Moonblast (move)

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

Moonblast ムーンフォース Moon Force

Battles Type  Fairy Category  Special PP  15 (max. 24) Power  95 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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: 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

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

Generation IX

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Category  Special Accuracy  100% Standard Plus Move Power  95  114 Cooldown  8s Move wind-up time  20 frames Effect duration  —s Additional effect Chance  30% Duration  15s  18s  — May lower the target's Special Attack.

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. ZA The user attacks by using the power of the moon. This may also lower targets' Sp. Atk stats.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						VI	VII		VIII			IX
							SMUSUM	PE	SwSh	BDSP	LA	SV	ZA
0035		Clefairy		Fairy		Fairy	46	46	28	44	44	37	44	48
0036		Clefable		Fairy		Fairy	−	−	−	1	1	37	1	48
0039		Jigglypuff		Fairy		Fairy	−	−	−	−	−		−	53
0040		Wigglytuff		Fairy		Fairy	−	−	−	−	−		−	53
0043		Oddish		Grass		Grass	43ORAS	43	30	28	28		28
0044		Gloom		Grass		Grass	−	−	45	32	32		32
0045		Vileplume		Grass		Grass	−	−	−	1	1		1
0089		Muk		Amorphous		Amorphous	−	−	1		−		−
0089		Muk Alolan Form		Amorphous		Amorphous		−	1				−
0163		Hoothoot		Flying		Flying	−	40		33	33		33
0164		Noctowl		Flying		Flying	−	47		43	43		43
0173		Cleffa		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	−	−		−	−	37	−	48
0175		Togepi		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	−	−		−	−	43
0176		Togetic		Flying	Fairy	−	−		−	−	43
0182		Bellossom		Grass		Grass	−	−		1	1		1
0282		Gardevoir		Human-Like	Amorphous	1, 85XY 1, 62ORAS	1, 62		1	1	43	49	49
0333		Swablu		Flying	Dragon	50XY 46ORAS	46		40	40		40	40
0334		Altaria		Flying	Dragon	60XY 52ORAS	52		44	44		44	40
0337		Lunatone		Mineral		Mineral	50XY 1ORAS	1		1	1
0468		Togekiss		Flying	Fairy	−	−		−	−	43
0488		Cresselia		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	99	99		60	60	46	60
0489		Phione		Water 1	Fairy	−	−			−	36	−
0490		Manaphy		Water 1	Fairy	−	−			−	36	−
0517		Munna		Field		Field	−	−		40				40
0518		Musharna		Field		Field	−	−		1				40
0547		Whimsicott		Grass	Fairy	50	50		1			1
0669		Flabébé All forms		Fairy		Fairy	41	41					41	–
0670		Floette All main forms		Fairy		Fairy	46	46					46	Evo.
0670		Floette Eternal Flower		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	46	46						Rem.
0671		Florges All forms		Fairy		Fairy	1	1					5	1
0678		Meowstic All forms		Field		Field	−	−		−			−	Rem.2.0.0+
0682		Spritzee		Fairy		Fairy	31	31		36				36
0683		Aromatisse		Fairy		Fairy	31	31		36				36
0700		Sylveon		Field		Field	37	37		50		–	50	50
0703		Carbink		Fairy	Mineral	50	50		55			55	45
0711		Gourgeist All forms		Amorphous		Amorphous	−	−		1				1
0716		Xerneas		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	35	35		60				60
0719		Diancie		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered	50	50		77			77	54
0728		Popplio		Water 1	Field		36		33			33
0729		Brionne		Water 1	Field		42		45			45
0730		Primarina		Water 1	Field		44		51			51
0755		Morelull		Grass		Grass		39		40
0756		Shiinotic		Grass		Grass		44		50
0786		Tapu Lele		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		58		60
0788		Tapu Fini		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		1		60
0792		Lunala		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered		47		56			56
0876		Indeedee All forms		Fairy		Fairy				−			−	52
0888		Zacian All forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				66			66
0889		Zamazenta All forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered				66			66
0901		Ursaluna Bloodmoon		Field		Field							56
0905		Enamorus All forms		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered						47	65
0987		Flutter Mane		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							84
1006		Iron Valiant		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							56
1016		Fezandipiti		No Eggs Discovered		No Eggs Discovered							72
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	Egg Groups		Egg Move
						VII	VIII	IX
						SMUSUM	SwSh	SV
0037		Vulpix Alolan Form		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔
0742		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. 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 VI

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Obtained with
0282		GardevoirLv. 50		Human-Like	Amorphous	Kimia's Gardevoir
0385		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. 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 Mystery Dungeon series

Moonblast inflicts damage and may lower the enemy's Sp. Atk by one stage.

Game Base Power Max Power Base PP Max PP Base Accuracy Max Accuracy Range Target Cuts corners SMD 22 99 15 30 95% 98% Front Enemy No With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games: Super Mystery Dungeon = Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. MD Rescue Team DX = Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

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%
Max Battles Power Level 1: 250 Level 2: 300 Level 3: 350
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

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair(s)
Moonblast	Special	3	—	98	117	100%	An opponent	—	Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stat rank.	Lillie & Clefairy Lisia & Altaria Serena (Palentine's 2021) & Whimsicott Professor Sycamore & Xerneas Lillie (Anniversary 2021) & Lunala Sygna Suit Dawn & Cresselia Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele Calem & Sylveon Lillie (Holiday 2024) & Primarina Scottie/Bettie & Clefairy/ClefableEgg (Strike role only)
		4		147	175					Diantha & Gardevoir
Sync moves
Name	Category	State		Base power	Max power	Target		Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pair
Full-Force Challenger Moonblast	Special	Default 6★ EX		250	300	An opponent		—	No additional effect. The sync buff is doubled the first time a sync move is used.	Lillie & Clefairy
Master Thespian Moonblast	Special	Default		160	192	An opponent		—	Become Mega Gardevoir until the end of battle.	Diantha & Gardevoir
		6★ EX				All opponents
		6★ EX with EX role		240	288

Notes:

• Moonblast:
  • Description prior to Version 2.10.0 (from June 28, 2021): 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 animation

Pokémon animated series

Spritzee Clefable Lunatone Altaria
The user attacks by using the power of the moon.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Sylveon gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth or an orb of pink and blue energy above its head. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Penelope's Sylveon	Kindergarten Chaos!		Debut
Penny's Sylveon	The Knight in the Ruins		Enhanceable by Terastallization
	Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink or pink and blue energy in front of its hands. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
Horace's Gardevoir	Battling in the Freezing Raid!		None
A Trainer's Gardevoir	Mega Evolution - Roy		None
	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its hands. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Diantha's Gardevoir	The Bonds of Evolution!		None
	Florges gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of her mouth. Then, she fires the orb at the opponent.
Florges (anime)	Defending the Homeland!		None
	Spritzee gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its nose. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Valerie's Spritzee	Fairy-Type Trickery!		None
	Flabébé gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of her mouth. Then, she fires the orb at the opponent.
Shauna's Flabébé	Performing a Pathway to the Future!		None
	Clefable gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its mouth. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Lusamine's Clefable	Rescuing the Unwilling!		None
	Lunala gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Lunala (anime)	Full Moon and Many Arms!		None
	Lunatone gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink energy in front of its body. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Team Rocket's Lunatone	A Midsummer Night's Light!		None
A wild Lunatone	The Mew from Here!		None
	Altaria gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink and blue energy in front of its mouth. Then, it fires the orb at the opponent.
Grusha's Altaria	Ice Battle! Cold-Eyed Grusha		None

Pokémon Evolutions

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

POKÉTOON

Mega Gardevoir
The user attacks by using the power of the moon.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Mega Gardevoir gathers energy from the moon and forms an orb of pink and blue energy in between its arms. Then, the orb expands outwards as a field of energy and causes an explosion upon making contact.
Yugo's Gardevoir	Another Day with Gardevoir		Debut

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 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	SV	Legends: Z-A	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

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	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

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	SV	Legends: Z-A	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

• In the June 11, 2013 press release for Pokémon X and Y, it was stated that Moonblast would lower the target's Attack stat; however, in the final game, it lowers their Special Attack instead.

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
Hindi		मून ब्लास्ट Moon Blast
Indonesian		Moon Force
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 Удар Lunnyy Udar * Лунный Взрыв Lunnyy Vzryv
Spanish		Fuerza Lunar
Thai		มูนฟอร์ซ Moon Force
Turkish		Ay Patlaması
Vietnamese		Năng Lượng Mặt Trăng

Variations of the move Sludge Wave
Sludge Wave • Moonblast

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