 17 17XY
16ORAS
16
0333    
 
Flying Dragon 8 5 5BW
4B2W2
4XY
3ORAS
3
0334    
 
Flying Dragon 1, 8 1, 5 1, 5BW
1, 4B2W2
1, 4XY
1, 3ORAS
1, 3
0345    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1
0346    
 
Water 3 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1
0352     Field Field 1 1 1 1 1
0355     Amorphous Amorphous 16 14 14 14XY
9ORAS
9
0356     Amorphous Amorphous 16 14 14 14XY
1, 9ORAS
1, 9
0358     Amorphous Amorphous 9 9 9 9XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7
0424     Field Field 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8
0425    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 6 6BW
4B2W2
4 4
0426    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1, 6 1, 6BW
1, 4B2W2
1, 4 1, 4
0429     Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1 1
0430    
 
Flying Flying 1 1 1 1
0433     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 9 9 9XY
7ORAS
7
0453    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 1 1 1 1
0454    
 
Human-Like Human-Like 1 1 1 1
0477     Amorphous Amorphous 14 14 14XY
1, 9ORAS
1, 9
0478    
 
Fairy Mineral 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
19ORAS
19
0479    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1 1
0562     Mineral Amorphous 1 1 1
0563     Mineral Amorphous 1 1 1
0582     Mineral Mineral 7 7 7
0583     Mineral Mineral 1, 7 1, 7 1, 7
0584     Mineral Mineral 1, 7 1, 7 1, 7
0590    
 
Grass Grass 8 8 8
0591    
 
Grass Grass 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8
0607    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1
0608    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1
0622    
 
Mineral Mineral 1 1 1
0623    
 
Mineral Mineral 1 1 1
0641     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 1 1 1
0642    
 
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 1 1 1
0707    
 
Mineral Mineral 8 8
0708    
 
Grass Amorphous 5 5
0709    
 
Grass Amorphous 5 1, 5
0710    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1
0711    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1
0720  
Hoopa
Confined
 
 
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 6 6
720U  
Hoopa
Unbound
 
 
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 6ORAS 6
0722    
 
Flying Flying 11
0723    
 
Flying Flying 11
0724    
 
Flying Flying 11
0755    
 
Grass Grass 4
0756    
 
Grass Grass 1, 4
0769    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 5
0770    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1, 5
0778    
 
Amorphous Amorphous 1
0779    
 
Water 2 Water 2 4
0781    
 
Mineral Mineral 1
0786    
 
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 1
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
0021    
 
Flying Flying
0050     Field Field
0092    
 
Amorphous Amorphous
0206     Field Field
0211    
 
Water 2 Water 2
0261     Field Field
0353     Amorphous Amorphous
0396    
 
Flying Flying
0434    
 
Field Field
0511     Field Field
0513     Field Field
0515     Field Field
0577     Amorphous Amorphous
0587    
 
Field Field
0605     Human-Like Human-Like
0618    
 
Water 1 Amorphous
0633    
 
Dragon Dragon
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 events

Generation VI

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0094    
 
Amorphous Amorphous Halloween Gengar
October 2014 Gengar
Pre-ordering player Gengar
XY Gengar
Pokémon Center Hiroshima Gengar
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

Pokémon Conquest

 
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Stars: ★
Power: 20
Accuracy: 100%
Effect: Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.
Users:        
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause the target to cringe, making it incapable of action.
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It may also afflict the target with a Cringe status condition, making its actions fail.
Conq. The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch.


In the anime

 
Chimecho
 
Shuppet and Duskull
 
Vanillish
The user attacks the foe while shouting in a startling fashion.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Chimecho makes a horrible noise from its mouth and releases multiple red waves of energy from its mouth that hurts the opponent's ears, or Chimecho makes a frightening face and sticks out its tongue. A shadow also appears on Chimecho's face, frightening the opponent.
James's Chimecho Lessons in Lilycove Debut
  Gastly appears out of nowhere, makes a horrifying face, and shadows appear around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Gastly Ghoul Daze! None
  Haunter appears out of nowhere, raises its hands, makes a scary face and shadows appear on its body and around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Haunter Ghoul Daze! None
  Gengar appears out of nowhere, raises its arms, makes a scary face and shadows appear on its body and around its face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Gengar Ghoul Daze! None
  Banette raises its arms, makes a frightening face and shadows appear around its body and face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Banette Ghoul Daze! None
  Shuppet makes a frightening face, sticks its tongue out and shadows appear around its body and face, frightening the opponent.
A wild Shuppet Ghoul Daze! None
  Duskull raises its arms in the air, makes a frightening face and shadows appear around its body, frightening the opponent.
A wild Duskull Ghoul Daze! None
  Misdreavus comes out of nowhere and makes a chilling face that frightens the opponent.
A wild Misdreavus Ghoul Daze! None
  Vanillish spins into the air while making a black ghost face appear with pink glowing eyes, a smile, and a red aura surrounding it to scare the opponent.
Brycen's Vanillish Caution: Icy Battle Conditions! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga


In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 驚嚇 Gīnghaak
Mandarin 驚嚇 / 惊吓 Jīngxià
  Danish Forbløffe
  Dutch Verbijstering
  Finnish Hämmästys
  French Étonnement
  German Erstauner
  Greek Κατάπληξη
  Indonesian Terkejut
  Italian Sgomento
  Korean 놀래키기 Nollaekigi
  Polish Zdumienie
Portuguese   Brazil Assustar
Abismar (TCG)
  Portugal Abismar
  Serbian Zastrašivanje
  Spanish Impresionar
  Turkish Şaşırtma
  Vietnamese Gây Sợ Hãi


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