Moonblast (move)

Moonblast ムーンフォース Moon Force

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  95 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} 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

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Beautiful Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Beautiful Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

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

Moonblast (Japanese: ムーンフォース Moon Force) is a damage-dealing Fairy-type move introduced in Generation VI.

Effect

Moonblast does damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Special Attack by one stage.

Generation VIII

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Moonblast's base power was reduced to 85.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Category  Special PP  10 Agile Strong Power  85  65  105 Accuracy  100%  100%  100% Action speed modifier Self  0  0  +5 Target  0  +3  0 Additional effect Chance  20%  20%  40% Turns  3  2  4    ?  ? May lower the target's offensive stats

Description

Games Description XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP SV Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat. LA Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target’s offensive stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	46	46SMUSUM 28PE	44SwShBDSP 37LA
036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy			1SwShBDSP 37LA
043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	43ORAS	43SMUSUM 30PE	28
044		Gloom		Grass		Grass		45PE	32
045		Vileplume		Grass		Grass			1
089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous		1PE
089		Muk Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous		1PE
163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying		40	33
164		Noctowl		Flying		Flying		47	43
173		Cleffa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			37LA
175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			43LA
176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy			43LA
182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass			1
282		Gardevoir		Human-Like	Amorphous	1, 85XY 1, 62ORAS	1, 62	1SwShBDSP 43LA	49
333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	50XY 46ORAS	46	40	40
334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	60XY 52ORAS	52	44	44
337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	50XY 1ORAS	1	1
468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy			43LA
488		Cresselia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	99	99	60SwShBDSP 46LA	60
489		Phione		Water 1	Fairy			36LA
490		Manaphy		Water 1	Fairy			36LA
517		Munna		Field		Field			40
518		Musharna		Field		Field			1
547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy	50	50	1
669		Flabébé		Fairy		Fairy	41	41		41
670		Floette		Fairy		Fairy	46	46		46
670		Floette Eternal Flower		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	46	46
671		Florges		Fairy		Fairy	1	1		5
682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy	31	31	36
683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy	31	31	36
700		Sylveon		Field		Field	37	37	50SwSh	50
703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral	50	50	55	55
711		Gourgeist		Amorphous		Amorphous			1
716		Xerneas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	35	35	60
719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50	50	77	77
728		Popplio		Water 1	Field		36	33
729		Brionne		Water 1	Field		42	45
730		Primarina		Water 1	Field		44	51
755		Morelull		Grass		Grass		39	40
756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass		44	50
786		Tapu Lele		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		58	60
788		Tapu Fini		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		1	60
792		Lunala		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		47	56
888		Zacian		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			66	66
889		Zamazenta		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			66	66
905		Enamorus		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered			47LA	65
987		Flutter Mane		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				84
100		Iron Valiant		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				56
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field		✔	✔
742		Cutiefly		Bug	Fairy		✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By event

Generation VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
282		GardevoirLv. 50		Human-Like	Amorphous	Kimia's Gardevoir
385		Jirachi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	2014 Tanabata Jirachi
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon GO

Moonblast
Charged Attack
Gyms & Raids Power 130 Energy cost 100 Duration 3.9 seconds Damage window 2.2 - 3.7 seconds
Trainer Battles Power 110 Energy cost 60 Secondary effect 1 Opponent Attack Effect chance 10%
Eligible Pokémon:
Standard eligibility By Elite Charged TM By GO Snapshot As Shadow Pokémon As Purified Pokémon Formerly eligible None

Updates

Gyms & Raids

• July 30, 2016
  • Power: 60 → 85
• February 16, 2017
  • Power: 85 → 130
  • Duration: 4.1 → 3.9 seconds
  • Damage window: 3.5 - 4.1 → 2.2 - 3.7 seconds

Trainer Battles

• May 1, 2020
  • Power: 130 → 110
  • Energy cost: 70 → 60
  • Secondary effect added
• July 27, 2020
  • Effect chance: 30% → 10%

Pokémon Rumble Rush

Moonblast

★★★★★
Attack power	46.10579
Charge time	0.6 seconds
Range type	Projectile
Number of hits	1
Number of projectiles	1
Critical hit rate	1.5%
Additional effect	May lower the foe's Attack

Pokémon Masters EX

Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description	Playable Users
Special	3	—	98	117	100%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stat rank.	Lillie & Clefairy Lillie (Anniversary 2021) & Lunala Lisia & Altaria Serena (Palentine's 2021) & Whimsicott Professor Sycamore & Xerneas Sygna Suit Dawn & Cresselia (Direct link) Scottie/Bettie & Strike Clefairy/Clefable Egg
	4	—	147	175	100%	An opponent	—		Diantha & Gardevoir

• Description prior to Version 2.10.0*: Has a moderate chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk.

Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, Moonblast is Gardevoir's first move. It is obtained by reaching level 7 as Kirlia and upgrading Confusion into it instead of Psychic. The user moves back while firing a blast, stunning the first enemy hit and damaging all enemies in a cone behind it. At level 13, the move also grants the user a shield.

Description

Games Description SMD MDRTDX It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Sp. Atk.

In the anime

Main series

Clefable	Lunatone	Florges	Spritzee
The user gathers energy from the moon, and then fires the energy at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Sylveon	Sylveon spreads its feelers wide open, and an image of the moon appears behind it. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth, and fires it at the opponent.
Penelope's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut
Gardevoir	Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
Horace's Gardevoir	Battling in the Freezing Raid!		None
Gardevoir	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands, and fires it at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
Florges	Florges gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Florges (anime)	Defending the Homeland!		None
Spritzee	Spritzee gathers energy that forms into an orb of pink energy in front of its nose, and fires it at the opponent.
Valerie's Spritzee	Fairy-Type Trickery!		None
Flabébé	Flabébé gathers energy from the moon. She then forms an orb of pink energy from her mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Shauna's Flabébé	Performing a Pathway to the Future!		None
Clefable	Clefable gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy from its mouth and fires it at the opponent.
Lusamine's Clefable	Rescuing the Unwilling!‎		None
Lunala	Lunala gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Lunala (anime)	Full Moon and Many Arms!		None
Lunatone	Lunatone gathers energy from the moon. It then forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Team Rocket's Lunatone	A Midsummer Night's Light!		None
A wild Lunatone	The Mew from Here!		None

Pokémon Evolutions

Lunala	Xerneas	Clefable
Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Lunala	Lunala forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body and fires it at the opponent.
Nebby	The Eclipse		Debut
Xerneas	Xerneas raises its head, and an image of the moon appears above it. It then fires a beam of energy from it at the opponent.
Calem's Xerneas	The Visionary		None
Clefable	Clefable raises one of its hands and forms an orb of bright energy on it. It then fires the orb at the opponent.
Green's Clefable	The Discovery		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Diancie
The user releases a powerful burst of moonlight at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Diancie	Diancie gathers light from the moon and forms it into a bright orb of energy over its head. It then releases a bright burst of sparkling energy from the orb at the opponent.
A wild Diancie	Glittering Diancie		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Spin-off series games

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, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 月亮之力 Yuhtleuhng-jī Lihk * 月亮攻擊 Yuhtleuhng Gūnggīk * Mandarin 月亮之力 Yuèliàng-zhī Lì * 月亮攻擊 Yuèliàng Gōngjí * Czech Měsíční výbuch Dutch Maanknal French Pouvoir Lunaire German Mondgewalt Italian Forza Lunare Korean 문포스 Munposeu Polish Księżycowy Błysk Portuguese Brazil Explosão Lunar (games, JN075–present, TCG) Força Lunar (Pokémon the Series: XY) Portugal Força Lunar Russian Лунный Взрыв Lunnyy Vzryv Spanish Fuerza Lunar Thai มูนฟอร์ซ Vietnamese Năng Lượng Mặt Trăng

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