Sonic Boom (move)

SonicBoom
ソニックブーム Sonic Boom

Battles

Type	Normal
Category	Special
PP	20 (max. 32)
Power	20
Accuracy	90%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch 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	Cool
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	0
Works well if it's the same type as the one before.

Super Contests

Condition	Cool
Appeal	3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Cool
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

SonicBoom (Japanese: ソニックブーム Sonic Boom) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

SonicBoom deals 20 damage, regardless of the user's type, the opponent's type, and any other effects. Ghost-types are able to be hit by this move despite their usual immunity to Normal-type moves.

Generation II and on

Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to SonicBoom.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, this move does 55 damage, while in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky it does 20 damage.

Description

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Games	Description
	A Normal-type attack. It inflicts a set amount of damage regardless of the target's type.
	A Normal-type attack. It always inflicts a set amount of damage.
	Always inflicts 20HP damage.
RS E	Launches shock waves that always inflict 20 HP damage.
FRLG	The foe is hit with a shock wave that always inflicts 20-HP damage.
	The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.
	The target is hit with a destructive shock wave that always inflicts 20 HP damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
#	Pokémon		Type		I		II		III	IV		V		VI
081		Magnemite	Electric	Steel	21			16		16			14			14	11	'
082		Magneton	Electric	Steel	--, 21			--, 16		16			14			14	--, 11	'
100		Voltorb	Electric		Electric	17			17		15			8			8			'
101		Electrode	Electric		Electric	--, 17			--, 17		--, 15			--, 8			--, 8			'
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying				19		19	17	14			14			'
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon									--			--			'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon									--			--			'
418		Buizel	Water		Water									--			--			'
419		Floatzel	Water		Water									--			--			'
462		Magnezone	Electric	Steel									14			14	--, 11	'
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying									14			14			'
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
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison
517		Munna	Psychic		Psychic
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 event

Generation II

#	Pokémon	Type		Obtained with
0021	Spearow	Normal	Flying	New York Pokémon Center
0123	Scyther	Bug	Flying	New York Pokémon Center
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Magnezone File:Plasma Grunt Magnemite.png Magnemite Yanmega Crobat
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Yanma flaps its wings at a fast speed and one or multiple shockwaves heads towards the opponent, or Yanma's wings glow white and it waves them, releasing a shockwave from its wings at the opponent.
Zachary Evans's Yanma	Wings 'N' Things	Debut
Forrester Franklin's Yanma	All in a Day's Wurmple	None
Jessie's Yanma	The Thief that Keeps on Thieving!	None
Tyler's Yanma	The Thief the Keeps on Thieving!	None
	Crobat flaps its wings so fast that they become a blur, and a cyclone of wind and white circles come out of them and hit the opponent.
Brock's Crobat	Lapras of Luxury	Crobat cannot legally learn SonicBoom
	Buizel's two tails glow white and it flips around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
Ash's Buizel	Buizel Your Way Out of This!	None
	Yanmega's wings glow white and it waves its wings, releasing one large white shockwave or multiple smaller shockwaves from them at the opponent.
Jessie's Yanmega	The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!	None
	All three of Magnezone's magnets glow white and it spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
A wild Magnezone	Regaining the Home Advantage!	None
	Magnemite spins around, sending a large white shockwave at the opponent.
A Plasma Grunt's Magnemite	BW112	None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Magnemite and Magneton Voltorb and Electrode
The foe is hit with a destructive shock wave.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Magneton's body becomes surrounded by an orb of energy. When the opponent comes into contact with Magneton, they bounce off the orb.
A wild Magneton	Electro Magneton	Debut
	Magnemite's body becomes surrounded by orbs of energy.
Two wild Magnemite	Electro Magneton	Debut
	Electrode's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Electrode	Ekans the Ecstasy	None
	Voltorb's body starts to glow and it lets off multiple soundwaves from its body.
Ken's Voltorb	Ekans the Ecstasy	None
	Buizel turns around and waves its tails horizontally. As it does, it releases a beam of energy from its tails at the opponent. When it waves its tails, they leave behind a trail of energy.
Uji's Buizel	Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II	None

In other generations

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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

Trivia

Despite being a Normal-type move, Smeargle (through Sketch) is the only Normal-type Pokémon that can learn this move.
Although the sound-based moves are introduced in Generation III, SonicBoom is listed in move index number near with another Generation I sound-based moves; Growl, Sing, Roar, and Supersonic.
For unknown reasons, the move's animation was changed between the Japanese and international versions of Generation II. Whereas the Japanese version depicted SonicBoom as a boomerang being thrown towards the target, the international versions instead depict the move as a tornado approaching and hitting the foe.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		音爆 Yīnbào
Dutch		Supersonische Knal
Finnish		Äänipommi (original series) Ääniaalto (Advanced Generation series)
French		Sonicboom
German		Ultraschall
Greek		Ηχοέκρηξη
Indonesian		SonicBoom
Italian		Sonicboom
Korean		소닉붐 Sonic Boom
Polish		Bomba Dźwięku
Portuguese	Brazil	Bomba Sônica
Portuguese	Portugal	Detonação Sónica
Romanian		Explozia Sonică Unda Sonică
Serbian		Sonična Bomba
Spanish	Latin America	Bomba Sónica (Original Series & Diamond and Pearl) Explosion Sónica (DP Battle Dimencion & Galactic Battles) Explosónica (DP Sinnoh League Victors)
Spanish	Spain	Bomba Sónica

Set-damage moves

Sonic Boom • Dragon Rage

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