Twin Beam (move)

Twin Beam ツインビーム Twin Beam

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Special PP  10 (max. 16) Power  40 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move

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

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

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Twin Beam (Japanese: ツインビーム Twin Beam) is a damage-dealing Psychic-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Girafarig and Farigiraf.

Effect

Twin Beam inflicts damage, hitting twice per use. Each strike has an equal chance to be a critical hit.

Twin Beam will hit again if the first strike breaks a substitute. Mirror Coat will only acknowledge the second strike of this move.

If a Focus Sash activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent. Sturdy will activate with each hit if the defending Pokémon has a maximum HP of 1.

If the user is holding a King's Rock or Razor Fang, each consecutive hit has an equal chance to cause the opponent to flinch.

If the target has Stamina, each strike will activate it.

Other effects

A Girafarig that knows Twin Beam evolves into Farigiraf when leveled up.

Description

Games Description SV The user shoots mystical beams from its eyes to inflict damage. The target is hit twice in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						IX
						SV
0203		Girafarig		Field		Field	32
0981		Farigiraf		Field		Field	32
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.

Trivia

• Twin Beam is the only Psychic-type multi-strike move.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 雙光束 Sēung Gwōngchūk Mandarin 雙光束 / 双光束 Shuāng Guāngshù French Double Laser German Doppelstrahl Italian Doppioraggio Korean 트윈빔 Twin Beam Spanish Láser Doble

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