Aurora Beam (move)

Aurora Beam
オーロラビーム Aurora Beam

Battles

Type	Ice
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	65
Accuracy	100%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make 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 I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	1 ♥
Startles Pokémon that made a same-type appeal.

Super Contests

Condition	Beauty
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Earn +2 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Beautiful
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jamming	3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

On Smogon's Movedex:

Aurora Beam (Japanese: オーロラビーム Aurora Beam) is a damage-dealing Ice-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Aurora Beam does damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Attack stat by one stage.

In Stadium, Aurora Beam has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's Attack.

Description

Games	Description
Stad	An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
Stad2	An Ice-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Attack power.
GS C	An attack that may lower Attack.
RS EColoXD	Fires a rainbow-colored beam that may lower Attack.
FRLG	A rainbow-colored attack beam. It may lower the foe's Attack stat.
DP Pt HGSS	The foe is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. It may also lower the target's Attack stat.
BW B2W2 XY ORAS	The target is hit with a rainbow-colored beam. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II		III		IV		V		VI
086		Seel	Water		Water	35			16			21			27		27			27
087		Dewgong	Water	Ice	1, 35			1, 16			1, 21			27		27			27
090		Shellder	Water		Water	30			17			17	22	32		37			37
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	1			1			1			1		1			1
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water		36	36			36			36		36	21	20
223		Remoraid	Water		Water				22			22			14		14			14
224		Octillery	Water		Water				22			22			1, 14		1, 14			1, 14
245		Suicune	Water		Water					41	41			29		29			29
363		Spheal	Ice	Water							25			25		25			25 21
364		Sealeo	Ice	Water							25			25		25			25 21
365		Walrein	Ice	Water							25			25		25			25 19
488		Cresselia	Psychic		Psychic										29		29			29
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Ice												25			25
698		Amaura	Rock	Ice															20
699		Aurorus	Rock	Ice															20
716		Xerneas	Fairy		Fairy															10
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		Type		Father
#	Pokémon		Type		II	III	IV	V	VI
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison
116		Horsea	Water		Water
120		Staryu*	Water		Water
131		Lapras	Water	Ice
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water
223		Remoraid	Water		Water
225		Delibird	Ice	Flying
456		Finneon	Water		Water
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
MDRB	Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It may also halve the target's Attack.

In the anime

In the main series

Pokémon	Method
Remoraid Cryogonal Cloyster Suicune
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Seel releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Cerulean Gym's Seel	The Misty Mermaid	Debut
	Dewgong releases a white or multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Dewgong	The Mandarin Island Miss Match	None
Pryce's Dewgong	Nice Pryce, Baby!	None
	Cloyster releases a multicolored beam from the horn on its head at the opponent.
Prima's Cloyster	The Mandarin Island Miss Match	None
	Vaporeon releases a multicolored beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Vaporeon creates a glowing bluish green orb and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing	None
Virgil's Vaporeon	Curtain Up, Unova League!	None
	Suicune releases a shining metallic silver beam from its mouth at the opponent, or Suicune opens its mouth and a multicolored orb appears in front of its mouth. Suicune then fires a powerful multicolored beam from the ball at the opponent.
A wild Suicune	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!	None
A wild Suicune	Drifloon in the Wind!	None
	A white orb appears in front of Sealeo's mouth. It then fires the white orb as a beam at the opponent, or Sealeo fires a multicolored blast from its mouth at the opponent.
Captain Stern's Sealeo	The Spheal of Approval	None
Juan's Sealeo	The Great Eight Fate!	None
	Remoraid releases a multicolored ray from its mouth at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Remoraid	May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!	None
	Cryogonal creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Brycen's Cryogonal	Caution: Icy Battle Conditions!	None
	Octillery creates a glowing bluish green orb from its mouth, and launches a glowing green and black beam towards the opponent.
Officer Jenny's Octillery	The Pirates of Decolore!	None
	Xerneas creates two glowing rings around its horns, and launches a glowing blue and pink beam towards the opponent.
Xerneas (M17)	Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	None

In Pokémon Origins

Pokémon	Method
Dewgong
The user fires a multicolored beam at the foe.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Dewgong forms a multicolored orb of energy in front of its mouth. It then fires a multicolored beam from the orb at the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	File 4: Charizard	Debut

In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Pokémon	Method
Walrein
The user releases an icy beam from their mouth.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Walrein releases an icy beam.
Team Aqua's Walrein	Two Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua	Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Suicune Dewgong Lapras
The user releases a freezing beam from their mouth at the opponent.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Dewgong releases a freezing beam of wind and sparkles from its mouth. The beam swirls around the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	Do Wrong, Dewgong!	Debut
	Suicune's body shines brightly, and it fires a powerful beam from its body at the opponent, or Suicune's horn starts to glow and it fires a beam from the hole at the opponent.
Misty's Suicune	Hurray for Heracross	None
	Lapras fires a beam from its mouth at the opponent.
Pryce's La Glace	Savvy Swinub	None

In PAXY31, while being controlled by Essentia, Y's Xerxer was commanded to use Aurora Beam, but the move was interrupted by an attack from X's Rute.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Pokémon	Method
Dewgong
The user fires a blanket of ice.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Dewgong fires a blanket of ice, which immobilizes the opponent.
Lorelei's Dewgong	To the Pokémon League!!	Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Generation I	RB Y	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	FRLG E	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	Pt HGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SM USUM	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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		極光束 Jíguāngxiàn
Danish		Polarlys
Dutch		Aurorastraal
Finnish		Illansäde (original series) Aurorasäde (Advanced Generation)
French		Onde Boréale
German		Aurorastrahl
Greek		Ακτίνα Χαραυγής
Indonesian		Sinar Aurora
Italian		Raggiaurora
Korean		오로라빔 Aurora Beam
Polish		Promień Jutrzenki (Master Quest) Promień Aurory (Black & White)
Portuguese	Brazil	Raio Aurora
Portuguese	Portugal	Raio de Aurora (Indigo League; Orange Islands) Ataque de Alvorada (Johto Journeys) Feixe Aurora (Advanced Series)
Serbian		Aurora zrak
Spanish		Rayo Aurora
Turkish		Şafak Işını

Variations of the move Psybeam

	Spark
	Psybeam • Bubble Beam • Aurora Beam • Sludge

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